Archives: Daily Videos
Recipe for a Blow-off Top
There are a couple of major levers working to drive stocks here. Let’s look at what they’re telling us, and also identify the support zone on SPY where entering a new trade makes sense.
The Warning Lights Are All Green
Let’s review the setups across multiple market “levers” that are all working together to power stocks higher. We will look for cautionary signals in the indexes, bonds, volatility, and the dollar. Most have impressive weekly setups to continue pushing on momentum, but at the same time, we want to be mindful of the entry on new trades, as the indexes trade well above support levels to start next week.
Two Other Ways to Trade Indices
Trading the index futures is a big part of my day, especially short-term, however, getting inside the futures to the individual stocks and sectors sets up more opportunity, as I explain in this video.
Index Futures — Sectors — Stocks Workshop
One of the most powerful ways to trade futures indices is to dissect, or crack open, the index contract and see what’s inside. Here’s the step-by-step, as well as the indicators I use to do this.
Two Things To Watch for in Gold
The gold market has transitioned into chop and that will change the way I treat the current long position.
Gold, Bonds, Beans, and Today’s Daytrades
Separating a trading approach of overnight daily time frame trades (often using options) and daytrading has been the key to managing this market.