After 20 years of trading options, I’ve heard just about every excuse in the book. And believe it or not, they get even more ridiculous as the years go by. They’re too hard to understand. They’re too expensive.  It’ll cost me far too much money. They’re only for professionals with years of experience. They take […]

Highest Probability Patterns For Breakout Stocks Finding breakout stocks is both an art and a science. Traders rely on visual analysis as well as technical indicators to help them find high probability set ups that produce less false breakout signals. Inside Day Pattern The first pattern is a bullish inside day pattern. The pattern is […]

One of the greatest investment opportunities are the Dogs of the Dow. And while some analysts may write off the Dogs of the Dow theory as antiquated, it’s just not true at all.  In 2011, there were up 16.3%. In 2012, they jumped 9.9%. In 2013, they returned 34.9%. In 2014, they returned nearly 11%. In […]

A bull call spread is a vertical spread that relies on two calls with the different strike prices and same expiration date. The strike price of the short call is higher than the strike price of the long call, which means this strategy is a debit spread, but the short call option can be utilized to offset […]

Pick Winning Stocks With Simple Stock Market Analysis Tools Stock traders are always on the lookout for ways to improve their trading. There are hundreds of different Stock Market Analysis Tools to choose from when analyzing stocks and the stock market in general. Each week I get emails from around the world advertising new and […]

The Squeeze Is One Bollinger Bands Strategy You Need To Know Today I’m going to discuss a great Bollinger Bands Strategy. Over the years I’ve seen many trading strategies come and go. What typically happens is a trading strategy works well on specific market conditions and becomes very popular. Once the market conditions change, the […]

Once you begin to understand technical analysis, you’re literally looking at a consolidated view of the very forces of supply and demand – the two key forces that drive stocks. We’ve already discussed some of the most powerful and most used patterns, like Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci retracements, relative strength, head and shoulder patterns, breakouts, and […]

Traders are often told to buy excessive fear or greed. Unfortunately, many aren’t aware of when to actually pull the trigger, or realize when fear or greed have gotten way out of control. But there’s a simple way to know exactly when to buy and when to sell. Of the dozens of indicators on the […]