Many years ago, my wife and I bought a guesthouse in a sleepy beach town. It's a fun little side…
Throughout the entire rally of 2013, the NASDAQ has been lagging behind, while the Dow and other large-cap stocks have…
After a nasty shakeout from a false breakout in mid-February, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. ($MX) (which IPO'd in March 2011) has…
The challenge of trading around quarterly earnings reports When I first began my trading career about 15 years ago, I…
One ETF we have been watching closely for potential swing trade entry in recent weeks is PowerShares QQQ Trust ($QQQ), a…
The impressive, long-term uptrend in gold (from 2005 to 2011) appears to be reaching an end. Since forming an all-time…
In yesterday's ETF commentary, we pointed out the developing bullish setup in SPDR Energy ETF ($XLE). However, as the ETF…
With our stock and ETF swing trading strategy (overview here), there are three main types of trade setups we take:…
Several weeks ago, the spot gold commodity broke down below major support of a multi-year uptrend line. Now, gold is…
Yesterday's bullish broad market performance was impressive, and admittedly a bit surprising. The major indices have now absorbed recent overhead…