As I sit here writing this, belatedly celebrating the 15-year birthday of Morpheus Trading Group, I once again find myself waxing nostalgic. I’m thinking about that awesome day, back in July of 2002, when I created Morpheus (the stock trader dudes, not the Matrix dude). Specifically, I have four thoughts: I should have come up […]

How To Find The Best Stocks To Buy BEFORE They Breakout is now the second most popular article since the birth of this blog. It’s with good reason too! While many articles dive into the finer points of stock trading, that blog post most simply explains our momentum swing trading strategy — without all the […]

We love sharing objective walk-throughs of past stock trades because doing so reinforces the rules of our simple trading system. Our annotated trade reviews also give you key tips to help improve your trading results. Today, we’re talking about a recent winning trade in mobile payment provider Square, Inc. ($SQ). First, you will see what the […]

One of the first things you probably learned while studying technical analysis is how to draw a simple trendline. Most books focus on drawing trendlines by connecting a series of “higher lows” to show support (in an uptrend), or connecting a series of “lower highs” to show resistance (in a downtrend). This is basic technical analysis […]

As the first half of 2017 rolls to a close, we recently reviewed our year-to-date trading performance. Specifically, we’ve looked at what we did right and what could have been better. Regular and honest self-assessment of your trading performance is crucial to your long-term success. Our assessment of Morpheus is that stock trading has been […]

Momentum stock traders face the same dilemma four times a year: Hold winning stocks through earnings season OR close positions ahead of quarterly earnings reports. Selling a winning stock to lock in gains ahead of a company’s earnings report is obviously the safest bet. However, holding through earnings reports is often necessary to “catch the gaps” and yield […]

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Jack Loftis of ETFSwingTrader. Enjoy! Nine years ago, I began trading the “mean reversion” that I still use today. I was very unfamiliar with this type of strategy, and it seemed awkward to me. Nearly a decade later, I have a new name for my ETF trading […]

The Wagner Daily is a nightly swing trading report that is ideal for stock traders who work during the day and can not actively watch the market when it’s open. However, traders who can follow the market actively also receive access to an incredible service we have never discussed before on this blog: the Morpheus Realtime Trading Room. Keep reading to discover how the […]

Although literally thousands of technical analysis strategies exist, we avidly believe in applying the K.I.S.S. principle to trading. Why? The more complex the trading system, the greater the risk of human error while following the system. That’s why the Morpheus stock trading strategy is mainly focused on buying base Breakouts and Pullbacks within uptrends. However, there are easy ways to improve […]