Earlier this week, in our Live Trading Room (exclusively for subscribers of The Wagner Daily newsletter), we discussed why we prefer to build a position in a stock that has formed a bullish base of price consolidation, rather than immediately buying full share size at the obvious breakout level. Many traders scale in to a trade, […]
We have been holding Guggenheim Solar ETF ($TAN) as an intermediate-term swing trade since July 2, when we bought in anticipation of another breakout to new highs. This momentum trade has been working out well so far, as this ETF swing trade is presently showing an unrealized share price gain of 13.8% (based on our July […]
There are many technical indicators that help increase the odds of picking the right stock that will move higher after buying it. Our disciplined, rule-based stock trading strategy incorporates the most effective, yet simple of these technical indicators. However, one frequently overlooked element of profitable stock trading is knowing how to pick the stocks with […]
Last Friday’s (July 5) rally pushed each of the main stock market indexes back above their respective 50-day moving averages. The reclamation of this key, intermediate-term trend indicator is significant because it points to the bulls regaining the upper hand in the stock market. Big-money players such as banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other […]
Although stocks managed their third straight round of gains yesterday (June 27), it is risky and probably a bit too early to establish new long positions right now. This is because several of the major indices are now running into new overhead resistance of their 20 and 50-day moving averages (remember that a prior level […]
After showing impeccable timing by being on vacation over the past week and missing tons of volatility, I am back up to full speed now. To kick things off again, I will be presenting a FREE online webinar today (June 27) at 4:00 pm ET (convert to your local time zone): Top Three Stock and ETF […]
In early May, we sold short spot gold through buying Gold Double Short ($DZZ), an inversely correlated “short ETF.” The trade worked out well, as we sold short gold when it bounced into resistance of its 20-day exponential moving average, which followed a massive break of key support. We subsequently covered about two weeks later […]
Going into today, US Oil Fund ($USO) is a new ETF swing trade setup on our watchlist for potential buy entry. In case you are not familiar with it, $USO is a commodity ETF that approximately tracks the price of crude oil futures contracts. For nearly a year, the price of crude has been in […]
Since mid-April, one of the strongest industry sector ETFs in the market has been Market Vectors Semiconductor ($SMH). We initially bought this ETF when it broke out back in April, sold into strength for a 9% gain several weeks later, then re-entered with partial share size after it began pulling back (May 23). As the […]
In this May 3 post on our trading blog, we said now is NOT the time to step on the gas pedal in your trading operations. We also suggested that sometimes the best move in stock trading is to play defense, and that now may be one of those times. In the trading session that […]
