Last week, we showed swing traders how to quickly and easily find the best stock and ETF pullback setups for potential buy entry. In this trading strategy video (below), we similarly show you a speedy and efficient way of how to scan for the best stock and ETF breakout setups (stocks and ETFs with relative strength that are poised to […]
Throughout the latter half of last week, we were stalking DB Gold Double Long ($DGP), a gold ETF that is a leveraged version of the popular SPDR Gold Trust ($GLD), for potential buy entry (review our initial Aug. 27 technical analysis of the trade setup here and our Aug. 29 follow-up analysis here). Going into last […]
In this stock market video, we use technical analysis to compare the recent performance of the S&P 500 SPDR ($SPY) vs. small-cap Russell 2000 ($IWM). Specifically, we illustrate how relative strength in the small-cap index has recently been improving, which is typically a positive sign for the overall stock market. As a bonus, we then analyze […]
In this video, we briefly demonstrate how to identify the strength of a market trend based on assessing the direction and patterns of three different moving averages (common technical analysis indicators). This constitutes one element of our clearly defined trend qualifying rules that is part of our swing trading system. Press the “play” button to […]
In yesterday’s (August 28) Wagner Daily newsletter commentary, we said there were three ETFs on our “unofficial” watchlist that we were monitoring for potential buy entry in the near-term. They were: SPDR Gold Trust ($GLD), iPath Grains ETN ($JJG), and S&P Health Care SPDR ($XLV). In case you missed it, our initial technical analysis on buying the […]
In this stock trading strategy video, we show you a way to quickly, in a matter of minutes, find the strongest stocks and ETFs in the market that are presently on slight “pullbacks” off their highs. For many technical traders, and for our swing trading system, a stock or ETF with relative strength that is pulling […]
As we enter the new week, here is a brief trading video with technical analysis on a few stocks and/or ETFs that are setting up for potential swing trade entry in the coming days ($ACAT, $N, $ONXX, and $UA). Press the “play” button to watch the video below (view full screen in HD mode for […]
One potential ETF trade entry on our radar screen this week is SPDR Gold Trust ($GLD), a commodity ETF that tracks the price of spot gold futures. We have not discussed trading this Gold ETF for a long time because it has been in correction mode, retracing from its all-time high, for nearly a year. […]
In this stock market video, we share a brief mini-lesson on how we identify the top chart patterns that lead to the best breakouts for stocks and ETFs. Specifically, we use two actual examples of stocks we are currently long ($ACAT and $AFFY) to demonstrate the types of basing patterns that precede the strongest breakouts […]
The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF ($IBB), which we have been long in the model ETF trading portfolio of The Wagner Daily since August 14, showed relative strength by rallying 0.9% while the S&P 500 was flat yesterday (August 22). More importantly, it closed just above an area of near-term horizontal price resistance. For swing traders who missed our […]
