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 […]
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After an impressive, five-month rally that was quite persistent, stocks finally took a rest and registered their largest weekly losses of the year last week. More importantly, we have started to see higher volume declines that indicate the big-money players are selling. As such, you will notice on today’s open position report that we have […]
Although commodity-based stocks have been a big laggard this year, we have noticed some relative strength in Market Vectors Agribusiness ($MOO). After breaking a long-term downtrend line and successfully testing that line last month, we could possibly see a breakout entry emerge down the road (if the price action remains in a tight range. $MOO […]
On the morning of May 23, one day after the first significant broad market decline in more than a month, we targeted both Guggenheim Solar ETF ($TAN) and Market Vectors Semiconductor ($SMH) for potential pullback buy entry in our Wagner Daily newsletter (these two ETFs were actually pointed out as potential pullback entries in this May 22 blog post one day earlier). Because bearish […]
Given that the stock market has been relentlessly marching steadily higher for more than a month, yesterday’s correction was not surprising, nor of major concern. Even the strongest of uptrends do not move in a straight line forever, and pullbacks along the way are both normal and healthy. In hindsight, it’s easy to say that […]
When buying breakouts of growth stocks, one of the three main techniques of our momentum swing trading system, there are certain technical criteria we look for because all the best stock breakouts share the same traits. Last week (May 17), we sold a breakout swing trade in Pandora Media ($P) for a net gain of […]
Yesterday, we sold our swing trade in DB Gold Double Short ($DZZ), a “short ETF” that inversely tracks the price of spot gold, for a solid gain of 9% over a two-week holding period. Since the trade followed through as anticipated, we thought it would be helpful to share an educational technical review of why we […]
Being a consistently profitable swing trader is a juggling act that requires one to constantly be focused on a variety of key elements of success: picking the right stocks, managing risk, determining when to sell, and even mastering the psychology of trading. In this educational trading strategy article, we will dive into the topic of […]
On May 6, we shared with you our Top 3 Most Simple & Profitable Buy Setups For Swing Trading Stocks. In that trading strategy article, we showed you an example of a “Combo Setup,” as well as a “Blast Off” setup. For the third type of swing trade setup, the “Price Momentum” trade, we promised we […]
Many active traders make the mistake of assuming that a winning system for swing trading stocks needs to be complicated. On the contrary, the best trading strategies are typically the most simple because they can be more easily and consistently followed. Our methodology for picking stocks in our popular swing trading newsletter is simple, as […]
