The Market Speculator

At the first sign of a market sell off or correction, my eyes leave my well developed focus list and turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, othe...

I am offering today's Trade Report, which features my plan for Monday and the coming week, free to blog readers today. Enjoy! January 5...

Many broken commodity plays, like the ag sector, have made big bounces today (as of 11:35 AM ET). Keep an eye on volume. One of two things i...

There has been some confusion that I would like to clear up. Some of you think that I am bullish on the market because I am making long pla...

If recent history is any indication, the next time the stochastic indicator hits an extreme oversold reading of less than 20, it will be tim...

While I try to stay away from the chatter of market pundits, I do like to keep an eye on what a few select bloggers and "market gurus...

As I expected, last week's bounce was prone to failure and it looks like we are going to test the late January lows. I am weighted to t...

Analysis of the weekly SPY chart leads me to believe the market still has room for a bounce before the next downturn. Key factors in suppor...

I was stopped out of SKF and bought UWM and DDM, which are ultra long the Dow 30 and Russell 2000. Looks like this might be the capitulation...

I have decided to take on two more small long positions, BVN and HWAY . Both have handled the bad market well. HWAY is in the medical lab...

I am still finding this market tough to trade. I have no problem trading in bear markets, but my issue right now is that we are oversold, bu...

We are in a tough spot with regards to initiating short positions, and I'm in no mood to add longs. I was hoping for more of a bounce b...

Many were quick to get on me after the market failed to rocket up after my capitulation call last week. While I conceded that I could be wr...

I have received a few e-mails asking whether the bounce is over. I honestly don't know. However, in my mind, it's not officially o...

I have a feeling we might be in the midst of short term capitulation. Things look really bad, many former leaders are getting abused and it...

My focus list, which is mostly comprised of momentum stocks, looked ugly today. Not only was there a lot of red, but many stocks have broken...