The Market Speculator

I entered DIG today. The stock has broke out over a W formation and the 50 day moving average. Another positive is the positive RSI diverg...

If it were any other stock, I'd take a stab at shorting AAPL right here, right now. Technically, it shows signs of losing steam and is ...

AAPL is showing a negative divergence and is extremely extended at new highs. I am short with a tight stop.

I took a position in USD today. Price has held up well and is at a strong support level. Notice the positive divergence in OBV compared t...

There's a lot to like about the DIG chart: 1.   Postive RSI divergence 2.  Successful test of bottom support 3.  Long tail price bar at ...

The lows are holding. My game plan is to hold my current positions with stops in place below the lows. As long as the lows hold, we are st...

Take a look at the DUG chart below. Notice that RSI has made a higher low while price action has made a lower low. The ETF, which is short o...

I bought 200 shares of EWZ , the Brazil ETF, at $91.61. Setup : Bullish Flag post Breakout-Breakout Pullback . The stock pulled back to the ...

It has not been wise betting against steel stocks, but there may be a low risk short setup forming. Let's take a look at the chart of AK...

I'm scared as hell to buy a financial, even with a small position size. However, if I didn't know the name of the company behind th...

This post from August 2007 offers some timely advice on shorting momentum stocks: Those of you familiar with my trading style know I rarely...

I bought 300 shares of SSO at $62.23. SSO is 2X long the S&P 500. You may be wondering why I would go long an index in a downtrend, whi...

Frequent e-mailer and one of my most loyal readers, Hal B., asked about a bullish divergence setup in AAPL . I don't have annotation cap...

I've been very busy, so I haven't had a chance to update my trades. As stated in the comments section this morning, I unloaded a bu...

As noted in the previous post, I took a position in TOL today. Those familiar with my trading style know I don't tend to buy downtrendin...

Those of you familiar with my trading style know I rarely short high flying stocks. While it seems logical to go against a stock that is ove...

While GOOGLE (GOOG) made my long position trading watchlist (entry at 50 day moving average), I could not help but notice the startling RSI...

Yesterday, I sold 200 shares of AAPL at $108.25 (entry at $101.25) for a $1400 (+6.9% ). I had moved my trailing stop when the stock hit $1...

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) broke out to new highs on above average volume. A low volume pullback to the prior highs, just under $79, would nor...

EWO , an Austrian ETF, is looking eerily similar to the way it looked at this time last year. The stock had broke out of a base in late ...