The Market Speculator

I exited both of my oil trades today for nice gains. Whereas my entries were based on an extremely oversold oil market, today's exits w...

I went short WYNN today at $85.03. I only took a small position because I could a move up to the 20 day moving average. I would likely ta...

I bought 200 shares of DUG at $46.56. DUG is an ETF that is short oil and gas. Looking at the chart, we see major accumulation and a pul...

It is inevitable that most momentum stocks will fall just as far as they climbed. Many investors and traders end up losing most or all of th...

I bought 200 POT at $138.14. Nice cup and handle breakout. I would have liked to enter in the $135-136 range, but I don't want to cha...

I took small long positions in CF (92.05), AAPL (179.80), FSLR ($235.25) and RIG (132). The first three were so oversold that I decided to ...

At the top of my focus list is QID , which is an ETF that is a leveraged Nasdaq short. Take a look at today's video to see how I plan t...

I exited DCO at 42 (entry at$38.10) for a $1170 gain (+10.1%) . The setup was an earnings breakout-pullback. I will re-enter on a pullback ...

Due to the fact that we have been in a solid uptrend, I haven't pointed out many short candidates over the past few months. While the ma...

The market is now in extremely overbought territory , which is why I actually deployed a short today (DHI- a housing stock at the top of it...

Shaw Group Inc. (SGR) is a former high flying stock that seems to have lost its mojo. In July, the stock gapped up after a long uptrend, b...

Lately I have advised that market the volatility is just noise within a range and it is too early to make predictions in either direction. ...

The steel sector, which has been one of my favorites over the past year, has undergone a change in character that now puts it on my "sh...

Today I had a little time to "get away" from the vacation and analyze the market. My best bet is we will see a "dead cat bou...

STLD and other steel stocks have been momentum favorites of mine for quite some time. While many steel stocks still look solid (l MT and RI...

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

The S&P 500 is at a critcal juncture, already having broken below the 50 day moving average and now ready to test recent lows. If we see...

While I'm still not in full bear mode (I won't be until the S&P breaks below 1450), I am starting to formulate a short watchlist...

Like many, I am kicking myself for not entering AMZN yesterday. On Thursday, I featured it as a breakout-pullback candidate. When I made m...

Here are snapshots of stocks I'm watching in the metals sector, along with some shorts: Metals: Shorts: