The Market Speculator

Shorting the stock market is never easy.  However, the market often gives us clues that increase the probability of a successful trade.  Two...

While SPY is oversold, I would like to see more weakness before entering long based on oversold conditions. The chart below shows three gre...

On August 12th I went short SPY around $131 (actually used SDS) based on the "failed breakout scenario" I noted in the trade repo...

Last Monday (August 12th) I took a small SPY short position based on a "failed breakout" scenario, above $131 (I actually used SD...

As I noted in the member only Trade Report two days ago, I took an early entry short position in SPY (via short ETF SDS )based on the idea...

Talk about a brutal day. After all the talk of a market comeback yesterday, I was expecting weakness today, but nothing like this. In fact...