ETF Analysis & Opinion

During bull markets, investors love to chase risky momentum stocks with questionable fundamentals in pursuit of big returns. When volatility increases and markets decline, on the other hand, investors...

There is a simple method to use to determine the potential for an end to the current bull trend.It involves watching the price and breadth of the S&P 500 for the remainder of the month via two...

Well as I recently said, I hope to offer more example option trades as a form of education. So let’s look at two. These trades both involve limited risk, yet I would still classify both of them...

Consumer discretionary stocks are holding on to their leadership position for the trailing 1-year period, but the edge is fading. Meantime, the worst-performing US equity sector—energy—has...

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." — Dale Carnegie Another strong start to the day as this potential bounce takes...

How does a favorable bullish uptrend become an unfavorable bearish downtrend? Does the transition happen overnight? Do commentators, analysts, money managers and market participants simultaneously...

In the enclosed chart we discussed about the BIG picture of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (N:EEM) at the end of July, 2015, when EEM was around 37.00, and when my work pointed to a potential...

The market looked bad again today before a late day rally. The whole day we had a continuation of the buy trading signals for N:SPY, O:QQQ and the Dow. Now our signals are showing a positive...

Starting in the hole for the year sucks. It’s psychologically defeating and immediately makes you feel like you are playing catch up for the entire first quarter, if not the first half. Most...

As I’m typing this (Monday evening), I have 78 short positions and just 2 longs (N:GDX and N:GLD). I am certainly not positioned for any kind of bounce. However, a bounce is precisely what...

T2108 Status: 14.6% (as low as 13.1%)T2107 Status: 17.2%VIX Status: 24.3 (elevated but failed at resistance and faded from a high of 27.4)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bullish with a “short...

From a near-term Point and Figure perspective, the (N:SPY)'s decline from its 200-breakdown plateau will satisfy an optimal downside projection in the vicinity of 190.So far, SPY has hit a print...

Maybe 2016 will be the year when equity bears finally get to celebrate. Although I wouldn’t call an end to the “buy the dip” era quite yet, the current market has a different type of...

Summary: Momentum should carry equities lower, at least intra-week. Important support levels have been broken; these are now first resistance. Breadth is washed out, similar to past lows, and investor...