Posts Tagged by invest
How the major technology stocks set up going into next year-ibm,aapl,goog,msft
| December 29, 2011 | Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas |
Check out my recent article for Investopedia which looks at the 4 biggest technology stocks, and which one(s) look good–and which one(s) don’t–heading into 2012. Cory Mitchell, CMT How The Mega-Tech Stocks Set-Up For 2012 As the year draws to a close, the major tech stocks - IBM, Apple, Google and Microsoft – made headlines this…
Several opportunities in healthcare stocks
| December 13, 2011 | Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis, Swing Trading Ideas |
The healthcare sector has been outperforming and several stocks are still presenting good upside opportunities: Healthcare Stocks on the Move By Cory Mitchell, CMT A handful of large capitalization healthcare stocks have weathered the turbulent market very well this year. Overall, the healthcare sector is outperforming the broader market, providing greater potential for relative safety and superior gains. The Health Care SPDR (NYSE:XLV)…
Gain a Better Understanding of the Relative Strength Indicator ( RSI )
| April 11, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
With the slow markets yesterday and earlier today, due to Easter holidays in many places (and hence no day trading signal last night/this morning), I thought it would be good to provide a little insight into one of the indicators I use…the RSI. In the USD/JPY Swing Trade set-up below I mentioned a few things…
Longer Term Trade Updates USD/JPY & USD/CAD
| March 18, 2009 | Posted by admin under Forex Technicals |
With some major rate action coming from the FOMC announcement on Wednesday, I am going to update the Longer Term trade setups I have mentioned. ——— First, recently I wrote of a potential trade in the USD/JPY pair. The trade was a potential upside breakout. See original post here: http://vantagepointtrading.com/archives/1061. This set up did not…
Dow Catches a Chill From Falling So Fast
| March 5, 2009 | Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis |
On Wednesday after the market closed, everyone was talking about a market rally (from the reports I saw/read). Up 130 points was just the move that was the result of restored confidence, but not only that, it was going to trigger further rallying. Well, Thursday showed market participants that the bear is still more likely…
8 Trading Rules
| March 1, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading |
These are the 8 Rules of “Carney” from the book “Ugly Americans” by Ben Mezrich (published by Harper Perennial). They are pretty good so I thought I would reproduce them here. Check out the book, it isn’t too bad. Not as much trading material as I was hoping for but still an entertaining read. 1.…
A Good Reminder
| January 31, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
The following is an article I found which is a good reminder to keep things simple. I generally just use price as an indicator, coupled with chart patterns (past prices). Although occasionally I refer to an RSI or price overlay for confirmation. Here is the article…. Trading Analysis Pitfalls by Ginny Fairham It is very…
Million Dollar Traders By Harvey Walsh
| January 27, 2009 | Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
There’s a great show on British TV – Million Dollar Traders. There are two very important lessons that every trader must understand, that have been perfectly illustrated in this documentary, and I want to discuss those here. Any trader who doesn’t understand these lessons is doomed to fail, just as many of the traders in…
Stock Market Analysis – Tight Range
| January 27, 2009 | Posted by admin under Stock Market Analysis |
The Dow Jones average has slipped into a short term range, but the breakout could be significant – especially to the downside. Currently the Down Jones average is ranging between 7900 and 8300. While volume was edging higher to form a possible bottom in the market, volume has normalized and has fallen off the recent…
Support and Resistance Tutorial
| January 22, 2009 | Posted by admin under Day Trading Ideas, Techncial Analysis Tutorials |
I start with these concepts because they need to be understood in order to use the day trading levels that I post each day. Support Levels are price points at which prices have had a hard time pushing down through in the past. In other words, a support level is a level where price stopped…
USD/CAD Trade Update
View last post for this trade here: http://vantagepointtrading.com/archives/1071 Original post can be viewed from that post. Entry was at 1.2719 This trade has already realized a 500 pip profit on part of the position. Profit targets hit so far are 1.2430 (a 289 pip profit). We have also hit the target at 1.2200 (a 519…