New Plays
6:16:48 PM EDT |
12/28/2014
Santa Claus Rally In Progress
By
James Brown
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Volume this week should be pretty light. Most investors are still on vacation and the market will be closed on Thursday for New Year's Day.
New Plays
11:02:52 PM EDT |
12/21/2014
Full Of Holiday Cheer
By
James Brown
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The U.S. market is full of holiday cheer after the Federal Reserve spiked the punch bowl.
New Plays
8:25:15 PM EDT |
12/14/2014
S&P 500 Snaps 7-Week Run
By
James Brown
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The S&P 500 delivered its worst weekly performance since 2012 and snapped a seven-week winning streak.
New Plays
11:54:11 PM EDT |
12/7/2014
Banking Stocks Rally
By
James Brown
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The financial sector helped lead the rally last week.
New Plays
11:39:21 PM EDT |
11/30/2014
Bullish Breakout
By
James Brown
|
One of our watch list candidates has broken through resistance and met our entry point requirement.
New Plays
11:56:54 PM EDT |
11/23/2014
Bullish Bias But Short-Term Overbought
By
James Brown
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The U.S. market continues to rally. Investors are ignoring slowing growth in Europe, Japan, and China.
New Plays
11:45:06 PM EDT |
11/16/2014
Stocks Remain Overbought
By
James Brown
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Stocks are little changed for the week. The S&P 500 managed another record high but the small cap Russell 2000 barely closed positive for the week.
New Plays
10:23:28 PM EDT |
11/9/2014
Big Caps Lead But Broader Market Stalls
By
James Brown
|
The big cap indices hit new highs last week but the broader market hit the pause button.
New Plays
10:36:15 PM EDT |
11/2/2014
Oversold to Overbought In 12 Days
By
James Brown
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The market has gone nearly straight up. Depending on the index you look at the stocks are up +10% to +12% in just the last twelve trading days.
New Plays
9:16:53 PM EDT |
10/26/2014
Big Relative Strength
By
James Brown
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Shares of this software company were showing significant relative strength last week.
New Plays
11:53:49 PM EDT |
10/19/2014
Beware the Falling Knife
By
James Brown
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Currently the markets appear to be seeing an oversold bounce. The problem is we do not know yet if this is just a bounce or if the correction is over.
New Plays
9:22:44 PM EDT |
10/12/2014
The Next Entry Point
By
James Brown
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The next entry point for bullish investors might be the end of October.
New Plays
9:21:35 PM EDT |
10/5/2014
Breakout In Progress
By
James Brown
|
One of our recent watch list candidates is breaking through resistance.
New Plays
10:48:33 PM EDT |
9/28/2014
Five Weeks Left For Many Fund Managers
By
James Brown
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The stock market has been due for a pullback for a long time. Is last week's dip the beginning of a correction or will investors jump in and buy the dip again?
New Plays
9:22:09 PM EDT |
9/21/2014
Market Internals
By
James Brown
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Market internals look challenging even though the S&P 500 tagged another new record high.
New Plays
10:47:56 PM EDT |
9/14/2014
A Fashionable Trade
By
James Brown
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One of our watch list candidates has graduated to our new play section.
New Plays
10:46:53 PM EDT |
9/7/2014
Finally, An Entry Point
By
James Brown
|
Tonight we are adding a new trade on a candidate we've been watching for a long time.
New Plays
6:58:33 PM EDT |
9/1/2014
U.S. Stocks Push Higher
By
James Brown
|
The U.S. market continues to rally in spite of an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
New Plays
8:06:42 PM EDT |
8/24/2014
Last Week Of Summer
By
James Brown
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The week ahead of us is unofficially the last week of summer.
New Plays
11:40:51 PM EDT |
8/17/2014
August Rebound Continues
By
James Brown
|
Last week we were successful with the watch list graduating two candidates.
New Plays
10:12:19 PM EDT |
8/10/2014
Seeing Opportunities
By
James Brown
|
We are seeing opportunities in this market but investors should remain cautious.
New Plays
11:39:30 PM EDT |
8/3/2014
Searching For A Catalyst
By
James Brown
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We just experienced a somewhat painful week for stocks but the overall trend is still higher. The question is what keeps the rally going?
New Plays
11:55:10 PM EDT |
7/27/2014
A Parade of Economic Data
By
James Brown
|
We have another busy week for the markets with hundreds of earnings report and a parade of economic data.
New Plays
11:08:27 PM EDT |
7/20/2014
Busy Week Ahead
By
James Brown
|
The week ahead will be the busiest yet for Q2 earnings with over 550 companies reporting their quarterly results.
New Plays
9:05:36 PM EDT |
7/13/2014
Volatility Up But No Correction Yet
By
James Brown
|
Small caps and momentum names underperform but investors are mostly just waiting for Q2 earnings season to hit full swing.
New Plays
11:30:12 PM EDT |
7/6/2014
Finally Breaking Out
By
James Brown
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It looks like our patience on this watch list candidate might finally pay off with a bullish breakout in progress.
New Plays
2:45:36 AM EDT |
6/30/2014
Another Successful Week For The Watch List
By
James Brown
|
We had another very successful week for the LeapsTrader watch list.
New Plays
10:29:13 PM EDT |
6/22/2014
Energy Graduation
By
James Brown
|
Tonight's new play is a graduating watch list candidate. Plus, I'm updating my radar screen with a new list of trading ideas.
New Plays
3:25:57 AM EDT |
6/16/2014
Rising Geopolitical Tensions
By
James Brown
|
The situation in Iraq and Ukraine could get a lot worse this week.
New Plays
11:34:19 PM EDT |
6/8/2014
Graduation Trip
By
James Brown
|
One of our watch list candidates met our entry requirements on Friday. Plus, a healthy list of candidates for your radar screen.
New Plays
11:03:11 PM EDT |
6/1/2014
Overshadowing Concerns
By
James Brown
|
Stocks face two potential market-moving events this week with the ECB meeting and the U.S. jobs report.
New Plays
8:48:28 PM EDT |
5/26/2014
No Guarantees
By
James Brown
|
Just because the VIX fell to a new 52-week low does not guarantee a market reversal (but it is a warning sign).
New Plays
7:13:21 PM EDT |
5/18/2014
A Successful Week for the Watch List
By
James Brown
|
We just had another successful week for the watch list with multiple candidates triggered.
New Plays
4:51:50 PM EDT |
5/11/2014
Divergence Continues
By
James Brown
|
The markets are little changed from a week ago. The big cap indices are still drifting higher while broader market indices...
New Plays
11:03:19 PM EDT |
5/4/2014
Keep A Cautious Eye On Ukraine
By
James Brown
|
The growing conflict between Russia and Ukraine could drive stock market direction in the coming weeks.
New Plays
11:51:31 PM EDT |
4/27/2014
Avoiding The Knife
By
James Brown
|
It might be tempting but we want to avoid trying to catch the falling knife.
New Plays
1:36:00 PM EDT |
4/20/2014
Too Soon
By
James Brown
|
Has the market's rebound already stalled? Check out tonight's new list of radar screen candidates.
New Plays
10:45:31 PM EDT |
4/13/2014
Let The Dust Settle
By
James Brown
|
The next couple of weeks could be choppy now that the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 are breaking their up trends.
New Plays
11:09:12 PM EDT |
4/6/2014
Another Successful Week for the Watch List
By
James Brown
|
Our LeapsTrader watch list had another successful week with multiple stocks graduating to our active play list.
New Plays
6:03:07 PM EDT |
3/30/2014
Looking For Follow Through
By
James Brown
|
Seasonally April should be an up month for stocks but market internals are still weak.
New Plays
9:23:24 PM EDT |
3/23/2014
Why Aren't Investors More Bullish?
By
James Brown
|
The large cap S&P 500 index hit new all-time highs on Friday morning. So why don't investors feel more bullish on the market?
New Plays
11:13:33 PM EDT |
3/16/2014
Markets Await The Vote
By
James Brown
|
The Crimea referendum on Sunday could spark more volatility in stocks on Monday morning.
New Plays
7:18:33 PM EDT |
3/9/2014
Graduating To Active Play
By
James Brown
|
One of our watch list candidates is graduating to an active play.
New Plays
8:50:13 PM EDT |
3/2/2014
Five Candidates Jump To Active Plays
By
James Brown
|
We had five candidates jump from our watch list to our active play list last week.
New Plays
1:31:10 AM EDT |
2/24/2014
Not Very Attractive
By
James Brown
|
The relative strength in the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 last week is encouraging but all eyes are on the S&P 500 index.
New Plays
6:36:01 PM EDT |
2/16/2014
Ignoring Bad News Again
By
James Brown
|
Investors seem to be ignoring disappointing economic data again but this time the Fed is reducing stimulus.
New Plays
9:52:22 PM EDT |
2/9/2014
Semiconductor Strength
By
James Brown
|
The semiconductors were big movers in the market's recent bounce.
New Plays
2:46:46 PM EDT |
2/3/2014
Middle Of a Correction?
By
James Brown
|
Odds are growing that we are in the middle of a -10% market correction, a correction that has been long overdue.
New Plays
10:42:34 PM EDT |
1/26/2014
Buy The Dip Strategy
By
James Brown
|
Investors can use a buy-the-dip strategy to take advantage of further market declines.
New Plays
10:56:41 PM EDT |
1/19/2014
Small Caps Outperforming
By
James Brown
|
The large cap S&P 500 index delivered a mediocre performance last week with a failure to breakout past resistance near 1850.
New Plays
11:53:46 PM EDT |
1/12/2014
Industrial Goods & Technology
By
James Brown
|
Tonight we are adding multiple candidates to the newsletter.
New Plays
10:21:35 PM EDT |
1/5/2014
Reloading The Radar
By
James Brown
|
Tonight we are reloading the radar screen of trading ideas.
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