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Oversold But Still Room to the Downside
As I’ve said for several weeks now, we’re oversold, yet with more room to the downside. We’ll get some more cat bounces for sure, but there simply has not been the necessary capitulation (and resulting rebuild) yet. I also said that this time we are very unlikely to get that V-shaped bounce that occurred in 2020. This recovery will be slower and in many ways easier to recognize and trade when it comes. In the meantime, we’ll have to pick off the cleaner setups when they arise, and make our overriding priority capital preservation. Talking of which, one of our more recent members has reported extraordinary savings (literally 7-figures) simply by applying our processes, which he previously was not aware of. Of course in some cases there will be simple options strategies to take
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Tips for Building a Diversified Portfolio
You’ve probably heard the old saying “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. It’s one of the essential components
Bottom Fishing is Not a Wise Idea
Over the past few weeks I’ve noted that the markets were oversold but still had plenty of room to the
Understanding Market Conditions
Understanding the overall market condition when trading is one of the most important aspects of trading. Many traders fall into the trap of not knowing when to scale back their trades.
So how do you determine when is the right time to scale back your trades?
Recent bull flags
Hi everyone. There have been quite a few decent flags out there recently … here are a few that TradeFinder has spotted for us. Notice that NONE of these bull flags was occurring in a downtrend….
More about flags and prognosis for 2008
Hi everyone. First, thank you for your emails with your success stories! I love hearing about your great trades and overwhelmingly this has been the case. Of course with trading there are also challen…
Trade Flag Patterns with Illuminati-Trader
Did you know you can use Illuminati Trader not just to trade straddles and strangles around earnings season, but also to trade stocks up or down at any time of the year! This means you can use the sit…
Time Decay with Options
Theta T The characteristic of option prices to change purely as a result of the passage of time is known as time decay. Theta is a measure of how time decay affects the option premium. As such, theta …
Volatility and Options
There are seven factors that influence an option’s price:
The type of option (call or put)
The price of the underlying asset
The exercise price (or strike price) of the option
The expiration da…
Trading Options inside the Bid-Ask Spread
The Bid-Ask Spread is the amount by which the Ask exceeds the Bid. This is essentially the difference in price between the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for an asset and the lowest pric…
