Dead Cat Bounce?
Is it Dead Cat Bounce? About time something changed. We needed a good week! It didn’t start well – in fact it started quite dramatically badly, but from open on Monday it went up 4.4%. to end slightly higher than last Friday’s close. So, we are happy? That’s not to say we are really happy […]
Goldilocks Scenario
The Goldilocks Scenario Just when I thought that the market was bottoming out from its drop – kaboom! Some bad news, and it drops again. Make no mistake – this is a market looking for bad news, and the last month has brought plenty of that. Non-Farm Payrolls On Thursday, things seemed to be stabilizing. […]
Election Years
The Market in Election Years. Why can’t everyone settle down and stop giving us surprises? It would make our job so much easier!! Not only . . In last week’s blog we thought the week was crazy; what about this week? Last week we had the double whammy of an attempted assassination and then a […]
Crazy Week!
What a crazy week! It started with an attempted assassination and ended with a global IT meltdown. Who could have predicted them both happening in the same week? Did it have an effect on the market? Oh yes. The market got hammered. Badly. Firstly, it was all stocks, then later in the week the tech […]
Trading & Emotions
Trading and Emotions. Last week was a bit of a roller coaster – well, to be precise, last Thursday was. A sudden drop that took your breath away, even when you were expecting it. Trading and Emotions. I knew before the market opened that it was going to be bad, so I mentally prepared by […]
Does ITM Work?
ITM Strategy – Does it work? After my foreshadowing last week that I was thinking of giving up the books and the blog I have had some lovely emails – thank you to everyone who has taken the time. It is truly appreciated. But of course, there have been a few crowing that I am […]