I’m a Chartered Market Technician While traveling to India last week, I received the official news that I had become a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). This week I wanted to reflect on a few key lessons I’ve learned since being introduced to the world...

The Market Is Set For Earnings It’s a Bull Market and as I mentioned last week with my tactical model aligns with being opportunistic. So, I gave the people what they want. I sent out a special report A Chart Bonanza highlighting 50+ setups on an...

The Sleeping Giants We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. As a friendly reminder, the S&P 500 plays favorites. It’s a market-capitalization-weighted index, which means it gives more weight to companies that are growing and less...

A Dream Come True The Market Did It! Santa finally arrived to deliver my gifts. Friends joined the party, short-term momentum gained steam and as is common in bull markets, bears got caught in some vicious bears traps. By Tuesday (January 14th) we...

Take A Deep Breathe In through your nose, out through your mouth. In through your nose, out through your mouth. One last time….In through your nose, out through your mouth. See how refreshing that is? That’s the Kryptonite to bad decision-making in...

I Don’t Write For You I’d love to act like this is a selfless endeavor but it’s not. My goal with writing is selfish, I do it to improve my journey as an investor. Paradoxically, that’s what makes it valuable. There is no narrative I need to sell or...

It’s Messy Out There The market is messy, if you have an ego to feed do it somewhere else. You make money by listening to the markets message not by trying to define it. $SPY – S&P 500 is Messy. $540 is the level but I want to see strength...

The Uncommon Common Sense We had a breadth thrust this week: 10 of the 11 sectors that comprise the S&P 500 finished higher on both a market cap and equal-weighted basis. You may not have heard of this thrust, as it’s not one that’s been published...

Context is Everything “Honey, is that Jim? Why is he stumbling down the street? He looks drunk. Pull over, let’s check on him.” “Hey Jim, are you okay?” Sally asked. “I’m good, Sally. We’re just filming a skit for our...

Technical Analysis Isn’t Just A Tool Last week, I shared that technical analysis isn’t just a tool for me—it’s how I view the world. Rather than getting lost in endless hypotheticals about future recessions, wars, or market disruptions, I focus...