It Changed Everything I’ll admit something upfront. When I first started studying technical analysis, a lot of it felt… mystical. Lines on charts, patterns with funny names, people acting like they could predict the future off a triangle. I wasn’t...

It All Spends The Same The market isn’t broken. It’s just not sexy. As a whole, we are getting more defensive. That’s true. But here’s the important part. There are places to allocate while the fun stuff is stuck in no man’s land. The boring areas...

Process Over Promotion Every cycle, Wall Street rolls out a fresh batch of IPOs with massive promises attached to them. Endless interviews and headlines explaining why this company changes everything. I was actually talking about this yesterday with...

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 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...

Boy Scout 101 A fire needs three elements to sustain itself. Known to the Boy Scouts out there as the “fire triangle.” Heat, fuel, and oxygen. The stock market isn’t much different. Heat – That’s trend. And the S&P 500? It’s in a long-term...

The Choice is YOURS We all face the same choice in this world. Succumb to problems, excuses, and the noise of others or take responsibility for our path. Health. Wealth. Relationships.  The choice is the same: ownership or deflection.  That’s what drew me...

It’s a simple Market Right Now Believe it or not, this is a simple market. It only feels complicated because people are trying to make it complicated. Think about it, if you can make it complicated (a problem) many will have more success pretend to have...

The Real Enemy There’s A LOT of market data out there. So much, that at any given time you can find a chart, stat, or study to back up whatever story you want to tell. That’s the real enemy in this game…the bias we bring to the data. The antidote is...

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...