by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 6, 2020 | Finance 101, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
Since the beginning of 2007, I have spent the majority of my days sitting in front of screens that display blinking lights, price charts, formulas, and numbers. Markets are my passion and I live for the challenge of outperformance. Without that challenge I’m...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Sep 25, 2019 | Finance 101, Investing, Stock Market Commentary
“Most of the successes and failures we see are a combination of skill and luck that prove maddeningly difficult to tease apart.” – Michael J. Mauboussin (The Success Equation) Around the time I turned 21 years old and visited a casino for the first...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 18, 2019 | Finance 101, Investing
Happy President’s Day. While we enjoy a day when the markets are closed, I thought it would be fun to get back to the basics and set up a trade from start to finish using an old school technical pattern known to most as “the double bottom.” More...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 14, 2019 | Finance 101
Forbes ran an article recently that highlighted a study by the FINRA Foundation that estimated that two-thirds of Americans couldn’t pass a basic financial literacy test. It is no secret that Americans have low levels of financial literacy and find making the...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Nov 20, 2018 | Finance 101, Stock Market Analysis
In volatile market environments, especially those on the way down, it is inevitable that we get an influx of top and bottom callers. Business news networks, financial Twitter, and finance websites are all churning out content designed to lure you in, and make you...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Nov 12, 2018 | Finance 101
In market draw downs, it is natural for investors to seek out others that they deem professionals for advice. Those of us “lucky” enough to be in this business day after day become pillars of strength upon which those with equity exposure lean. I am in...
