by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 21, 2019 | Investing
In the past, whenever a REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) was mentioned I tuned out due to lack of interest or general misunderstanding of how they worked. But in a time when the market has been at the mercy of a U.S.-China trade dispute, REITs can serve as a safe...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 8, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” – Fred Rogers The nature of the media today is to use the most intimidating headlines possible,...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 6, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
The weekly risk/reward setups were put together on Sunday morning, pre China / US Tariff headlines. Understand that implied volatility of options will now cause options premiums to become more expensive. I am planning to target calls in IWM, KRE, and possibly KWEB....
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 26, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
We made it. It’s Friday. Before we finish out this week we have one more setup to take a look at. This setup in particular is something we covered in our Premium Service Letter this past weekend which played out exactly how we thought. Here is the excerpt we...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 25, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
Happy Thursday. Yesterday’s post highlighted an objective approach in taking a short trade. Today we will reverse course and do the opposite which is take a long trade based on a subjective premise. Triangle chart patterns are second nature to a technical...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 24, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
For the hump day edition of this week’s five setups in five days I wanted to turn your attention to a short setup. I want to preface this post with a disclaimer: Shorts are not my forte. I have never been able to consistently make money by betting on the...
