Too Quiet Market Is The “Calm Before The Storm.”

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 13, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Technical Stock Market Analysis

Is This Too Quiet Market The Calm Before The Storm? (MarketWatch) Verizon Revives Its Unlimited Data Plan (MarketWatch) Stock Futures Hit Record Highs As Trump Trade Rekindles (Reuters) Bezos Wants Amazon To Be The Next HBO, Showtime (NYPost) Dan Loeb Made A Nearly $1...

Using Continuation Gaps To Project Price Targets in Apple.

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 6, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy, Technical Stock Market Analysis

When analyzing the chart of a stock you often will come across a gap, or an empty space where the stock made a significant move. These empty spaces occur between one trading session and the next due to a material event that affects the stock such as an earnings...

Tom Brady Aside, There Are “Profound” Signals For An Explosion Of Market Volatility

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 6, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Trends, Technical Stock Market Analysis

“Profound” Signals For Market Volatility Explosion (MarketWatch) Goldman Economists Start To Worry About President Trump (Bloomberg) Jack Ma: If Trade Stops War Starts (BI) Trump Rally Speed Bump Is Your Opportunity To Buy (Futures Now) Is The S&P PE...

Could Adding Some Marijuana Stocks Get Your Account To “High Times?”

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 30, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy, Technical Stock Market Analysis

Hundreds of articles have been written about investing in marijuana (cannabis) companies. The one theme that echos throughout the majority of those articles is that investing in marijuana companies is risky business. A large portion of the companies trade OTC (Over...

Start Your Week Right By Getting Your Read On

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 30, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends, U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter

Tesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass (Bloomberg Technology) Futures Slip As Trump’s Travel Ban Sparks Uncertainty (Reuters) This Trader Bets It All On Apple Getting Crushed After Earnings (MarketWatch) Are Altria’s Consumers Burned...

The 1st Annual Chart Summit Has Kicked Off. Here Are Some Takeaways From Friday Evening.

by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 28, 2017 | Friday Morning Reads, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Technical Stock Market Analysis

When I first saw the tweet from JC Parets, CMT some weeks ago that he, along with the Market Technicians Association would be putting on a virtual conference in technical analysis, I made sure to clear my schedule. As I begin my prep for the final exam of the CMT...