by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 14, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy, Technical Stock Market Analysis
The IPO (Initial Public Offering) Market is one group of stocks that stays on my watch list year around. Because these are normally stocks issued by smaller, younger companies they carry with them a higher risk (and often a higher reward). These names haven’t...
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...
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...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 10, 2017 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy, Uncategorized
Back on November 16th of last year, I introduced you to a sentiment chart that hangs above my desk, taken from Justin Mamis’s “The Nature of Risk.” In that, I speculated that the $XBI ETF had entered the “Aversion” Stage of its cycle. You...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 28, 2016 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy
Intermarket Analysis is a technique developed and made popular by John J. Murphy. This branch of Technical Analysis looks at the Global Markets as an interrelated system in which a measurable correlation exists between asset classes. Specifically, the correlations...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 22, 2016 | Stock Market Trends, stocks to buy, Technical Stock Market Analysis
If you are looking for a more speculative energy play to add to your portfolio for the first half of next year, $HLX is one you may want to consider. With a Beta of around 2.75 this is a volatile play that should display a strong positive correlation with Crude Oil....