by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 30, 2020 | Investing
Hello again. In the past few weeks I have been hard at work building my first portfolio model under the JSPM Brand. As of this week, the portfolio is up and running and the first several clients have been transferred in. The portfolio is an equity growth strategy...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jun 30, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Trends
“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost I’m certain I have started at least one blog post with the quote above in the past. That is perfectly fine as its relevance cannot be understated, especially...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jun 16, 2020 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis
It comes as no surprise the record levels of volatility in the markets we’ve witnessed throughout 2020. A pandemic which artificially shut down the global economy, unprecedented moves in crude oil futures, global central bank policies adding massive amounts of...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jun 1, 2020 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
Welcome to June. It is hard to believe that summer trade is upon us. With everything that has happened thus far in 2020, I feel as though I’ve lived through the equivalent of 2 years in just 5 months. In a lot of ways, the past several months have been a blur....
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 17, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
When I was a youngster, video games were an activity to pass the time. My neighborhood friends and I spent hours upon hours in front of our Nintendos, Segas, and Playstations. We were pretty competitive and some matches even got fairly heated. But at the end of the...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 3, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Trends
Lost in the constant drone of the 24 hour news cycle are voices of reason. It would seem that if the story or the character telling it doesn’t have a political agenda, it runs the risk of not being told. Levelheaded and knowledgeable submissions are out there,...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 29, 2020 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis
One of my favorite traders puts out a weekend video on his YouTube channel that I never miss. Peter Reznicek of ShadowTrader is a market profile expert, proficient technical analyst, and an astute options trader. A couple of weeks ago on his weekend video, he was...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 27, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
Good morning and welcome to a new week! I’m fortunate in many ways, but one in particular is I have a network of traders whom I get to converse with daily. We talk through overall markets, trade setups, the latest news headlines, etc. Having a network like this...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 22, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
“Sell in May and go away” is a well-known financial-world adage, based on the historical underperformance of some stocks in the “summery” six-month period commencing in May and ending in October, compared to the “wintery”...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 16, 2020 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
Good evening. I hope that you were able to take a look at my last two posts, “Has The Market Bottomed” and “Keep An Eye Out For The Deep V.” If you did and were able to put some money to work, or at the very least sit tight and refrain from...