Last week we saw the S&P 500 rally 6.4% off of its August low. Before that rally started the S&P 500 fell 8% off of its August high. And of course before that we saw a big rally in July, a big move down in June and the scary "flash crash" day in May. Despite last week's rally the market is still well off its April highs. read more

I just got back the cover for my new book Strategic Stock Trading. You can see it below. The publisher is going to send me a proof within ten days and if all goes well it should be for sale in 3-4 weeks. I'll let you know once it is. I think the cover looks good, but it is what is inside that really matters. read more

Someone created this video and placed it on Youtube. In it he puts Larry King and Sarah Palin in a spoof movie and has them talk about the stock market and then pray for CNBC. This is one of the funniest things I've seen this week. read more

Today’s top gaining stocks off of the opening bell include Kensey Nash (NASDAQ: KNSY) and 3PAR Inc. (NYSE: PAR). Medical device company Kensy Nash announced fourth quarter 2010 results today, which included revenue of $21.9 million which exceeded analyst expectations of revenue in the $21.4 to $21.8 million range. read more

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There is only one thing that matters when it comes to stock trading and that is being objective about the stock market and aligning yourself with reality. That means having a strategy to interpret the moves of the stock market that works and then sticking with that strategy. read more

For over a month now I have been telling people that we are in a bear market and that they need to take action accordingly - both in the private members section of this site and with people I know. Last week I issued a video sharing my views to the general public. read more

Yesterday the Federal Reserve released its widely anticipated FOMC statement at 2:15 PM. Some people were hoping that the Fed would announce a round of quantitative easing to force the stock market to go up. read more

Over this past weekend Ike Iossif of Aegean Capital and Optionsadvisoryservice.com and I did an audio discussion in which we talked trading methodologies. He discussed his idea of the time stop loss order that he uses in option trading and I told him that it is often applicable to trading stocks and exchange traded funds. This may be a new concept to you, but is well worth learning about. read more

Yesterday both Crocs Inc, (NASDAQ: CROX) and Atmel (NASDAQ: ATML) released second quarter earnings reports which beat Wall Street analyst consensus estimates and lit up the imagination of investors. Shares of ATML rose 18% after its earnings release while CROX stock is up over 10% in Friday pre-market trading action. Let’s get to Atmel first. read more