This month's Trading Journal commentary will review a new chartable index - tracking the number of S&P 500 companies trading above their 200-Day Simple Moving Average (SMA). Below I charted the S&P over the past 20 years and annotated some..
Economically, we are a Socialistically Regulated Capitalistic Economy - and we have been since the 1800s. The 14th Amendment, passed in 1868, set the stage for using Federal Regulations to implement Socialistic reforms. And, every two years, the legal citizens..
The US economy is being swept into a recession. But instead of continuing to pile out of the markets, it appears that fear-fatigue has set in as Marketeers seem antsy to get back in the fray. So, this week is..
The Progressive movement is primarily about ushering in a socialist economy. This has been a movement for many years, and the COVID crisis gave the movement the bold opening it needed. Has the Progressive movement unleashed an economic Ragnarok? Table..
The Politics of Division has put our country in a bleak, dark, and scary funk. Where is Reagan's "shining city on a hill?" What happened to Obama's "There are no Red States, no Blue States, just the United States?" We..
Excessive greed, impatience, and naïveté are the bane of all Marketeers. When we take on excessive and misguided risk, we eventually get slaughtered. It is the mission of every Marketeer to understand when to use the appropriate Option strategies. Table..
Correction to recession to stagnation. Inevitable you say? I'm thinking so. I'm starting a deep dive into Vertical Bear Call Option Spreads as I believe we are already caught in the mauls of a Bear Market. Table of Content Commentary..
I have two deep ITM QQQ Vertical Spreads that I have already rolled twice. And one of these expires this Friday. Should I roll a third time? If I do, I can't help to feel it will be a hopeless..
I'm thankful for the Easter Miracle, the beauty of God's creation, and the blessing of having my family in my life. Here are my two Easter Week Vertical Spreads. Table of Content Commentary - Easter WeekThis Week's Market Sentiment Misery..
Like Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates, Trade-Trudging is how I can maintain a dizzying intellect while avoiding the classic blunders. Never go in against a Sicilian when Vertical Spreads are on the line! Table of Content Commentary - Trade Trudging WeekThis..