A Breakout Is To All Time Highs is getting closer for THIS STOCK. Go to Full Article

Axsys (AXYS) Breaks Out to All Time Highs, Suntech (STP) Blinds Solar I'm going to begin doing something a bit different for the earnings posts and instead of just highlighting the Self Investors Leading stocks that are moving with volume, I'm going to highlight companies that beat...

Stock Watch Video: Top Homebuilder, Gold, Oil & The Best Earnings ... Sorry, but this post is available to Platinum Members only. | Print | Comment. Go to Full Article

Good Morning Time: 7:23 Mood: Anxious. Go to Full Article

Crude Oil Tests $100 and forms Range I haven?t heard much about crude oil recently (other than it?s expensive) until today, when journalists are bemoaning another test of the $100 per barrel level. Let?s look at the recent history of this major global commodity and what it ... Go to...

February 19, 2008 Stock Market Recap This was a good day to fade the opening gaps on the indices as the early gains evaporated in the face of $100 oil and a rally in gold. Too bad I got impatient with my gap fade trade and covered with only 2/3 of a gap fill around 11:30. ... Go to Full...

Market Still in Triangulation Zone The US Stock Market still has failed to break its recent symmetrical triangle or coil pattern, and the pattern is still forming on the major indexes. Let?s peek:. Most triangles resolve 66% to 75% of the way to the apex, ... Go to Full Article

Earnings Central Following the last mailbag post, a number of members have suggested resources and tools that they use to track earnings reports and guidance through earnings season and beyond. One recommendation I received as for CNBC's Earnings ... Go to Full Article

Inflation Concerns Return Good morning. We have a negative bias following significant declines in overseas markets, concerns that we're going to see more writedowns (see KKR), a hotter than expected CPI, and housing starts that remained near their lowest levels ... Go to Full Article

My Chat with Trader Interviews Tim Bourquin from Trader Interviews is scheduled to interview me tonight via telephone. Several popular bloggers and many successful traders have been interviewed in the past so I am looking forward to the experience. ... Go to Full Article

Wednesday Morning Thoughts 2/20/2008 It looks like I will be right on my USD/CAD after all - funny. I did not paper trader that well. The dollar is kicking ass right now. It is the first time all the majors are trading together. - The stock market is down hard right now ... Go to Full...

Nasdaq Stock Market (NDAQ) is the stock on WALLSTRIP today. I'm looking for shorting opportunities in this stock. Go to Full Article

A Prime Source for valuing illiquid securities; plus, exploring XBRL I'm just back from an extended holiday weekend and wanted to share a couple of timely items from the last couple of days:. First item: NYSE Euronext enters valuation race (FT.com) Excerpt:. NYSE Euronext, the world's...

Tuesday Trade Review 2/20/2008 Sorry for the late post but it was the wife's birthday today. I only got trade for a short time in the morning. I really got myself screwed up on a Big Mouth stock and made one futures trade. ... Go to Full Article

What If? Do you ever find yourself asking, ?what if..?? Maybe you?ve done it in traffic when the lane you had been in is now moving faster than the one you?re currently in. (I hate when that happens.) What if you had stayed in that lane? ... Go to Full Article