Artificial intelligence is a raging buzzword and is launching select stocks to new heights. Some have seen their run already and others are still coiling up to launch. One of the most talked about stocks in the AI craze has been Microsoft, but not necessarily for the...
Understanding the difference can mean a growing account vs getting wiped out. There are signals that will help you tell the two apart. This week, we have seen many stocks getting dragged down by the broader market and fears on more inflation. Some of those stocks are...
Yesterdays tumble after the Fed's comments sent many traders running for the hills forcing them to miss out on some of the great opportunities beneath the dark cloud of the indexes. This is exactly why Keith Harwood's Outlier Watchlist is as useful as a swiss army...
A couple weeks ago we used the adage "don't catch a falling knife". It led me into a rabbit hole to find out if these things are actually useful. In this example, it really was. Keith Harwood pointed out that Microsoft had egg on its face after some bad press about...
Last week we talked about controlling trades that go against you. You can read it here but the bottom line is to get out of losing trades quickly. We did share some ideas on how to make a misleadingly easy idea more realistic to stick to. But then what? The upside of...
After a sharp move down at the end of Feb, oil has been climbing back. Is this a potential tradable move to a new high? If you take a look at the oil ETF OIH, you can see that it has been consolidating for the last few months. There is a pretty hard stop of resistance...
Markets are struggling to figure what they want to do and are churning with a slide toward the downside. This is a time to be cautious. (Here's a great article on smart risk management) But that doesn't mean there aren't trades to be found. One ETF we have been...
Gaming is huge and is an area that has taken a bit of a hit as the economy has hit multiple headwinds. But with diligent scanning it is possible to find an outlier that is defying the rest of the sector. EA sports is a major player in the gaming space and the markets...
We'd all like to find that perfect system. And there are many out there that are pretty close. But even with the best system or alert service, we are still vulnerable to the human condition. If we can stay aware of that, we can shave any losses that do happen as thin...
I just got an alert for a trade that looks like it will be a big winner. All I have to do is enter it and everything will work, right? Well, yes and no. Let's take a look at some of the issues that get between a great trade and a great executed trade. Timing The great...