by cowts_admin | Sep 8, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
Another roller coaster week (down – up – down) ended with stocks little changed, for what was likely a neutral week for those of you who are highly diversified. With the broad market downtrend intact, more gains continue to accrue among short positions than long ones....
by cowts_admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
Classic market manipulation at the expense of the fourth segment ‘buy-and-hold’ investors (the “dupes”). In addition to earning trading commissions from investors, the large brokers/market makers also profit by trading for themselves. Following the prior week’s bear...
by cowts_admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
Largest weekly drop for the major stock market indexes in over 5 years, as the “follower” and “GOTW” {“get outta the way”) segments of investors took their cue from the “leader” segment – the well-informed institutional investors, also referred to as “the smart...
by cowts_admin | Aug 17, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
The broad market – as measured by the Dow30 and S&P500 Indexes – down the prior week, of course turned up last week, continuing the whip-saw pattern that has prevailed throughout 2015. Our Level 1, 2 and 3 stocks, however, continue to reflect a “stealth”...
by cowts_admin | Aug 10, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
2015’s prevailing broad market trading pattern – frequent, almost weekly reversals – continued with a decline, after a rise the week before, and a decline the week before that. A mixed week for us. Some long positions continued rising, others fell; some short positons...
by cowts_admin | Aug 3, 2015 | Stock Trader Weekly
Continuing the behavior seen throughout 2015, institutional sentiment abruptly reversed again last week, from negative to positive. This frequent oscillation between bullishness and bearishness produces the most challenging conditions in which to earn high annual...