The Dogs of the Dow is a stock-picking strategy that involves investing in the 10 highest-yielding Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stocks. The theory behind this strategy is that these high-yielding stocks are undervalued and therefore likely to provide strong returns over the long term. The DJIA is a stock market index that consists of […]

Here’s a lesson in greed and fear. Early October 2018 was quite painful for the average investor. The major indices fell out of the sky. The tech-heavy NASDAQ fell from 8,100 to 7,300. The S&P 500 dropped from 2,925 to 2,725. And, after hitting an all-time high of 26,951, the Dow Jones Industrials plummeted 1,400 points. Of […]

Unlike traditional assets, options offer traders the flexibility that comes with different calls, puts, strike prices and expiration dates; not to mention the ability to create hundreds of different types of spreads and combinations to take advantage of different types of market conditions, volatility disparity as well as seasonal tendencies. Most options traders anticipate three […]

Adjusting Volatility Is One of the Best Day Trading Tips You Will Get Many traders ask me for good day trading and swing trading tips, yesterday I discussed the concept of positive expectancy and how you should always maximize your profits and minimize your risk. I discussed a very important indicator that will help you […]

Shares of hard-hit casino operators have rebounded sharply after retreating as much as 50% over the past year. Wynn Resorts (WYNN) shares have skyrocketed after it was announced that Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Houston Rockets has built a 6.1% stake on the company, according to a Form 13-G filing with the SEC.  […]

If you are looking for a conservative way to earn 6.89% interest on your money over the next 6 months and you have the ability to park funds for one year or more, then U.S Treasury Series I Savings Bonds may be the right solution for you. This is the third highest rate since I […]

October 2022 was the largest single monthly increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1976. It’s been 46 years since the Dow has seen that kind of monthly run. I was a carefree Junior in high school when that happened. After a painful year of market performance, fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising […]

If you pull a rubber band too far, too fast, what happens? It snaps back, right? The same thing happens with stocks, indexes, and currencies. If they’re pulled too far in one direction, eventually they’ll snap back and revert back to the mean. In fact, we see it happen all the time. To spot that, we begin […]

Many traders, who are starting out, have a strong believe that swing trading stocks techniques have to be complex to be profitable. I want to reiterate again as I have mentioned many times this is just not true. There is no correlation between complex strategies and profitability. You may have seen some of my videos […]

One very important factor that many traders ask me about is how far in the money or how far out of the money they should go when buying an option. In essence, the issue is Delta, which is the Greek term for the expected change in the option for every dollar fluctuation in the underlying stock. Delta is […]