From the desk of Willie Delwiche.

“This Is A Test. This Is Only A Test.”

The S&P 500 this...

We continue to be handcuffed by earnings season. Some of the best setups we like right now are in stocks slated to announce earnings over the next week or two. As an options trader, I don't like to position ahead of imminent earnings announcements....

We retired our "Five Bull Market Barometers" in 2020 to make room for a new weekly post that's focused on the three most important charts for the week ahead.

This is...

This week we're looking at the stock from the capital goods sector. Stocks from his sector continue to show strength in a consolidation type of market setup.

This is still the one folks.

I've been in the camp that we're only getting bull markets in stocks around here if the Dollar is falling.

I was talking with a relatively new day trader last night at my twice-monthly trader meetups here in Colorado. We were chatting about stop losses. Or more specifically, his inability to stick to his “mental stop loss levels.”

As you can...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Two heavy hitters, $GOOGL and $MSFT, reported last night, and they both traded lower after hours.

Futures seem to be holding steady.

The largest insider transaction on today’s list was reported in a Form 4 filing by the Swiss investment company BB Biotech AG.

The biotechnology-focused fund reported a purchase worth roughly $2.2 million in MacroGenics $MGNX.

Many stocks are no where near their all-time highs.

The S&P500 still needs to rally 25% just to get back to its former highs. And that's after the 10% rally that we've...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

That was a nice follow-through day for the indices.

The SPX hit resistance around the 3,850 level, and you have the 50-day...

From the desk of Willie Delwiche.

Stocks and bonds are enduring one of their worst...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market held overnight, which is a good sign.

We're now back to the levels seen in early October on the SPX. Support for the $SPY is at 374.8, with resistance at 380, then...

The largest insider transaction on today’s list is a Form 4 filing by FB Financial Corporation $FBK Chairman of the Board James Ayers.

Ayers reported a purchase worth roughly $1.9 million.

How do we know if we're in a bull market or not?

Generally speaking, more stocks are going up than going down in bull markets.

And sure, there are a lot of different ways to quantify it, but this is really the gist of it: Are more...