
Traders Daily Direction
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The Basic Rule of Profitable Trading
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving as it awaits the Fed’s decision tomorrow. The Daily Direction Note: Another solidly green close for all the indexes yesterday. Everything is still firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget Don’t fight the primary trend. With the S&P 500 now officially in a bull market, […]

Easy Times / Tough Times
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving as we begin a brand-new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Last week marked the fourth straight positive for the S&P 500. As you can see, all indexes are still firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget The best time to set sail is when […]

Silly Cliche That Makes You Money
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: A largely positive close for most indexes yesterday. All index directions are still firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget When breakouts happen, the early bird gets the worm. You’ve probably heard the cliche […]

Can You Sell When This Happens?
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A perfectly normal pullback in most indexes yesterday as they digested the rally. However, the Russell 2000 actually closed significantly higher yesterday, showing that the smaller names are all jumping onboard. All directions remain firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget […]

The Most Important Lesson of History
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Stocks resumed their advance yesterday, and all index directions are now in the green. Importantly, the Russell 2000 index is also firmly trending upward, showing that smaller names are also a part of this rally. The Daily Nugget History doesn’t repeat, […]

Can You Pass This “Trust Test”?
Hey friend, Let’s see how the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Stocks pulled back yesterday after Friday’s big upward close – a perfectly natural move. No change in any index directions except for the Russell 2000’s long-term direction flipping back downward. The Daily Nugget A good trader won’t hesitate in buying the […]

Too Slow…
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving as we start a new, bright trading week. The Daily Direction Note: What a strong close last week – as you can see, all indexes are now firmly in the uptrend. We can thank the debt deal and a comforting jobs report for that. The […]

This Opens Up So Many Opportunities
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving as we end the week. The Daily Direction Note: As expected, markets closed higher yesterday thanks to the debt deal easily passing Congress. Hopefully we can stop talking about all this debt drama by early next week. The Daily Nugget Switching time horizons can show […]

This is the Real Mistake
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Markets closed down yesterday on worries that the debt ceiling deal would get stalled at Congress. Well, the opposite happened – so let’s see how things shake out today. The Daily Nugget In trading, the real mistake happens when you refuse […]

Honoring William O’Neil
Hey friend, And as we enter a new (though shortened) trading week, let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A mixed but largely flat close for the markets yesterday as investors grappled with whether the debt deal would be able to pass a divided Congress. No change in any index directions. […]

How Good Stocks Turn Bad
Hey friend, And as we enter a new (though shortened) trading week, let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: It was a positive close for the markets last week thanks to blowout earnings from NVIDIA plus the politicians inching closer to a debt deal. The Daily Nugget If you buy them […]

Be Happy About the Market’s “Irrationality”
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: A mixed close for the markets yesterday, and as the above table shows – the contrast between which indexes are performing well (and which are not) is starkly clear. The Daily Nugget The market can […]
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