Stocks in the U.S. Financials Sector have been underperforming since the beginning of 2018. If you recall, that is precisely when the majority of stocks around the world stopped going up. It's been a sideways grind for many stocks and sectors since...
It's that time again where we start heading into the next monthly expiration cycle and I review any options positions that remain open which might require some adjustments, monitoring, or closing before we get too close to expiration.
During the course of my day-to-day engagement with the markets and market participants, including subscribers to All Star Options, I'm often asked my thoughts about how I would manage...
Technology is the largest sector of the market from an indexing perspective, but it's also pervasive because it finds its ways into other sectors/industries and often plays a big role.
Weekends are great to just take a step back and see what is actually going on. It's really easy to get caught up in the day to day noise. I talk about the power of ...
I've been in the camp that this 20-month consolidation in the U.S. Stock Market is just that, a consolidation within an ongoing uptrend that started in early 2016, or 2013, or even further back depending on who you ask....
In this Episode of Allstarcharts Weekly, Steve and I talk about how the spike in Crude Oil earlier this week is impacting Energy Stocks. When we look specifically at the Oil &...
For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in...
We've all been there and we've all seen others do it to. We get one data point and then all of sudden we're drawing direct conclusions based on that number. Think about how silly it sounds to make decisions based on a government report or even single...
One of my favorite parts of living in Sonoma, CA is going to the local market. I'm right in the heart of wine country so anything protein or produce is going to be off the charts. On the way out of the store on weekends and/or early in the week, it...
When was the last time Small-caps were not a mess? At least a year now right?
The bearish argument has been that small-caps (and others) are underperforming the large-cap stocks and therefore, the divergence is a warning signal that...
If you've been in our world long enough you've heard someone say, "Technical Analysis Is Voodoo". As far as I'm concerned, the more people who think that the better it is for us! As Technicians we are analyzing the behavior of the market and its...
This is not just a Stock Market, this is a "Market of Stocks". And not just Stocks from America, but Stocks all over the world. Stocks don't move up and down because of what is happening in New York or Washington DC. They move based on the...