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 […]

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Market Recap U.S. equity markets finished mixed during a choppy session on Thursday. The Dow dove sharply on the Opening Bell, but managed to start clawing its way back, breaking slightly into positive territory before selling back off going into the closing bell. The S& P500 was off slightly, along with the Russell 2000. The […]

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 […]

We see the grim news almost every day – Gas prices, food prices, inflation, inflation, inflation…  War in Ukraine, supply chain issues, Covid-19 variants. When will it all end? While there is no shortage of pundits assigning blame for the current market conditions, in the long-run markets are usually resilient. An old Wall Street adage […]

If you are new to trading it can be difficult to know where to start. Markets are extremely volatile, and even the most experienced traders can get whipsawed by huge price fluctuations. In times of uncertainty, sometimes it’s a good idea to take a step back and review the fundamentals of trading the markets. In […]

Stocks were mixed Wednesday amid solid gains in the DJIA, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices. The NASDAQ plummeted over 250 points on the opening bell after disappointing earnings from 2 of its key components, Alphabet (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT).  Alphabet missed on both revenue and EPS targets, sending shares plummeting after the bell. Microsoft […]

It is well-known to our subscribers and somewhat known to the trading public in general that a spike peak in $VIX is a buy signal for stocks. In fact, it goes farther than that – a volatility spike peak in any entity is a buy signal for that entity. In this article, we’re going to […]

In this short video, I am going to demonstrate that if you if you properly identify trend analysis with candlestick signals, you are essentially stacking all of the probabilities in your favor. Let’s start with candlesticks. Candlesticks give us a clear picture of investor sentiment, providing graphic depictions of human emotions. For example, with candlestick […]

Hello, my name is Steven Primo and I have been actively trading the markets for over 41 years now – beginning as a 9-year Specialist on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange, to managing a private Emini Fund. Later on in my trading career I held the position of Director of Education for a […]