No cowboy is crazy enough to saddle up and try to ride a grizzly. Bear markets are not for riding. They’re for trading.

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Investors began buying up NVAX shares in anticipation of the Phase 3 clinical trial announcement. We wound up with a 130% gain on the trade.

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We’ve gone from the most oversold conditions in the history of the stock market… to the biggest oversold bounce ever.

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The longer I watched the ticker, the more I noticed how there were several low-priced stocks showing super-sized gains.

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I told mom she could do much better by buying gold stocks here at a 20% discount to what her friends were paying last summer.

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Having a plan ahead of time will help you set the emotions aside and take advantage of the buying opportunity.

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I don’t think stocks are just going to keep on moving higher from here. The market has more work to do on the downside.

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Somehow, someway, buyers rode to the rescue and rallied the S&P 500 by 74 points in the last 15 minutes of the trading day on Friday.

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There’s a lot less risk to buying stocks in “neutral” territory rather than chasing them higher into overbought conditions.

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We'll likely see more selling pressure, but keep an eye on this chart of the VIX. It will tell us when the selling has ended.

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The S&P 500 closed yesterday just above its 9-day EMA. If it leads to a test of the 50-day MA, then we could be in for a selloff.

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With the price of oil now trading below the support line trading range, there’s a lot more risk than there was two weeks ago. 

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The action in copper is telling a story that the U.S. stock market isn’t agreeing with yet

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Overbought conditions aren’t sustainable (neither are oversold conditions, for that matter). The proverbial rubber band always snaps back.

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Rather than chasing yesterday’s big rally traders are better off waiting to see if we get a shot at a second VIX signal in the days ahead.

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After peaking above $63 per barrel earlier this month, the price of the gooey black stuff has fallen nearly 15%.

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It probably won’t be the big winners of 2019 that lead the market higher this year Traders should look for the laggards to play catch-up.

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The United States of America could be the happiest place on Earth. We just need to change our income-tax structure.

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Never mind inflation or the drop of the dollar, the Social Security Admin is stealing $41,000 from me. And they’re stealing it from you, too.

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It was the most profitable trade of my career. But it almost bankrupted me first. Basically, here's what happened.

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Mike’s note: Mike Merson here, Jeff’s longtime managing editor. With our office closed for the holidays, we’re sharing a series of Jeff’s all-time greatest essays. Source: Shutterstock Today, Jeff illustrates the power of a specific type of trading analysis… and how it can keep you in the green when volatility rears its ugly head… Today, I’m…

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The market had been acting a little nuts lately. So, I got up at 1:00 one morning – about two hours earlier than my normal routine.

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The stock market almost always rallies during the last five trading days of the year, and the first two trading days of the next year. Source: Shutterstock We call it the “Santa Claus rally” – because it happens right around Christmastime. And, it brings gifts to all who are bullish on the stock market. It’s…

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It makes more sense to wait a few days before putting more money to work. The market looks set up for a sudden and swift decline right now.

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What did I do in order to retire by age 42? I focused on how to lose as little money as possible rather than how much I could make.

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The last time the gold chart looked the way it does, gold ran higher over the next three months. I don’t think we’ll see that action again.

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The "chop" will eventually convince you to abandon your trading discipline and just make trades for the sake of doing something.

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If the energy sector breaks higher, then it sure looks to me like XLE could play a wicked game of “catch-up.”

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Oil is a hot topic this week. Buying oil here at $58 is a trade that has just about as much potential reward as it does risk.

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Being a successful trader over the long run isn’t about maximizing profits. Instead, it is about minimizing risks.

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It looks like we’ll get a few days of weakness before we head into what is typically a strong bullish seasonal period.

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Here's the strategy for the least-risky, most profitable way to make money in the markets – no matter which way they turn.

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GDX will probably pop a bit higher in the days ahead, but the gold sector has lower to go, and most traders should stay on the sidelines.

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This is a time when it's important to focus on risk. Even though the odds favor more upside for stocks this week, I’m still not buying it.

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I think we’re setting up for one massive sell-on-the-news situation. If you’re not positioned for that now, you may not have a better chance.

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Bitcoin doesn’t have a lot of room for error here. It needs to turn higher soon, or else suffer the potential for a sharp move lower.

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With HYG threatening to break down from a bearish pattern, yesterday’s decline could be an ominous warning for the junk bond sector.

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Periods of low volatility are ALWAYS followed by periods of high volatility. There’s a period of higher volatility headed our way.

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For the past few weeks, volatility has been declining. Source: Shutterstock The Volatility Index (VIX) closed recently at about 12. That’s near the lowest level of the year. And, speculators are betting that it falls even further. But here’s what they’re forgetting… Periods of low volatility are always followed by periods of high volatility – and vice…

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Long-term Treasury bonds are supposed to be reliable, steady investments. They’re for our “safe” money. That’s where widows, orphans, and pension funds put money they can’t afford to risk.Well… that so-called “safe” money is down almost 5% so far this month. Long-term Treasury bond prices are down almost 8% since early October.

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Mom called me on Monday to ask if I thought she should buy gold stocks yet. Longtime readers will recall I talked mom out of buying gold stocks back in July. Mom’s friends were buying the gold stocks. They were excited about the fortunes they were going to make. And, mom wanted in on …

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Given the horrendous performance of the sector over the past nine months, the “catch up” rally in MJ could be quite substantial.

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at extreme levels, the VIX can be an excellent gauge of investor sentiment – which makes it an outstanding contrary indicator.

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High-yield bonds are sending the stock market a warning sign despite all-time highs from the S&P 500 and a new rate cut.

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It’s sound advice no matter what market we’re in. But with stocks at new all-time highs, it rings especially true today…

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Traders were buying far more call options than put options last week. That should lead to weakness in stocks in the days ahead.

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For the past 18 months I’ve been trading low-priced stocks with my own money. And, the gains have been insane.

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Unless bitcoin catches a big bid and forms a higher low, the next move is likely down to its major support line at about $7,000.

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In this coaching session, I’ll walk you through some of the indicators I look at each morning before the market opens for trading and more.

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As technical conditions start to move into overbought territory, the odds of a significant decline increase.

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