Shorting Stocks

My Swing Trades Ugh – wasn’t the best of trading for me today, not that I was undisciplined by any means, but the trades didn’t go my way. Square (SQ) just feel completely out of favor, and I took a -2% loss on the trade. I also added an additional long and short position to

I know I act like at times the bear case is dead, but there are some really good opportunities here and there.  And the bear case is never dead, just greatly hampered, and in this particular case postponed. When the bull market has been raging for over ten years and is the longest one in

My Swing Trading Strategy I added one new long position yesterday, and will look to add more today if the market decides it can break and sustain a breakout of the bull flag popping up across all the indices. I’m still interested in looking for situation specific short setups as I have done throughout the

My Swing Trading Strategy I closed out my short position in Western Digital Corp (WDC) for a a +3.1% profit. Market pointed lower this morning, but I’m more interested in seeing how long the bears can hold the early losses and whether the bulls step in and buy the dip once again as seen on Friday

My Swing Trading Strategy Busy day yesterday, I started the day out long and strong, and just following price action, managed to somehow end the day with just a short position remaining in the portfolio. I closed Tesla (TSLA) for a +4.6% profit, then I closed Alibaba (BABA) for a +2.1% profit, McDonald’s (MCD) for a +1% profit and a Day-Trade in Square (SQ) for a

My Swing Trading Strategy One additional long position added yesterday. I took a stab at a short position as well, but that was determined to not be a great idea, rather quickly, so I closed the trade for a small loss.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Just can’t seem to gain any momentum, especially when volume

I feel like I am doing this bearish watch-list just to simply stay disciplined in my approach to trading the stock market.  What’s funny though, is that when I start to feel this away about maintaining a short watch-list of trade setups, that is usually the time the market pukes all over itself. Not immediately

My Swing Trading Strategy I added two new long positions yesterday, with unique setups aside from the recent market bullishness. I’ll also look to add a short position this morning, if the bears come out strong today.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Continuing to hold support off of the rising trend-line from the November lows of

My Swing Trading Strategy One new long position added to the portfolio. I took profits in McDonalds (MCD) on Friday as I became concerned with the amount of selling on average volume, when the market was rallying hard. I took profits of +1.5%. Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) I took small profits in. I’ll look at adding 1-2

My Swing Trading Strategy I added one short position to the portfolio, not sure if that will be instant regret today or not, with the futures spiking, but it is the only short position in the portfolio, so it isn’t too bad. I’ll look to add possibly one additional long position today considering how the