September 26, 2008 Stock Market Recap
I don’t want to put too much emphasis on the short-term technicals right now since the reaction to the Fed’s bailout plan will li...

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Glitches Cancel Electronic Trades from Last Friday
I got a few emails from people who didn’t believe what I posted about all the crazy action on Friday — like ORCL and CMCSA hitting $0.01. W...

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Filters I Use to Create My Universe of Tradable Stocks
I was recently asked about how I determine my “universe” of stocks. That is the stocks that I consider fair game to be traded. I...

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September 22, 2008 Recap: Maybe We Should Ban All Selling
THis has to be the dullest greater than 2% selloff I’ve ever seen. In fact the indices were down about 4% and volume dropped drastically fr...

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Watchlist for September 22, 2008
This should be another interesting session. We’ve got some selling pressure this morning and Friday’s huge gaps are sitting there be...

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Trading Books, Tapes & DVDs Sale
I recently inherited (literally) a stack of trading & technical analysis books, VHS tapes and DVDs. I’ve listed many of them for sale on Amazon at very competitive prices. Take a look and maybe you’ll find a deal on something you’ve been meaning to add to your library. Post from: Trader Mike's Blog Trading Books, Tapes & DVDs Sale...

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July 18, 2008 Stock Market Recap
The market is at an interesting juncture right now. The indices look like they’ve had nothing more than an oversold bounce last week. M...

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June 17, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Goldman Sachs giveth and Goldman taketh away. This morning I mentioned that I didn’t think that the whole financial sector didn’t de...

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June 16, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Earlier today Steve mentioned that he was waiting for a blowoff top in oil before buying DUG and asked if I had similar thoughts. If I did, ...

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June 12, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Trading was choppy today but at least the bulls can say that the indices ended on the upside and that they fianlly reached oversold territory. ...

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June 11, 2008 Stock Market Recap
A perfect storm of bad news today left all sectors down except for gold, oil & gas. The indices didn’t even wait for the oil inventory report or the ...

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