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A bulk of a stock’s move is due to the underlying sector/industry; a rising tide can lift all boats. Keeping track of the best performing sectors/industries and the stocks within the sectors/industries is a great way to narrow down the stock universe to the strongest stocks in the currently favored industries.Knowing the top 20 sectors is a starting point, what you want to do next is narrow down stocks within the sectors to a manageable list. You can narrow down the list in many different ways; market cap, price per share, earnings/revenue growth, etc. I like to narrow down the [...]

The market continues to climb a never-ending wall of worry. Yesterday we were blessed with a historical stat that states, when January and February are up the rest of the year, is positive, and it has been positive 14 out of the last 16 occurrences.  You can pack your bags now and buy the $SPY and call it a year ( I kid). And if you want to outperform the SPY this year then just buy the $SSO.We also have countless mentions of how the $VIX will stay low, and this is the new normal. I believe that markets go [...]

Huge gap downs in SP500 stocks are currently being bought. Take a look at the chart below (click to enlarge), and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. What is happening very simply is that there's very little to no follow through to the downside after the huge gap downs and the stocks almost immediately go into recovery mode.$UAA $RL $MAT are three SP500 stocks worth keeping an eye on to see if they can recover like the above SP500 stocks after their gap down.SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR STOCK PICK OF THE WEEK.Frank Zorrilla, Registered Advisor In New York. [...]

There's not much to say today, the SP500 is pulling back a little, all normal action, like I said yesterday; the market goes up and down not up or down.Donald Trump said some positives thing about coal yesterday, I have a few coal-related stocks on my list today; $WLB, $ARCH, $CLD and $CNX. There's been some recent insider buying in $CNX.Today, President Donald J. Trump signed House Joint Resolution 38 to stop the costly Stream Protection Rule from further harming coal workers and the communities that depend on them. H.J.Res. 38 blocks an overly burdensome regulation that threatened the coal industry with [...]

The market continues to ascend unabated, the SP500 is now up 7 days in a row, the QQQ is up 9-days in a row, and the Nasdaq composite is up 8-days in a row. There's a rumor going around that a multi-billion dollar fund which is short volatility and short ES contracts is getting squeezed. Something about a complex options strategy that eats like a bird but shits like an elephant (selling naked calls). In the very short-term it is hard to get overly excited on the long side because the market goes up and down not up or down. [...]

A bulk of a stock’s move is due to the underlying sector/industry; a rising tide can lift all boats. Keeping track of the best performing sectors/industries and the stocks within the sectors/industries is a great way to narrow down the stock universe to the strongest stocks in the currently favored industries.This week Aluminum, Gold, and Semiconductor Memory are leading the way.Rest of the list;Knowing the top 20 sectors is a starting point, what you want to do next is narrow down stocks within the sectors to a manageable list. You can narrow down the list in many different ways; market [...]

Yesterday was a great day for the market and for our watchlist led by $X and $COTV.Not many names are on the list today partly due to the great action yesterday.Here's the list; $TECK $PI $MTL $TMSTWe have an interest in these stocks if and only if they can get through yesterday's high plus .10-cents, that is typically where out buy stops will be. This single criterion will narrow down your list to a handful of names unless of course, the market is super strong. You can also narrow down the list by float, price, sector, preference, etc.These ideas are [...]

The market continues to chug along; the SP500 is just moving sideways, Russell 2000 as well and the Q's and Nasdaq composite are leading.There's a big snowstorm on the east coast, but I'm sure the machines will still make it to work.Here's my watch-list for today; $PI, $GS, $X, $BRKB, $EXPWe have an interest in these stocks if and only if they can get through yesterday's high plus .10-cents, that is typically where out buy stops will be. This single criterion will narrow down your list to a handful of names unless of course, the market is super strong. You [...]

There's not much to say about the market here (SP500), it's been trading sideways since December 12, 2016. The Nasdaq 100 and the Nasdaq composite have been leading while the Russell 2000 has been marking time.Biotechs are showing signs of life, oil stocks can't catch a bid, and shippers are trending.For a couple of weeks many were talking about volatility rising and ways to play it, and now we are seeing the opposite.$GOGL $CELG $PI $LPG $CRNT are a few of the stocks on my watchlist that I will be keeping a close eye on today.Here is the rest of [...]

The Job Numbers are out and the market likes it so far, SPY is up $1 pre-market. I'm a fan of gap ups when I'm fully loaded, not so much when I have decent long watch-list. Gap-ups make it tricky when you are looking to buy stocks.My list is long today; there are many great set-ups. I will focus a little extra on $CNAT, $CRNT, $WLB, and $ENG.Here is the rest of the list;We have an interest in these stocks if and only if they can get through yesterday's high plus .10-cents, that is typically where out buy stops will [...]