My family and I recently embarked on a memorable 4-day journey to Redwoods National & State Parks in the breathtakingly rugged landscape of extreme Northern California.

In today's Flow Show, Steve Strazza laid out the case of how both the Nasdaq 100 and Chinese tech stocks (particularly Chinese internet) might be signaling an important rise in speculative appetite which could fuel the next bull run.

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Whether it’s a pullback in a position or a pullback in my portfolio, drawdowns are the hardest thing to endure as a trader.

However, let’s not forget that I first had to...

In today's Flow Show, me and Steve Strazza took a look at some potential directional bets, but we both agreed that the right trade for today is one that would benefit from some sideways trading action.

With the broader markets looking...

In today’s Jam Session, I discussed the potential for markets to hit the pause button soon (if they haven’t already) and how that’s affecting my trade selection going forward.

When putting on positions with undefined risk (naked short puts, or short strangles, for example), one question I often get asked is: “How do you determine your position size?”

In today's Flow Show, me and Steve Strazza came out swinging with an opportunity to add to an already winning options trade.

Back in late January, we entered into a bullish longer-term bet in Wells Fargo $WFC. You can read about it...

It’s common practice to follow the major stock market indexes to get clues into what kind of market environment we’re in.

This is important because when considering trades...

Steve Strazza brought up charts of the energy, materials, and commodities sectors on today's Flow Show. These are "peer indexes," meaning they often trend together.

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We're getting into Squeeze Season.

The stock market (as measured by the indexes) continues to trek higher, speculative fervor keeps building (as measured by what's happening in crypto), and these forces are combining to make it a dangerous...

The majority of my current open positions are long-biased. If the market continues to rise, I expect many of these positions to keep working for me.

My few short-delta...

On today's Flow Show, me and Steve Strazza put our heads together to follow the wave into the Steel sector.

Sector trends are showing us where capital is flowing and that led...

I received a great, and well-meaning question from a new All Star Options subscriber about...

Every once in a while, I’ll put on what I call “all or nothing” trades.

What this means in practice is that I’ll put on a defined risk options trade knowing full well that...

Steve Strazza and I hosted another Flow Show today on Stock Market TV and discussed opportunities in the Biotech space.

Starting at an index level, we see that...

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This morning, my Head Technical Analyst Steve Strazza joined me on The Flow Show to put our heads together on a new trade:

Strazza loves the Energy sector here, and of all the...

What if I’m wrong?

I get ideas. Sometimes crazy ones.

I see something in the charts, or read something in the news, or listen to something on spaces and it triggers me into taking action.

Sometimes I’ll take aggressive...

Many swing traders and investors are currently sitting on a First Class problem. But it’s a problem, nonetheless.

These...