What’s more Important - that, or stock performance and your P/L?
Here’s what matters: price trend and are you on the right side and making money - that’s it.
When you have a market where diverse names like $AMAT $CAT $DIS $FCX $MS $QCOM $ROKU $SE $SBUX $TJX are all on the new highs list, it is indicative of alot of underlying market strength.
These are always opportunities to book partial gains and raise stops as well.
Markets are never easy - even at new highs and trending, the trader/investor can always over-think it or over-trade.
What has helped me the most is to stop making directional market calls and just trade the chart on the screen. Once we make a market call, we get locked into it.
1455 stocks > $2B market cap are trading over their 20 & 50-sma, but many pundits seem to think it's a 'tough market'.
It could get more difficult at any time, but for now there is alot of positive momentum. Often the market gets tougher in our heads than it is on the screen.
I booked gains in $NFLX in Sept. to go into $SE, which has been a big outperformer, based on the chart R/R.
I've also sold/been stopped out of names that have gone higher. The key for me is to focus on the best opportunities & accept that sometimes stocks we sell can go higher.
$SE has been a top performer for me & Blue Chip Daily Members.
New all-time high > $197, +34% from my 9/14 buy
Our Chart of the Day on 9/10 & 10/22.
On our Top 25 Weekly Buy list: 11/29 (this week), 11/22, 10/25, 10/18, 10/11, 10/04, 9/27, 9/20, 9/13.
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I haven't had an airline stock on a buy list or as a holding for as long as I can remember, if ever, it's been a long time.
There are long side opportunities in high growth momentum stocks, cyclicals in uptrends & longer term trend reversals as well - a very diverse mix.
A very solid day in recovery names for Blue Chip Daily Members:
$UAL is +11% since yesterday's AM Chart of the Day Buy List
$BA +20% from the 11/23 COD Buy List.
Both were on the 11/10 Recovery List I put together for Members. +26% & 24% since then.
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$SPX $NDX $EEM $VGK $SMH all recent new highs.
1412 stocks > $2B over their 20 & 50-sma.
While markets can pullback & reset at any time, the underlying charts, trends & base breakouts in a variety of industries from cloud to steel continues to be strong int. to longer-term.
Marty Zweig isn’t often mentioned, but for me, he was a great influence. His book below, from 1986, was one of the first trading books that I ever read, and is just as relevant today.
Technology changes, but what works in markets is very consistent over time.
If you are waiting for a pullback in a stock that doesn't pullback very much, that is often a sign of institutional strength and buying demand. These stocks often go on to outperform.
If you are getting stopped out frequently with markets trending & at new highs, very often your stops are too tight for the market volatility. Keeping stop %'s the same regardless of market conditions is flawed plan.
The markets aren't going to adapt to your trading method.