By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
The markets are ruining investors, and they're even giving seasoned traders a run for their money.
But the shares best for trading, with the biggest profits, come from stocks that are actually moving in a certain direction – and that's "against the grain."
Here's the master list of Tom's favorite stocks to trade on right now...
By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
The beauty of options is that they're so versatile. You can use them to make money when stocks are going up or down. They can make you steady income or huge windfall gains.
For instance, you can use the bull put spread I showed you to dominate minor upward market moves.
And when the market is edging down, remember the bear call spread we talked about.
Both of these strategies are great to use when wanting to further leverage your cost of an option trade beyond buying calls or puts.
But there's one thing we haven't talked about yet: how to play a flat market.
You can use this strategy to make money when no one else is.
It's called the "iron condor," and here's how it works...
By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
It's tough to be an investor today. This is perhaps the most challenging market since the meltdown in 2008.
The sobering headlines, full of dire predictions and uncertainty about the commodities collapse and the "slowdown" in China, certainly aren't helping.
At the same time, investors need to be in the market to have any hope of growing their wealth.
But here's the thing… No one needs to consign themselves to unnecessary risk and subpar returns.
To learn about how best to stay invested and in the black, I sat down to talk with D.R. Barton, Jr., author of the upcoming book "The Ten Minute Millionaire" and editor of the Stealth Profits Trader research and advisory service.
He told me the specific stocks to look at right now, and just as important, how to buy them. D.R. normally shares these stocks and strategies with his paid-up subscribers, but the market is so dicey right now that we feel everyone would benefit from this.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Global markets have been extremely volatile in 2016, leaving many investors wondering how to invest in stocks right now.
That's why we turned to Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald for the answer. He's a seasoned market analyst with more than 30 years of global experience in the markets.
But first, here's why the markets are so turbulent...
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - • Print | Email
Contrary to what most investors believe, volatility's not a bad thing. The biggest profits almost inevitably spring from the deepest of market dips.
What's more, the best companies always rise to the top – which is why you want to grab them at beaten-down prices every chance you get.
By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
One of the first important investing events of the year is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas.
CES is a dream world for tech fanatics. For investors and traders, it's a quick way to find growth in public companies.
By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - • Print | Email
At the end of 2014, we predicted volatility would build throughout the year and then govern the markets altogether in the last half of 2015.
This deceptively simple prediction was quickly proved right, starting last January when the Swiss de-coupled the franc from the euro and sent their currency soaring – and global markets and forex positions tumbling.
So it was we were ready, with cash in hand and ready to buy, when the markets tanked on Aug. 24, 2015, sending the VIX to a six-and-a-half-year high of 53. Adding risk at that moment, when everyone else was selling, gave us some of the best entry points of the year on some quality stocks, like Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).
And that paid off handsomely as investors bid up stocks throughout November and December of this past year and we took some money off the table.
The volatility that we experienced and profited from in 2015 is only going to intensify as a full-fledged bear market takes shape. That's why our Editors want everyone to pick up these investments as soon as possible.
Every one of these is easy to buy and perfectly positioned to pay off in 2016...
By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
There’s only one resolution traders need in the new year: Make twice the profit you made in 2015 by Dec. 31, 2016.
And this signal is the secret to reaching that goal – it’s the absolute best momentum indicator you can have in your trader’s toolbox.
It’ll help kick your options trades into high gear in 2016, so let’s get started…
