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No setup gets me more excited than buying a fresh new all-time high.

There are no bagholders looking to unload their losing position to breakeven. Every investor or trader holding a long position is making money. And every trader...

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Today's trade is in a name that currently sports a 15% short interest which equates to approximately 7 days to cover. This could be significant fuel for a blast off if the current post-earnings momentum propels this stock above 52-week highs.

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There's been a lot of "bad" news thrown in Tesla's direction this year. And it's played out in the stock's price. But here's the thing -- bad news is often the worst at the bottom.

And zooming out on a longer time frame, it looks like $TSLA...

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The dramatic decrease in volatility ($VIX is a good proxy for this) across the board over the past ten or so trading days is taking the starch out of my inclination for looking at delta-neutral options credit...

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I'm mindful that coming into this afternoon's Fed meeting lots can change following whatever is said after 2pm ET.

That said, there's a pretty compelling opportunity to sell some premium in the gold space, at strikes that are comfortably far...

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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.

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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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I came into today's Flow Show not having much of an appetite for any aggressively bullish bets. But by the show's end, I'm putting on a straight gamble! How the hell did that happen? Watch the video above to find out.

The chart and...

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Whoa! What a week for pruning the garden!

I closed out eleven positions in five trading days. Unfortunately, many of them were losers. But the good news is all the losers...

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Berkshire Hathaway stock $BRK/B has traded down for eleven of the past thirteen trading days. That's not something you see often.

Call me sentimental, but watching implied volatility in Berkshire options creep up to its highest levels of the...

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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...

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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...

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We're looking abroad for today's trade in a company involved in the manufacturing and sale of connectivity and sensor solutions.

The stock is breaking out of a multi-year base and it offers us a nearby risk management level to keep our stop...

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Traders have made a lot of noise about the recent correction in Apple. And yes, the selloff has been large (for Apple).

But with daily trading volumes beginning to wane, it feels to me that the run has begun to exhaust itself and bears will...

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When I was reviewing my open positions this morning, I couldn’t help but have the feeling that all good runs must eventually come to an end. Everything goes through cycles.

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The energy sector is looking poised to break into uncharted territory, and we too are going to break some new ground by doing an options trade we've never done before in ASO.

Calling it a "trade" might even feel a little off, considering the...

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Are we due for the pause that refreshes?

If so, what sector is likely to remain mired in a range?

For my money, this chart seems as good as any candidate for continued sideways, sloppy trading action...

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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...

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