At the end of May 2021, I place my first trade in the Options Trading Club's CSP Trading Journal, only a few days before the doors officially open to paying customers.

After the stunning breakout to all-time highs in July/August 2020, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) consolidates...

The annualized return on investment (AROI) is a useful indicator for comparing trades of varying duration, or even various trading strategies. It assists me in keeping track of the overall performance of my trades and various trading systems, which I employ on a regular basis in my trading...

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WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

For the S&P500 (SPY), the final week of 2021 was fairly straightforward: an authoritative breakout to all-time highs on Monday with a long solid green candle, followed by four days of consolidation. In the first trading week of 2022, we'll see...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

The S&P500 (SPY) began this four-day trading week with a significant gap down, testing key support around the 454 level. But that was the only selling pressure we saw all week, as bulls took control of the game in the following three sessions, driving...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW

The stock market has had another wild week, with the S&P500 (SPY) failing to break out to new all-time highs in the first half of the week and then pulling back on Friday with a sharp gap down at the start of the session, followed by swings in both...

Options can be traded on a variety of underlying assets, such as stocks, indices, and ETFs (exchange-traded funds), and they can allow intelligent investors to leverage assets while controlling some of the risks involved with market participation. Almost every investor has heard the expression...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW

After testing and briefly breaking the first critical level of support at the end of the previous week, the S&P500 (SPY) had a solid start on Monday, followed by a surge on Tuesday and additional buying pressure moving into the end of last week, driving the...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW

Despite the increased volatility and a few days of wild price action, the S&P500 (SPY) finished the week just near the level of support mentioned in last week's Weekly Report, recouping over half of the session's losses. Next week will be critical in...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW

Following three days of normal trading activity and the Thanksgiving holiday, the S&P500 (SPY) was slammed by a wave of high volatility panic selling, painting the Black Friday short session deep red. Key support is now at previous all-time highs. That will be...