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What it Takes to Succeed in the Stock Market - Mike Swanson (08/30/10)

I just got back the cover for my new book Strategic Stock Trading. You can see it below. The publisher is going to send me a proof within ten days and if all goes well it should be for sale in 3-4 weeks. I'll let you know once it is. I think the cover looks good, but it is what is inside that really matters.

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Larry King and Sarah Palin Pray for CNBC in this Video Spoof - Mike Swanson (08/27/10)

Someone created this video and placed it on Youtube. In it he puts Larry King and Sarah Palin in a spoof movie and has them talk about the stock market and then pray for CNBC. This is one of the funniest things I've seen this week.

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Norman Hallett's Disciplined Trader Program - Mike Swanson (08/17/10)

There is only one thing that matters when it comes to stock trading and that is being objective about the stock market and aligning yourself with reality. That means having a strategy to interpret the moves of the stock market that works and then sticking with that strategy.

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Tony Robbins Issues Warning on the Stock Market - Mike Swanson (08/16/10)

For over a month now I have been telling people that we are in a bear market and that they need to take action accordingly - both in the private members section of this site and with people I know. Last week I issued a video sharing my views to the general public.

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Stock Market Gaps Down after Federal Reserve Prepares the Way for QE Easing - Mike Swanson (08/11/10)

Yesterday the Federal Reserve released its widely anticipated FOMC statement at 2:15 PM. Some people were hoping that the Fed would announce a round of quantitative easing to force the stock market to go up.

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Ike Iossif on Trading Methods - Mike Swanson (08/09/10)

Over this past weekend Ike Iossif of Aegean Capital and Optionsadvisoryservice.com and I did an audio discussion in which we talked trading methodologies. He discussed his idea of the time stop loss order that he uses in option trading and I told him that it is often applicable to trading stocks and exchange traded funds. This may be a new concept to you, but is well worth learning about.

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Stock Trading Update - S&P 500 Hits Technical Resistance at 200-day Moving Average - Mike Swanson (07/28/10)

As we head into the opening bell this morning S&P 500 futures are trading down 2 points while the Nasdaq futures are down 3.80. Yesterday the three major markets averages traded up on the opening, but ran into trouble when the S&P 500 hit resistance at its 200-day moving average.

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Dodd-Frank Banking Bill to Impact Hedge Funds and Accredited Investors

Last week on July 21, 2010 President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – the so called “banking reform bill.”

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Down and Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) Up On Earnings

Last night after the stock market closed both Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) released their second quarter earnings results for 2010.

Amazon reported earnings that disappointed investors and saw its stock plummet 10% in afterhours trading.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to Testify to Congress at 2:00 PM EST

Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify to Congress at 2:00 PM and deliver his bi-annual speech on the state of the economy. This is a little unusual because in the past the Federal Reserve Chairman has delivered this speech at 10:00 AM EST.



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