A Strengthening US Dollar Is A Double-Edged Sword

The US Dollar continues to attract capital from investors all over the world. But could this be a double-edged sword for US stocks? As capital flocks to the USD, this in turn hurts US multinationals as they need to convert their weak foreign…
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Panic Selling And The Potential Cost Of FOMO – Video

Chris Vermeulen sits down with Jim Goddard on HoweStreet to discuss the recent massive panic selling in the stock markets. Other than cash, natural gas and the US Dollar are the only two safe havens at the moment. Foreign investment, for example,…
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The Harsh Realities Of Caving Into Emotional Trading

Wow, what an emotional trading day and week thus far. What John said Wednesday in the member’s comments could not be more accurate for most people. "Only thing scarier than shark week is FED week!" Luckily we safely navigated the turmoil…
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Panic Selling And The Potential Cost Of FOMO – Video

Chris Vermeulen sits down with Jim Goddard on HoweStreet to discuss the recent massive panic selling in the stock markets. Other than cash, natural gas and the US Dollar are the only two safe havens at the moment. Foreign investment, for example,…
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Is The US Dollar The Global Safe-Haven?

Global investors continue to pile into the US Dollar making it the primary safe-haven trade.  This may eventually trigger a broad and deep selloff in U.S. stocks. As the USD continues to strengthen, corporate profits for US multinationals…
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US Dollar, Natural Gas ETF – UUP, UNG, Cash – Trader Tip Video

In today’s trader tip video, Chris talks about the current stock market volatility, the US dollar ETF UUP, the natural gas ETF UNG, and his current cash position. In these volatile times, the best position to be in is cash. We closed out…
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Market Volatility – Traders Must Adapt Or Risk Losing Their Shirts

Market volatility remains elevated and may be setting the stage for spikes even higher than we have already experienced. Global money is continuing to flow into the US Dollar making it one of the primary safe-haven trades.  This may…
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Selling Puts – A Simple Options Strategy

Selling puts is a neutral to bullish strategy. Traders tend to overcomplicate things.  This is especially true with options trading where puts and calls can be bought and sold in seemingly endless combinations with cute names like calendars,…
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Using Comparison Analysis For An Edge

Multi timeframe, as well as comparison analysis, have many benefits. As traders, we tend to utilize the shorter-term time frames to enter our trades and place our stops. But the BIG money is made from gleaning information from the longer-term…
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Will Gold Price Rebound If The Economy Is In A Recession – Video

Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders talks with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, about the recent price action of gold and the stock market. Looking at the daily charts of Gold, we can see gold has this big run-up when the news of…
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