Investment Capitalist

There’s a lot of play here right now, and this group has consistently been on the top of my performance list. They’re a wild bunch and you have to try and trade against the herd, otherwise there’s no liquidity and you’ll get picked off like an ugly zit. The theme is really revving up and [...]

This day will go down as the biggest blow-off text book reversal day in the history of mankind.  Group think is a manifestation of your own much more deeply rooted psychological impediments. Mental handicaps. Note it for the nth time and move on. All the littles had textbook short written all over them on the [...]

Using DeMark’s TD Sequential PERFECTED COUNTDOWNS “Perfected” Buy Countdown — Low of Bar 13 must be less than close of bar 8 to give some assurance that market is really oversold “Perfected” Sell Countdown — High of Bar 13 must be greater than the close of bar 8 to give some assurance that market is [...]

The market gapped down big and closed below the open on Monday for a second day in a row.  Selling was heavy but not excessive or extreme by any stretch of the imagination. The major indices all fell between 4% to 5%.  Breadth was deeply negative, which is the only silver lining right now. The [...]

”It may be necessary to temporarily nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring,” he said. “I understand that once in a hundred years this is what you do.” Alan Greenspan, Feb. 18, 2009 “If nationalisation is what works, then we should do it.” Sen. Lyndsey Graham, R-S.C. ”You would have [...]

Wait a second. S&P 500 heading to 650?

Game Plan – Highly Selective Market Swings via ETF Baskets. Basket Trading is the ONLY THEME for FEBRUARY (or until correlations break 1). Campaign – Searching for a successful test of S2′s, watching for major break through Nov. lows. PRIORITY- VIX double bottom Week of Feb. 02 PST- Ultrashort 7-10yr Tsy. Top Trades: SKF to [...]