One of the greatest trading books ever written is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. The original book was published in 1923, but in 2010, an Annotated Edition was produced by Jon Markman. This edition reveals the truth about Jesse Livermore and provides colorful, historically accurate commentary on the characters, places, and events that have made [...]
In my 19 years of trading, I’ve never seen so much bearishness, fear, and apathy, especially with the market at all-time highs. I’m not talking about the long-only, buy and hold crowd. Those people are always bullish and they NEVER sell. They just ride the market all the way up, and then all the way [...]
Back in 2007, one of my favorite money managers, Ken Heebner, was up +80% for the year while the S&P 500 was only up +3.5%. How did he do it? He was concentrated in the best stocks from the strongest sectors. I remember it well because I was focused on the same stocks and I [...]
Every one of these topics could be a separate blog post, but I'm just going to fire off a few things going through my head right now (in no particular order): 1) I keep hearing about how we should prepare for a "higher rate environment." Why are very few people taking about the possibility of [...]
The following is a video of stocks showing relative strength. The purpose of this video is to pass along some of my experiences from 18 years of trading, and to provide education and market commentary. If you have any questions, you can email me directly at jfahmy@zorcapital.com. Thank you for watching and good luck trading! [...]
At first, you might laugh at the title and say: "What selloff? The market was only down -0.41%." Keep in mind I mainly trade individual growth stocks and beneath the surface, there was some damage today. 1) Relative to how much the general market was down, an abnormal amount of stocks were down over -4% on Monday. [...]
A scenario that would frustrate the most people is if the market stays in a range for a while. Let me explain: 1) The perma-Bears want the market to go down and STAY down. I'm assuming it's because they've missed the rally, they feel the market is overvalued, they're afraid to buy near highs, or [...]
1) The NUMBER ONE criteria I use to evaluate the overall health of the market is the price action of leading stocks. Right now, I am finding many strong fundamental companies forming strong technical patterns. When I see this across many sectors, the market has a high probability of doing well. 2) Seasonally, we are [...]
1) Consistently outperforming the stock market. The key word is "consistent" because to be the best at ANYTHING you have to be consistent. Michael Jordan is not considered one of the best basketball players of all-time because he scored 30 points ONCE in a game. It's because he "consistently" averaged 30 points per game over a 15-20 [...]
One strong Jobs Report last Friday and it's the end of the world, huh? That's it, the Fed is going to raise rates and the market has topped. For those who don't know me, I'm being sarcastic. Here are a few thoughts: 1) This week, you will hear non-stop discussions about the Fed. My best [...]