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Justin Smyth is an independent trader with over 15 years of experience in the markets and the founder of nextbigtrade.com. Justin primarily uses a trend following method called Stage Analysis to trade the markets. He publishes articles ...more

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How Sector Leadership Has Changed Over The Last 20 Years
Choosing the right sector to trade is just as important as trading with the overall market trend at your back.
Leading Stocks Rejecting Latest Pullback
Almost all stocks followed the market lower when it went under pressure in late January. But as often happens in corrections, leading stocks tend to firm up before the rest of the market and start making higher highs.
Software Showing Market Leadership
Stocks that hold up during a market downturn tend to be the next leaders when pressure on the market alleviates.
Twitter: Big Winner With More Room To Run
Twitter had a monster breakout on October 29 when it broke out of a Stage 1 base on a massive increase in volume. Let’s take a look at the technical action in the stock before and after that key event and highlight some important turning points.
Fastest S&P 500 Correction Since 1928?
There has been 52 (-10%) corrections in the S&P 500 since 1928. If February 8th, 2018 was indeed the low of the latest -10% correction it would be the fastest correction of that entire data set.
Going To Cash And Position Sizing In Volatile Markets
Increased volatility occurs from time to time and the best way to deal with it, in my opinion, is to raise cash and reduce position sizes.
Recapping My Trading Year For 2017
I have no predictions for 2018 and I would highly encourage anyone reading this to ignore every single prediction they read anywhere since none of them are necessary or helpful.
Interview On Bitcoin, Gold, And Uranium
Gold is still moving sideways right on top of its 30-week moving average. The gold stocks are acting slightly weaker than gold.
Bitcoin Buying Panic Leaves A Dangerously Overextended Market
Bitcoin has gained over 100% since the start of October on top of an over 900% gain for the year 2017.
Uranium Stocks Reawaken After Cameco Cuts Production
The uranium miners drifted sideways and volume dried up, signaling disinterest in the sector but a general balance between buyers and sellers.
Buying Stocks In A Strong Sector That Haven’t Broken Out Yet: Cannabis Edition
Cannabis stocks are on fire after Canopy Growth led off as the first stock to break out. This hot sector can provide a lot of trading opportunities.
Cannabis Stocks Break Out Of A Year Long Consolidation
Three main cannabis stocks exploded higher on massive volume increases over the past couple of weeks. Not only that but their recent moves busted them out of a year-long consolidation in a very bullish manner.
Semiconductor Shares Slammed After Earnings
Many semiconductor stocks have had a rough time after earnings. AMD, UCTT, FORM, AEIS, and now RTR position NVMI have all been hit.
Why I Bought Twitter After Earnings
TWTR shares exploded higher last Thursday on a big increase in volume after their earnings report. TWTR is also finally starting to outperform the S&P 500 which is what you want to see in potential big winning stocks.
Thoughts On The Energy Sector
A few stocks breaking out higher but that tends to be the exception more than the rule.
Will Healthcare And Biotech Resume Market Leadership?
Biotech ETFs XBI and IBB are outperforming so far this year. It’s not too surprising if you use Stage Analysis since we know that bear markets are authors of bull markets, and biotech was one of the worst performing sectors of 2016.
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