We have bounced nicely off the overnight lows in the S&P 500 e-mini (ES) contract (above) and now are trading well within yesterday's trading range. Holding above the Wednesday lows would set up a potential patterns of higher lows after the recent...

Special thanks to reader Adam for pointing out this excellent article on mood and its effect on leadership. Why is this important? Because you are the leader of your own trading business. As the article indicates, how we think affects how we...

* Great article: how our brains interfere with taking losses; * Nice article from Smita Sadana on resisting temptation in trading; * Thoughts on the mechanics of trading and hitting; * Interesting visual representation of historical price...

The sector spectrum view from FinViz shows more green than red, as we've been trading stronger relative to yesterday's close. As you know, however, I like to track the market's strength and weakness from the current day's market open, not the prior...

We've broken above the 11/2 highs on the heels of U.S. dollar weakness and firmness among commodities. That means I'm looking to see how we behave around the 1050 level in the ES contract (above) to see if we can sustain the breakout going into...