Just as the case with bullish screens, bearish screens can be set up a number of ways.  Are you looking for a stock that has had a nice run and has potentially peaked, or a stock that is stuck in a downward spiral? To improve our chances for success, our best bet is to find stocks that are in poor performing sectors or industries.  Find stocks that have poor fundamentals and, of course, find stocks that have a poor trend or have broken through support levels. Using the free site […]

There is more than one way to setup a bullish screen.  First, you have to decide what bullish means to you.  Does it mean a fundamentally sound stock, or a stock in an industry/sector that is performing well, or a stock that is in a strong uptrend, or maybe a stock that bottomed and is now starting back up? Our curriculum suggests that the best way to put the odds in our favor is to focus on the three major analyses of good fundamentals, good technicals, and good groups.  Using […]

There are many ways one can find stocks to trade.  One easy way is through the use of scanners available on many websites.  A scan is a tool that searches for stocks that meet certain predefined criteria.  You are not able to change the criteria and a lot of times you may not know what the criteria are. With most of the websites that we use, you can find scans on those sites.  The scans can be based more on fundamental criteria or technical criteria.  Scans can also focus on […]

With earnings season winding down, we are provided a great opportunity to consider buying options. It doesn’t matter whether we are looking at calls or puts. Option prices, whether calls or puts, will typically rise as earnings announcements near. They rise in anticipation of a potential big move in the stock after the earnings are announced. Just this week, we saw AAPL drop $44.00 after earnings and NFLX rise $58.75 after earnings. These are not your typical moves, but moves that we can expect due to earnings announcements. Generally speaking, […]