This stock market has a lot of people pretty scared. Is the current bear market unusual? Are stocks doing something they've never done before? How
Current Stock Market Conditions for Investing
Thank you everyone for all of the warm responses and well-wishes in response to my last blog post regarding my recent health challenges. I'm
Barry’s Traders Interview
Quick update today: I was recently interviewed by Tim Bourquin at Trader Interviews.com. It's a great site with free audio interviews of many great
Enjoy This Bull Market!
Everything in the market is relative. Is the market in an up trend or a down trend? It may depend on the time frame you're viewing. On a daily chart
Who “Ticked Off” the Market?
In case you haven't noticed, the markets have made a slight turn for the worse. Some would call it a NOSE DIVE! Volatility was very slight as the
Top Dog Hits Wall Street!
Greetings Traders! Just a quick note to let you know that I'm going to be in the Big Apple next week (July 2 - 6). While I'm there I'm going to have
The Russell Has Left the Building …
For you day traders who like to trade the Russell 2000 futures contract (like I do), there was an important announcement today. ICE
Ask Barry: “How Should I Trade Crude Oil?
Here's another question from the "Ask Barry" service. If you don't already know, this is a service where anyone can ask me a question about the
Ask Barry: “Is Oil Going Higher?”
The new "Ask Barry" service is going well. This free service allows anyone (you don't have to be a student of mine) to ask me a question about the
Chart Tube
I've been meaning to do it for a long time ... and I finally did it! Yes, I've joined the YouTube phenomena. I have to say, it's a cool community
Are You Keeping Up?
"The times, they are a-changin.'" The world in which we trade is changing DRAMATICALLY. I'm primarily a technical trader. However I learned a
Da Bulls!
After a surge in energy to the downside, the S&P completed it's A, B, C pattern and has now made a Higher High. Technically it made a Lower Low
“Da Bears”
I just returned from the Wealth Expo in Atlanta where I gave a talk on Friday. It's always fun to meet with other traders and share our
OUCH!
Today was the worst sell-off in the stock market in many years. At one point the DOW was down over 500 points! Is this a disaster? I don't think
Can You Outperform the S&P 500?
The benchmark that most money managers are measured against is the S&P 500. It's common knowledge that most do not outperform it. Amazing that