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Mind the Mental Gap
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Mind the Mental Gap

Most US markets are closed today in observance of the Memorial Day holiday, and I know you’re probably spending some quality time with family and friends. But I wanted to get in touch with a quick note before we all get back to trading tomorrow morning… I talk about mindset a lot because it’s so … The post Mind the Mental Gap appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 30, 2022
How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions

With the markets closed on Monday for Memorial Day, this provides a great opportunity to take a step back and review how charting works to identify trading opportunities as well as to know when a chart shows when a trade shouldn’t be made. Today, I’m going to give you a prime primer course in candlesticks … The post How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 27, 2022
How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets

If you’ve been following my trading strategy, you’ll know that I rely heavily on timeframe charts to make futures trading judgments. So today, I want to teach you about the indicators and setups I use when preparing my charts. Dealing with all of the data for trading might be difficult, but properly setting up my … The post How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

JM
Joshua Martinez
May 26, 2022
Why Finding Market Direction is So Important
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Why Finding Market Direction is So Important

It’s tough to uncover profitable opportunities in a market without a defined direction, which is why finding market patterns is one of the most crucial aspects in developing a good trading strategy.  While markets differ, the facts that underpin market trends are universal. We’ll have the best chance of making a winning trade if we … The post Why Finding Market Direction is So Important appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 25, 2022
A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P

There are different views that can be taken on the stock and other markets. On any day, there are intraday and daily trading ideas for short term gains.  But there can also be longer-term ideas that may not be ready to trade now but are worth keeping an eye on to see if and how … The post A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

JM
Joshua Martinez
May 24, 2022
Gold In The Buy Zone
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Gold In The Buy Zone

We’ve been working on the gold market over the past week, including our discussion in yesterday’s edition of this update. We now see that gold is now in the buy zone and providing potential opportunities for trades now for the glittering metal. Today, let’s take at the recent trading pattern setups for gold and how … The post Gold In The Buy Zone appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 23, 2022
How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels

The stock market continues to show signs of resilience and optimism.  On any given day, the leading indexes will experience buying sending traders into profitable trades, including for the core US benchmark S&P 500 Index. In fact, even this morning, the S&P showed some nice gains for a period of time both in the cash … The post How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

JM
Joshua Martinez
May 20, 2022
Here’s the Rundown on BTC
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Here’s the Rundown on BTC

The digital currency markets continue to be as volatile as the leading stock market indexes over the past weeks. This is providing challenges for researching and analyzing both direction as well as levels for entry. There are definitely plenty of opportunities for trading digital currencies, especially the leading currency in BTC.  In addition, by tracking … The post Here’s the Rundown on BTC appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 19, 2022
Go Small for Bigger Gains
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Go Small for Bigger Gains

The stock market is having another big risk-off trading day…  This follows the prior day’s enthusiasm stemming from the series of excellent economic data and news, particularly for consumer spending and retail sales. But even today, there are trades setting up for stocks that are bargains now with underpinnings of future positive business successes. Specifically, … The post Go Small for Bigger Gains appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

JM
Joshua Martinez
May 18, 2022
Let’s Go For the Gold
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

Let’s Go For the Gold

The stock market has experienced plenty of downs lately with a few ups along the way, such as for this morning.  But with plenty of concerns held by stock traders right now, looking at alternative assets for trading gain opportunities just makes a lot more sense right now. Gold is one of those alternative assets … The post Let’s Go For the Gold appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

JM
Joshua Martinez
May 17, 2022
A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market

Big technology stocks have been a major driver for the US stock market returns over the past some years. And these stocks have also been a major source of asset gathering by mega asset managers, both in ETFs as well as for general investment funds. This also includes many major hedge funds that are active … The post A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 16, 2022
The General of the EV Market
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

The General of the EV Market

General Motors Company (GM) is spending a reported billions on developing electric vehicles (EVs) that will counter Tesla Motors (TSLA) as well as other EV companies. The market is hot for EVs, and this may well set up trading opportunities for long trades in the leaders in EVs including for GM. This has led us to … The post The General of the EV Market appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

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Joshua Martinez
May 13, 2022
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