by Mark Croock | Jul 21, 2022 | Trading Lessons
As a trader, you’ve gotta pounce on the great setups when they show up on your watchlist. Tim Sykes has taught this over and over. When a volatile stock has a red first red day — or a break of multi-day, multi-week, or even multi-month support — that’s the ideal time...
by Mark Croock | Jul 6, 2022 | Trading Lessons
About two weeks ago, I started analyzing a few charts and one setup stuck out among the rest. The charts that caught my eye are members of the only sector that’s seen any kind of sustained gains throughout 2022… You guessed it, I’m talking about oil stocks. I’ve had a...
by Mark Croock | Jun 29, 2022 | Trading Lessons
Every six months, I like to take a step back and review all of my trades from that period. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … self-reflection is critical for traders. If you don’t examine your trading, you’ll never know which strengths you should lean into...
by Mark Croock | Jun 28, 2022 | Trading Lessons
Every six months, I like to take a step back and review all of my trades from that period. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … self-reflection is critical for traders. If you don’t examine your trading, you’ll never know which strengths you should lean into...
by Mark Croock | Jun 20, 2022 | Trading Lessons
I hope you’re all enjoying a much-deserved day off from the markets. I’d like to take a break from our normally-scheduled market madness and dive into a topic that a lot of students seem to struggle with — the Greeks! Understanding these four fundamental values of the...
by Mark Croock | Jun 14, 2022 | Trading Lessons
As the crypto market is heading into a bearish tailspin, I’ve officially nailed a juicy put trade on the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA: BITO). In fact, it’s now my biggest trade of all time. All told, I turned just under $50,000 into $230,000+ on this...