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The Edge of Moving Average
This is the second part in the series about the edge of the market sentiment. The first part about relative strength edge was published a few weeks ago.
In this part I wish to describe a simple...

The edge of Mean Reversion Trades
Mean Reversion Trades
To be a profitable trader, you need to trade with an edge. What is a trading edge? In short, it is the opportunities or patterns that exist in the market that has a high...
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How to trade when a stock is over extended
As traders we are constantly on the look to understand the market's tendency and how to act on it. One way is by examining how stocks behave after they are oversold. We believe this is an essential...

The edge of relative strength - Risk on / Risk off
Traders that trade with the trend, increases their chances to be profitable in the long run. While it is impossible to completely predict the market, we can judge different patterns and sentiments...
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Picking the perfect covered call strike
Covered call is one of the most popular options strategies. Last week we mentioned that option-sellers have an edge when trading, and we talked a little bit about the edges in covered calls - They...
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Private: New feature in Samurai! (Tags)
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When to exercise call options early
We often use strategies that involve call options around dividend ex-date. Often times we sell calls and they might get exercised (for example our dividend capture strategies) and other times we...

Public Trade Log - More than 100 trades Special update!
As you might know by now - we are traders ourselves, and we built SamurAI as we felt the tools out there were not satisfying our needs. We use our scanner daily and constantly share some of the...

How did Super Bowl LII affect the stock market?
It’s been more than a week since the Philadelphia Eagles upset against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII that brought the first professional sports title to the city of brotherly love. But...