Over the years, I’ve observed a myriad of financial experts try to beat the S&P 500 and reduce volatility in their portfolios. There are literally hundreds of methodologies traders and investors use to this end — everything from basic diversification to proprietary, complex mathematical algorithms that select the best stocks… Read More

Over the years, I’ve observed a myriad of financial experts try to beat the S&P 500 and reduce volatility in their portfolios. There are literally hundreds of methodologies traders and investors use to this end — everything from basic diversification to proprietary, complex mathematical algorithms that select the best stocks… Read More

If there’s one lesson that stands out among all those I’ve learned in my 20 years of trading, it’s that even the best research, resources and skills can’t guarantee success. When I was coming up as a pit trader, I was fortunate enough to work alongside and learn… Read More

If there’s one lesson that stands out among all those I’ve learned in my 20 years of trading, it’s that even the best research, resources and skills can’t guarantee success. When I was coming up as a pit trader, I was fortunate enough to work alongside and learn… Read More

Think for a moment about a roulette wheel. A novice might say there are two colors: red and black. This is similar to the binary outcome of a regular stock trade: You bet it will either go up or down. That’s it. But upon closer inspection, there are… Read More

A few weeks ago, a man named Joe Campbell thought he had it made. He found a “sure thing” that would make him rich. His mark: A drug development company by the name of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KBIO) — a penny stock. The company had recently… Read More

A few weeks ago, a man named Joe Campbell thought he had it made. He found a “sure thing” that would make him rich. His mark: A drug development company by the name of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KBIO) — a penny stock. The company had recently… Read More

I can tell you from experience that most people have no idea how Wall Street insiders really line their pockets.  We all know about their sweetheart investment banking deals and high-frequency trading, but that’s not their real secret. #-ad_banner-# The smartest traders use a… Read More

“Jared Levy is insatiable,” I thought to myself. Between appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, flying his private airplane around the country and helming Profitable Trading’s successful options newsletter, Profit Amplifier, it would be easy for someone in his position to want to take a beat and enjoy the… Read More

This Trade of the Week issue comes with an adult content warning. If you have delicate sensibilities, you may want to jump to the middle of the article… Because before I get to today’s investing lesson on how to pocket the kind of profits that are on every… Read More

One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid. Outside of the military, one of the greatest minds of all time believed in the KISS philosophy, but Albert Einstein expressed the idea in more poetic… Read More

One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid. Outside of the military, one of the greatest minds of all time believed in the KISS philosophy, but Albert Einstein expressed the idea in more poetic… Read More

This year has been a sobering reminder of how volatile the stock market can be without much to show for it. But we often hear that we should ignore short-term volatility because, in the long run, stocks have always delivered great returns.  Historically, this is true — but… Read More

My years in the military have allowed me to see the world in a totally different way. While deployed overseas, I tracked IED locations, went on convoy missions and gathered intelligence from local villages. I learned the importance of analyzing data to forecast what was likely to happen,… Read More