Short selling is a strategy used by traders to profit from a stock dropping in price.  A short seller borrows shares of a stock today, immediately sells them, and then hopes to buy them back at a future date, hopefully at a lower price, in order to return them to the entity that lent them [...]

There are two ways to start a fire. You can take what most would consider the “proper” way by carefully stacking your tinder and wood, lighting a match and then fanning the fire until things really get going. Then there’s the other way: Throw the wood down, spray it with lighter fluid, add a lit [...]

We often talk about how the most “hated” sectors or ETFs can present the best trading opportunities, in at least one case today this appears to be true as an unlikely candidate is showing some strength.  For the day today, the SPDR KBW Regional Bank ETF has been a relative strength leader against the market [...]

The most recent short interest was just released and as always, there’s some tradable information to be had by digging through the latest trends. First, the general view on why short interest is one of the most reliable forms of sentiment data that can be tracked.  First, the sentiment read: when a trader shorts a [...]

Despite Monday’s sharp rally, stocks overall remain in a tight trading range as investors await some signs that the economic pressures that have knocked stocks from their July highs are ready to subside.  The trading range would have most investors throwing in the towel when trying to find the right group of stocks, but a [...]