There are many ways to approach day trading. The ones I tend to rely on are dependent on price movement and volume. Without movement, there’s no opportunity to make money and without volume, there are not enough people with skin in the game to sustain a move. Here is an example of one of my favorite methodologies that we did in the room today:
Renewed geopolitical risk, rising oil prices, and disappointing reactions to mega-cap earnings gave investors plenty to digest this week. The two biggest market headlines this week were GOOGL’s capex spending and renewed escalation in the Middle East. More on the GOOGL spending below. Brent crude traded above $100 per barrel, while the U.S. benchmark, West […]
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Intel posted a strong earnings report this morning and the stock is selling off anyway. Scott Bauer joined Schwab Network today to explain why he thinks the market is getting this one wrong and how he is positioning around it.
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Scott Bauer joined Fox Business live from the CBOE floor ahead of Google’s earnings report to break down what options flow is signaling and why the CapEx number may matter more than the earnings themselves. He also made the case for why now is a smart time to buy cheap downside protection.
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Scott Bauer joined the IBKR Podcast this week to break down what moved markets last week and what investors need to watch heading into the next stretch of earnings season. From lagging inflation data to big tech CapEx concerns, Scott did not hold back.
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The Dow rose more than 1% to a record closing high on Thursday ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The second half of 2026 kicked off this week much the same as […]
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A renewed sell-off in technology stocks grabbed headlines this week. The Nasdaq index fell 4.5%, closing lower 5 days in a row, led by a large 5.5% decline in the so-called Magnificent 7 mega cap names. Meanwhile, the post IPO exuberance around SpaceX appears to be fading, with shares now down 25% from their peak. […]
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