Adjustments I have had to make in 2016 due to the market environment: I am trading at half the position size I did from 2012-2015 due to the expansion in volatility and average daily trading ranges. Even this is too big at times. I have not been able to buy any individual stocks for longer

Contrary to popular belief by the majority of the general population and even investors and traders stocks are not tied to their fundamental values or even the companies that sold the shares to raise capital. Stock prices are tied to simply what the current buyer and seller in the market is willing to exchange ownership

The best thing that most investors could have done was go to cash positions in their retirement accounts as the 200-day SMA failed in late 2015. This helped me avoid a correction in my biggest account. With the speed, chop, and volatility so far in 2016, the traders that are making money are likely day trading or holding positions for

Stocks as an asset class are under distribution worldwide in 2016. $SPY is in an intermediate downtrend under its 200-day SMA. The MACD is still in a bearish crossover. $SPY has closed under the 10-day EMA 24 out of 29 trading days in 2016. The 10-day EMA has been resistance this year. The 21-day EMA is the

The price drops below the 200 day simple moving average. This is your first warning on the long side to exit and wait for the 200 day to be retaken. The MACD has a bearish crossover. This shows that the uptrend has lost momentum. This is a warning sign that the market could fall as price

The 200-day and 50-day are starting to descend lower, showing a long term downtrend is developing. We are still under a bearish 50/200 day ‘death cross’. $SPY has traded under the 10-day EMA for the majority of this year, demonstrating that bears have stayed in control of the market. $187 is the short term support level for