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Market and Portfolio Update!
I have updated the stock and ETF portfolios on the website. Real-time Stock Portfolio Real-time ETF Portfolio Highlights: It was another...
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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Stock and ETF Watch-lists Updated, February 3rd, 2022!
In bear markets or times of volatility, it is critical that investors take measures to manage risk and protect their hard-earned gains.
Feb 4, 20222 min read
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Quick Trade Set-ups, January 4th, 2022!
Commodities are breaking out in a big way today, particularly lithium, base metals, uranium and energy. Here are a few charts that I am ...
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Soft vs Hard Stop Losses
I haven't done a public post since October 2020 due to focusing on trading, watch-lists maintenance and subscriber updates. Moving...
Mar 10, 20213 min read
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Market Update!
The following blog post is an example of a regular portfolio update that subscribers at Natural Selection Self-Investing receive on an...
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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Subscriber Experience!
Subscriber experience at Natural Selection Self_investing!
Aug 25, 20203 min read
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Market Update and Quick Trade Ideas, Friday July 17, 2020!
It has been a few months since I posted on the public blog. The last few months have presented many quick trading opportunities that I...
Jul 17, 20203 min read
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Bull Market or Bear?
The following blog post is an example of a regular portfolio update that subscribers at Natural Selection Self-Investing receive on a...
May 15, 20203 min read
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Strategies Used to Avoid the 2020 Market Crash!
Managing risk with trend trading strategies and inverse ETFs. How I avoided the crash of 2020!
Apr 1, 20203 min read
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Market Update - Risk Management Posture!
Managing risk during bear markets. Learning to avoid losses and even prosper while others are losing money.
Mar 10, 20202 min read
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Beware the Raging Bull?
Blow-off Top or Deflationary Spiral?
Feb 12, 20205 min read
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Patience Required in Energy and Gold Mining Sectors!
The following post is the most recent email update provided to paying subscribers. I am posting it on the public blog so that...
Jan 9, 20202 min read
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How Trend Trading Outperforms Buy and Hold in Canada’s Marijuana Sector - Revisited!
The objective of trend trading is to buy a stock or ETF when a positive trend is beginning and then sell it when it shows signs of...
Dec 4, 20193 min read
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Stock and ETF Portfolio Updates!
The following blog post is an example of a regular portfolio update that subscribers at Natural Selection Self-Investing receive on an...
Dec 1, 20192 min read
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Market and Quick Trade Status Update!
I am posting more subscriber content on the public blog to illustrate the type of mid week commentary that I provide for Natural...
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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Free Quick Trade Watch-list, October 28th, 2019
This week I have decided to post the quick trade watch-list on the public blog so that non-subscribers can see how the quick-trade part...
Oct 29, 20193 min read
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A Second Leg up for Gold Miners?
What is next for the gold mining sector? The full picture becomes clear when looking at both the daily and weekly time frames.
Oct 11, 20193 min read
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Gold Miners and Energy Update...
I noted when I released the quick trade watch-list on Sunday that many gold miners had put in a tradable reversal last week. It bounced...
Sep 26, 20191 min read
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Fed Day, Gold and Energy...
It is the day before the Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision and for short term traders the volatility around that...
Sep 17, 20192 min read
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Has Energy Finally Bottomed?
Subscribers at Natural Selection Self-Directed Investing are aware that we added several energy stocks to our quick trade watch-list this...
Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Stock Portfolio Changes
Over the last couple of weeks, we have sold a couple of positions in the Natural Selection stock portfolio. Gildan Activewear (GIL) was...
Aug 29, 20192 min read
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Gold and Silver Miners Launch Higher!
One of the most challenging and overlooked aspects of trading is taking profits on a winning trade. Many traders with self-directed...
Jul 18, 20192 min read
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Marijuana Bright Spot?
While most of the marijuana sector has had a tough 2019, one company that has remained relatively strong throughout the correction is...
Jul 8, 20191 min read
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How Trend Trading Outperforms Buy and Hold in Canada's Marijuana Sector!
In a previous blog post, I introduced the notion of investment bias and discussed how our biases can prevent us from investing when the...
Jul 3, 20193 min read
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Quick Trade Watch-list, June 24th, 2019
I have decided to post this week's watch-list on the public blog to illustrate to potential subscribers what the paid service offers to...
Jun 23, 20193 min read
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Gold Breakout!
Normally I would just post this in Subscriber Live Blog, but with gold breaking out to five year highs overnight on the dovish Fed...
Jun 20, 20191 min read
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Managing your Investment biases....
One of the hardest thing for individuals to do when making investment decisions is to overcome our biases. A bias is simply a...
Jun 17, 20192 min read
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Nasdaq Quick-Trade Short Developing?
HQD was on today's watch-list as a potential quick-trade, and it looks like it could be reversing this afternoon. We'll see how it...
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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Gold Miner Purchase..
This is just a quick post to illustrate to subscribers and public blog followers why we added positions to each the of the ETF and Stock...
Jun 6, 20192 min read
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