Rick Ackerman

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)13:00 13:43  RickExpiring (May 31) WMT 63 puts for 0.03 look like an enticing speculation. This is a jackpot longshot, so be prepared to kiss your hard-earned money good-bye. Virus-free.www.avg.com

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)19:43  RickI was setting trade alerts for numerous symbols and happened on a DIA weekly chart that looks menacing. It offers an even clearer picture than the IBM and NVDA/RCA charts I've displayed to show how a head-fake to a marginal new record can set the hook. If p=384.26 support fails, I expect the implied 1700-point drop in the Dow to come quickly. Here's the chart:19:43  Rickhttps://bit.ly/4aFUp9m19:59  RickI re-used an 'a-b' trigger here, but it was only to establish a minimum downside target. The next-bigger a-b (a=469.50 on 1/7/22) yields a target of....317.07(!). I'd suggest that you keep that number well in mind if a hellacious plunge develops over the next 5-7 days. If you want to take a flier on some cheapie puts (i.e., under 0.60), I'd suggest going out no further than June 21 or 28. The puts are too thinly traded to trace out HP patterns, so I cannot offer an optimal price for buying them. https://bit.ly/4aFUp9m  Virus-free.www.avg.com

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)…has left you straddling the fence: 06:19  Formula382booth, IMO I think this is merely the b wave, higher high we needed in the primary count before this rally is over. To be honest, we can turn down at any moment now, the pattern is full and we have our higher high. Where can it extend? Not sure I really care. Just watching for 5 waves down from where we strike a high to confirm an interim top is in.06:43  RickMy friend Garrett Jones is having the same problem bending EWT to fit either of two scenarios, Formula. Immediately below is a link to his latest edition of 'Observations', which can't decide whether the bull has topped or will instead do so later this summer/fall. His solution is to be ready now, just in case. Here's a link to the newsletter, which contains many interesting, albeit possibly overimagined, charts:06:43  Rickhttps://bit.ly/4bvl75J https://bit.ly/4bvl75J Virus-free.www.avg.com

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)I will provide more-detailed guidance when QQQ gets closer to D=466.51. This looks like easy money to me, even for newbies who have never, ever made a profitable option trade. RA  10:00 10:12  RickQQQ should be shorted at D=466.51. The pattern underlying that target is my kind of gnarly: https://bit.ly/3WMHUpl NVDA's weighting is more than 5% of QQQ, and its big rallies have been known to cause a more than 2% gain in the index.  Virus-free.www.avg.com

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)14:51  RickNVDA 's top tomorrow will occur at 1067, or possibly a bit higher. (Click on link below for explanatory chart.) However, the carnival game is rigged so that no one could simply buy JoeyJolt's straddle for $78 ahead of the close and win. Although the straddle is guaranteed to be worth (probably much) more than that overnight, you won't get to trade out of it until most of the premium has evaporated before Thursday's opening bell. And even then, you will be dealing with fleeting highs/lows that will make it impossible to close out the straddle at anything remotely approaching optimal prices.14:51  Rickhttps://bit.ly/4bs22Sa Virus-free.www.avg.com

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)14:16  CTVRick, are you still aiming for short ES at 5194.50? Thanks [ {{ See my 10:15 post and paper-trade this one, Linda. 5194.50 is where the signal triggered, but not necessarily where we should get short. If you're interested, the technique is covered in the mini-courses on camouflage and 'mechanical' trading. At the moment, your best bet for attempting to short ES at a specific price -- without using a reverse pattern and with a ridiculously tight stop-loss -- is at 5257.25. That's assuming this short-squeeze rally can get there. RA }} ] 

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Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.)Tuesday, April 30, 2024 08:0008:02  RickVoodoo number coming up in June Gold at 2310.50 that can be bottom-fished with a 5.50-point trigger interval (TI).  [Note: I'd planned to email this recommendation to you 40 minutes ago after posting it in the chat room. Since then, however, gold has taken the leap I'd anticipated from above the voodoo number. This has effectively negated the trade, although not my suggestion that you paper-trade my chat room ideas for a while to get a feel for them. You'll discover that most either work or fail to trigger.    RA]   This trade was posted in the chat room a short while ago. It is recommended for subscribers who understand the risk and know how to manage it. In theory, entry risk on this one is about $550 per contract on this trade.   I once posted only trades in the chat room that controlled risk VERY tightly. Over the last couple of years, however, I have loosened up and broadened the selection to include trades that I have found to work fairly consistently. You can decide for yourself whether to take them, but I'd suggest paper trading for a while before you jump in. This will help buttress your confidence and allow you to sharpen your risk-control methods.     RA

Actionable Trade-Alert from Rick in the Trading Room (Please check all related discussion in the room before you do any trades.) 14:38   Rick:  NQM24: Bottom-fish near projected low at 17,807 with a trigger interval (TI) of 41 points, good until 3;30 p.m. An attractive opportunity, but less so if it requires exposure to risk overnight..Virus-free.www.avg.com