The vast majority of market participants provide for the money inflow. The few who have mastered market play, extract it. While typically in other professions as challenging as trading, one works within a big team that supports your actions. In trading, you are all alone. Competing at such levels demands…

The list is long of arguments why silver prices haven’t advanced further yet or might never take off. Market manipulation is one of them. While there is evidence that markets have always been manipulated, prices have eventually reached appropriate price levels. Another recent attack is a news item claiming bitcoin…

When gauging markets, it is essential not to leave anything out. Lights should be pointed at the market instrument from all angles, not to overlook anything in the dark. Commonly, that is fundamentals and technicals, but we wouldn’t stop at those. In bitcoin’s case, much more is at play that…

One of the most challenging tasks in market play lies in determining market tops and bottoms from a timing perspective. The most obvious reason for that is the complexity of the function of time itself, and other aspects are rooted in the degree of variables that markets are comprised of…

From a market perspective, we live in times of high risk. Markets typically reflect the world, and it is a misconception that markets only anticipate a future. They can also lag; after all, inflation is already present, and they can also be a reflection in real-time, e.g., market crashes. Consequently…

There is much talk about why silver hasn’t performed this year. What is overlooked is that the time increment of a year is random. Looking over the last twenty months, silver had a stunning performance. It more than doubled in price to where it is trading now. How often does…

One of the most defining characteristics of bitcoin is its perseverance despite setbacks. Whether it is the Fed, China, worldwide regulation, and many other recent threats, it seems bitcoin has a stealth factor. There are no sure bets in market play. And yet, there are probabilities, and in the case…

The average investor is news-driven. As much as the Federals Reserve (the Fed) might be criticized, this large investor group is not commonly doubting news. In other words, it has generally believed the Fed’s narrative that inflation is transitory. The bad news is rarely released shortly before Christmas. However, it…