Today, while the overall stock market continues to pummel the average investor, I decided to take some action that I usually don’t do. I bought a stock strictly on a technical break-out and then sold 20 minutes later for a quick $300 profit. It was a learning experience and an easy chunk of money to earn as the market opened this morning. The beauty of it? This kind of strategy is completely independent of the overall market fundamentals which means you can make a killing no …

The market is making me look rather wise these days. In the past days and weeks, I have documented how I have been pulling back on some positions due to the head winds for stocks. Today, the market continues to slaughter weak-hearted investors as the Dow drops another 300 points. Are you being massacred or are you finding winners in the ugliness that is the U.S. stock market?