By Chris Berry of Disruptive Discoveries Journal

Regular readers will know of my optimism regarding cobalt. The fundamentals look sound in a metals market that, already under pressure, appears headed lower. To wit:

·         Cobalt demand is growing by 6% overall with demand in the battery supply chain growing by some estimates at a CAGR of 10% out to 2020. Current estimates for battery usage put the actual tonnage demanded at between 35,000 and 40,000 tpy - a good chunk of the overall market. This is driven almost exclusively by cobalt’s use in the cathode of the lithium ion battery.

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By Rachel Fox of FoxOnStocks.com

Last week, I blogged on three different types of Iron Condor variations you can trade, in a segment here on Fox on Stocks called The Strategy Menu.

While there are many different types of Iron Condor variations, these three to me were the most basic to grasp. I wanted to write down ideal conditions for them, for specifically WHEN you’d want to use them and WHY… you know, should you find yourself in need of placing a bias neutral trade.

There will be more and more of these Strategy posts, because I’ve been receiving many questions from people asking about specific strategies, how to trade them, and when.

The best thing I can suggest is to first, read through my trade checklist, which was posted on Monday Sept 28th. That will guide you to WHICH strategy you want to trade and when/why.

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by Rachel Fox of FoxOnStocks.com

After having traded for a few years, I had finally developed systems for my different types of trading. Everyday, all the time, we must monitor everything we’re doing and make changes to our systems when necessary. Reinventing strategies is key in trading. It took me a little while to get that. Everyone has their rules and their systems and their comfort zones unless you’re a newer trader and haven’t had the time or experience to yet generate your strategy or strategies. Maybe you’re finding trouble getting past one very big vital piece of the overall trading bubble… that is the part where you find your strategies to assist generating trade ideas

How to Generate Trade Ideas

Here are MY step by step rules I follow, WHEN and only when placing options swing and day trades. When I’m placing daily futures trades for scalps, I follow different ideals. These are the two types of trades I mainly do in my portfolio.

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By Rachel Fox of FoxOnStocks

Next month, on October 19th, I’ll be speaking on a panel with a few experiences tech/business/stock market players at the super rad Stocktober Fest of 2015.

I’m super excited to not only learn from all the skilled and experienced traders/investors attending and speaking, but also to share some first hand insight on my panel titled, “What the Hell is a Millennial & What are They Doing to/for the Economy?” (haha)

I’ll be talking about what the hell we are and why our progressive views of spending, ownership, health, habits, values and other such ideas are relevant to businesses, the economy, & the stock market.

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