What is Working When Swing Trading in 2026

 

In the last blog post, we talked about how we will be handling early 2026 with uncertainty over the SCOTUS tariff decision, metals going gonzo, and a new Fed chair with a potential for weaker jobs reports for a time.

 

With our A+ strategies and trading opportunities, we only need a decent market trend and volatility within reason.  A VIX soaring through 30 with a new very bearish catalyst for the market?  Not so much.

 

Fortunately, the market has been OK for our top strategies overall.  And our top A+ opportunity would have to be an ideal high tight flag breakout into new highs in a red hot industry.

 

And this is what we found at the beginning of the year for subscribers.  A stock that reached the listed entry trigger price the day after we featured it to customers.

 

As of earlier this week, it was up a whopping 150% from the entry trigger and leading the S&P 500.

 

As we have been saying over the past decade or more, nothing beats an ideal high tight flag breakout in our experience.  What is more important is that the stock held a 2% stop below the entry trigger price after the entry trigger was reached the day after it was featured to our customers.

 

You cannot manage your risk very well when you let stocks go 20%, 30%, 50% or more below your entry point.  Trading is all about finding the ideal asymmetric risk/reward situations and entry points on the right stocks.  Let your losses run and you really expose yourself when trading.  Its tough to manage risk tightly with a ranking system or buy and hold, but its a must when we use technical trading strategies and a big advantage of technical trading when done well.

 

This is what they mean when traders say that trading is all about risk management.

 

What’s Working in 2026 When Swing Trading

 

The MSM is ruling the market for the bulls in 2026.

 

No, not the main stream media.  I am referring to Memory, Space and Metals.

 

Silver just got crushed late last week and so we may be ready for the next consolidation.  We let subscribers know that there were signs of this last Monday before the silver crash.

 

But the high tight flag and other bullish technical patterns in hot industries with a big catalyst is where its been at so far in 2026.

 

The Most Bullish Technical Pattern Reigns Again

 

As we have said over more than a decade, the ideal high tight flag breakout is the most bullish technical pattern.

 

The rapid account growth videos go over how to qualify the high tight flag.  Here is a quick free primer on the basics of how we define a high, tight flag.

 

But here is a good one found for customers in November.  Just before an explosive breakout that led to a nearly 100% move higher within a few weeks.

 

Charts courtesy of StockCharts.com

 

This is an example of a longer flag.  More consolidation is required when the price draws down a lot further in the flag.

 

One reason we like this technical pattern so much is that extensive back-testing and our experience shows that they tend to hold a very tight stop-loss below the ideal technical entry point is reached.  But only the ideal ones that meet all our criteria the morning before the breakout in market conditions that are at least OK.

 

Most of the ones on lower priced stocks should be avoided.  The low priced stocks have been particularly poor with this pattern over the past 6 months or so.  In general, we want to avoid the lower priced stocks in the first 5 to 10 minutes of trading as well.  They have been a real mess lately.

 

We normally avoid the lower priced stocks with all bullish technical patterns but this one had an exceptional catalyst.  A great earnings report that was much better than expected with very strong growth.  Just the kind of catalyst we love.

 

The price reached the entry trigger price the day after we featured it and exploded higher from there while holding a tight stop below the entry point taught in the rapid account growth course.  It nearly doubled in price from our entry trigger price within a month.

 

Article on a Great Exit Strategy for This and Other Explosive Breakouts

 

Multiple High, Tight Flags in the Memory Industry

 

AI is driving strong demand for memory currently and we are seeing a lot of the memory makers acting very well out of bullish technical patterns.  “Acting well” means the stock is holding a very tight stop below the ideal technical pattern out of a bullish consolidation pattern while surging much higher.  Again, we want the stock to hold a tight stop below the entry point.

 

The first top trading setup we featured in the daily alert this year was SNDK.  We knew that CES would get the memory buzz going strong among tech investors.

 

SNDK had formed a very strong high tight flag pattern before CES and was nearing a good technical entry point when we featured it to customers.  Again, notice how the stock moves 90% prior to consolidating for more than 3 days.  The wider (deeper) consolidations like this require more time before we are interested in looking at a possible trade.

 

 

As with PL, we want to see recent great news for the company  in an industry where money has been pouring into.  I.e. – an industry with a high relative strength.

 

Another high tight flag breakout that about doubled in price within a few weeks after we shared it with customers.  In fact, this one ran 150% quickly after being featured while holding a 1.5% stop-loss below the technical entry point.

 

 

The key to Success Right Now

 

The big winners have a great new catalyst, in a red hot industry with a valuation that is at least plausible.  This latest Warsh-induced market drop will set up some big earnings flags that could explode higher during the next market rebound.  Check your alerts.

 

The price action has been best in the space-related stocks so far this year.  A lot of the top stocks have reached good technical entry points within bullish consolidation patterns and held a very tight stop once the entry point was reached.  As we keep saying, this is crucial when trading.

 

Metals may be choppy for a while and the memory stocks may be ready for a consolidation as well.  So we will be watching the space stocks closely to see how they act.  Other industries are heating up as well.

 

What to look out for?  Well, its good to avoid lower priced stocks in the first 5 to 10 minutes of trading.  These are mostly rug pulls currently.  Even the memory stocks are pretty volatile early in the trading day.

 

Also, look for ones with a huge, recent catalyst.  Like we have been saying, raise the bar on what constitutes an ideal trade in your strategy is often the best way to go in this market.  In the rapid account growth course we describe what level of volatility and market trend is too bearish for the strategy.

 

The Next Trading Boot camp

 

The next trading boot camp will teach you how to find an ideal swing trade and also day trading strategies that actually work.  The last one was a big success during a very rough week for the market in November.

 

Before the boot camp we will be sending out a questionnaire to see what you would like to focus on.  Whether you want to focus more on finding big home run trades, the best day trading strategies we use and how to handle more volatile markets.

 

Be sure to check your inbox and fill out the questionnaire so the boot camp can deliver what you need most to help reach your ultimate trading goals.

 

With the market pulling back sharply currently, its a perfect time to fill out the survey and join our next very reasonable boot camp.

 

 

 

 

A Very Bullish Chart Pattern on Silver That We Just Traded

 

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