Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis

Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis

Contributors

Before starting Johnson Research Group LLC (JRG), Chris Johnson worked in the financial services industry as a broker for 11 years and eight years as Director of Quantitative Analysis and Market Strategist with a well-known newsletter publisher.

Through this work, Chris became an expert at quantifying and studying the behavior of investors and financial markets, market sectors and indices. Along the way, Chris has developed numerous market analysis tools that harness the powerful combination of behavioral and technical analysis.

Chris is a frequent commentator on financial markets and is regularly seen in national print media, such as Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, USA Today and the A.P. Newswire. In addition to being a guest on several radio shows, Chris appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and the Fox News Channel as an expert in the field of sentiment and investor behavior as well as technical analysis.

Jon Lewis has more than 20 years of writing and editing experience in various industries. Jon has spent the past 10 years in financial publishing, spending nine years as the managing editor of the nation’s leading options newsletters.

In addition, he has served as senior editor for various education products and services, primarily dealing with stock and option trading. Before founding JRG with Chris Johnson, Jon was the executive director of a leading options and financial research Web site.

Jon has authored numerous articles for Bloomberg Personal Finance, Active Trader, CNBC.com, On Investing, Trader’s Journal, Technically Speaking and Stocks, Futures & Options. In addition, he conducts numerous workshops at investor symposiums and for various investor groups. His expertise centers on option education and applying sentiment research to the analysis of stocks and sectors.

Recent Articles

Trading Earnings – How to Play a Post-Earnings Move

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

Sometimes the best way to play earnings is to wait until <em>after</em> the report, as options traders can make big profits if the market overreacts to a small tidbit of news.

Earnings Trade – Retail Stocks – Khols-KSS – Wal-Mart-WMT

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

With several major retailers reporting earnings next week, we have one retail stock you should avoid and one that looks like it's going to be a highflier.

Earnings Trade – Omnicare-OCR

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

With analysts and options traders in love with pharmaceutical company Omnicare (<strong>OCR</strong>), we have to ask, is anyone looking at the same chart we are?

Earnings Trade – Cephalon-CEPH

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

Cephalon (<strong>CEPH</strong>) looks like a textbook bearish case of lousy technicals, questionable fundamentals and misplaced optimism -- which could lead to a very profitable put play.

Earnings Trade: FedEx May Deliver Some Quick Profits

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

A stock busting out to multi-month highs amid a skeptical sentiment environment before earnings is typically a bullish play in our book.

Earnings Trade: Campbell Soup (CPB): Mmm, Mmm Good?

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

With analyst expectations muted heading into its earnings report, will Campbell be able to serve up some profits?

4 Stocks: 1 Hot, 3 Not

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

Find out which stock has a good chance of rallying after the company announces earnings this week, and which three will likely fall flat.

Earnings Trades: 4 Stocks Set to Take Wall Street by Surprise

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

These stocks will likely shock the Street when they report earnings. Find out how to position yourself for profits.

The Key to Finding the Right Stock to Trade — Plus 6 Earning Plays

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors

We'll explain how to use investor sentiment to your advantage when trading and give you six earnings trades that could score you big profits -- if you act quickly.

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