Sam Collins

Sam Collins

Sam Collins is  InvestorPlace.com’s Chief Technical Analyst. He has more than four decades of experience in Wall Street firms.

In addition to providing fundamental and technical analysis for InvestorPlace.com, he provides FREE daily market commentary each trading day via the Daily Trader’s Alert. The Daily Trader’s Alert contains his Daily Market Outlook PLUS a Trade of the Day.

Sam served as a regular army captain serving in West Germany during the Berlin Wall Crisis before joining Merrill Lynch as a futures broker. Since then, he has been a financial adviser, branch manager, regional manager and certified portfolio manager with national and regional securities firms. While he retired in October 2009, during his career, he received recognition and numerous awards.

Sam used technical analysis as a timing and selection technique with portfolios that he managed. He developed a specific technical analysis technique and timing system called the Collins Bollinger Reversal (CBR) that has received national recognition, and he has appeared on local and national TV as a financial commentator.

As an equity specialist and technician, he uses technical analysis as a selection technique along with fundamental analysis. As a value buyer, his goal is to find companies with outstanding management, unique products and strong financials that have not yet been driven to unreasonable prices. His CBR system helps him to screen vast amounts of data for stocks that meet those standards.

Sam is also a member of the NASD Board of Arbitrators.

Recent Articles

Quick-but-Doomed Rally Ahead

Signs are pointing to a rally; however, it should be short-lived.

Hold Tight on Selling Climax

The market's puny rally is not the climax we're looking for, but expect the dead cat to bounce soon.

Trade of the Day: Wait for a Pullback in St. Jude Medical

A pullback in <strong>STJ</strong> would give us another opportunity to buy shares of this bullish stock in a defensive sector.

Trade of the Day: Don’t Chase the UltraShort S&P500 ProShares

Wait for a reflex rally 'dead-cat bounce' to take new positions in <strong>SDS</strong>.

S&P 500 Executes Minor Reversal

The reversal could result in a couple of plus days as bargain-hunters work the peripheral issues, but the market's internal indicators are now in negative territory.

Trade of the Day: UltraShort Oil ETF Could Deliver Slick Profits

Crude oil recently broke its uptrend and the UltraShort Oil & Gas ProShares (<strong>DUG</strong>) chart turned bullish.

Don’t Get Lured Into a Bull Trap

The head-and-shoulders of the major indices has been penetrated. Look for a short-term selling climax followed by a 'dead-cat bounce.'

Bulls Should Be on the Defensive

A decisive break of a possible head-and-shoulders neckline would likely lead to minimum downside targets of 7,620 for the Dow and 820 for the S&P 500.

Trade of the Day: Time Your Entry Into Intel

The long-term target for <strong>INTC</strong> has not changed, but in light of the current overall market conditions, I'd wait for a pullback before taking or adding to positions.

Nasdaq May Be In For a Tumble

The Nasdaq is looking very tired and barely able to hold above its 20-day moving average.