Sam Collins

Sam Collins

InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

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

Trade of the Day: Catalyst Health Solutions Gets Its Catalyst

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

<strong>CHSI</strong> broke through the critical resistance at $24, so look for it to run higher.

Trade of the Day: ASA Ltd. Offering Attractive Entry Point

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The recent pullback on profit-taking may be a good opportunity to buy <strong>ASA</strong> for the longer-term.

Bulls or Bears: Who’s Really in Charge?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The bulls have succeeded in holding off any heavy liquidating, but it is very difficult to determine whether the bulls or the bears will lead the market in the near future.

Bulls Will Struggle Without Higher Volume

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The Nasdaq underperformed the other indices for the first time in two weeks, and the Dow and S&P 500 are moving into some areas of heavy overhead.

Market Showing Signs it May Head Lower

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

Volume continues to shrink, and this sort of disinterest is usually the sign of a market that is rolling over and about to slide lower.

Trend Still Down Despite Rally

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The S&P 500's gain yesterday was expected and doesn't change the near-term trend.

Trade of the Day: Use ProShares Short S&P 500 as a Conservative Hedge

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The purchase of <strong>SH</strong> could be an excellent choice in a market that will probably not break to new highs.

A Strategy for a Confounding Market

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The near-term downtrend is intact, but the markets' unpredictable responses to news yesterday, threw a monkey wrench into the works.

Trade of the Day: More Downside Likely Ahead for the S&P 500

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

If the <strong>SPX</strong> is forming a small head-and-shoulders, then a breakdown of the neckline at 880 yields a target of 804.

Market Offering Opportunities for All Investors

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The market's failure to stage a reflex rally following Monday's broad sell-off was not what the bulls needed. However, this near-term reversal offers something for every kind of investor.

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