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

Profit from Financial Flop with Financial Bear 3X ETF

With a financial sell-off, it may be time for the aggressive trader to go after <b>FAZ</b>.

Back Out of the Banks

If you've ridden the financial sector's recovery to the current level, it's time to take profits or lighten up.

Get Ready for a Reversal — UltraShort S&P 500 ETF

A possible reversal in stocks following the big rally from the March lows means a trading opportunity in <b>SDS</b>.

Market Top Could Have Bulls Scrambling

Momentum has topped and is falling -- an early warning that a temporary market high could have finalized.

Dell Powering Up

With the recent rise in technology stocks, <b>Dell</b> is acting better and could run to its 200-day moving average.

How Far Will the Rally Run?

With uncertainty surrounding the duration of the rally, most investors should use the opportunity to lighten up on their losers.

Where is the S&P Headed?

Despite a buy signal from the stochastic, the bulls must mount a high-volume attack on a number of the <b>SPX's</b> resistance levels.

Volume Key to a Rally

Unless volume builds quickly as prices move into the major five-month resistance zone, the rally will fail.

Synopsys Setting Up for a Run

With a successful breakout from a cup-and-handle formation, <b>SNPS'</b> trading objective is raised.

Market Remains in Bear Country

Even though the past couple of weeks have been tough on bears, there's no technical reason to give up on the major market downtrend.