Posting this to share with our readers:My thoughts...The indexes were up over 1% today, definitely good price action. The Nasdaq Composite closed up +1.1%, while the S&P 500 Index closed up +1.47%. The Nasdaq Composite Index appeared to close on higher volume, whereas the S&P 500 Index volume was lower. Overall, not a bad day at all.I looked hard through our scans and filters but, even though I found a few stocks, it was nearly impossible to find a stock pick that is not reporting earnings within the next 2 weeks or so. To play stocks so close to earnings is a recipe for disaster. It's possible for a stock pick to gap down 10 to 20% on an earnings disappointment so, unless you already own the stock and have a little bit of a cushion to protect against a possible gap down, it is not good risk money management. You want to make sure you have proper risk control. The current market's risk and reward ratio frankly stinks, even though it is in a short term rally. If the bull market is real, there will be plenty of time to get on the band wagon with lots of stocks picks without the current risk of volatility.This current stock market could just as easily change its trend this week with the earnings reports coming due. In my opinion, it is better to wait it out a little longer and see what happens. That doesn't mean that if I find a stock pick that meets our criteria I won't put it out there, but it does mean that I am being prudent by assessing the risk in these markets. Again, as I mentioned yesterday, pay close attention to Wednesday and Thursday earnings. Microsoft ($MSFT) reports on Wednesday; Apple ($AAPL) and Amazon ($AMZN) report on Thursday. What these 3 stocks report, and how the Large Institutions react to those earning this week will most likely determine if this market can plow through the major averages or if this is the end of this bear rally.We do not have a stock pick for tomorrow.Have a great evening and happy trading!- BernardLearn more about them here - www.TradesAfterWork.com https://twitter.com/BERNARDCLAY9!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");