Major US stock indices finished narrowly in the red for the second straight day as investors are on hold for the start of earnings season. The S&P (INDEXSP:.INX) finished down only 0.32% and is still above the start of the gap from January 2. The rest and digestion we have seen in the market the last two days is very positive for traders in my opinion. We like to trade calculated set-ups and upper level bases allow us to enter strong stocks in a prudent way.    Alcoa (NYSE:AA) kicked off the always much-anticipated earnings season after the close today ...