Did anyone get the license plate on that truck? That is an old cliche, however; for many weeks I have been fielding emails and calls with a similar theme. Many traders, plainly, have not believed the stock market could get this far without a significant...
A flash crash is a sudden and dramatic drop in prices - warranted or unwarranted - that seems to quickly spiral out of control. = = = This is part three of a four-part series on High Frequency Trading (HFT). In the first article the use of computers to...
The risk-on trade has met with varying degrees of cynicism, from "don't fight the Fed" to claims of a new a bubble. In our February article, we contemplated whether this was really the fifth year of a market recovery or something else. Today, with the...
When looking to place a trade in the U.S. stock indexes traders are presented with many different ticker symbols. But, what do they all mean? FUTURES MARKETS For example, symbols like the ES (S&P 500's), YM (Dow), TF (Russell 2000) allow you to trade...
Following in the footsteps of SeaWorld (SEAS) and ING, U.S (VOYA), Quintiles Transnational Holdings (Q) is the next large IPO in the pipeline, expected to price its 19.7 million share IPO within a range of $36-$40 on May 10. Some may recognize the name...
Candlestick charts have often been used to identify market turning points and pivots. However, they can also be used to help identify when new price-action momentum is starting to generate new breakout signals, using several simple patterns for intraday...