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Roller Coaster Thursday
Today the market was filled with volatility. Often volatility will be translated into opportunity for the intra-day scalp trader. This is a style of trading that requires fast execution and precise entries. Scalp traders look to take bite size chunks out of the market and profit throughout the co...
FDX Flying Off Intra-day Lows
FDX is still trading down on the trading session by 0.41 cents to $82.41. However, the stock has rallied higher off the lows of the day at $81.15 which was made around 12:40 pm EST. FDX will have strong intra-day resistance around the $82.75 area.
Schizophrenia and River Rocks – Mixed Metaphors Demonstrate the Problem
Recently, I have started feeling as if the global economic “recovery” is a state of mind reminiscent of untreated schizophrenia. Those of you familiar with this disorder understand that one symptom of this disorder is an inexplicable shift in behavior from normal to, well, abnormal, and visa-ver...
Trend Line Analysis At Its Best
This is why trend line analysis gets me excited! Take a look at the break down yesterday on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) through the green trend line and the move lower. Then note in the chart below how the markets gapped higher into that same break down trend line. At that exact price point...
Markets Drop Sharply As Dollar Bounces Off Support
The markets dropped sharply in the late morning session as the dollar bounced off the 200 moving average and started to move back up. To understand this movement, it is important to grasp the inverse relationship between the markets and the dollar. During market hours, when the dollar falls, th...
EURUSD target hit
The EURUSD hit our target from yesterday and the R5. Should see a little profit taking and then a march to the 1.618 fib extension at 1.3168. Downside target is now 1.3031 on a pullback if any.
Inflation Rally, This is how it Works.
This morning the S&P 500 e-mini futures are trading higher by 8.00 points to $1110.00. As we all know by now when the U.S. Dollar drops the stock market indexes inflate and trade higher. In early July when the major stock indexes found a low the U.S. Dollar Index was trading just above the $86.00...
Chart Presentation: Trend Thoughts
We are going to start things off today with a chart of gold futures prices in terms of the euro. The topic has to do with the potential for a major trend change. By ‘major trend change’ we are referring to the kind of theme change that seems occur every decade or so. In other words... this is a b...
Dollar demand was still subdued
EUR/USD There was still underlying support for the Euro on Wednesday and it nudged above the 1.30 level in Asia as dollar demand was still subdued. There were no significant Euro-zone economic developments during the day. The ECB did report that there had been a further tightening of credit condi...
Top 5 Health Funds - Best of Funds
When markets are sailing through troubled waters, investors often depend on the healthcare sector to protect their valuable investments. Healthcare and related services continue to remain in demand during difficult market conditions and are a safe haven in tough times. Several pharmaceutical comp...
Pushing Back?
Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – July 29, 2010 When stocks pull back from an overbought position, the key "tell" as to which way things will go from there usually shows up in the form of how much "oomph" the bears display during the decline. If the selling is intense and accompani...
A further mild price consolidation for stock indexes
Summary: a further mild price consolidation for stock indexes. Stocks closed lower on lighter trading volume on 7/28/10. The S&P 500 Composite (SPX) moved a little further below its 200-day SMA and remains neutral. SPX remains above its 50-day SMA, but the 50 is below the 200. MACD rose further a...
PowerShares Agriculture (DBA) resumes its developing uptrend - July 29, 2010
After opening near the flat line, the major indices drifted steadily lower throughout the entire day, causing the main stock market indexes to finish substantially lower. Like the previous day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average showed a bit of relative strength; the blue-chip index lost just 0.4%....
China Electric Motor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELM) Postponing the Next Promotional Rise?
It seems that the extensive investor awareness program is no longer able to offset the stressing effect of the recent management changes on China Electric Motor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELM) stock. Two days before the annual shareholder meeting, it fell down for a second day in row. Yesterday, China Electr...
China Mass Media Intl Adv Corp. (NYSE:CMM) Starts Its Way Down
Yesterday, China Mass Media Intl Adv Corp. (NYSE:CMM) started its way down. After a high trade at $2.57 during the day, the price change got negative and CMM closed at $2.29 per share. However, its traded volume remained high and approximately 178 shares were sold over the day. According to the r...
