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Dow Closes Under 10,000 For First Time Since November 2009
Global equity markets are up sharply after reports that the Greek sovereign debt problems will be resolved shortly. Stock investors are driving up indices as confidence is being restored to the markets. Bargain hunters are also stepping in to take advantage of lower priced equities.Last night,...
Swing Trader’s Insight Futures Watch List for February 9
The Dollar is lower on news that the EU is going to meet on Thursday to discuss the PIIGs (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Greece) in an effort to stanch the fiscal problems that started with Greece. ECB President Trichet is going to attend; his presence gives more heft to the meeting. The...
Still All About the PIGI'S
Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – February 9, 2010 Good morning. The bulls tried mightily Monday to extend their streak of consecutive winning Monday’s to nine. But at the end of the day, worries about the PIGI’S and global growth prospects wound up pushing to Dow to another...
Daily Comments for Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday started the week with a modest loss on very light volume. The volume was the lowest we’ve seen in almost a month for the NYSE, Nasdaq and futures, that showed the digestive tone of the day’s range from last weeks big move. The VIX closed at 26.51 and the TRIN at 1.92, a more bearish tone...
The Trend Trader For Futures Trading on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite futures markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling...
The Trend Trader For ETF Trading on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite ETF markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness....
The Trend Trader For Stock Trading on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite stocks. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness. Before...
The Trend Trader For Forex Trading on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite forex markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness....
A Taylor Technique Look at the eMini NASDAQ Futures
Stocks took a beating last Thursday ahead of Friday’s payroll report. This big selloff set up a Buy day on Friday; let’s take a look at it to view it through the lens of the Taylor Technique. The early part of last week saw a series of small advances, characterized by closes that were higher...
Putting on Your Trading Clothes Part 2
Boxers or Briefs? If you look anywhere on the internet, there are so many people that tell you how to trade. Whether it’s with indicators, trading naked, or using the positions of Jupiter and Sirius to determine the tidal flows of Neptune, you are constantly bombarded with articles or PDFs...
Gold Market Overreacts to Downside Last Week
An easing of investor risk sentiment is helping to support equity price overnight. Early in the trading session, stock markets followed through to the upside following Friday’s strong finish and talk of a possible resolution of the fiscal problems plaguing the Euro Region. Appetite for risk...
Pressure Likely to Remain on EUR USD
The trading week ended with traders still fearing a widening and deepening debt situation in the Euro Region. Optimistic traders are looking for some solution to be reached by either a “pseudo-bailout” by the European Central Bank or European Union. Legally, the ECB or EU cannot offer an...
Swing Trader’s Insight Futures Watch List for February 8
There was nothing but platitudes from the G-7 meeting this weekend. There was conflicting news on Greece. It’s being said that some European banks aren’t taking Greek paper for repos. On the other hand, Goldman says that Greek debt spreads are too wide and will begin to narrow soon; this...
Is It Over?
Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – February 8, 2010 Good morning. Traditionally, the big story on the first Friday of every month is the Big Kahuna of economic data, aka the Nonfarm Payrolls report. And while the jobs report did contain some surprises, this time around it was the...
Daily Comments for Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday followed Thursday’s weakness and sold off early in the day, by late afternoon the market was reversing and managed to close modestly green. The cash indexes (NDX, SPX, RUT) while all modestly green did not see futures get over the line by the 4:15 bell. The ES and TF closed slightly...
