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After a few falls the person either gives up the desire to move uphill or takes a long rest, recuperates and begins the journey up again. The NIFTY right now looks pretty tired.</p> <p>The fatigue and ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/49227-indian_markets_nifty_displays_fatigue_at_resistance'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 17 May 2010 18:51:48 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/49226-dollar_rally_still_intacthttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/49226-dollar_rally_still_intact<p>May 16, 2010: The dollar written off by leading economists and experts late last year has rallied and still has some upside left. Technical analysis indicates that the dollar has the potential to rise another 4.5%.</p> <p>Click here for chart</p> <p>The dollar rallied about 12% from the November 2009 lows based on pure technical factors of supply and demand. A look at the chart of the futures contract on the dollar index gives a clear understanding of the price action and the trend of the currency. The dol...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/49226-dollar_rally_still_intact'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 17 May 2010 18:48:28 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/42761-dollar_index_breaks_out_of_consolidationhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/42761-dollar_index_breaks_out_of_consolidation<p>March 30, 2010: The dollar index has finally broken out of consolidation and is moving up to the next resistance area. A rising dollar is bearish for stocks, precious metals and commodities.</p> <p>Capturetrends had predicted the rally in the dollar in November 2009 and also the current consolidation period in February 2010. Please click the links below to see the articles:</p> <p>Caution warranted for spot dollar bears </p> <p>Dollar index hits congestion</p> <p>Dollar bull alive and kicking  </p> <p>A look at the charts reve...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/42761-dollar_index_breaks_out_of_consolidation'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/624/?a=1067><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/dinapoli.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 30 Mar 2010 15:43:27 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/41769-indian_markets_hit_resistancehttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/41769-indian_markets_hit_resistance<p>March 23, 2010: The Indian stock market hit resistance calling for a re-look of your exposure to  India</p> <p>Let us look at the chart of benchmark index of the Indian stock market--Sensex--  to identify market trends.</p> <p>sensex.png<br /></p> <p>First look at the two red lines in 17,500 area. This is an area of resistance from where prices fell a few times. It was the origin of a big drop in 2008 and prices returned to that area twice in 2009 and now in 2010. Given the fact that prices have not been able to clear ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/41769-indian_markets_hit_resistance'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 23 Mar 2010 13:43:29 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/38947-seeking_the_brighter_metalhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/38947-seeking_the_brighter_metal<p>The boring old cliche goes,  "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder."  Cliches may be boring but they hold true, at least for gold and silver.</p> <p>So if you are debating whether to play gold or silver, look into your heart and find your true intentions. Know if you plan to marry or just have an affair.</p> <p><i>To view swing trade picks on gold, silver and other commodities read this report:  Swing trades of commodity futures &amp; ETFs</i></p> <p>There is often a debate among people whether to invest in gold or silve...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/38947-seeking_the_brighter_metal'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comSun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:26 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/36208-dollar_bull_alive_and_kickinghttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/36208-dollar_bull_alive_and_kicking<p>March 1, 2010: The bearish dollar "experts" have disappeared. Where are they now? They were extremely bearish in November 2009, when we were turning bullish. So may we say, "we told you so."</p> <p>It was very fashionable to beat up the Dollar and the US economy when the currency was down. Now the dollar rally will soon make it fashionable to talk up the currency and the resilience of the "greatest country" of the world. The expert opinion is not always helpful. So let's tune out the noise and let t...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/36208-dollar_bull_alive_and_kicking'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/834/?a=1070><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/wyckoff.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 01 Mar 2010 18:01:10 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/32586-s_amp_p_500_nasdaq_break_price_volume_trend_lineshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/32586-s_amp_p_500_nasdaq_break_price_volume_trend_lines<p>January 26, 2010: The S&amp;P 500 and NASDAQ 100 have broken their long term price and volume trends that began back in March 2009. Dow broke its price trend but not the volume trend.</p> <p>We will look at the exchange traded funds of three indicies which are SPY , QQQQ and DIA . We prefer the ETFs to the indicies as they are traded and have volume.</p> <p>All the three ETFs have broken their up trend line that began in March 2009 as shown in the charts below. The ETFs have also broken their 50-day moving ave...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/32586-s_amp_p_500_nasdaq_break_price_volume_trend_lines'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/832/?a=1073><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/jobman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 26 Jan 2010 05:01:52 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26126-caution_warranted_for_spot_dollar_bearshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26126-caution_warranted_for_spot_dollar_bears<p>November 14, 2009: The dollar index broke its down trend line on the weekly chart and the commodity channel index shows positive divergence, putting bears on notice.</p> <p>For three weeks the cash dollar has closed above the downtrend line shown on the chart. This may be early signs that the dollar may see at least a short term rally. The greenback is also in close proximity to areas of support, from where it can rally.</p> <p>The yellow horizontal line in the 74 area was previous resistance and could now...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26126-caution_warranted_for_spot_dollar_bears'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/834/?a=1070><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/wyckoff.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:30 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26125-dollar_futures_at_strong_supporthttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26125-dollar_futures_at_strong_support<p>November 15, 2009: Three factors are stacking the odds in the favor of bulls on the dollar futures contract. Prices are near support, the down trend line is broken and the commodity channel index shows positive divergence.</p> <p>A look at the charts will show that the dollar futures contact has broken the down trend line and closed above it three weeks in a row, despite the sell of the last two weeks. Prices are also near a strong support area as shown by the blue box. Prices had rallied from that ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/26125-dollar_futures_at_strong_support'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:53:50 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24690-s_amp_p_nasdaq_russell_break_trend_dow_holdshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24690-s_amp_p_nasdaq_russell_break_trend_dow_holds<p>November 2, 2009: The S&amp;P 500, Russell 2000 and NASDAQ 100 broke their up trend lines, but the Dow still continues to respect its trend. Are we due for a deep correction?</p> <p>Let us look at the SPY, QQQQ, IWM and DIA the exchange traded funds that track the four major indexes. The reason we use the ETFs instead of the indices is that they are traded. As we had predicted in an earlier report prices turned when markets hit resistance we had identified. Now with the up trend lines broken the current...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24690-s_amp_p_nasdaq_russell_break_trend_dow_holds'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:09:51 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24492-dollar_s_trend_line_still_intacthttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24492-dollar_s_trend_line_still_intact<p>November 1, 2009: The downtrend line of the dollar is still intact despite the current bounce and the index has not reached a key support area.</p> <p>A look at the chart shows that the the down trend line of the dollar is still in place and it's still to early to predict if the sell off in the greenback is over. The down trend line is shown in white on the chart below.</p> <p>The fact that the dollar index rallied from no clear area of support on the weekly charts makes this rally doubtful.  One could att...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/24492-dollar_s_trend_line_still_intact'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 02 Nov 2009 16:48:38 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/22657-markets_at_key_resistance_areashttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/22657-markets_at_key_resistance_areas<p>October 15, 2009: The four major equity indexes -- Dow, S&amp;P 500, NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000-- are at resistance areas increasing the chances of a correction. For the markets to move higher they have to break out of the resistance levels.</p> <p>Let us look at the exchange traded funds that track the major indexes. They are SPY for the S&amp;P 500, QQQQ for the NASDAQ 100, DIA for the Dow and IWM for the Russell 2000. Please check the charts below along with the report.</p> <p>First let's look at QQQQ. Notice ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/22657-markets_at_key_resistance_areas'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comThu, 15 Oct 2009 22:50:39 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/21699-dollar_index_bounce_weakhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/21699-dollar_index_bounce_weak<p>The dollar index is catching a bounce off support but not rallying like it did the last time prices hit the 76 area.</p> <p>A look at the chart below will show that bounce of the dollar is not as strong as it was the last time, calling to question the possibility of a strong rally from the 76 area. Here goes the analysis.</p> <ul><li> In September 2008 the dollar index bounced strongly from the 76 area and had long bottoming tail that showed the strength of the bulls. The area is shown by a vertical white line ...</li></ul><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/21699-dollar_index_bounce_weak'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/832/?a=1073><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/jobman.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 05 Oct 2009 20:15:31 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19874-broadening_wedge_on_s_amp_p_futureshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19874-broadening_wedge_on_s_amp_p_futures<p>The S&amp;P 500 e-mini futures contract has formed a  broadening wedge on the daily chart--a difficult pattern to trade. After a run up in prices this can  be bearish formation with prices breaking down. Traders however find it difficult to trade this pattern as prices often break out of resistance and support areas only to reverse direction. A safe bet would be to take positions when prices hit the top and bottom trend lines.</p> <p>For more information <b>click here:</b></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19874-broadening_wedge_on_s_amp_p_futures'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comWed, 16 Sep 2009 03:33:45 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19672-s_amp_p_500_nears_a_strong_resistance_areahttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19672-s_amp_p_500_nears_a_strong_resistance_area<p>September 14, 2009: The S&amp;P 500 has neared resistance  on a moving average that has held true for over 20 years. We could see a reversal at resistance or the index has to break out of the moving average to go higher.</p> <p>We use a simple moving average set a key Fibonacci number of 78.6 on a weekly chart. The MA has worked as excellent support and resistance in the past. If you look a the chart below you'll see that during the bull run which ended in 2000 prices never closed below moving average. ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/19672-s_amp_p_500_nears_a_strong_resistance_area'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/834/?a=1070><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/wyckoff.gif border=0 /></a></p> capturetrends, TraderPlanet.comcapturetrends, TraderPlanet.comMon, 14 Sep 2009 18:04:28 +0000