Author: Robert W. Colby

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comGoing to Extremes Put/Call Ratio: The CBOE Equity Volume and Put/Call Ratio (http://www.cboe.com/data/PutCallRatio.aspx) rose to 1.08 on 8/14/07. This is the highest level of...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comMore Tests of the Lows? If the lows continue to hold, traders may interpret that as the market finding support and will start covering shorts and going long. Stock prices opened...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTesting Recent Lows The Bad News: Credit Risk Fears Are Shaking Confidence.The Good News: VIX volatility rose to a new 4-year high. Need some good old fashion Deus ex Machina to...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comIn 3 days, stocks recovered most of their sharp 15 trading-day losses. A typical short-covering rally. Excessive Bullish sentiment has been shaken out. Foreign stocks led the...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comSentiment: Call/Put Ratio fell to Bearish extremes Stock prices turn resilient. Energy and Utility sectors led the way up. Stock prices fell steeply on the 2:15 p.m. Fed...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comLosing Short -Term Bearish Momentum but further downside probes cannot be ruled out Financial sector gets big oversold pop, helped by analyst upgrade. Stocks became very...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com“violated technical support” but oscillators and sentiment are already oversold VIX “Fear Index” jumped to new high. Industrial sector is the most...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comOnce Burned, Twice Shy? Investors Appear Reluctant to Jump Back InThe 12-day downside shakeout may have shaken confidence. Scary talk about deepening financial trouble for...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comTesting support. Still some signs of hope. S&P 500 made a slightly lower price low, but momentum oscillators failed to confirm. Also, the S&P held above its one-year...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comStocks bounce off technical support. There may be some hope–if there is no new big bad news. DJIA bounced off its June low and its 200-day simple moving average. DJTA held...