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Author: Jeff Pietsch

Fading the HMA : Mini-System Idea

Just a simple moving average mini-system while we wait for paint to dry after the dour jobs report this Friday afternoon. Here we fade the slope of the HMA – Hull Moving Average (available as part of the...

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…

I couldn’t find a picture of a bull wearing a red cape but the market moved up for the eighth straight day following a better-than-expected ADP jobs number and some strong retail sales reports.  8% rally in eight days...

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07.07.11 – Power Gap

Interesting how potential resistance was cleared during the inter-session…. Bears’ next hope will be to watch for divergences in momentum for better swing...

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TLT Forms Narrow Range

Mid day and a quick look at hourly bars over the past 2 weeks shows the clear momentum of the Lazy Man 5+1(GDX).  Rule#1 is “Don’t Trade Against the Trend” and this chart is evidence why.  The FED is...

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Strong Breadth

We aren’t seeing any notable selling after a straight up run and the dip-buyers show up on minor pullbacks.  Breadth was solid again at about 3000 gainers to 2500 decliners and precious metals and big-cap momentum...

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06.07.11 – Testing Highs on Narrow Breadth

The SPY made a big catch at the 62% retrace line during the am lows, but quickly went back into risk-on mode, now testing yesterday’s highs even on more range-day type volume, which has me remaining on guard going into the...

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TLT Run Continues, BUT…..

Two hours into the day and TLT is on a tear, confounding short sellers and still providing a partial hedge against the renewed decay in the financials.  We’ve laid the Project Z (daily bar) template on TLT to assess...

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Jobs Bonanza

The S&P 500 broke its five-day winning streak, but the NASDAQ continued to run. There is nearly unanimous agreement that the market is extended, which had kept today’s drop contained. Afternoon news that Moody’s...

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