Author: Hawk Arps

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report September 17 We all watched as the equities markets raced to new highs anticipating and responding to both the FOMC announcement on Thursday and the recent political and ECB developments in the...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report September 10 If you like to trade breakouts on volume then this is a good week for you. There are a lot of them firing off right now. On the other hand, finding bearish setups to trade this week...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report August 13 There’s no denying that we’re in a Summer uptrend. As I wrote several weeks ago, once the S&P index found support around 1320 we could see tests of 1400 and higher. Well,...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report August 6 The markets are thin and nervous… (but at least they are reacting pretty much as my last several blog posts have predicted). As a mini-swing trader I don’t generally trade...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report July 30 This week’s analysis of the S&P futures contract is nearly the opposite of last week’s. As I see it, the path of least resistance now is to the upside. Nonetheless, I...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report July 23 It’s important to remember that markets can go in three distinctly different directions. It can go up, it can go down, and it can go nowhere. Truly, it is when the market is churning...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report July 16 Looking back at the analysis from last week one would have to say that the Scan Sentry Report did pretty well. Last Sunday I wrote that I thought the US equities would go down for a few...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report July 9 When trading, one of the more difficult challenges is to keep an open mind. As is the case with life in general, the objectivity of our perspective on the markets is tainted by our...

Hawk’s Scan Sentry Report July 2 Here in the States we are approaching our big Independence Day holiday. A lot of American traders are likely to be on vacation at this time. As a consequence I would expect the volume on...