Author: Scott Hoffman

We’re waiting on Slovakia’s vote on the retooled bailout plan for the EU; they are the last country to ratify it.  Who would have thought we’d care so much about Slovakia? (No offense intended to any...

German Chancellor Merkel and French President Sarkozy said they will deliver a plan to recapitalize European banks and find a “durable” solution for Greece’s debt load by the Nov 3 Group of 20 summit. ...

Early this morning I had a conversation with a trader I work with.  He made a bunch of money in the June through August run up in gold and then gave a bunch of it back in the recent selloff.  After not trading during...

Chinese markets are closed all week for National Day holidays; this may constrain trading a bit.  The Japanese Tankan Survey was decent, raising hopes that Japan’s economy may be seeing some green shoots.  The...

In this morning’s Swing Trader’s Insight update I commented that I likely wouldn’t trade the grain markets after today’s bearish USDA grain stocks report.  I lied – the gap lower open gave a...

Earlier today I wrote about the eMini S&Ps (it’s here), using both the Globex and day session highs and lows as reference prices for the Taylor Trading Technique I use for my Swing Trader’s Insight advisory. The...

I’m always interested in the grain futures markets when they have breakout setups. They are liquid markets to trade and the distinct morning session open often give a good second chance for a trade. Below is the daily...

In composing the nightly Swing Trader’s Insight newsletter I list the Globex high and low for he stock index futures.  I’m kind of torn about that as I often look at the day session (stock market hours) highs...

It’s been a “hurry up and wait” day for me today.  Stock index futures are on Sell Short day signals, bonds are on aBuy day signal but with today’s trending markets we don’t want to stand on...

Markets are higher, gaining confidence after the weekend G-20 meeting (although I don’t know why).  Talk is that there’s a plan in the works to recapitalize banks. The good feelings from the meeting may fade...