Author: Scott Hoffman

There are times when it can be tough to know how to enter a strongly trending market.  A basic premise of the Taylor Trading Technique (TTT) is that markets move in cycles.  This means that every three or four days we...

Stock index futures had a breakout setup for today’s trade.  With yesterday being the day after Easter and the FOMC meeting starting today, yesterday’s small range and light volume weren’t a surprise. The...

Most European markets are closed today; that is giving the day a sluggish tone.  Add that the Hawks-Canucks game went to overtime (Hawks win!) and it adds up to thin trade overnight.  Silver was center stage.  At...

After last Thursday’s web seminar on how to identify and trade volatility breakout setups in the futures markets, a number of people signed up for a trial to Trade or Fade (ToF).  I’ve had a few questions about...

S&P affirmed the debt rating of the US government, but they lowered their outlook on it to negative.  This is kind of throwing markets into fresh turmoil – equities broke and gold rallied, as you would...

The grain futures have corrected this week in the wake of Goldman Sachs’ note to clients to liquidate the long commodity trade of Q1.  Wheat was lower on corn / wheat spreading and thoughts that the US winter wheat...

Overnight the Chinese reported a big jump in exports in March, upsetting the comfortable ideas about the course of Chinese rate hikes.  There was another aftershock in Japan; this took out some of the bullish impetus coming...

There are times I think the markets are prescient.  For example, the grain futures markets coiled up yesterday, giving them a breakout setup for today.  I suppose it’s really a “chicken or egg” story...

The Taylor Trading Technique (TTT) is about monitoring a market’s price action to determine short term momentum and trend changes.  Anticipation and early identification of trend changes can help you enter a trade...

There was not a lot of financial news this weekend.  Friday’s US payroll numbers were good enough, but not so good to spook the financial markets.  There’s a holiday in China today/ tonight that kept the...