Author: Scott Hoffman

I’ve been writing about the gold futures the past two days; I thought I’d take a look at silver today.  It has sold off with gold and has tested key support over the past two days. The daily chart for December...

Following yesterday’s blog post on the Taylor Trading Technique (TTT) Buy day in gold futures yesterday (read it here), I thought I’d revisit it today to give you a cyclical view of the Taylor Technique and using it...

Yesterday afternoon Moody’s commented that a permanent extension of US tax cuts would be a negative for the US sovereign debt rating.  This weighed on equities late in the session.  Overnight there was talk out...

The Taylor Trading Technique (TT for short) is the basis of my Swing Trader’s Insight advisory.  The TT teaches you to look at the markets in a more anticipatory rather than reactive way. By anticipating upcoming...

The US saw weak economic numbers this morning. The October Empire State survey saw a huge miss; there was a big plunge in new orders.  The October retail sales number saw a bigger than expected gain due to a jump in vehicle...

I think the break in the Euro currency is the key move of the session.  There wasn’t any earth shattering news; I think Friday’s NFP report may have led some to reassess the thesis of relative US economic...

Earlier this morning I wrote that because of the FOMC meeting announcement coming out at 1:15 PM CT today, futures traders might look for opportunities later into the session than normal.  There are a number of breakout...

I have a number of brokerage clients who follow various trading advisories.  In working with with them I get exposed to a wide variety of opinions and analysis on the futures markets and the economy. A couple of days ago...

I often get asked what I recommend for a timeframe for holding trades in the Trade or Fade advisory.  I generally recommend to take profits when you get them rather than to hold out for bigger moves.  My reasoning is...