Author: Scott Hoffman

Stocks are slightly lower after Friday’s big gains, as traders take back some of the relief rally from Friday’s EU bank stress test results.  There were stories in both the LA Times and the WSJ about deflation...

In futures trading, identifying and trading breakout patterns are a staple for many traders and trading systems.  Breakout patterns often result in sharp directional moves- the kind of trades short term traders seek to...

Today is an important session for the current up trend in stocks.  After stopping at the psychologically important 1100 area last week, they staged a big selloff last Friday after they were unable to clear 1100....

Asian markets were lower overnight in the wake of Friday’s Wall Street selloff.  There is concern that a slowdown from H1 2010 growth may tip into a recession as business and consumers remain cautious....

A weak Philly fed survey kept the focus on US economic data, as traders read the teas leaves for what to expect for the US economy for 2H 2010.  For the time being the US is looking relatively weak vis a vis Europe; the US...

I was looking through the charts this morning for chart examples for the webinar I’m doing this afternoon on my Swing Trader’s Insight methods (you can sign up here) and I came across a great example of a Taylor...

I’ve been writing about the S&P futures the past two days (here and here); today the market made the expected move out of this setup.  The market paused at a major crossroads then rallied strongly through it....

Asian stocks were lower as Chinese authorities quashed speculation that they would ease real estate curbs.  In a statement the government said it will “strictly” enforce housing policies to prevent speculative...

We’re on the second day of breakout setup in the S&P futures; two increasingly narrow trading range days.  Friday did manage a small push above Thursday’s high, and was able to close over Fibonacci...

There is light news flow today; markets are trading that way.  There is some downward pressure on risk assets; traders are citing concerns over the Euro zone bank stress tests.   There are lots of breakout setups;...