Author: Scott Hoffman

The London Telegraph ran a story that the OECD believes the Chinese economic boom may be starting to unravel.  I’ll look for that story later this AM.  A number of Chinese economic reports show that inflation is...

The measures announced this weekend by the ECB and other central banks surprised traders with their size and aggressiveness in addressing the Greek fiscal bailout and rising credit access impairment in the Euro zone.  That...

China’s April trade balance showed a big jump in imports.  Overall, china’s trade surplus has fallen 79% in the first four months of the year, which takes some pressure off the US-Chinese trade relationship. A...

When I was going through the price charts last night for the nightly Swing Trader’s Insight newsletter, the silver futures chart really jumped out at me.  With all the volatility out there yesterday (off the charts...

On last night’s Swing Trader’s Insight newsletter I labeled today a Taylor Technique Buy day.  Monday was a classic Sell Short day. Following three bullish days (close > open), Monday opened on the high and...

Yesterday I looked at the Taylor technique trade for the T Bond futures (read here).  I covered why yesterday was a Buy day, and why I don’t normally carry Taylor trades home overnight.  As yesterday ended with...

By the Taylor Technique (the basis for my Swing Trader’s Insight advisory, see more here), today was the Buy day for T Bond futures.  Actually Friday was a Buy day, but Friday’s weak structure (close lower than...

Japanese stocks were higher on reports that Toyota will show a much bigger profit for FY09 than they forecast in February. Chinese officials said they plan to maintain ‘proactive fiscal policies’ and...

Have you ever done your analysis, spotted a market whose chart looks great, bought it, only to see it turn around and sell off?  Have you ever had one of those streaks where you think ‘if only I had done the opposite...

Overnight Fitch warned that Japan’s AA sovereign rating is at risk if it doesn’t curb its debt.  Chinese stocks were lower on continued concerns over government efforts to rein in the property sector. ...