It’s A Taxing Time
Record-keeping and tax-reporting requirements can be a nightmare for active traders and their tax...
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Bottoming Action In The Euro Currency
The Euro currency has been in freefall all winter long. The last meaningful highs were made nearly...
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Three Peaks/ Domed House Part III
As the Dow appears to be sketching out the Cupola of a Three Peaks/Domed House formation, I...
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SPX: Dancing To The Fed’s Tune
Last Week The S&P 500 cash index ($SPX) closed at 2108.10 on Friday, up 55 points for a...
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Market Review and Forecast: Steady as She Goes
The Nasdaq 100 posted a .46% gain on Friday, which was equal to the S&P 500 in percentage...
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The Market Path Is Clearing, But Obstacles Will Remain
So, today the market is pushing hard into the green. The DIJA is pushing another 200-point day,...
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Buy The April E-Mini S&P 500
It’s that time of year again. Eyes are glued to the TV, Internet, and smart phones. Office chatter...
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The Taxman Cometh – Stay A Step Ahead
When the markets whipsaw, and you are on the wrong side of every move, you may feel unworthy of...
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What We Just Learned From The Fed — Watch The Data
Wednesday, we read about the decision from the Fed to change language and perhaps a slow pivot in...
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ESM5: After Wednesday’s Fireworks, It Was So Quiet Even The Algos Were Bored
Yesterday The S&P 500 mini futures (ESM5) had a small pullback yesterday (Mar. 19) while the...
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Market Review and Forecast: 3 Upside Targets
The Nasdaq 100 posted a modest gain on Thursday, along with the small caps, while the large-cap...
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Out With The Old, And In With The Old, Ughhh …
Okay … That was quite the day, yesterday. Whatever the Fed and Janet Yellen said, the market...
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How To Trade The 11-Year Lows In CLF
It is no surprise that Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) has struggled recently, as coal prices have...
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Market Review and Forecast: NQ Delivers
The Nasdaq posted a respectable gain on Fed Day, but percentage-wise it lagged somewhat compared...
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ESM5: To The Moon, Alice, Straight To The Moon.
Yesterday Back in the day there was a wonderful TV series featuring Jackie Gleason, playing the...
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It Is Still All About The Fed, Unfortunately
With just about an hour before the Fed releases its notes, and just about 1.5 hours before Janet...
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Thoughts On The FOMC Announcement
Today is the FOMC announcement. There has been so much hand wringing about the Fed signaling its...
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Gold Strangle Into FOMC
Gold futures have hovered around the 1150 level for the last five or six sessions. The sell-off...
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Two By One or One By Two?
(Just Be Sure You Get a Credit) Today I want to talk about the one by two ratio vertical spread,...
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Saving Your Marriage to a Loser
So you have a long term loser in your IRA account – a stock that has missed the big run up of the...
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TraderPlanet’s Quick Guide to Candlesticks
