Index of contents • Know When to Really Bet Your Hand • Cluster analysis and filtering • How to Handle a Losing Streak (everyone has them) • The Components of Trading Well • Placing An Order 2 • Swing Trading: Making $$$ in a Sideways Market • Placing An Order [full report]
Dow Futures This report is as of February 14, 2006
"You try to be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy" - Warren Buffet
Heavy volume pushed the major indices higher on Tuesday. After a sluggish start to the day, an impressive increase in retail sales [full report]
This report is as of February 15, 2006
"You try to be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy" - Warren Buffet
Traders described today's rally as a "tiptoe" up move following the new Fed Chief's Congressional Testimony. Bernanke warned that rate hikes might be needed [full report]
Dow Futures This report is as of February 17, 2006
"You try to be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy" - Warren Buffet
Although the market didn't really make much headway until later in the session, it was a decidedly bullish day. After all, the [full report]
The Article… Futures... An Economic Field of dreams Since the Reagan years economists have spoke of the beauty of supply-side economics. Cut taxes and they will build it. Maybe not a baseball field in a cornfield but they will build something, somewhere, a building or maybe a business or whatever. [full report]
An impressive rally in crude oil, left the stock market vulnerable to selling pressure. However, the weakness was muted. Nasdaq futures remained relatively flat throughout the session while Dow futures slid. Tech stocks were supported by news from Research in Motion regarding its ongoing paten dispute with NTP.
Crude oil [full report]
In this educational feature we'll discuss trading options on futures-specifically, buying puts and calls. You can also sell options, but your financial risk is not necessarily limited, whereas it is when you only buy options.
Many beginning and veteran traders alike think options trading is too complicated, and they don't [full report]
Merger and acquisition news continues to keep stock prices propped up despite strong seasonal tendencies to sell off going into the tax deadline. However, the non-farm payrolls data due to be released on Friday kept many traders on the sidelines. The volume was light, and could be one of the [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 89.52 as traders continue to take further risk off the table after comments by Kansas City Fed. Reserve President Tom Hoenig suggested that the Fed may be at a level that may not need a rate increase above the proposed 5.00% [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 88.21 as traders await results of Jobless Claims and more importantly the ECB rate decision. The Jobless Claims decrease of 5000 helped the DX, but the decision to leave rates 'unchanged' by the ECB and 'dovish' commments by Trichet, taking the [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened higher at 89.33 after a stronger than expected Payroll Report on Friday. With the labor force continuing to grow with an increase in wages, the Fed may be inclined to revisit the proposed 5.25% increase in June, which helped the DX rise to [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at our Pivot level of 89.35 and rose to a morning Hi of 89.44, before retracing to a morning Lo of 89.12 after comments from Iran, that they have successfully they have enriched uranium, which can be used to in nuclear weapons. [full report]
Tame inflation, encouraging earnings reports, and positive minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting all came together to form the perfect storm for stocks. Analysts also noted that the recent decline in equities have drawn investors into the market in anticipation of a positive earnings season.
Today's Fed minutes suggest that [full report]
Selling Options: The Real Story There are old sayings in the futures industry that go something like this: “Eighty percent of all options on futures expire worthless.” And, “The only way to make money trading options on futures is to sell them--not buy them.” Neither one of these statements is [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 87.76 and received a boost from a higher core CPI report that showed a greater than expected increase to 0.3% vs Feb. 0.1%. Prices rose to a morning Hi at our Pivot level of 88.15, but traders remain bearish [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 87.53 and rebounded to a morning Hi at 88.19, after stronger than expected Jobs data and bullish comments from San Fransisco Fed member Janet Yellen.Weaker energy prices supported the move, but the DX slid to 87.93 as we head into the [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 87.42 after pressure from the G-7 meeting in Washington for China to allow the Yuan to be more 'flexible' sent the JY (proxy for Yuan buyers) higher and the DX to a morning Lo of 87.40. Prices rebounded to a morning [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 87.26 ahead of anticipated weaker economic data that sent prices to a morning Lo at our initial Support level of 87.00. The better than expected Consumer Confidence and Existing Home Sales data sent the DX to a morning Hi of 87.45, [full report]
A continuation of the string of upbeat earnings, along with upgrades of GM, gave blue chips a boost but failed to entice the broad market. Also aiding the bull camp was lower energy prices.
The day's economic news was shockingly strong. Steep gains in home sales and durable goods spooked [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened higher at 87.25 and rose to a morning Hi at our initial Resistance level of 87.29, as traders cover 'shorts' ahead of Fed Chrm. Bernanke's testimony at 10:00 am est in front of a congressional committee. Traders expecting 'hawkish' comments were 'shocked' to [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at 85.71 as traders continue to take risk off the table as concerns over Iran, higher energy prices and a possible 'pause' on rate increases weigh on prices. The DX fell to a morning LO of 85.26 after better than expected Personal [full report]
Robust retail sales kept equities afloat. The numbers indicate that consumers aren't concerned about higher gas prices. In fact, retailers posted their biggest numbers in two years.
Analysts claim that warmer weather; a late Easter and "hot fashion trends" fueled the shopping frenzy. Some retailers that stood out include Target, [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened lower at our initial Support level of 84.67, as pressure from a stronger JY and Friday's weaker than expected Payroll Report continue to reward the 'shorts'. After dipping to a morning Lo of 84.66, the DX rebounded to a morning Hi of 85.11, [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened higher at 84.30 as traders take profit/risk off the table in the EC after a weaker than expected business confidance indicator for France set the tone for less exhuberance for possible rate increases. Firmer metal and energy prices helped spur inflationary concerns, helping [full report]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX (DXM6) The DX opened higher at 84.45 as traders cover shorts and seek a 'flight to quality' in U.S. fixed income securities on concerns that the 'bird flu' has mutated from animal to humans. Foreign entities convert their currency to DX to purchase the securities. The weaker [full report]
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