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Stock Market Outlook & Stocks to Watch – August 18

August 18, 2011 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Stocks continue to consolidate in a range this week, with SPY (S&P 500 ETF) finishing up only $0.08 or 0.07% Wednesday.  The intra-day range was about $2.5 though,  providing some moderate intra-day swings.    Volume sagged even lower, indicating selling and buyers are waiting to see who flinches first. Despite the small gain in the…

Stock Market Outlook & Stocks to Watch – August 17

August 17, 2011 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Markets fell across the board today, not being able to hold above Monday’s close on a recovery after gaping down this morning.  SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, fell 0.85% to 119.59.  The session ended pretty much where it began, with some decent volatility intra-day (but far less than we saw last week). Volume remained lower on Tuesday than…

Stock Market Outlook & Stocks to Watch – July 28

July 28, 2011 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Weak across the board; stock markets, gold and oil all down.  SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, finished down 1.3% to close at 131.60. Support is at Wednesday’s low, 130.40 (rounded) and further down at 129.60 and 128.40. Average True Range (ATR) crept up today to 1.76. This can give approximate daily extremes for Thursday (131.60 +/-…

Traders: Christmas is done…now reward yourself!

December 28, 2010 Posted by admin under Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials
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You gave to those you love, now it is time to focus on your passion – the markets!  Maybe others don’t quite understand your fascination…but we do.  That is why you can access this 10 part trading courses absolutely free – but only till the end of 2010.  Consider it our gift to you this…

Financial Market Recap – Friday, Oct 22

October 23, 2010 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Welcome to the weekend (shame isn’t it!). Just a few quick points about the market today: Gold finished lower on the week, but remains in an uptrend.  December gold (GCZ0) closed out at 1327.90. The S&P was contained to a rather tight range today, with little movement in the afternoon.  The NASDAQ was stronger and…

Transitioning Between Market Environments (range trading to trend trading, or vice versa)

October 20, 2010 Posted by admin under Food for Thought, Intro to Trading, Techncial Analysis Tutorials
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How are you equipped to move from one type of market to another?  If the market you trade is choppy will your profits decline or losses mount?  Do you thrive in this environment, but get killed when a trend emerges?  Do you make money in trends, but a range emerging or false breakouts scare the…

Stocks relatively flat, Oil moved higher – Wednesday

September 29, 2010 Posted by admin under Commodity Analysis, Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Markets for the most part were relatively flat, with the DOW, NASDAQ and S&P 500 all finishing just fractionally in the red. SPYand DIA continue to sit right above old resistance.  QQQQ has made its move higher, IWM has moved up to resistance which is a bullish signal for the overall market if it can…

Big week for Currencies – Trend Changes

September 19, 2010 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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Big week for currencies as many pairs saw large moves.  Here I will got through the brief technical outlooks of the  EUR/USD, USD/JPY and EUR/JPY. EUR/USD: I don’t like the candle formation from the daily bar which occured on Friday, but other than that the break to upside above support last week indicates a move…

My EUR/USD Distaste

September 13, 2010 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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The pair is barely worth mentioning at the moment as it chops its way through the 350 pip range.  Ultimately a breakout above 1.2950 is needed or a drop below 1.2580 to warrant interest (1.2600 can also be watched closely given the close proximity to the breakout level). Support comes in at 1.2425 on the…

EUR/USD: The Big Picture

May 16, 2010 Posted by admin under Stocks & Stock Market Analysis
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When events have thinking participants, the subject matter is no longer confined to facts but also includes the participants’ perceptions.  The chain of causation does not lead directly from fact to fact but from fact to perception and from perception to fact. – George Soros On Friday the pair ended up down 1.44%. It was…

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