Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
This Shows the Current Stock Market Bias ... / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment
By: Marty_Chenard
A down trend within an up trend?
Medium term, Institutional activity is showing an up trend in Accumulation.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Stock Market S&P 500 Pattern Morphs Into Near-Term Top / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Mike_Paulenoff
My 4-hour chart analytics of the emini S&P 500 have morphed from a potentially bullish coil or triangle formation (Aug 5 into Aug 10 post-FOMC close) into a near-term top pattern that has triggered sell signals pointed towards a test of very important support projected into the 1084/80 target zone. That said, judging from the juxtaposition of the sharply declining RSI and MACD indicators with the price structure, I will not be surprised to see 1084-1080 violated on the way to a probe of 1078-1075 thereafter.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Learning How to Profit From Theta When Trading SPX Options / Stock-Markets / Options & Warrants
By: Chris_Vermeulen
J.W. Jones writes:
As discussed in the first article, “The Hidden Potential of Learning How to Trade SPX and Gold Options” I pointed out that there are several fundamental principles that must be mastered before profits can be attained when trading options. Novice traders typically skip the discussion about “The Greeks” and skim over volatility only to watch their precious trading capital disappear.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Stock Market S&P 500 Bulls Bears Battle Continues / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: INO
The battle between the Bulls and the Bears continues with negative news pushing the market lower and positive earnings pushing the market higher and helping the Bulls.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Robert Prechter and the Economic Crisis No One Saw Coming / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: EWI
The single most convenient untruth about the 2008 (and counting) financial crisis is that it was unforeseen. For two years policymakers have insisted "There was no way to know ahead of time" that the liquidity boom would come to a screeching halt. Back in November 2008, in fact, the usually tight-lipped Queen of England herself publicly described the turmoil of international markets as "awful" and openly asked a panel of experts from the London School of Economics "Why did nobody notice?"
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Graham Summers’ Weekly Stock Market SPX Forecast / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Graham_Summers
Since the July bottom, stocks have formed a bearish rising wedge pattern. If you’re unfamiliar with this pattern, it occurs when you have a security that gradually trades higher within an ever-tightening range between two trend lines.
In order for this pattern to be valid, the trend lines have to be validated by multiple touches. As you can see with this latest bearish rising wedge, the trend lines have both been validated by the market bouncing off of them multiple times, telling us that investors consider these lines highly relevant.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
How to Trade Today’s Challenging U.S. Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Glenn_Neely
What are the main forces driving today’s challenging U.S. stock market? Which phase of activity is the market in? Which trading strategy is best? Most traders don’t know the answers to these questions. Here’s the key: Think about the forces driving a market, then adjust your trading style to take advantage of that market’s current conditions.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Stock Market Tumultuous Tuesday Waiting for the Fed / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: PhilStockWorld
Wheeeee - this is going to be exciting!Yesterday we knew that the move up was fake, Fake, FAKE and we acted accordingly in Member Chat. We had a nice QID cover play right in the Morning Alert that was an easy fill as the Nas went higher and higher all day. It was the Aug $16/17 bull call spread at .42, and the $16 puts sold for .29 for net .13 on the $1 spread with a nice 669% upside if the Nasdaq heads sharply down on us. Our stops on the play were a combination of Nas 2,300, Dow 10,700 and Russell 666 and we got the Nasdaq and the Dow over their marks but, once again, 666 proves to be an ominous barrier for the Russell.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Stock Market Cautious Advance in Front of FOMC Statement... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Mark_McMillan
Trade Recommendations: Take no action.
Daily Trend Indications:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Federal Reserve Look Set To Act to Kick Start Economic Growth / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
U.S. stocks climbed Monday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index reaching its highest level in more than two months, amid speculation the Federal Reserve may announce more measures to help kick start economic growth this evening. McDonald’s rose 1.6% after beating sales estimates, while E-Bay gained 2.5% after former unit Skype filed for an initial public offering. US Homebuilders rose after Deutsche Bank said the housing market decline is almost over. But Hewlett-Packard plunged 8% after CEO Mark Hurd resigned. Elsewhere Target Corp. advanced 2%t after Barron’s said the retailer’s focus on higher margin goods may boost earnings.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Stock Market Trends for Bulls and Bears / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: JD_Rosendahl
At the end of July, I wrote: Stock Market Trending for Bulls and Bears Holding Hands at Lover’s Leap. The main idea was the following:
The Bearish View: If this is a head and Shoulders Top, I want to discuss the concept of Bulls and Bears Standing Hand-in-Hand at Lover’s Leap. If this is a top, it’s likely the bearish Elliott Wave count so many have highlighted is the end of Wave 2 higher and thus Wave 3 lower is about to begin. This is usually the most impulsive wave and will move swift and fast to the downside. It has everything to do with the bulls and bears in unity.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Stock Market Four Points To Breakout.......... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Jack_Steiman
And that's all we need to get this market rocking higher. 1150 would be next, where an old gap lives, and then 1173. I know it seems impossible based on the fundamentals, but we have to play what we see. The fact that we printed such nice hollow candles at the 20/50 day exponential moving averages on Friday, and then we followed it up today with nice candles, tells me the bulls are starting to take control short-term, although it's not official until we can waive goodbye to S&P 500 1131.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
The Horrific Derivatives Bubble That Could Destroy Entire World Financial System / Stock-Markets / Derivatives
By: Pravda
Michael Snyder writes: Today there is a horrific derivatives bubble that threatens to destroy not only the U.S. economy but the entire world financial system as well, but unfortunately the vast majority of people do not understand it. When you say the word "derivatives" to most Americans, they have no idea what you are talking about. In fact, even most members of the U.S. Congress don't really seem to understand them. But you don't have to get into all the technicalities to understand the bigger picture. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, August 09, 2010
Four Things To Look For From The Stock Market This Week / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: David_Grandey
And the 60 minute charts strike again! Throughout this whole move off the July lows the Full Stoh’s and the green up trendline have basically nailed every peak and valley as shown below in the S&P 500 chart.
There is no doubt that the 60 minute chart and the green line are in play. A break of the green line signals a trend change, while the 1131 level to the upside so far is capping the move higher.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Stock Market Waits for Quantitative Easing II / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The elephant in the room this week is the Fed meeting Tuesday and statements on what it might do with regard to quantitative easing. The Fed seems to be telegraphing that something needs to be done to boost the economy and increase liquidity.
Obviously any return to quantitative easing, or QE II (as quant easing I officially ended March 31), would likely impact gold (higher) and the dollar (lower), as well as the overall market (S&P 500), which rolled over shortly after QE I was phased out.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Muted Market Reaction to Disappointing U.S. Payroll Numbers / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
A very muted reaction from equity markets to what were undoubtedly disappointing payroll numbers on Friday with the Dow closing down just 21 on Friday after a positive week that fall could have been considerably more. Asia much the same with the Nikkei off 69 and the Hang Seng down just 1.
Monday, August 09, 2010
Massive Wealth Shift From West to Emerging Markets in Full Swing / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets
By: Martin_D_Weiss
Martin here with a quick update on foreign markets.
One year ago, in our 2009 Global Forum, we forecast a massive shift of wealth — from the United States, bogged down with huge deficits and chronic, long-term unemployment … to emerging markets, enjoying the most rapid growth on the planet.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Economic Coin Flips and WikiLeaks Catching Up With Market Truths / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterAugust 1st, 2010 Issue #45 Vol. 4
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Stock and Commodity Markets Volume by Price Reveals Key Support & Resistance Levels / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I find it amazing how many traders do not use volume as a factor in their trading decisions. I believe it’s always important to track the volume no matter which time frame you are trading simply because it tell you how much interest there is for that investment at that given time and price level. If you use volume and understand how to read it when located at the bottom of the chart which is the standard way of reading it then your well ahead of many traders and just may find this little volume indicator helpful.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Financial Markets Instability Personal and Corporate Bankruptcies Soar / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Bob_Chapman
It was only a month ago that the Dow closed at 9686. From there it started to move back up again as insiders learned of the Fed’s plan to inject $5 trillion into the economy over the next two years. The result has been a run up to 10,674. We figured out what the Fed was up to, but most everyone else did not.
During that period, almost unnoticed, was the fall in the value of the dollar. On the USDX it has fallen from 86.12 to 80.58.
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