The action in this shortened week started on a strong note, and finished on a strong note. After popping above 90 on the SPY in the opening minutes of trading on Tuesday, the bulls seemed to be in control for the most part, never dropping 89, even when it appeared on Thursday that we would be trading down to the … Read More
Momentum Versus Range-bound Trading
Jarrett wrote: “How do you know when a stock will go from momentum/ trending nicely, to consolidating. This always get me in trouble. I will trade a stock, like IBN, from short side 32 to 30, than it traded 30, so i got short, then it bounces to 30.20 i cover, back and forth, and it turns out the stock … Read More
The Week That Was: May 11 – 15, 2009
The market finally showed some weakness this week. After closing near the rally’s highs at 93, the SPY gapped down on Monday morning, never being able to hold the 92 level, then the 90 level later in the week. Although we were pretty weak on Friday, we held above the 88 level which has been a huge inflection point over … Read More
The Week That Was: May 4 – 8, 2009
What a week for the bulls! Talk about a strong week. Right from the start on Monday morning, the market was bid up. It seems that all news is good news at this point, and above the resistance at 88, it looks like mutual funds have started buying into the move they missed off the lows, after the dismal year … Read More
The Week That Was: April 27 – May 1, 2009
A very interesting week. The SPY continues to linger around just below the 88 level, consolidating near the highs. Tuesday’s action after the Fed announcement increased volatility, although we haven’t really gone anywhere. Wednesday morning, it looked like the bulls were regaining control of the tape, but were not able to close the week above the critical 88 level. One … Read More
My FOMC Game Plan
Below are the last two FOMC statements: January 28, 2009 March 18, 2009 The most important part of the minutes will be the wording. The rates won’t be cut (we’re already at our lowest rate) and they won’t be raised (we’re in the middle of a deflationary cycle where raising interest rates would kill any hope of a recovery and … Read More
The Week That Was: April 20 – 24
Well what looked like was going to be a week for the bears ended up being a pretty good week for he bulls. Let’s keep an eye on that 88 level in the SPY, as it looks like it’s going to come into play again this upcoming week. The dollar index looks like it is breaking down from a bear … Read More
Some Interesting Links From the Past Week
From the people who brought you FAZ and FAS, Direxion, has launched triple T-bond ETF’s. It’s currently very thinly traded, but so were FAZ/FAS when they first started. I think these will become increasing more liquid, and will provide equity traders with an opportunity to trade bonds for volatility swings on the release of economic numbers and Fed meetings. Definitely … Read More