Good morning traders, Not a lot to write this morning, because the scenarios we need to watch are fairly simple and clearly defined. First of all, world equity markets are most higher overnight. China, at 1.6% is leading Asia higher, and nearly all of Europe is roughly 0.5% higher. The real winners in Europe are troubled Italy (+1.5%) and Spain … Read More
@zentrader Reviews “One Good Trade”
@zentrader reviews One Good Trade
Morning thoughts 1/26
Good morning, In big-picture context, very little has changed over the past several days. Crosscurrents are the rule as large moves from one day are reversed the next, and there is little or no broad market follow through in most asset classes. This type of price action is perfectly normal in consolidation areas while the market backs and fills, and … Read More
Frustrated Trader (VMW)
I traded VMW on the Open. Home of the impossible 5 million shares and no liquidity. If anyone is into the whole HFT conspiracy/they are evil dogma replay this tape. Let’s see if we can learn from this rip. 83 was a level from the open. It was a level from the premarket and afterhours trading. There was resistance on … Read More
Morning Thoughts 1/25
Good Morning Traders, Some interesting, and fairly large moves, in overnight markets demand our attention. World equities are pretty much off across the board, with a few exceptions. China is down a percent, most of Europe is also down a percent, led by the UK down -2%. Japan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Switzerland and Indonesia are all up this morning. US … Read More
I Blog I Learn
Michael Martin from MartinKronicle.com wrote: Some of the most insightful things I’ve learned have come from students who didn’t know their backsides from a hole in the ground, but had the guts to ask questions that were way outside the box. And those questions got me thinking. As a teacher I’m better for those questions b/c frankly, I wouldn’t have … Read More
Morning thoughts 1/21
Good morning traders, Drawing heavily on my morning Waverly Advisors report again today. First on equities: A mixed session yesterday saw large caps struggling to recover while smaller cap stocks continued their decline. We believe the dominant technical pattern on the S&P Cash index is the small consolidation highlighted on the chart above. Taken in context, it is important to … Read More
Morning thoughts 1/20
Good morning traders, This is somewhat lengthly, but I thought it might be interesting to republish my comments on equities from my morning Waverly Advisors report. Keep in mind that most of the readers of that report are working on a significantly longer timeframe, but this does help to keep yesterday’s moves in context: Equities: Equities are in the spotlight … Read More