The markets are currently set to open flat, the preliminary 4th Quarter GDP revision came in as expected at 5.9%. AIG also reported a $53/share loss this morning and should see very active trading during today’s session. Key levels to watch in the SPYs will be 110.25 and 109.40 for support. Resistance is at 111 and 111.70. Michigan Consumer Confidence … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – February 25, 2010
The market is gapping down violently today, currently the SPYs are trading at 109.30 in premarket. Key levels to watch for the day are 109.50 for support, depending on where the market opens the next area of support is at 108.40. Should we attempt to stage a rally there is resistance at the 110.50 and 111 levels.
Posting a Personal Best
We have been waiting for WFMI to explode for days. Above 34 and then 34.30 were levels to add size. During our AM meeting GMan pounded the table about buying above 34 and then 34.30. One of our developing traders did and posted a personal best. Chop Rosie! Why did we like this set up? The day after earnings WFMI … Read More
nice terminal
I am hanging out at the beautiful jblu terminal at jfk. In one hour I will be taking off for sunny west palm beach. I decided to participate in one last am meeting prior to my vaca. Most of the stuff I highlighted were strong stock consolidating near highs. Two of them, aapl and rimm, dropped key support prices from … Read More
Second Reading the Tape Seminar
SMB would like to thank everyone for their recent interest in our free SMB Training Reading the Tape Seminar. Due to extraordinary demand and limited space we were unable to invite all who expressed interest in our last seminar. But I have some good news! This Saturday 2/20/10 at 11 AM we invite you to attend a free Reading the … Read More
Mental Flexibility Is A Prerequisite…
Yesterday our Best AM Idea was to short AMZN for a potential 4-6 point downside move. AMZN had failed to participate in the tech rally during the last week and seemed to be setting up for some serious downside. I got short at 117 and caught about 1.5 points of downside. The volume wasn’t great so I was somewhat suspicious … Read More
Insights from Brian Shannon: 10 Lessons for Traders
Brian Shannon of www.alphatrends.net and @alphatrends was our special guest speaker yesterday. During a busy week of trading, the NYC Trader Expo, and meetings, SMB was grateful that our good friend found some time to talk with our desk. It was a lecture not to be missed. Thank you, Brian! Here are ten things that I learned from Brian’s … Read More
Its Probably Going Up
I started trading AAPL around 10AM this morning. I noticed it held its small gap from the Open and that each time it was dropping below 202 it would quickly recover. I also noticed that each time it popped above 202.50 that it would fail to hold the bid and drop back down. My thought process was that AAPL had … Read More