Good morning traders, For many, many weeks, the pattern has been that every dip is bought. Every selloff finds ready buyers, and, so, there has been a complete lack of downside momentum on any decline. It is difficult to read a market that is consolidating sideways on low volume, so both bulls and bears are watching for a break of … Read More
Traders Ask: What’s the Best Setup for Newer Traders?
Adam answers a reader’s question about the best trade setups for new traders to start with.
Morning thoughts 2/9/11
Good morning traders, I’m fighting some more computer gremlins this morning, so this will be very short and to the point. This morning, we find work equities down in reasonably large moves. Asia is off 1+ – 1.7% across the board, and Europe is down roughly 0.5%. Note that Australia, Japan and German all made 52 week highs overnight, failed … Read More
Morning thoughts 2/8/11
Good morning traders, Rather than clouding the picture with a lot of potentially superfluous information this morning, let’s focus on the key divergence in the US market. The chart below shows the divergence between large caps and mid caps in the US market, illustrated here via S&P 500 and Russell 2000 cash indexes, though the exact choice of index is … Read More
Morning thoughts 2/7/11
Good Morning Traders, I will be in and out of the office this week, so keeping today’s comments a little shorter than usual. In general, there are 4 macro themes I am watching this week. Interest rate futures (10 and 30 year) have a pretty good longer-term sell setup. This is an outright directional play, but also has implications for … Read More
The wind of change is blowing…
Yesterday’s AXA settlement could represent a new direction in SEC regulation and oversight.
Morning Thoughts 2/4/11
Morning Thoughts 2/4/11
Morning thoughts 2/3/11
Good morning traders, From my morning note for Waverly Advisors on US Equities: We have been surprised at the strength in equities over the past week; the word “resilience” shows up in our writing and our thinking time and again. Yesterday’s consolidation above significant resistance is consistent with a market that wants to go higher. This brings us to an … Read More