Market Bulls Regain Control But Resistance Looms For Stocks
Generally, the major stock market indices all look about the same so it’s a bit fruitless to analyze all of them every single week....
2 Trading Strategies For Market Bears This Week (SPY)
The S&P 500 index rallied 0.9 percent last week – its third consecutive up week. Off the September 29th intra-day low, it is now up...
Will The Credit Markets Continue To Fuel A Rally In Stocks?
In my last article on October 5, I discussed how the credit markets were precariously close to signaling another sharp leg down in the...
5 Trading Ideas For The Week Ahead: TWTR, VRSN, JUNO, LAKE, TSO
As traders get ready for another week of market action, they are once again wondering if the stock market has the momentum to continue...
The LOG Blog: Trading With Music and Logarithmic Scale
Why put so much importance on the logarithmic scale stock charts (i.e. log charts)? Â When mathematical properties of logs, anti-log and exponents are responsible...
The COT Report: Will Key Economic Data Tip The Market?
The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions...
Is IBM Stock Ready To Rally Higher Into Year End?
International Business Machines (IBM) has been a tough stock to own for longer term investors. Over the past three years, IBM stock has fallen...
Commodity-Related Stocks and ETFs Surge As Dollar Slumps
January through much of September witnessed significant weakness in emerging markets (EEM) and essentially anything resource and commodities-related.
Steel companies (SLX), the Gold miners (GDX), and...
Dow Theory in Reverse: Can Bulls Claim Victory At Key Resistance?
To me, Dow Theory is simply another tool or indicator to pull out of my toolbox. Some are ardent followers of Dow Theory while others...
There is A Lot Riding On This Dow Jones Megaphone Pattern
If we go back over 60 years and look at a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, we can see that this major...