Friday, May 18, 2012

A Million SPX Put Contracts Traded Today…a Contr...

With a half hour to go in today’s trading session, over one million put contracts have already been traded on the S&P 500 in...

Lock And Load: Apple Will Bounce At This Level...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is falling sharply again today. The once rocket ship stock is dropping quickly to earth. Apple is trading...

Oil Services Cling On To Minor Gains...

This morning, all of the leading oil service stocks are holding on to some minor gains. This sector along with most other energy m...

Agriculture Stocks Are Oversold, Here Is What You ...

Most of the leading agriculture stocks have been very weak over the past few weeks. This important sector will often trade very si...

The Only Financial Stock That You Need To Follow...

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) is the most important financial stock that any trader can follow at this time. This stock ha...

Bounce For Profit: Metal Stocks Holding Major Supp...

The metal stocks continue to hold key support levels on their daily charts. Stocks like Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) and Silver W...

Transports Finally Head North...

Many of the leading transportation stocks are trading higher today. This leading sector has been extremely weak since May 3, 2012....

Base Metals Catch An Early Bid...

This morning, all of the leading base and industrial metal stocks are catching a bid higher. It is important to note that this sec...

Cheating with Partial Hedges...

[The following first appeared in the May 2011 edition of Expiring Monthly: The Option Traders Journal. I thought I would share it ...

A Look at the Pullbacks of the 2009-2012 Bull Mark...

At various times over the past three years, I have been posting a table that I call the VIX and More 2009-12 SPX Peak to Trough Pu...

The Dollar Breakout Brings Down Markets...

By now everyone should know that when the U.S. Dollar Index is strong the major stock and commodity markets will deflate and trade...

Stock Market: Beware Today Dictates The Future...

All the charts and calculations have shown today to be the day of all days. What does this mean? The market is at a major pivot po...

Steel Sector Slumps...

The leading steel stocks have really struggled to catch a bid higher since mid-March 2012. Today, is really no exception for the i...

Retail Stocks Signal Early Strength...

This morning, the leading retail stocks are showing early strength. The popular Market Vectors Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:RTH) is tradin...

Bullish Consensus Creates High Risk of Potential N...

High Risk of Near Term Global Financial Market Crash At each juncture, I look at the available information as represented in the m...

Handicapping the Chances of Greece Dropping the Eu...

Understanding all the moving parts in the European sovereign debt crisis can be a Herculean task, even for the most determined ana...

Bottom In The Making: Miners Reverse Off Lows Agai...

For the second time in a week, the miners have reversed off early lows. Stocks like Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG), Freeport-McMoRa...

Is Coal Heating Up?...

One of the worst performing industry groups in 2012 has been the coal sector. This sector remains in a confirmed downtrend at this...

Home-builder Stocks Show Early Relative Strength...

This morning, all of the leading home-builder stocks are showing some early strength despite the over-all stock market weakness. T...

USA Consumer Sentiment: Only 25% of Households Exp...

USA Consumer Sentiment: Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan Americans are neither very optimistic nor very negative these d...

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