Low-Volatility ETF Cools as ‘Junk’ Stocks Soar
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PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility (NYSEArca: SPLV) has seen its
outperformance versus the overall market erased the past month as the
junkiest stocks lead...
Morning News: May 21, 2013
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Bundesbank Says German Recovery to Gather Pace in Second Quarter Yen Slips
as Amari Backtracks While Europe Shares Decline/a> Fed’s Evans Says Economy
Has ...
GMAMX: Goldman Sach’s Muppet Fund of Funds
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In our day job, we have a Fiduciary relationship with our clients.
A Fiduciary has a legal obligation where all actions are performed for the
benefit of th...
Are we in a REIT bubble?
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Low rates have made investors hungry for yield. As a result, traditional
higher yielding investments such as utilities and real estate investment
trusts ar...
Get a Dog, Avoid a Heart Attack
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According to a recent report by the American Heart Association, owning a
dog was “probably associated” with a reduced risk of heart disease. Maybe
that's ...
SPY : Evil plan ??
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Sorry folks, was away for about two weeks on vacation. For starters here is something i noticed at the close of the SPX today: 1666 .. sounds familiar ??
Trade Ideas For Tuesday
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$AMAP – Found this from Fly’s Chinese lotto post. I’m a buyer on strength,
while using Monday’s low as my max stop reference point. ______ $BBRY –
Bought s...
Don’t Forget About This Summer Fun Stock
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Since I wrote last month about waiting until after The Masters golf
tournament before looking to play Callaway Golf, I was pleasantly surprised
to check in...
SlopeFest V from Vegas
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Well, I felt like a complete turd-monkey for missing it, but SlopeFest V
went off without a hitch. I really wish I could have been there, but two
things pr...
Tuesday Watch
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Evening Headlines
Bloomberg:
- *China Trade Surplus Seen by BofA at One-Tenth Customs Figure*.
China’s trade surplus is one-tenth the official $61 ...
Monday Night Randomosity
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- The stock market paused a bit today. Tomorrow is “Terrific Tuesday,”
as every Tuesday has been an up day in 2013. Another? Isn’t that getting...
Relentless bullish action to the upside
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Relentless market action to the upside continues. There is no rest, respite
or stop. The whole market has gone into what Greenspan would call it ”
Irration...
THE CHINESE LOTTO GUYS ARE BACK!
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The market gave you solar. Then it gave you education stocks. For the love
of God himself, it even gave you bankrupt boat stocks. Now it is going to
grant ...
Time Lapse Video of the Oklahoma City/Moore Tornado
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This time lapse footage of the tornado that hit Oklahoma City/Moore today
is insanely terrifying via WMCTV.com (via HuffingtonPost). According to
WMCTV, "t...
What the Market Wants: No Easy Answer
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Courtesy of *David Brown, Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics *
So, what did the market want today? Nothing it appears. It traded on weak
volume an...
Covered Call Picks (UNXL,ASTX,BBRY,TSLA,FSLR)
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[image: Make Fat Stacks with Covered Calls]
Here are today's Covered Call Picks for Monday 05-20-2013.
*What's a Covered Call? *
read more
STTG Market Recap May 20, 2013
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Welcome back to a new week as we enter the latter third of May. Remember
the old adage "Sell in May and go away?". If only the world were so simple;
you'd ...
STTG Market Recap May 20, 2013
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Welcome back to a new week as we enter the latter third of May. Remember
the old adage "Sell in May and go away?". If only the world were so simple;
you'd ...
Stopping updates of all-time high stocks
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Hi, I’ve decided to stop updating this site with the all-time high and
all-time low stocks. uglychart.com was the first website to offer these
lists for fr...
Discussion on Inequality and Economic Growth
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From 6:30 to 8:00 PM ET, the will be a live stream of professors Tony
Atkinson and Paul Krugman discussing inequality and growth at CUNY. The
dialogue will...
Stocks to Watch for May 21, 2013
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( click to enlarge )
Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) The technical chart shows possibility
of new rally as the stock bounced up after dropping back t...
Ya Think?
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“Sitting across from the IRS” “This is not a personnel problem,” said Camp.
“This is a problem of the IRS being too large, too intrusive, too abusive.”
Ame...
ART OF TRADING Members Feedback !
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You do a fantastic job Stew and you should know that your efforts and
guidance are having REAL positive effects on both my personal and
professional life. ...
Post Market Report: 5-20-13
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To get an e-mail alert when a new post-market report is posted please send
an e-mail to support (support (at) livevol.com) with "Post-market" in the
subjec...
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
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Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc
404,131 61.5% 38.5% $442.93 +9.67 BAC Bank of America Corporation 304,139
69.0% 31....
Off To The Races
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Last Thursday I suggested an entry on BIDU that was producing a lot of
context. It was one of those trades I almost find obligatory as it’s a good
exampl...
Today's Video Update: Yahoo Bets A Billion
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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and
Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Monday, the
20th of May...
Space Oddity 2013
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By Jeff Pierce Chris Hadfield video onboard ISS with Larrivée Guitar. This
is pretty amazing. Canadian astronaut on a recent 5 month stint decided to
creat...
Monday links: the profit bubble
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Quote of the day James Surowiecki, “It’s still possible that investor
hysteria could eventually inflate stock prices, or that investor panic
could send t...
Two good setups: TASR and HLF
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Bulls continue to dominate the action. IPO continue to show some big
moves. Solar sector is the star sector with several stocks in the sector on
the move....
Guesstimates on May 20, 2013
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*June S&P E-mini Futures: *Today’s range estimate is 1657-1668. I think the
1574-1587 zone defined by the 2000 and 2007 bull market tops is now
support. ...
This 3-Day Pattern Is Suggesting Caution For Today
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After Wednesday’s move to a new high, Thursday put in an inside day. With
Friday closing at another new high the study below triggered, which I have
only...
Twitter Digest: 2013-05-19
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Urban Dictionary: Highlingual – The belief that, when high, you can speak
two or more languages http://t.co/F9sjt3Y77j -> There hitherto unplumbed
relation...
Having A Plethora of Setups Always Worries Me
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Had a ton of setups in my scans this weekend - too many really. This
happens from time to time, and it always is a bit worrisome. Many times,
when I have...
What to Do When Things are Nuts?
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I have not been a fan of this rally, and I have been selling into it. I do
have a rule for equity clients — cash never goes above 20%. I have been
close ...
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
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If eating bacon really took minutes off your life ... I'd be in trouble. Good thing I don't believe conventional nutritional theories. Here are some of the p...
Ex-Dividend Stocks Week 4 of May
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Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying
Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend dateand se...
Solar Stocks Play
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Solar stocks are continuing to deliver big returns lately. One way to
invest in the solar sector is Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (*KWT*) or
the Guggen...
HPS for week of May 20th has been uploaded
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You can watch HPS video here http://daytradingradio.com/10for1000
I am going out on a limb and looking for a pullback Monday.. What am I
basing this on? ...
Is LULU a Lemon of a Stock?
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Today I am going to share with you one of my favorite technical tools and
how to use this tool to successfully navigate the ups and downs of
Lululemon Athl...
Has Apple Lost Its Way?
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In a recent Bloomberg news poll, 71% of investors believe Apple has become
less innovative. Has Apple lost its way? In today’s short five minute
video, we ...
The Fed, QE, the Economy and Goldilocks 2.0
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It was never easy being a central banker and the job has become much more
difficult over the course of the last five years or so, but right now the
task ...
How Much Would Iron Man 3 Cost in Real Life?
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Looking at the huge crowd during all the rallies called by Pakatan Rakyat,
there’s no doubt thousands are still angry with the country’s election
system wh...
DJIA Quarterly
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Just an interesting chart.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Quarterly (log) chart. Interesting
the 5-year cycle phase. Were traders in 1997 chatterin...
Sam Adams Now in Cans
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Beginning in May, The Boston Beer Company launched Sam Adams Boston Lager
in cans for sale nationwide. But it's not just any can, Jim Koch would
never st...
Larry Kudlow Lies About Immigration
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At the 9:56 mark of the CNBC video below, Larry Kudlow says: “Going back to
the mid 1980s; Reagan signed a rather liberal immigration bill. We had a
lot of...
Tolerance of Yen Drop
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From Bloomberg ;
"Group of Seven finance chiefs signaled *acceptance of the yen’s slide *to
its weakest in four years, so long as it *doesn’t get out of h...
Oh No! Not Again! What’s with this market?
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The stock market is up, 401k’s recovering, mom and pop are getting back
into the market. What’s wrong with this picture? Can you find all the
pieces that d...
Watch List 05/07/2013
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Many decent runners from recent watch lists such as INSM, KOG, ZQK, RGEN,
ACTV, ANGI,AMBA,CTRP,PGTI. We had a great week in the chat with over 5K
gain last...
Emergency Derby Picks
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Can Early Favorite Orb pull a “Big Brown” and win from the far outside post
position? ___________________________________________________ My apologies
for ...
$GOLD - Spot Gold - Weekly
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Thank you for reading my blog - SINGER$MARKET. If you would like to see a
chart on the blog, feel free to email me at singersmarket@gmail.com.
Can You Multitask?
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I recently shared some information regarding the dangers of multitasking
which led to Allison sending me a link to a multitasking test she helped
create. A...
New High New Low Data (NH-NL) Warns of 1987 Crash
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I received a comment questioning if the 1987 Market Crash was detected by
the NH-NL data following my blog post titled Nail Market Tops and Bottoms
by Doin...
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UPDATED RULES OF “THE GAME”
1. Time horizon is one year, not one day
2. Sangfroid wins. Equanimity is more important than anything else
3. Make your own d...
Some Charts
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Some Charts
Its been awhile and I know you missed me so here are some charts. I also
liked INTC last week, but it looks like it did a minor pullback. I w...
ES Key Levels and Trade Plan for Friday 03/22/2013
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*E-Mini S&P 500 Futures*
Overnight, Responsive Buyers held that 1535 Support (to the tick) and
pushed ES back above the 1540-1541 short-term resistance. Hea...
Time To Buy Gold
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Above is a daily chart of gold (GLD) over the past 20 months and as you
can see this market appears to be bouncing off of major support (green
line). In ...
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I was not able to update the image above for April 6, 2013 due to
computer problems. Sorry for this happening. Next update on the image above
will b...
About the old SIMSCI trading journal
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Just thought I would write a quick post here. Although I have moved to
TRADERGAV.com few years ago, I am keeping my old blog (Better Trading Blog)
alive. T...
Change
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Change. It’s a word that often means opportunity. Today, that’s exactly
what it is! We’re improving the premium service we offer in a few ways.
Here’s a qu...
Comments to another trader
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A while back I posted some portions of an email exchange I had with another
trader friend that is still refining his trading business. I received a
number ...
AAPL - Bearish Island
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10:45 AAPL Update - LIS for bulls is 522 assuming this is a traditional low
to high fib placement rather than an extension.
Caution, bearish island r...
XOM – critical juncture
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A weekly view : - At the horizontal support level - At the uptrend support
level - Head and shoulders pattern Wait for entries and see how it unfolds
Filed...
November Position
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I did not do much tradings in October but closed out some opened positions.
Hard for me to keep eyes on AAPL; hence, I will have open orde...
Go to class
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My head is about to explode and I like it. I'm piling on with
distance-learning courses and I feel like a kid in college again. Staying
up all night, getti...
CFA Level 2: Pass!!!
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It's crazy to look at the last time I posted and realize it was nearly 2.5
years ago. I basically had to stop blogging since it would just be
complicated ...
Some Insights into How I Trade
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*Some Insight into How I Trade *
*I get a lot of questions regarding Daily Charts. Every Day I look at the
SPY and take in about 7 or 8 different factors t...
Step by Step $SPY
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Step 1) Monday = Hammer
Step 2) Tuesday = Confirmation
Step 3) Today = Follow Through
from $127/$128 to 130.77+1.74 (1.35%) ... from out of the money to
n...
Facebook, summer vacation, and tad
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It looks like my downside Facebook target is getting closer - just a dollar
shy at today's low!
As June arrives, I am going to take some time off to travel...
Using Yahoo Free EOD Data
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Yahoo is an excellent source for free End of Day (EOD) data but it comes
with some issues from time to time.
Since Yahoo is not providing a true data servi...
Robert Green on taxes for traders (70 minute video)
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This 70-minute video presentation was recorded in December by Robert Green,
CPA and founder of the CPA firm that I use to prepare my taxes. He address
new ...
Momentum Trader Report: 03/06/12
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The market had its first real down day of the year, with the indexes
closing down around -1.5%, and it looks like lower prices may be ahead.
Personally, I...
Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) - Utica Shale
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By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com
Utica Shale News - Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE: MHR) provides
an update on the *Utica Shale* located in Noble...
New Site Coming Soon
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Sorry for the lack of recent updates. A totally new site design will be
coming soon, and once it's up I will be posting on a more regular basis.
Stay tun...
2011 Review
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2009 and 2010 were good for most trend followers(bulls) who bought and
held tight onto their positions. 2011 was a totally different story. It
was bas...
Trade: GS
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I went long GS on the breakout of the moving average. Notice the bottoming "W" pattern and the positive volume that has has developed within the pattern. M...
test848
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Going to be a cold weekend. View here. Going to be a cold weekend. View
here. Going to be a cold weekend. View here. Going to be a cold weekend.
View he...
Market Update – Looks Ready to Fall
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Surprising earning results from Apple and Yahoo yesterday. Yahoo’s profits
fell YOY but the stock headed up 5%. Apple did not meet forecast but
profits wer...
Stock Market Trading Exposed
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Stock market trading has become much more available to the average joe over
the last couple of decades, and with it, much more information is
available. Bu...
A Trader’s Prayer
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“Our Uncle Ben, Who Art in Wyoming… “Ahh, okay, I’m gonna level with you,
Uncle B. My wife’s the one with the Lord & Taylor account, if you know what
I’m s...
What a Ride.
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Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO of Apple – PANIC! We’re gonna sell off!
Warren Buffett rides in on his white horse to save [...]
The post What a Ride....
Additional ...
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To complete the previous post, it may be a good idea to show the reasoning
behind our exit around 1200.
The following is my projection from August 12, 20...
Cheesy Giveaway : Golden Age Cheese
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With the stock market in turmoil. Nothing sounds better than some comfort
food... Enter to win the Cheese of the Month club: Cheesy Giveaway : Golden
Age C...
Euro update July 29, 2011
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Euro printed a higher relative volume hammer-like candle. This suggests
that the last 2 days were a retracement and it is ready to move higher. If
it break...
new site
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People have been asking me, so I think the link in my earlier post was not
obvious enough: I’m blogging at http://richardwesleytodd.blogspot.com now.
So, i...
Heartbroken
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As many of you know, health issues have forced me to the sidelines for the
past month. I first want to thank all of you for your kind words and well
wishes...
Stocks Begin Tumble: Reversal Underway (NYSE: SPY)
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Stock Market Crash of 2011: Quick Move or Slow Pain? Whether an index drops
10% overnight, or drops 20% over the course of a couple months, it
nonetheless ...
A Prayer for Osama bin Laden
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By Joe Donatelli and Steve Mazzucchi Osama bin Laden, may you rot in hell.
May your skin burn in an eternal lake of fire. May your soul be enveloped
in co...
Back to blogging
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I've had a hard go of it over the last 2 years. I changed my trading style from stock screening and longer term swing trading, to day trading futures. I we...
$EURUSD: 6-hour Chart
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The technical setup is tantalizing…especially with all of the bullish
commentary by ECB officials. Only a matter of time until the $EURUSD
collapses…comple...
Hiatus End Date in Sight
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Regular postings to this blog will be resumed on April 15th. Occasional
updates will continue to be made to the TTS Fear Index and any buy/sell
signals wil...
Affiliate Marketing Online Advertising
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How can an Affiliate Market Online?
Are you and affiliate and you would like to know "how can an affiliate
market online?" The good news is that there a...
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What the Market Wants: Stocks over Bonds, Small Caps over Large
*by Sabrient - February 14th, 2011 10:15 pm*
*Courtesy of David Brown, Chief Market Strateg...
My Blog Has Moved to the Stocktwits Network
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Thank you for visiting. My Blog has moved to downtowntrader.com and is now a part of the Stocktwits Network. We have moved all of our content into the archiv...
Moving…Again
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I’ve decided to move my blogging back over to my original Blogger site and
maintain one blog rather than my two WordPress blogs (as well as avoiding
WordPr...
Investment Outlook for 2011 – Equities vs Bonds
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The more things change, the more eerily familiar they seem to be. It has
been months since I updated the blog; ignoring the daily drivel proves
useful as t...
Best Stocks For 2011: Let the Money “Stream” to You
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Remember those days? Yeah I’m sure you do. Remember digging through your
5 foot tall stereo cabinet looking for “Weekend At Bernies”? Those days
are gon...
A Large Number of Compression Breakouts
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can be found by clicking here: Over 15 great setups. I didn’t even have
time to look at all the BuyPoints! Remember, not all the generated ideas
are great ...
Please Use Zerohedge.org
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As zerohedge.com is currently experiencing technical issues, please use the
following website for all the latest updates: www.zerohedge.org while we
resolv...
MORNING LINKS
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Futures were ramping last night on the heels of the news of the Irish
accepting a bailout to the tune of 100B Euros- and the EURO was smoking and
the doll...
Update - looking to 2011
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Hello Blogosphere!
Things are going well, though I have not made the progress in some personal
arenas that I intended during my trading hiatus in 2010.
M...
To Young Guns!
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To My Loyal TMO Readers,
I wanted to first thank you for being readers who have transitioned from
equities to options, from options back to equities, and f...
YOUNG GUNS TRADING
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I'm proud to announce my new blog is now in full service and is looking
GREAT - come join myself and the other traders at *Young Guns Trading*
Change of Site Going Forward
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All - I have moved my postings to Worden going forward starting today.
Below is a link to the new site. It is a slick new format and I hope you
like it. Se...
Super glad
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I am super glad nobody missed me. There were many querries while this blog
was open. Most of them were if I was aping tickerville, tickerguy,
tickersense.....
Another Big ARES Winner: ATML
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Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) also took off today, rising 16% after
posting revenue that surpassed analyst expectations. We’ve gained 21.3% in
ATML sin...
George Soros investments
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Last time we provided insight in current Jim Rogers portfolio and investing
strategy. Today let's review where another investment guru, George Soros,
sees ...
Why Do All Good Things Come To An End
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When I first started trading I really was illprepared. I had done my
research via stockcharts.com and learned patterns etc, but what I failed to
realize,...
On Vacation
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So...no posts lately and now I am on vacation. I just found this cool
little addition for my blog...Feed My Fish. Not much to it, but really kind
of fun......
Gone like a freight train
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All, I apologize for not posting, but this spring has been amazingly busy.
I literally eat dinner every night after 9 pm., the minute I walk in the
door. S...
Monster Stock Trader: The Interview
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Monster Stock Trader is the moniker of this trader who uses the CAN-SLIM
method to find fundamentally sound companies to trade. He then uses
technical anal...
Another Crazy OPX Friday TGIF
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Well all I can say is this hs been one crazy week! I am so glad it’s Friday
I can’t even tell you…..:-) I am going to make this short and sweet, as I
expec...
Market Stress Indicated in this Chart
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The bull-vs-bear chart shows a spike of the bearish indicators. I think
there is a strong indication of market reversal. A similar pattern was
observed l...
Farewell Post
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Don't worry, I am not leaving the internet forever. I am changing locales. You can now find me, under the same name chessNwine, over at iBankCoin.com aka the...
My Final Post on iBankCoin
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To my readers here at iBankCoin.com: THANK YOU guys so much for supporting
me here ever since I started writing at iBankCoin.com back in 2008. As you
may k...
THE BEAT GOES ON
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lada dada dee
[Mar 30, 2010 6:43:33 AM PDT] *Muddy:* watch VIFL. last pre hit, on 2.50
Hit hod of 4.50!
A few minutes after the open, one on our watchlist...
ANOTHER CONFIRMATION MET
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This morning the miners met one more confirmation that needed to happen.
The point and figure chart has now turned bullish.
That's just one more tally tha...
Ichimoku Analysis: Market still has room to fall
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The market was down again today. However, this time I sold my DXD for some
more profit. The market still has the potential to continue this decline,
but ...
Ready for the Big Game?
-
Most of us will watch the Super Bowl this weekend, and marvel at the
offensive machines run by Manning and Brees. Are they that much more
talented than th...
Movie Review: Antichrist (2009)
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“I am the best film director in the world,” proclaimed Lars von Trier
rather brashly following the debut of his newest film at the Cannes Film
Festival. ...
Low Volume Melt Up
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*FN:* On the way down there is volume. On the way up, there is less...
waaaay less (especially for this time of the year).
Can you say algos?
So what does...
That's All Folks...
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Loyal Reader of MooseJaw Jabber: Technical Trading,
Today is one of mixed emotions, as MJTT has finally grown enough to allow
me to branch off to bigger an...
ADS Line Signal update
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Note that this 1 Hour ADS line Buy signal has occured with the Daily ADS
line still below zero, so this may be just a short counter trend signal or
a just ...
Google Wave
-
Anyone of you fine readers happen to get an invite for Google Wave? I would
be forever in your debt should you send me an invite as well :)
Thanks!!!
My New Home
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I’ve got some great news. I have been invited to join some super fantastic
Traders and Market experts at my favorite site, FINZ.TV Posse Trade Journal
Plea...
Gold bugs about to get Squashed
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Anyone who follows me knows that since the beginning of the year, I have
been saying - "Sell your Gold, it's dead money". Even Dentists know better,
and do...
Wasn't MSFT Buying Into YHOO Search?
-
How quickly do things change - now you have YHOO buying into MSFT search
technology and some revenue sharing to give MSFT access to the YHOO
network.
T...
Mixed signals on the finance front
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Inflation fell in May to its lowest since the beginning of 2008, but
remained higher than most economists expected. The smaller than expected
fall in consu...
Members only chat
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EminiAddict.com now has a members only chat. It will temporarily be housed
at http://eminiaddict.net/ until all changes have taken effect. Emails have
been...
Consumer Electronics
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I might be alone in this thinking, but I think it is a great time to open a
consumer electronics retailer.
- Commercial vacancies are huge and would l...
Change is Afoot
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I had planned to take at least another week to do this, but I'm plunging
ahead anyway.
Slope of Hope is moving to a different blog platform. There are ma...
SEC Charges 8
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Didn’t believe me in my FREE Penny Stock eBook when I talked about penny
stock manipulation? Here’s some pretty hardcore evidence of the penny stock
manipu...
Full Time
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I'd put my overall trading today in the crap pile. But there were moments
when things were good and my skills showed some development. I made $20 in
my acc...
5/15 Day/swingtrades
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*From this morning: Just a quick update...with the news on TARP money, I'm
adding the insurers to the watchlist today. There are quite a few strike
prices ...
The Path of Least Resistance
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What I’m getting ready to discuss pertains primarily to trades that are
held for a period longer than 2 days. What directional bias should I have
in any gi...
The RO Report, "Last One" Edition
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I've written this blog for over 2 years amidst the worst period in my
10-year trading career. It has been a difficult time for me personally but
writing ha...
