Coasting Along
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________________________ As you can see above on the 5-minute, intraday
chart, the SPY quickly dipped this morning. However, the dip was
aggressively bough...
Today's Headlines
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Bloomberg:
- Euro Economy to Contract as Italy, Spain Tumble, EU Says. Europe's
economy will shrink in 2012, with Italy and Spain facing sudden cru...
Comments on Existing Home Inventory
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Analysts are trying to explain the recent sharp decline in existing home
inventory and trying to estimate the impact of less inventory on house
prices. As ...
Trader Spotlight - Trade4Pay 8PM
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Trader Spotlight - Trade4Pay 8PM (NEW TIME)
All about Joel / Trade4Pay member/trader with 35 years trading exp tonight
right here on DTR at 8:00PM tonigh...
An Introduction to evidence-based investing
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This post was originally published on my GoodeValue.com blog on 3/18/2009.
Due to blog moves it was not correctly moved to this blog so I have
reposted it....
Target Practice
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I think we all have been there – some setups tease us to no end like
eighteen year old debutantes (remember cocoa?), and then there are those
precious few ...
ETF Chart of the Day: China and India
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We have spent some time in the past several weeks speaking about persistent
inflows in emerging markets ETFs in the early part of 2012. Since major
contrib...
Sony Corp. Calls And Puts In Play
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*Today’s tickers: SNE, PLCE & EBAY*
*SNE** - Sony Corp. ADR – *The consumer electronics maker popped up on our
‘hot by options volume’ market scanner ...
How Reliable is the “Stocks on the Move” Scan?
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If you’ve explored this site you’ve learned that one of the benefits of a
membership is access to Watchlists, lists of stocks culled from the 7000 or
so pu...
Bank of America Corporation New (BAC) $8.02 +0.82%
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Top trade in BofA (BAC) so far today is a 23000-lot of Mar 10 calls at 12
cents on ISE when the market was 12 to 13 cents. Data from ISE is reporting
an ...
PG testing the super resistance again
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PG is currently testing a massive resistance level. A look at the weekly
chart shows a massive ascending triangle. If that one breaks, put in some
money an...
Potter County, Texas - Oil and Natural Gas Field
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By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com
Apache (APA) recently came out and discussed a new emerging oil play in the
*Granite Wash area*. This formation is called ...
Strong Volume Gainers (MKTX,SCHE,DDD,PVG,ANGI)
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[image: Bullish General Large Pic]
Here are today's Strong Volume Gainers for Thursday 02/23/2012. Not a lot
to choose from today, but some picks worth a...
Existing Home Sales and Home Prices Decline
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Data released yesterday and today shows a decline in Existing Home Sales and in the Purchase Price of Homes with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie M...
Thursday links: the next problem
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Quote of the day Aaron Brown, “When a system fails, the urge is to add a
system that addresses the failure. But chances are the [...]
Don’t Worry, It’s Only a “Mild Recession”
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Courtesy of Mish The economic clowns in the EU have finally acknowledged
something that was blatantly obvious at least six months ago (and a lot
longer if...
Stay Away from Hewlett-Packard
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Last year, when Hewlett-Packard ($HPQ), was trading at $43, I warned
investors to get out. Today, it’s at $27. This is unfortunate because HPQ
could [...]
Working Out Of Debt
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Couple of interesting points from the report are: • Overall, the
deleveraging process has only just begun. During the past two and a half
years, the ratio ...
Gold Market Putting In A Top?
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From a time cycle perspective the gold markets have already topped as each
of these cycles corresponded to an appropriate top in the gold market. I’m
as bu...
Sitting Tight
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There’s not much on my immediate buy list here, but I like how the market
is digesting recent gains. This action is healthy, and I still believe we
will se...
If energy is breaking out...
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Lets zoom in on energy stocks. Someone recently said Suncor is trading like oil is at $70. Well, for canadian heavy oil, the price differential to $WTIC is a...
TVIX Premium Spikes to 13%
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A little more than two hours into today’s regular trading session, the
premium in TVIX is has spiked to 13.5% above its intraday indicative value.
The gr...
5 Takeaways from the NYC Traders Expo
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Last night I returned from my trip to the NYC Traders Expo, which was a
great experience. Here are a few takeaways from what I witnessed while
there.
ES Trade Plan for Thursday 02/23
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*E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Trade Plan
*
Overnight, ES balanced within yesterday's 24-hr range, building Acceptance
at 1357. Heading into the day session, we...
The Waiting Game
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I thought SHLD was going out of business. What a silly scheming short
squeeze. I wish nothing but the worst for those who bet on its demise. On
the other h...
Gold Holding Support, Threatening Breakout
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Let’s take a moment to view the Daily Chart of Gold, paying close attention
to this week’s successful test/rally off confluence support which now
‘threaten...
Guesstimates on February 23, 2012
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*March S&P E-mini Futures: *Today's day session range estimate is
1352-1361. A rally from the November 25 low at 1147.50 which matches the
size of the Oc...
Pre-Market/Post Market: 2-23-12
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To get an e-mail alert when a new pre-market report is posted please send
an e-mail to support (support (at) livevol.com) with "Pre-market" in the
subject ...
The next move for the market will likely be up.
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In last 8 days there have been 5 negative breadth day on Stockbee Market
Monitor. None of the day was above 300. This indicates very low selling
pressure....
XLF breaks short-term support
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XLF and financials were were down more then the overall market yesterday as
selling picked up in this sector. On Tuesday this post mentioned to watch
XL...
Promoted from comments...
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John posted this trade in comments, looking for feedback:
"I had a homerun with LL today on the Michael setup. Gap down, wide range
first bar, second bar n...
Five Years at the Aleph Blog!
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When Jim Cramer asked me to write for RealMoney, it was a dream come true,
and I didn’t ask for it. After year of writing him on bond issues, he told
me I...
Momentum Trader Report: 02/22/12
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I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I have had some personal issues
come up that have taken me away from the blog. I have only entered one new
positi...
Golden Bananas
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________________________ It’s Ash Wednesday today, and I’m not sure that
I’ve been sufficiently penitent, so I’ll leave off the gloating about the
big win ...
Understanding The Basic Language of Option Trading
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The peculiar vocabulary and concepts inhabiting an options trader’s
thoughts are often the source of confusion to visitors to my world. I have
often ponder...
Wed. 2...something
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Haven't been inspired to post anything lately. So I guess I'll just post
some charts.
An update of Copper. Seems to be having trouble regaining that neckl...
02/22/2012 Portfolio Update
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DGP buy order filled.
TMV stopped out flat (AGAIN) but the system will try to short bond again
tomorrow. Set TMV buy stop at $75.80, stop loss around $70...
Five Bullish Setups I'm Watching
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( click to enlarge )
NetScout Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ:NTCT) wants to break out and move higher. If
we close above 22.06, we can run to 24 easily.
( click to...
NIKKEI 225 Futures - Daily
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Thank you for reading my blog - SINGER$MARKET. If you would like to see a
chart on the blog, feel free to email me at singersmarket@gmail.com.
‘Bout Time
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Ok, she’s slow, but maybe she’ll get there. If the lobbyists don’t get to
her first… “Schapiro Questions Role of High-Frequency Traders” A large
portion of...
135 stocks closed at all-time highs
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“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too
high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” –
William O’...
Finally, A Candidate Threw me a Bone
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It's a small bone, but yesterday Mitt Romney unveiled a new tax plan, and
lo and behold, there is something in there for me (a card carrying member
of th...
Energy independence, or impending oil shocks?
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For SmartPlanet this week, I took a close look at a new report from
Citigroup claiming that shale oil production had “buried” the peak oil
hypothesis and t...
DO, oih holding, BETTER short now.
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TweetLikeTweet Make sure to use the tweet button on this post. I like
“playing” the market as I get to bring a pair of loaded dice to the game
and nobody E...
The Market Rally Seems Longer Than It Really Has Been
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Objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than they seem. The graphic (below) from Chart of the Day, puts over a century of market rallies in context. As...
Does entry price matter to dividend investors?
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The reason for the lost decade in stocks is that many otherwise quality
companies were overvalued in the early 2000s. For example Johnson & Johnson
(JNJ) w...
The Enduring Popularity of Gold - Guest Post
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Guest post by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global
Investors. The Enduring Popularity of Gold The World Gold Council (WGC)
reaffir...
Watch List For 02/22/2012
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CISG Over 9.02, only on a good setup. Stock has tendency to fade. HK Like
the way its bouncing 20 SMA. Watching over 11.65. Fast mover only on good
setup...
Overstock – Another default?
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On Friday, February 17, 2012 -- before the long, holiday weekend --
Overstock.com (OSTK) silently released an 8-K SEC filing, but, as usual,
The Davian L...
Potential Earnings Plays for President's Day Week
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Although it was not a tremendous week for earnings plays this past week,
there were still a few that made things worthwhile. I shared some
potential ear...
Five Charts Suggesting a Top is Near
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*1. Key divergences on the S&P 500.* As the index has made new highs
recently, key price indicators such as RSI, CCI and MACD have made lower
highs:
*
*
*2...
27 Ways to Buy Facebook Stock Before It Goes Public
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Ever since Facebook announced that the company will have its initial public
offering later this year, I have been inundated with requests from friends,
rel...
Finally, a CEO that Gets it: John Chambers
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A crack has appeared in the collective thick skull of corporate CEOs. Look
at what Cisco’s John Chambers said at Davos: “It’s an embarrassment that US
busi...
The Unbearable Being of Lightness
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Alright, let's get serious for a moment. Check that, let's "quote" -- not
get serious for a moment. Let's instead pretend. That things that are bad
are co...
Character
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I have a dear friend that over the year’s has become a father figure to me.
He has coached me through the last decade of my life and been there for
importa...
ART OF TRADING Member Success Story!
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Hi Stewie -
First I should say THANK YOU for the most excellent service. Your chat room
and general market commentary are priceless for less experienced i...
AAPL : What goes up must come down
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What goes up must come down Law of gravity, law of nature and the law of
stock market. Nothing stays up forever. You throw a ball it comes down, you
have a...
Dow Jones Industrustrials - At Key Resistance
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We are at key levels in several of the major indices so I thought it might
be a good idea to post a few comments regarding what I am seeing in the Dow
Jone...
LIVE Update
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I started accumulating LIVE in the low $3's Read Original Blog Post not for
their existing business performance but because they have a new CEO that
runs a...
What’s The 30-Day Volatility Telling Us?
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I promised myself that I wasn’t going to post anything until my book is
done…just another failed New Years resolution I guess. If you look at the
chart bel...
Groundhog Day…again?
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How many times have we seen this headline the past 2 years? Greek
Parliament Passes Austerity Plan as Riots Rage. I think more than my
fingers can count. A...
$BUND 10 Feb 2012
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BUND is not the market that I am familiar with. I was just looking at the
hourly chart, I thought it shows some interesting technical levels here.
Here is ...
Blog break
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Taking a break from blogging.
I have been very bullish on the markets for a few months, what kind of
trading am I doing right now ? Buy and hold !!!!
Very b...
GOLD Daily Market Thought 07022012
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GOLD like I suspect and tweet few time last week, unable for now to break
and hold above [1765,1775] area.
Today test and hold first major support at th...
Technical Picture - SPX Target Reached
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Our SPX target - 1344 was reached Friday on positive jobs data. The
Fibonacci extension remains in play until it fails. We'll stretch it to
encompass any n...
FEB positions
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There is none and I will post them as I trade them.
2012/02/04 SHORT LNKD@79.66 3% risk on this one for now.
2012/02/06 COVER LNDK@78.80
2012/02/07 BOUGHT...
Is the bond market in a bubble?
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As interest rates trend toward a zero percent yield it seems most traders
and analysts are calling the interest rate market a bubble. Some are
calling it t...
Trading Movies
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Trading Movies
I’ve been using Netflix streaming for about a month and watched my fair
share of older movies. See Netflix streaming sucks if you want to ...
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...
Market Montage Officially Launches Tomorrow
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Dear readers,
After a long period of introspection (nearly 3 minutes) I've decided to
follow the ideology of the boxing world and come out of retirement.
...
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...
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// Title: Closing Prices for Active Symbols
// by: MarketMonk
// last rev date: 08-06-...
New 2012 Toyota Camry, Honda CRV and Honda CRZ
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There would be numerous new car models to be released next year especially
for Honda and Toyota fans. The year 2012 would be an exciting year for car
buyer...
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...
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...
GameStop GME Is a Good Short
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I believe GameStop GME is a good short. Fundamentally they are a brick and
mortar retailer competing against online digital downloading. Download
s...
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...
A Setback, Bounceback, and Milestone in the Gutter
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It's been a while since I've posted on trading so I thought I would make a
post on my recent trading progress.
Back in May, I had my biggest trading setbac...
$100 Billion For America Online
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Earlier in the week, I read articles discussing Facebook's $100 billion
dollar valuation. There are two ways to look at Facebook. The glossy view
is that...
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*
Long-Term Chart of $SPX - Part III
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I have been looking at some longer term charts again, now that my target on
my previous post has been met.
The first chart is a weekly chart of the $SPX an...
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...
An Update
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About six months ago it became apparent, to the few readers of this site, that I had stopped blogging. The reason for this is that in September I had decided...
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...
Monthly Strategy Update
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I plan on doing updates at the end of each month on how the strategy is
performing and some thoughts about what is working and ways to improve it.
After a ...
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?
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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
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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...
A New Home For Dasan
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A New Home For Dasan: http://www.davianletter.com/blog
I’ve been taking notes of my daily market observations while I was at
Merrill Lynch since 1993. I...
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?
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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...