Low Fear Levels Mean Cheap Option Protection
Summer trading usually ushers in a time a low volatility and often very little interest. Markets...
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This Is Not The Time Of Year To Buy Stocks
The US large-cap equity index, the S&P 500 (SPX), closed at 2092.83 last Friday, down 14.56...
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COT Data: We Are Near A Tradable Bond Bottom
With all the talk about the bond markets over the last couple of weeks, one would think that...
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Here The Market Goes Again –The Cycle Continues
No matter what the market ends up doing today, it is clear after the reversal this morning, it...
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Stock Traders Watch As Greece Fails To Make Payment
The S&P 500 mini-futures (ES) took a pretty good hit yesterday, down 17 points to close at...
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Is Gold The Next Big Thing?
Gold: Probably Not the Next Big Thing Is gold the next big thing? Gold is always a topic of...
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Where Are Stocks Going Now? Market Internals Tell The Story
While price and volume are the main indicators to follow they are certainly only ones. I watch...
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Stock Watch: Key Targets For Nasdaq After Jobs Data
The Nasdaq 100 has been quite volatile lately, but the index is going nowhere. In fact, with the...
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Jesse Livermore’s Pivotal Point: Ugly Duckling Buy Set-up
In last month’s column I discussed the rise of what I call the “Ugly Duckling” buy set-up where we...
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Pressure Yes, Boiling Point No
Pressure is building. That opening sentence sounds ominous. Let me rephrase – The market is...
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E-Mini S&P Action Could Be The Start Of Something Big
The S&P 500 mini future (ES) spent most of the day Wednesday trying to push the price back...
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JM Smucker At Critical Juncture Ahead Of Earnings
The J.M. Smucker Company is trading at all-time highs and is reporting earnings. So is poised to...
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Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom
I have been asked by a lot of people over the years about what I do and how I do what I do, and...
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Why PTC Therapeutics Could Scream Higher This Year
PTC Therapeutics, a $2 billion biotech company that has Ataluren (treatment for a nonsense...
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Trend Traders: Be Careful In the Nasdaq Range
This is a market waiting for news. Although the Nasdaq futures have a nagging unfilled gap between...
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Collect E-Mini Premium Into Friday’s Jobs Data
A lot of people enjoy riding a bike. Some people enjoy riding a bike in the mountains or a...
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Big Data Creates Efficiency In Markets
Pat Flynn of Futures magazine wrote an article about the current state of oil prices, and in his...
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Grain Update: Mother Nature Shines On Planting Season
Monday’s crop progress report put beans planted at 71% versus the 10 year average of 74%. Even...
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The Short Of A Lifetime: Rising Global Bond Yields?
On April 21, 2015 Janus’ Bill Gross called German Bunds the “short of a...
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Stocks: The Slow Summer Grind
The S&P 500 mini-futures (ES) closed at 2106.75 yesterday (Tuesday) down a little more than...
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TraderPlanet’s Quick Guide to Candlesticks
