SPX: Marking Time …
Last week The S&P 500 cash index ($SPX) closed at 2061.02 on Friday, down 47 points for a net...
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The Importance Of Follow Through — Be Patient
Many of us are trained to look for tops and bottoms and game the markets accordingly. For the...
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US Dollar – Correction Behind Us?
With no break of the 34-dma, and a cycle low due this week, it is beginning to look like the bulk...
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Analyzing Oil Is Crazy Making
Tracking market opinion can make you crazy. Analysts are all over the board on any given day. Take...
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Oil-Dollar Breakdown, Higher Prices To Come?
Oil prices have been under pressure as the dollar soars. For many, they believe that the strength...
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I Spy: Another Three Day Weekend
I love selling premium, and in certain market conditions this is one of the best strategies for...
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ESM5: If This Was Supposed To Be A Recovery …
Yesterday The SP500 mini futures (ESM5) sold off sharply in overnight trading before...
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Date with Destiny
A capitulatory opening gap down on Thursday was repaired after our initial 4285 target was...
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Profits Are, Ultimately, The Only Sane Consideration
This is March, right? Okay, then, I get it. This is March Madness and this, then, is the state of...
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Survive, Advance, and Play The Canadian Dollar
If you are a trader, you need volatility in the markets to reach your goals. The toughest market...
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ESM5: Slip Slidin’ Away
Yesterday The S&P 500 mini-futures (ESM5) had a strong down day yesterday (Mar. 25) and...
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How Traders Are Betting Against Tech Stocks
Leading the sell-off of the major U.S. equity indices on March 25th was the NASDAQ, and, more...
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Market Review and Forecast: Soaking Wet
I forecast “a little more rain,” but traders on Wednesday encountered a hurricane of selling. And...
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Is The Market Being Fair?
When two things are in stark contrast to one another, they could be said to be contrary, or, in...
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The Big “I” In Insurance
Ever have a “friend” whose house was broken into and then realized he or she did not have...
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Channel Gold Higher
Gold futures moved up a fifth straight session to end at a near three-week high on Tuesday, with...
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Las Vegas Sands (LVS) – A Value Play on the Rising Asian Consumer and the U.S. Economic Recovery
Over the last 12 months, Macau casino gaming stocks are down by an average of 50% as the world’s...
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The Short Strangle: A Risky Income Generator
I really don’t like being naked short options as a rule. The prospect of potentially unlimited...
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Did The US Dollar Index Just Lose Its Mojo?
Just prior to the March 18, FOMC meeting, the US dollar index, DXY, put in its highest mark in 12...
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A Bet Far From A Coin Flip
Let’s consider an earnings play in Apollo Education Group (APOL). We know that over the last two...
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