“Risk-Off” Trader Attitudes HIt Softs Markets
March sugar closed down 36 points at 19.70 cents today. Prices closed nearer the session low and...
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BOC Triggers Loonie Rally, CAD/JPY Play
The Canadian dollar, or loonie, rallied immediately after the Bank of Canada announced that it...
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Amazon: Play the Pre-Earnings Period with Options
Along with many technology companies, Amazon has seen a significant correction since the...
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Cheap Volatility For Gold Option Play
Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wonder what changed from the day before. Today we got the...
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Gold slips to a 6-week low
December gold has major resistance at $1800.00 an ounce. in the last 3 weeks, we have seen gold...
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Voluntary Exile
William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Dear Fellow Investors: The Bible is...
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Investors not welcome
I run a daily chart-oriented newsletter and as I was preparing for this morning’s missive...
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Blowing Energy and Big Banks
Everyone get ready. The slew of earnings reported last night look to send the market reeling. As...
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Trading the Crack Spread: Be ready for a breakout
The December RBOB crack spread has been a 21.86 to 28.21 balance bracket over the few weeks....
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13,118 then 13,000 look like low risk buys
While we never got to 13,600 again, if you’ve been following along, I’ve been...
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Clouds Are Gathering Around Norway…
Norway, which chose to remain outside the European Union and the euro currency, enjoys an enviably...
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Chart Presentation: Four Basic Relationships
The trend for the dollar and bond market determine the underlying trend. Over the past few days we...
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Industrial Relative Strength and Copper Turn Bearish
Copper, iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) price fell below its 50-day SMA on 10/22/12,...
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My Best (And Most Disappointing) Call
Daily State of the Markets Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Good morning. As I may have mentioned a time...
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Risk-Off Attitudes in Market Place Early Tuesday
* LATEST MARKET DEVELOPMENTS * It’s a “risk-off” day in the market place early...
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Grain Market Bulls Gain Some Upside Momentum
December corn futures were up 1 cent at 7.62 1/2 in late trading yesterday. Prices were near...
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Is It Really That Simple?
I recently taught a Professional Trader class where a student had a sudden realization while doing...
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The S&P Has a Seasonal Pattern? Really?
Yes, most definitely! …along with all other financial Futures contracts. Seasonality occurs...
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The Value of Mentorship
Once a year at Online Trading Academy we have the opportunity to get together at an annual...
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