Market Recap For Monday, May 12th 2014 Markets rallied despite the chaos in Ukraine. Over the weekend, pro-Russian rebels voted in favor of self-rule in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Western governments declared this referendum as illegal, and the European Union announced that it will increase sanctions to step up the pressure on Russia. But none of […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Sunday, May 11th 2014 With the Fed willing to support the economy, and 76% of the companies in the S&P 500 beating earnings expectations, you’d think the markets would be celebrating. But this wasn’t necessarily the case this past week. In spite of positive fundamental information, the S&P, NASDAQ and RUSSELL all […]
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Market Recap For Thursday, May 8th 2014 Today’s trading was a mirror image of yesterday. Today we saw the opposite move: an early morning rally and late session sell-off. But with Simple Strategy signals continuing to work well in the E-Mini S&P, who can complain? At the end of the day stocks were mixed. The S&P […]
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Market Recap For Wednesday, May 7th 2014 It was a wild ride in the markets today, with stocks selling off during Janet Yellen’s testimony. The morning session sell-off produced a nice Simple Strategy Sell Signal in the E-Mini S&P, and it looked like it was going to be another down day in the markets. But […]
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Why is it that traders have a hard time seeing the forest through the trees? Traders are always so focused on minor details that they fail to see what’s really holding them back. Simple solutions often produce the most dramatic results, and in this article we’ll share 5 simple things that will help you improve […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Tuesday, May 6th 2014 Stocks opened lower and remained in negative territory for the remainder of the session. At the end of the day the S&P was 17 points lower and the DOW had triple digit losses, down -130 points. You can’t blame earnings…U.S. markets were lower in spite of earnings that continue […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Monday, May 5th 2014 It looked like a Monday Morning Hangover: Stocks started the week in negative territory, and it seemed like we were going to see the 3rd consecutive down day for the S&P. But a slow steady Cinco De Mayo rally, fueled by a better than expected ISM non-manufacturing report, […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Sunday, May 4th 2014 The S&P was slightly lower Friday, on lower than normal trading volume. But it wasn’t enough to put a blemish on the week. Both the S&P and DOW ended the week approximately 1% higher. The S&P was up 17.75 points while the DOW added 151 points. The 151 […]
Continue readingInterested in buying options? You might have heard about the leverage and the enormous profit potential that you could achieve when buying options. But you also might have heard about traders who lost a lot of money with this trading strategy. Should YOU be buying options? In this article you will learn what you need […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Thursday, May 1st 2014 With the DOW near all-time highs and the S&P 6 points away from an all-time high close, U.S. equity markets are at a pivotal point. Will the saying “sell in May and go away” hold true? Or will a new month of trading attract more buyers, taking the major […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Wednesday, April 30th 2014 Today all eyes were on the Fed. With today’s FOMC Statement the Fed announced another $10 billion bond buyback and suggested that economic activity has picked up. However, without any real surprises or major wording changes in the statement, the markets hardly seemed to notice. With the Fed Statement […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Tuesday, April 29th 2014 Stocks traded higher today with the S&P up 9 points and the DOW finishing 97 points higher. Today marked the 7th consecutive winning Tuesday this year. For whatever reason, traders love Tuesdays. Only 2 Tuesdays this year have finished lower. In fact, the S&P is up approximately 9% on Tuesdays […]
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Market Recap For Monday, April 28th 2014 It was a wild trading session! The S&P was up 11 points in the morning before a sell-off that put the S&P down 16 points. An afternoon rally had the markets shifting gears once again. If you blinked you might have missed the S&P finishing the day in positive […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Sunday, April 27th 2014 They say the market always drops faster than it rises. And this week was the perfect example. After a steady 4 days of trading, the S&P had modest gains for the week. Then came Friday… On Friday, equities sold off into the open and never recovered. At the end of […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Thursday, April 24th 2014 Backed by yesterday’s impressive earnings release all eyes were on Apple (AAPL) today. After a wild trading session AAPL ended the day up +8.2%. The strong move in AAPL was one of the main reasons the S&P ended the day 3.25 points higher. Meanwhile the DOW, an index that doesn’t […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 Today U.S. equities dropped slightly, ending the 6 day win streak. At the end of the U.S. session the S&P dropped 4 points and the DOW was down 13 points. A down day after a 6 day win streak is inevitable. But the markets were pretty strong today considering […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Monday, April 21st 2014 It was a pretty uneventful session for day traders. But by the end of the day stocks were higher, making it 5 consecutive up days in a row and the longest rally of the year for the S&P. The S&P finished 7 points higher on the session and the DOW […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Sunday, April 20th 2014 Stocks has a wild ride over the past couple of weeks. And with all this volatile moves, it’s sometimes hard to see the big picture. Did you know that stocks had their best week of the year last week? The markets were closed on Friday in observance of […]
Continue readingMarket Recap For Wednesday, April 16th 2014 It was a boring sideways morning of trading before Janet Yellen’s comments at the Economic Club of New York. In her speech Yellen said the Fed has a “continuing commitment” to support economic recovery. It looks like this is what traders wanted to hear as the markets rallied into […]
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Market Recap For Tuesday, April 15th 2014 It was another wild ride today! After a strong afternoon rally, U.S. equities ended in positive territory for the second consecutive day. The S&P finished the session 12.5 points higher, while the DOW ended with a 90 point gain. E-Mini S&P traders experienced another day of […]
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