What or Who was Behind the Buying in Crude, $CL
With the myriad of players moving in and out of the Crude Oil markets and its affiliate or component products Heating Oil and Unleaded Gasoline, it becomes a definitive benefit to reference a “larger picture” view. This helps determine the trend and prevents countertrend trading when the markets move into a transition from one level […]
Continue readingHas the Bubble Burst?
It is not uncommon to move past a “bubble” bursting and not realizing it. Denial plays a big part in the recognition of such a phenomena. While I admit the speculation can grow extremely strong as pundits try to claim their 15 minutes of fame by making bold statements of impending doom only to get […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: From That to This & This…
From that to this & this… For most of this week the best trading has taken place within the first couple of hours of U.S. trading. But it appears that once lunchtime rolls through the East and Central time zones volume does a vanishing act. Which often leaves computers with nothing to do but switch […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Nat Gas Surges Higher Off of Intraday Lows
Natural Gas Surges higher Off of Intraday Lows On the Third Day of the Correction the markets gave to me… Three parabolic earnings trades, two panic buyers and a bear pushed up a pear tree. Interesting and yet transparent the markets moved back into cross hedging mode – what I mean by this is that […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Day Two – Bulls Attempt to Stage a Comeback
Day Two and the Bulls Attempt to Stage a Comeback – Gold Stocks Back on the Radar – Time to Begin Buying? The markets followed through on Tuesday’s selling finishing what I’m considering the initial (first) leg down. Interestingly though, when the bulls moved in to stage their comeback, the volatility indexes were first on […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: First Down Day – The Beginning or Buying Opportunity?
First Down Day For Equities – Just the Beginning or Buying Opportunity? After Monday’s big disappointment courtesy of a very tight inside day, Tuesday’s trading action brought some welcomed relief. The optimal word is some. Refreshing is a word I heard used – It was like a fresh cool drink in the desert another contrarian […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Never Short a Dull Market – or….
Never Short a Dull Market or What Happens When You Host a Party and Nobody Comes – the Volatility Indexes Have you ever gone to highly anticipated event and wished you were anywhere else? That is what the markets were like on Monday. Stuck in neutral with nobody left to push prices in either direction. […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Morgan Stanley’s Selling What? NYSE Margin Debt & S&P 500 All Time Highs
Second Verse Same As the First: Morgan Stanley Pushing Non-Prime Fund to European Investors – NYSE Margin Debt and S&P 500 All Time Highs To say that people learn from their mistakes is a fabrication. Seems that several of the TBTF banks have decided to repackage their sub-prime mortgages and ship them off to Europe […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Market Update FED Comment – Much Ado About Nothing
Market Update: FED Comment – Much Ado About Nothing – Produces Numerous Trading Opportunities – MasterCard and Visa Swiped by Fed Judge Wednesday was a traders dream type of day. There were plentiful opportunities across the board in equities, treasuries, precious metals, and commodities. Volumes increased which increased price volatility and velocity. Today’s action […]
Continue readingLogical Signals Update: 10-Year Note & 30- Year Bond Update
10-Year Note & 30-Year Bond Update, U.S. Dollar Caught between Rock and Hard Place Treasuries were looking to hang the early rally attempts on Tuesday, albeit small attempts, on a positive result from the Consumer Confidence Index, which was released. The index fell in July from a five year high and the drop of 2.2 […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: Equity Index Market Update
Equity Index Market Update The last three trading sessions have appeared to be mirror images of the same trading strategy. Amazingly, there are players out there (large players) that still believe manipulation goes unnoticed and their tactics on how they manipulate is legal. The fact is it isn’t but there is little being done about […]
Continue readingLogical Market Update: The Bull’s Got Nerves of Steel & —
The Bull’s Got Nerves of Steel & – Yeah Right! Whatever! Good Luck With That! The bull’s got a brass pair! Wednesday’s market action did not satisfy any criteria as a correction at least from my perspective. The bulls continue to throw more and more cash around appearing to be trying to suck in any […]
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