Job Report Jolts Wall Street

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tumbled Wednesday morning after a pair of weak readings on employment raised the alarm ahead of Friday's bigger ... were down in afternoon trading. The London FTSE lost 2%.The decline in futures and international stock indexes follows a relatively strong day on Wall Street. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:26:00

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Recognizing Reversal Patterns in the Stock Market

The S&P 500 Index (ES futures contract; top chart) staged a nice turnaround in afternoon trading ... , enabling ES to retrace its day's losses. Recognizing these patterns as they emerge is a key element of trading success; turnarounds often occur when buyers/sellers cannot move markets higher/lower [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:29:00

Chart of the Week: Volatility Drifts Lower

While stocks gave back some gains this week and any sense of inevitability was stricken from the consciousness of the bulls, ... of the week below, you see more concern about future volatility in the form of the VIX than ... ;P 500 index. I elected to use the 21 day setting for the ATR, as it is based on trading days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:22:27

Dow Up 890 After Ten-Times Increase in Commercial Paper Sales

US equity markers were already having a very good day, even by the standards of recent high market volatility, ... Davis, an independent trader active in Treasury and stock-index futures at the Chicago Board of Trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:36:01

It’s still all about the collateral

Good Evening: The U.S. capital markets went on another roller-coaster ride today, and the “fun” doesn’t look to stop anytime soon ... s session managed to give equities a rare up day. Positive news out of Hewlett Packard and Home ... were up in early trading, but the HPQ news in particular seemed to steady our index futures prior [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 06:32:19

Market snaps five-day winning streak; Sensex drops nearly 5%

Weakness in European stocks and lower US index futures pulled the market sharply lower in what was a volatile trading session ... Minister Kamal Nath after trading hours on Tuesday, 3 November 2008, that the government will further ease foreign investment rules, including those relating to defence production.Trading in US futures [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 14:13:00

Weekly Watchlist 01/12

Weekly Watchlist 01/12 Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 07:42AM by Option Addict | Loading.. ... to be day trading, don't forget Monday's pivot points: Mini Dow /YM R2 8835 R1 8682 PP 8597 S1 8444 ... continuation overnight in the index futures, look for the market to open up lower near trend support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:42:18

TREASURIES-Slip after surge, 10-year yields near 1950 lows

U.S. Treasuries slipped on Wednesday after the previous day’s surge drove benchmark yields back near their lowest since 1950 after data showing a ... will also be released. * March T-note futures rose 9.5/32 to 127-19/32 in extremely light trade ... and the second biggest in the last 20 years. * Merrill Lynch’s U.S. government bond index is set to [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:58:17

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