Learning All About Forex Charts Before You Start Trading

By Orlando Thompson In this article we will discuss the reason for using forex charts, what they are, different types of charts, ... high (like futures and commodities trading on Wall Street). Wider Forex charts and spreads means ... are strategies that some brokers use to get rid of the promise of tight Forex charts and spreads [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 08:04:30

Blog posts (105) | Videos (322)
 

NinjaTrader revisited

I’ve been using NinjaTrader to paper trade futures in my free time :-) and I must say I’m really impressed with the application ... charting, free trading simulator including playback of data and you can feed it data from IB TWS ... it. With the foray into futures I was looking for a charting / order execution / trades analysis [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 17:38:31

Stunning Reversals

I went to bed at 4:00 AM.At the time....Treasuries were absolutely getting crucifiedThe Dollar was sinking vs ... ) +5% and falling rapidlyLet's see how Fannie and Freddie preferreds are trading. The following two charts ... . the EuroNasdaq Futures were up 40 pointsS&P Futures were up 38 pointsGold was soaringAt 10:30 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 12:45:00

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

The Primary Focus and Strategies

Read More >> View All Recent Articles >> Market Updates 06:40 Rising Futures Suggest Normalcy May Return To Markets 21: ... What Forex Traders Should Know About Overnight Index Swaps How Charts Help With Trading, Part ... Is Trading Lower After The Close 16:23 Eagle Materials Closes At Highest Level In Over A Week [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 15:15:00

Stocks in Europe, Asia Decline, Led by Banks; U.S. Futures Fall

By Adam Haigh Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Stocks in Europe and Asia declined for a second day, ... analysts who study charts of trading patterns. Stocks in Europe and futures on the S&P 500 recouped ... led by commodity producers and financial companies on concern the deepening recession will erode [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:44:57

Intraday Sentiment and a Little Update

* Intraday Sentiment - Here's a look at the equity put/call ratio on a five minute basis (bottom chart) and a comparable chart for the ES futures ( ... job of providing information to individual investors (as opposed to short-term traders); hence ... milestone, note that I posted one of the historical trading patterns in a Twitter "tweet" yesterday. I'll [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 09:11:13

S&P (e-mini) 9th January 09 recap

"US markets have reversed into the January 50% level and have been pushed down.I'm looking for Friday as a consolidating trading day until next week ... is to move back down into Friday's lows"Premium ReportS&P Weekly and 5-day patternThe charts tell ... moves this month.Daily Trading Set-ups & AnalysisIndex Futures SPI, DOW S&P, & ForexSubscribe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 20:39:00

E-Futures International

E-Futures International 3.2.0.4 download Free commodity futures trading software with live quotes and charts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 18:52:59

Markets and timeframes for price distribution charting

Have a trading related question? Submit it here. I received a set of questions following on my How to identify price targets for your trades post ... ? What about commodity markets like mini gold futures etc ? What about applying this method on US stock markets ... , like Nikkei or even Singapore’s small futures market, the SIMSCI futures. What I would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:00:44

Checks and Balances: Bailout Style

All you have to do is trust the same people who caused the problem...to fix it ... VIX is above (10 minute chart) the 13 and 26 period EMAVIX futures for December trade at a discount [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:10:00

Trading The Emini Russell 2000 (Part 2) - Correction, & About "Monitoring of Daily Performance"

Below shows the correct chart for my previous post ( ... . For someone who started out with merely 28k, and who's never traded the futures market, that was more than ... I had been trading 10 GS options contracts and was used to the big swings. What's worth mentioning again here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:59:00

NASDAQ Technical Picture - Snooze Fest - Low Volume Inside Day

The markets opened on a slightly negative note following some unfavorable news items from JPM, MS, and UBS, ... at 10:35. NVDA and CREE trading up in AH on earnings. This is a 15 min. chart of the S&P Emini futures. I waited all day for a short to set up. It was a quick move to the next support level (blue [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 01:43:25

A Stock Market Breakout and Other Tuesday Observations

* Upside Breakout - The chart above shows the 2 hour moving average of NYSE TICK (pink line) versus the ES futures for the last four trading sessions. When we corrected back toward the ES 860 ... of stocks trading on upticks--creating a powerful breakout move to multiday highs. The persistent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 21:40:56

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Jan 7th

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, Volume returned to the market and along with volatility picked up a bit. Choppy session today and below is an hourly chart with my little analysis. If we can break down below 925, I can see this market visiting 898-908 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:38:00

10/26/2008 - Analysis for the next week

The next monday is very difficult to be predicted because the market participants from entirely the world are becoming irrational (Trading in the panic mode, futures halted). As usually I refer to whom many peoples believe ... the image to enlargeThe second is coming from The Headline Charts, here is the summary:If the end [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 17:04:00

Govt Appoints Deepak Parekh, Kiran Karnik, C Achuthan On Satyam Board

The government on Sunday appointed three members to the new board of the troubled Satyam Computer Services ... members will chart the future course of action for the time being," Prem Chand Gupta, Minister ... . Satyam stock had a hit a low of Rs 6.5 on Friday to close at Rs 20 at the end of the trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:44:02

01-05-09 KCBT Not Implementing Seasonal Storage Rates

Kansas City–January 5, 2009–The Kansas City Board of Trade has received numerous calls asking whether the exchange intends to implement seasonal ... per bushel per month. The Kansas City Board of Trade, founded in 1856, is the world’s largest futures market for hard red winter wheat. Daily quotes, market commentary, historical data and charting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:36:07

"Quantitative Easing"

Click charts to ENLARGE.The morning clown show celebrates the virtues of "quantitative easing", the legerdemain of central bankers ... of this policy.From Now and Futures...total money supply and other eye-openers ... ?____________________________________________________________Good trading and great risk management to all.Educational use only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 11:09:00

Five Trading Behaviors I'm Seeing Among Traders Making Money Now

As I'm writing this, the ES futures are lock limit down and my email count is off the charts. Lots of fear, not much greed: fear, not only for one's trading, but for retirement savings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:24:00

Any Site On Which I Can Do Tech Analysis Instantaneously 4 Intraday Trading.BSE NSE No Use Yaool Late 20 Mts?

In order to do technical analysis for day trading I want to have web site that provides real time charts and host of technical indicators to work on ... for the time being and not in futures or derivatives or forex or commodities. Many thanks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:31:51

MINOR CORRECTION EXPECTED ON THE PRICE OF CRUDE PALM OIL

In My previous article more than a month ago, I have mentioned that the price of Crude Palm Oil Futures is set to rally with a target of RM2, ... Advisor. Click on chart to view enlarged chart.The current price does not warrant a low risk trade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:39:00

Stock futures mixed ahead of auto sales data (AP)

Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009 ... proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead ... in light holiday trading (AP) AP - Wall Street rose modestly in light holiday trading...European stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:27

STOCK FUTURES MIXED AHEAD OF AUTO SALES DATA (AP)

Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009 ... proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:27

Stock futures mixed ahead of auto sales data (AP)

Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009 ... proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:27

ATTENTION - THIS IS REAL

Real Danny here, some quick updates. ‘Fake Steve Danny’ has yet to be murdered, so expect some more awesome posts from him ... charts, blue = price of oil.   Viz the ellipse. Additionally, the dollar, which is negatively ... it wasn’t “trading” that got better in Dec. it was just a phenomenon.  You clownsuits want a $5 word [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 23:02:54

DrumBeat: July 6, 2008

UK: Government asks stores to stockpile food to overcome hauliers strike Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops. The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt [more...]

Date: 2008-07-06 13:02:56

BEST STOCK MARKET BLOG POSTS OF 2008! (Clean version)

Dancing on the grave of 2008 before it has officially passed may be in poor taste, but did 2008 care about you when it fucked your 401k account? NO ... is what makes this post special.Daily Options Report - "Who Has That Box Of Plus-Ticks?" Adam speculates ... discusses how changing the rule close to an options expiration creates the maximum market [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 01:10:00

Keeping things simple in your trading

Beanieville posted Don’t Let All Those Technical Analysis Gurus Confuse You on Tuesday with the primary suggestion being that one should keep things ... : “If you’ve been to some options or futures trading sites most of you probably feel like you don’ ... part - what prices are doing. Now, having said that, the idea that options and futures traders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:59:49

Predicting the grain market is like checking the chicken entrails

If you drive down state Route 46 north of the Eastwood Mall, there used to be a sign for a “reader and advisor.” You see one of those once in awhile ... . Now that we are back in the fours on futures, we can look for that next 50 cents, or we can expect ... now is that we have lost demand. All commodities, farm and nonfarm, are trading lower. Gas is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:58:13

Noontime markets update

The markets are having a very bad day today. After we saw the Europeans were also vulnerable to this credit crisis, stock markets worldwide sold off, ... of increased volatility include VIX, LIBOR-OIS Spread, and the TED Spread. European currencies ... Bovespa Plunges 10 Percent, Trading Halted; Vale Sinks - Bloomberg Mexico's Peso Plummets to Record [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 16:13:35

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Dear CIGAs, As expected, the return of a larger number of traders to New York this morning saw the return of the usual selling gang which had been missing in action on Friday of last week. Gold had risen sharply in overnight trading before ... . Gold is however trading solidly above its 100 day moving average on the continuous daily price chart [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:36:00

Weekly Stock Charts review

The last real trading week of the year has been a bit of a mixed bag. Santa will soon have come and gone, so is this it for his rally? ... on selling at resistance using the hourly/daily charts, and then swing trading the sporadic moves ... forming a neckline on the daily charts, setting up a complex inverse head and shoulders pattern. The 4Q [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 14:30:26

DrumBeat: June 5, 2008

Beyond gasoline: Prices surge for oil-based goods New York - Besides gasoline, the Department of Energy calculates, there are 57 major uses of petroleum – everything from cosmetics to ballpoint pens, nylons, and even the waxes in chewing gum. That is why the effect of high oil prices is now spreading well beyond the pump, [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 13:07:25

More on Gold and Silver Backwardation and Manipulation (5/5)

“Gold going to permanent backwardation means that gold is no longer for sale at any price, whether it is quoted in dollars, yens, euros, or Swiss francs… To put it differently, all offers to sell gold are being withdrawn.” - Dr. Antal Fekete by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution Originally published December 14, 2008 at http://www [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:25:25

DrumBeat: December 18, 2008

Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11

Chesapeake's Cutback of Natural Gas Expenditures

Note: This is an updated version of a post from earlier this week. Some more recent quotes have been added at the end of this post ... cost of producing- to currently above the price of natural gas futures. While shutting ... At $100 Oil, What Can the Scientist Say to the Investor? The Energy Return on Time Peak Oil - Why [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 20:12:34

What is the front futures contract?

The other day I got a question about futures contracts from a member of my mailing list on a subject which I’m sure others have as well ... . Understanding Open Interest in Futures and Options Trading Predicting Fed Rate Policy with Fed ... . I am in the progress of learning the details about Futures right now. On the web I’ve lately [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 13:42:59

Useless T.A.-T.A.’s?

By John Galt January 1, 2009 The question that is the title of this piece has been bothering me since the “mysterious” rally on August 15-17 of 2007. It took me the entire month of December of 2008, that’s right through yesterday, to figure out why the traditional methodologies may no longer apply, at least in my opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:35:11

Obama vs. McCain: "It's the Economy, Stupid" Redux, or, I Can't Afford Ostrich Economics

It's hard not to feel like Chicken Little when a 158-year old Wall Street investment firm goes bankrupt. But indeed, I could swear a chunk of sky just hit us all on the head. In the coming week, we'll see how big a piece of sky when the rest of the world weighs in on America's financial health [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 07:56:20

01-09-09 *R-Calf USA OpEd* CEO Informs Federal Agencies Market, Trade Policies Have Failed the U.S. Cattle Industry

Washington, D.C. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard met with officials from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the President-Elect Transition Team for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson this week to discuss the need for immediate policy reforms to restore the viability of, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 01:49:46

Money Flow: Fewer Sellers, But Still No Influx of Buyers

Last week's review noted a sharp rebound in the indicators, as buyers flocked to the most beaten-up market sectors. As we can see from the Cumulative Demand/Supply measure (top chart), this rally has continued in the past week, taking us toward overbought status before a pullback late in the week [more...]

Date: 2008-07-27 17:20:00

Baruch College’s Schwartz Institute Featured in Higher Education Magazine Change-’Improving Communication is Everyone’s Responsibility’ by Fara Warner

In 2003, Terrence Martell, a finance professor at the City University of New York’s Baruch College, encountered a classroom of 80 seniors who could navigate the complex intricacies of the futures markets and commodities trading. But when he asked them to write a report explaining to a commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:12:05

Bearish Stock Market Sentiment Continues

Last week's indicator review concluded that "while recent selloffs have not been as broad and sustained as in early October, neither are we yet getting indications of sustained buying interest. Until that occurs, it is premature to assume that a durable intermediate-term bottom is in place [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 00:34:00

BDS Media Meme Destroyed: Weak Dollar Doesn't Mean Higher Oil

As oil and gasoline prices rose throughout much of this decade, a popular media meme was that a lower dollar was largely to blame ... culminating in the commodity futures bubble that peaked in July. Yet, since early November, oil ... to that! In the end, there were a number of factors that created the energy/commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:05:30

WE GOT 1/3 OF OUR CORRECTION THEN WE GO LONG AGAIN ! PERFECT OFF THE NOVEMBER LOWS

(10:39 AM) thomas_Poland: yes it is okk (10:39 AM) Nick_H2: great! (10:39 AM) thomas_Poland: Do you have new login? (10:40 AM) Nick_H2: now we know how to send large video files across the world! (10:40 AM) thomas_Poland: yep (10:40 AM) Nick_H2: Yes on laptop today and want to keep my home login active to it gets all the chat today because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:22:00

BEST STOCK MARKET BLOG POSTS OF 2008!

Dancing on the grave of 2008 before it has officially passed may be in poor taste, but did 2008 care about you when it fucked your 401k account? NO.2008 was a total dick.The best thing you could say about 2008 is that it was a good year for blogging about the stock market. Everyday, some new scandal broke and some significant level was breached [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:23:00

Down for the Count - Bush’s “ownership society” hits the canvas

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 06/17/08 “ICH’ The economy is in tatters. Consumer confidence has plummeted, food and energy prices are soaring, and the housing market is experiencing its biggest crash since the Great Depression. Manufacturing is down, unemployment is up, gasoline is topping $4 per gallon, [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 12:36:58

Market Regains 2/3 of This Morning’s Loss in a Wild Day, Then Gives it Back

Market Regains 2/3 of This Morning’s Loss in a Wild Day, Then Gives it Back Filed under: Current Market Calls — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 1: ... . Here’s the time line… 8:30 AM - A big (yet ridiculous) futures rally following the 8:30 ... of trading…those are tick errors from my charting service. Instead, focus on the two most important times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 20:20:18

Light Volume Holds into the New Year

(Note: Unless otherwise stated, the index action described below relates to the EMini futures contracts for the respective indices ... . This began right away into the open. The index futures had sold off quickly when they opened for trade on Sunday and then held a level of congestion into Monday's opening bell. At 9:30 am ET the futures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:04:58

1 - 50 of 105 Posts
Page: First | < Preceding | Next >
0 | 1 | 2