ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag) T2108 Status: 35% VIX Status: 19.9% … Read more
A little over a week ago, I pointed out that shorts are increasing along with a drop in the put/call ratio on J.C. Penney Company (JCP). At the time, I said that I was done buying puts on JCP. Since then, I decided to buy calls. The stock is now bouncing off 200DMA support. It … Read more
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has been in the news a lot partially thanks to the leveraged stock trading of its wheeling and dealing CEO. The stock has steadily dropped for over a year from a post-recession high of $36. When the company reported earnings two weeks ago, the stock responded with a strong gap up and … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 9, 2012 PRE-EARNINGS. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip} In 2010, PCLN finally overtook Expedia (EXPE) in revenues. Click image for a larger view… Source: MSN Money {snip} With earnings coming up for PCLN, and given recent successes … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 11, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) On Wednesday, May 9th, CNBC ran a story with the following headline: “Stocks Trim Losses Yet Again: Is the Morning ‘Amateur Hour’?.” {snip}… the article concluded that anyone trading against the … Read more