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]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. 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 … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. 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 … Read more
At the time of writing Apple (AAPL) is down 1.6% in sympathy with a poor reaction to Microsoft’s (MSFT) that included warnings about the impact of the strong U.S. dollar (UUP). The drop has formed a bearish “abandoned baby top” kind of technical pattern just as the stock has dropped below the 50-day moving average … Read more
I have not written about the British pound (FXB) in a long time. I hope to get back in the groove soon because I think in the coming weeks and months, the British pound may be the only good option for fading the U.S. dollar (UUP) whenever the moment arises (GBP/USD). I am currently using … Read more
I wish I could find a report that looks back on big stock moves and looks for any tell-tale options activity. It is always difficult to translate options action into predictions on stocks, but having a “hindsight” report could prove educational. In the meantime, we will have to settle for sporadic reports like this piece … Read more