ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) On Friday, briefing.com reported that rumors hit the trading floors that Cisco (CSCO) might make a buyout offer for Research In Motion (RIMM). The rumor was good for a brief 2-hour or so pop before the … Read more
This is a quick follow-up to my last post on Molycorp (MCP): “Molycorp Positioned for A Fresh Rally.” Sometimes, you just can’t make this stuff up. MCP has now been trailing the 50-day moving average (DMA) for three weeks. Over the last three days, MCP has touched or crossed the 50DMA only to fall back … Read more
(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.) T2108 Status: 37% and Neutral. General Trading Call: Hold. Cover some shorts. Commentary Looks like my switch back to bearish expectations proved timely as T2108 dropped to 37% and back into … Read more
(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.) T2108 Status: 42% and Neutral. General Trading Call: Hold. Identify some shorts to cover. Commentary Given that today was the stock market’s worst performance since August of last year, I should … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip} Now that May, 2011 has closed down 1.4%, it seems like a good time to take yet another perspective on May’s legendary selling. This time I wondered whether May’s performance says anything about trading for … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) I last wrote about Molycorp (MCP) in the middle of its last rally (see “Molycorp Soars After Making A Strategic Acquisition (Transcript)“)…{snip}…After ten days of consolidation below the 50-day moving average (DMA), MCP is finally making … Read more
(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.) T2108 Status: 62% and Neutral. General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 jumped to 62%, firmly confirming that the downward cycle for T2108 has ended. T2108 dipped into my downside target of … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) The latest short interest data are out for the two weeks ending May 13, 2010 (see list of solar short interest at NASDAQ.com). There are three main changes from my review of the health of solar … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Research In Motion (RIMM) has been trapped in a steep decline since hitting 9-month highs in February. The downward momentum finally came to a halt after the stock retested 52-week lows on May 16th. {snip} *Chart … Read more
(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.) T2108 Status: 51% and Neutral General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 jumped to 51% today. The week close as I expected it would. From the T2108 update on Wednesday: “Notice that … Read more