ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
The trading action in forex is starting to pick up again with quickly changing setups. Of the many twists, the Australian dollar (FXA) continues to capture a lot of my attention. Currently, the Aussie looks ready to break out against the U.S. dollar. Source: FreeStockCharts.com AUD/USD is now positive again for the year, and, at … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 11, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) In the past, I have only had bearish things to say about Netflix (for example, “Netflix Tags the $110 Target But More Downside To Come” from September 30, 2011). However, I … Read more
The U.S. dollar’s jagged rally from last year’s lows has finally brought it back to its “QE2 reference price.” At the same time, a carry trade seems to be lifting the Australian dollar in “risk-on” fashion. In the background, the Japanese yen is slowly but surely reasserting itself as the strongest of the major currencies … 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. 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: 74.1% (1st overbought day … 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. 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: 70.4% (8th overbought day) … Read more