T2108 Update (August 26, 2016) – Bracing Time: Widening Bearish Divergence As Volatility Finds Support

(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

The U.S. Dollar Unhinges from Fed Rate Expectations

To-date, I have been using the 30-Day Fed fund futures as a valuable tool for determining likely (short-term) trading direction for the U.S. dollar index (DXY0). However, since the last Federal Reserve decision on monetary policy on July 27, 2016, these futures have exhibited a lot of volatility and thus a lot of noise (assuming … Read more

The Australian Dollar Defies the RBA’s Easing Bias

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on August 3, 2016. Click here to read the entire piece.) The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kicked off central bank action for August with a rate cut to a fresh record low of 1.50%. Financial markets were anticipating a cut with … Read more

T2108 Update (August 5, 2016) – A Bullish Breakout that Flirts With Danger

(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 Update (August 3, 2016) – Waiting On Bears to Follow-Through

(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