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S&P500 Performance By Day of Week and The Changing Nature of Trading Tuesdays

May 7, 2012July 9, 2012 by Dr. Duru

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 7, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) After the S&P 500 (SPY) dropped as much as 0.4% on Monday, April 30, 2012, I decided to take a shot at trading what seemed to be the double whammy of … Read more

If You Must Sell In May, Choose the Start or the End of the Month

May 7, 2012 by Dr. Duru

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 3, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) It is that time of year again when traders try to predict whether this year’s summer cycle will compel them to dump stocks in May only to return in the Fall. … Read more

Weakness in the Japanese Yen Is Over for Now, Part Two

April 6, 2012April 6, 2012 by Dr. Duru

A month ago I declared the weakness in the Japanese yen had ended. At the time, the U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen currency pair, USD/JPY or the inverse ratio in the Rydex CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY), had slipped for three days in a row. I turned out to be about a week too early … Read more

The Australian Dollar Continues to Lose the Race Against the S&P 500 in 2012

March 14, 2012July 9, 2012 by Dr. Duru

Someone forgot to tell the Australian dollar that financial markets are in “risk on” mode. While the Australian dollar is still up for the year against the U.S. dollar, it continues to lag the S&P 500 (SPY) by a greater and greater distance. The Aussie is now up 2.6% versus the U.S. dollar whereas the … Read more

T2108 Update – March 5, 2012 (The Anti-Climactic End Of An Historic Overbought Period)

March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 by Dr. Duru

(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: 69% (ending 43 days … Read more

Chart Review: Apple Prints A Topping Pattern

February 15, 2012 by Dr. Duru

Something happened along the way to infinity for Apple Inc. (AAPL): a big bearish engulfing pattern. A bearish engulfing pattern occurs when a stock opens above the close of the previous trading day and closes below the close of the previous trading day, especially in the midst of an uptrend. The larger the range of … Read more

T2108 Update – January 18, 2012 (Oh, the suspense!)

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 by Dr. Duru

T2108 Update – January 10, 2012 (On the edge of a breakout)

January 11, 2012January 11, 2012 by Dr. Duru

Australian Dollar Ends Year Flat, Maintaining Close Correlation With S&P 500

January 1, 2012 by Dr. Duru

This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on January 1, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) At the end of 2010, the Australian dollar closed at an all-time high against the U.S. dollar; the Aussie gained 14% and yielded 4.75% (for more details see “The Australian Dollar … Read more

T2108 Update – December 8, 2011 (Waiting No Longer – Plunge!)

December 8, 2011December 9, 2011 by Dr. Duru