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]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 20% and oversold General (Short-term) Trading Call: Cover more shorts, add more longs Commentary T2108 plummeted to oversold territory. The indicator closed right at 20%. Since the March, 2009 … 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
The dollar index gained 0.75% on Friday as another phase of fears of Greece sent folks out the euro and into U.S. dollars. The 50-day moving average (DMA) has held as near-perfect support but Friday’s move has the shape of a bounce looking for follow-through. *Charts created using TeleChart: Follow-through from here, like a new … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Silver failed at its 50-day moving average (DMA) resistance in spectacular fashion. Silver dropped 9% and gave up almost its entire gain from the previous three-day relief rally. Source: stockcharts.com As I mentioned in my previous … Read more