Sam Fletcher OGJ Senior Writer HOUSTON, July 11 — Oil prices dropped July 8 following a discouraging employment report that agitated market fears of a stalled economy. Prices for crude contracts fell on the New York market, wiping out the previous session’s gains that were based on better-than-expected private-sector job data and strong retail sales […]
Continue reading***Looking Ahead*** – 11:00 (US) Fed to purchase $2.5-3.5B in Notes/Bonds – 11:30 (US) Treasury to sell $27B in3-Month and $24B in6-Month Bills – 11:00 (IT) ECB’s Bini Smaghi and OECD’s Padoan speak at Conference in Milan 10:31 AM Market Internals update at 10:30ET – NYSE volume 170M shares, about 9% below its three-month average; […]
Continue readingWhen momentum goes overbought to oversold quickly. What is momentum? – Measured with our JJ-Momentum indicator – Momentum = mass x force – Mass = size of the orders – Force =speed of the orders / disposition of orders Overbought = buyers are running out of momentum, they are losing control over price, and expect […]
Continue reading———————————————— Monday’s are great for getting into your trading ‘rhythm’ and this morning we will go through our morning routine/prep together in our live trade room so everyone can learn along with me. Working on Prep with Members in our Trade Room now.. Live Trade Room is open, come join us! Click here for helping […]
Continue readingWe will be looking for high percentage trades today, and those are when… – High % Pattern – At a High % Location – At a High % time of the day 825am est We prepare for 830am news by getting to know the personality of NonFarm Payrolls. Now we review the dollar index futures […]
Continue readingI get this question all the time… “I want to use a laptop for my trading computer…what are the pros and cons?” Well, the pro’s are convenience. You can bring the laptop anywhere you travel, work, and trade. The cons are pretty significant…first thing of the major aspects you need in your trading computer: 1. […]
Continue readingWe discussed this in our trade room this morning… Why did Crude and the US Dollar BOTH drop? Isnt there supposed to be a Negative correlation? As the US economy slows down, the FEAR is that there will be LESS DEMAND for crude oil. Less demand on crude comes from the lack of new companies […]
Continue reading***Looking Ahead*** – (GR) IMF meeting to approve release of its portion of the Greece tranche – 13:30 (EU) ECB’s Bini Smaghi speaks in Poros, Greece – 15:00 (US) May Consumer Credit: $4.0Be v $6.2B prior – 17:00 (CO) Colombia May Exports FOB: no est v $4.7B prior – 22:00 (CH) China Jun Consumer Price […]
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Continue reading——————————————– All eyes are on the jobs report this morning at 830am with NonFarm Payrolls here in the US. Often referred to as the ‘jobs report’ this is the biggest news report we have to watch for, and it has some very distinct personality to it. NonFarm Payroll Data Nonfarm payroll employment in May grew […]
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