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March 2, 2011

Market Internals update at 14:00ET

***Economic Data*** – (PD) Poland Central maintained the Base Rate at 3.75%; As expected – (BR) Brazil Jan Industrial Production M/M: +0.2% v -0.3%e; Y/Y: 2.5% v 1.5%e – (US) MBA Mortgage Applications w/e Feb 25th: -6.5% v +13.2% prior – (US) Feb Challenger Job Cuts: 50.7K v 38.5K prior (highest since Mar 2010); Y/Y: […]

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March 1, 2011

Price Channel Strategy for Day Trading Crude Oil and Gold Futures

820am EST –          The dollar trades sideways in a narrow trading range just below the big round number of 77.000 –          We’ve been watching this area on the dollar for 5 days at least. –          The speed is pretty slow this morning, but that can easily change –          Average true range shows lower highs (the […]

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March 1, 2011

Market Internals Update at 12:00ET

***Economic Data*** – (RU) Russia Feb Reserve Fund: $26.1B v $26.0B prior; Wellbeing Fund: $90.9B v $90.2B prior – (US) ICSC/GS weekly chain store sales w/e Feb 26th: -0.5% w/w; +3.3% y/y – (CZ) Czech Budget Balance (CZK): -22.9B v +10.6B prior – (BR) Brazil Feb PMI Manufacturing: 54.6 v 53.1 prior – (SI) Singapore […]

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February 28, 2011

Market Internals Update

***Economic Data*** – (CL) Chile Jan Industrial Production Y/Y: 4.0 v 4.5%e; Industrial Sales Y/Y: 3.9% v 4.8%e – (CL) Chile Jan Unemployment Rate: 7.3% v 7.1%e – (CL) Chile Jan Total Copper Production: 446.9K v 497.6K tons – (SA) South Africa Jan Trade Balance: -4.9B v -2.3Be – (CA) Canada Q4 Current Account (BOP): […]

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February 28, 2011

Fake-Out Breakouts how to Avoid them day trading and swing trading futures

How to predict a fake-out breakout? –          What I need: o     Slow timeframe:                  Looking for the trend o    Medium timeframe:            looking for the pattern o    Fast timeframe:                    looking for the entry Slow timeframe: This defines the trend, or lack of trend.  Then once we see the trend, we want to follow it We also now […]

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