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January 26, 2011

FOMC Day Announcement

-The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve. It determines short-term interest rates in the U.S. when it decides the overnight rate that banks pay each other for borrowing reserves when a bank has a shortfall in required reserves. This rate is the fed funds rate. The FOMC also […]

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January 26, 2011

Crude Oil Inventories News

-The Energy Information Administration (EIA) provides weekly information on petroleum inventories in the U.S., whether produced here or abroad. The level of inventories helps determine prices for petroleum products.-   Petroleum product prices are determined by supply and demand – just like any other good and service. During periods of strong economic growth, one would […]

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January 26, 2011

New Home Sales

-New home sales measure the number of newly constructed homes with a committed sale during the month. The level of new home sales indicates housing market trends and, in turn, economic momentum and consumer purchases of furniture and appliances.-   This provides a gauge of not only the demand for housing, but the economic momentum. […]

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January 25, 2011

Day Trading Gold Futures with Consumer Confidence Economic News

Click Here To Review Our Auto Trader Results From This Morning 830am EST –          Crude oil futures trading sideways at the highs of the narrow trading range –          We want to sell the highs first off 900am est –          We’ve had pretty slow price action on the markets we trade this morning. –          We’ve had […]

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January 25, 2011

Multiple Timeframes for Market Sentiment

–          Multiple Timeframes to define market sentiment o   We use different timeframes to see the big picture o   Then we use fast timeframes to use what we see in the big picture to make educated decisions. o   Look for the levels of S/R on the slow chart o   Slow chart tells me where to be […]

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January 25, 2011

Day Trading Morning Prep Gold, Crude Oil, Dollar Index, Euro, E-mini Russell Futures

 Live Trade Room is open, come join us!  Click here for helping logging into the Trade Room  Let’s begin our morning routine with the economic news for today’s trading session. FOMC 2-Day Meeting Begins today (tomorrow is the FOMC Announcement @ 215pm EST) 8:20 Gold & Currencies OPEN 9:00 S&P/Case-Shiller home price index  9:00 Crude […]

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January 24, 2011

Which day trade should I take? 2 Losses early but we still made our daily day trading goal

Click Here To Review Our Auto Trader Results From This Morning 830am EST –          We begin our day with the dollar index –          Dollar (DX 03-11) is still sitting on support from the sideways range from late last week and overhead resistance from the lows of the price channel above us. –          We expect 3 […]

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January 24, 2011

Fast Track Day Trading Futures Method

–          How to use the Fast Track Method o    It is a simplified version of our advanced method o    Learn the FT Method first, you’ll make money while you learn, and your goal is to develop into the advanced method –          Dynamic vs. static support/res o    Dynamic = always calculating §  Moving Averages §  DVAH […]

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