Archive for March, 2011

  • Non-Farm Payroll Report: Most Gamed Market Event
    Posted by on March 30th, 2011 at 10:33 pm, Comments: 0

    Chart of the day — Non-farm payroll releases for the last year. Question is: does the non-farm payroll report live up to the hype as [...]

  • Any Excuse to Rally
    Posted by on March 29th, 2011 at 5:36 pm, Comments: 0

    Pick your reason we rallied today: POMO T + 3 seasonality play End of month/quarter window dressing USD reversal Bounced off support at 1300 in [...]

  • GDX – GLD Spread: Stepping Ahead of the Crowd
    Posted by on March 29th, 2011 at 5:47 am, Comments: 0

    I love trading the gold mining ETF GDX against the gold ETF GLD.  This is probably one of my favorite trades of 2011. GLD has [...]

  • This Is Dynamic Hedge
    Posted by on March 28th, 2011 at 6:10 am, Comments: 0

    Welcome to the next chapter in the Dynamic Hedge saga — the StockTwits years.  First off, I’d like to welcome any new readers and let [...]

  • QE2 Ends June 30: What Happens Next?
    Posted by on March 27th, 2011 at 8:20 am, Comments: 0

    *Federal Reserve Total Assets We’re starting to see some rumblings in the media about the end of QE2.  The scheduled completion of the program is [...]

  • Hand Crafted Short Squeeze Reversal
    Posted by on March 24th, 2011 at 2:14 pm, Comments: 0

    Program trading is real and a big part of the daily moves we see in the broad indexes.  What we saw yesterday was a series [...]

  • Complacency
    Posted by on March 21st, 2011 at 9:06 pm, Comments: 0

    I’m feeling like we’re at the crossroads of a big sentiment trade.  The market doesn’t owe you new highs because you were “brave” enough to [...]

  • Trade Like A Hedge Fund: Unilateral Pairs Trade
    Posted by on March 20th, 2011 at 12:44 pm, Comments: 0

    I read James Altucher’s “Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits” a few weeks ago.  I love James’ [...]

  • Globex Wealth Exports
    Posted by on March 18th, 2011 at 1:07 am, Comments: 0

    Forget about the ongoing wealth transfer to Mideast countries via oil imports.  What about the money lost to foreign traders in overnight sessions?  Have you [...]

  • The Art Of Timing
    Posted by on March 17th, 2011 at 6:05 pm, Comments: 0

    I don’t watch CNBC during the trading day.  Sometimes I feel a little bit out-of-touch with what’s going on in the financial media, but that’s [...]