Archive for October, 2011

  • 10.77%
    Posted by on October 31st, 2011 at 6:09 pm, Comments: 0

    Despite today’s selling, October closes out the month with a 10.77% gain.   This is a still a massive move from a historical perspective.  It marks [...]

  • Historical Precendent: Fourth Quarter Nonfarm Payrolls ES_F, SPY, SPX
    Posted by on October 31st, 2011 at 6:15 am, Comments: 0

    Here are some select examples of weeks in the fourth quarter where Nonfarm Payrolls are released.  These were selected by our algo as loosely similar [...]

  • Marketview: Juking The Stats FCX, GS, BAC, CL, PG, BMY
    Posted by on October 29th, 2011 at 7:06 pm, Comments: 0

    This week allowed a lot of funds and money managers to get out of a big hole.  So what?  Don’t dwell on it.  This is [...]

  • Bull Market Guys Get All The Chicks
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 9:42 pm, Comments: 0

    I will never forget this tape!  Realistically, it never pays to bet against those with the guns and tanks.  We’re all guests at their little [...]

  • Turnaround Tuesday Works In Reverse
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, Comments: 0

    The last couple turnaround Tuesdays have been filled with relentless buy programs hitting stops all the way up the ladder.  Yesterday we saw the opposite [...]

  • Pattern Recognition Introduction
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 6:10 am, Comments: 0

    My trading partner and I have been cooking up something amazing for the last year or so.  I alluded to this in a post last [...]

  • Marketview: Financials Running, Tech Lagging, MS, BK, AAPL, IBM, HPQ
    Posted by on October 22nd, 2011 at 7:43 pm, Comments: 0

    We had another big turnaround Tuesday this week as we bounced off support at 1190 $SPX.  Early in the week sentiment briefly vacillated back to [...]

  • Investors in ‘Rozay, LLC’ To Be Made Whole
    Posted by on October 21st, 2011 at 12:15 pm, Comments: 0

      At 1250 on the $SPX those who followed the Rick Ross school of investing will officially be made whole.  And why shouldn’t they?  This [...]

  • All Bow To 1225
    Posted by on October 19th, 2011 at 1:40 pm, Comments: 0

    The market looks to be cooperating with self-fulfilling prophecy.  If enough people say 1225 is important, it becomes important.  If you’re bearish here, you can’t [...]

  • Update: ACE Limited (ACE) vs The Chubb Corporation (CB)
    Posted by on October 18th, 2011 at 10:39 pm, Comments: 0

    This trade was a total dud.  $ACE – $CB has gone from one of the most reliable spreads to one of the worst over the [...]