I just received word of my successful passing/completion of the Chartered Market Technician program’s Level III final (written essay) examination and wanted to announce that to readers and summarize the CMT. The CMT is a designation awared by the Market Technicians Association (www.mta.org) which is a program that takes you through a wide variety of…
I’ve rarely seen volume flows shift so dramatically as I’ve seen in some of the crude oil related ETFs. Volume has surged to almost 50 million shares transacting per day in two particular funds: The US Oil Fund (USO) and the Double-Long Crude Oil (DXO) Fund. Let’s look at these for what this might mean….
The market appears to be coming back into ‘payout’ mode, as classic patterns and set-ups are working like clockwork. It’s noon EST and we just witnessed a successful filled gap, support bounce as expected, and a complete bull flag. Let’s see these all. DIA 5-min Chart: Normally I wait until the end of the day…
I could write a lengthy synopsis of the trading activity in today’s (Monday, Dec 29, 2008) market because there were so many fascinating examples of price action concepts (and patterns), but let’s focus on the key points and delve into the intraday structure in today’s DIA action. DIA (Dow Jones) 5-min chart: The day began…
The Dinosaur Trader invited various financial bloggers to share their selected “Best Post of 2008” which he has compiled and released today in a blog post entitled “Best Stock Market Blog Posts of 2008.” Some are humorous, some are serious, but all represented a carefully chosen ‘top of the top’ as determined by each blogger…
Per reader request, I was encouraged to provide a “Long Term Structure” post on the British Pound Index, which is presented in this post. Let’s compare the monthly chart from 1986 to present, and then zoom in on the weekly chart from 2000 to present for possible insights, both from an analytical standpoint and FOREX…
CNBC.com published a list of Warren Buffett’s “Eight Predictions for 2008” and hinted that “Nine Predictions for 2009” might be coming out soon, but I thought it would be interesting to view Buffett’s predictions and wisdom now that 2008 has finally come to a close. View the article for all predictions, but I wanted to…
Often, the Sector Rotation model can give us insights into a deeper structure of the market, and can highlight possible clues for the pathway ahead. Let’s take a look at the absolute and relative performance of the major AMEX Sectors and see what they might be hinting to us. AMEX Sector SPDRs performance *Relative* to…
There’s much discussion occurring regarding the triangle formation occurring in the major US Equity Indexes. Let’s focus for a moment on the DIA (Dow Jones ETF) and see this triangle in action. DIA Daily chart: The structure is still the same – price is in a confirmed downtrend with price making lower lows and lower…
I hope everyone’s having a wonderful holiday season. Let’s take a moment to check in with other top posts from insights across the business blog world, courtesy NewsFlashr’s Business Blog list. [The Big Picture] offers a link to download a 52-page document entitled, “Hyperinflation – A Survival Guide.” [Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis] shares Potpourri…