Finviz.com is a relatively new website you may not have discovered yet that offers a wealth of free information, ‘heat-maps,’ and screening tools for your trading needs. I wanted to highlight a new feature, Finviz Group Performance, which gives a quick comparison across timeframes of how different sectors have performed. Here is a sample of…
Google Inc (GOOG) missed earnings this week and plunged almost 10% by week’s end. Let’s look at the daily and weekly chart briefly to see if we can find any clues for potential price action in the future. Google Daily: With the failed earnings expectations, Google stock – proving once again why it is known…
This week finally gave traders the ‘bounce’ they were anticipating, in terms of an overdue “oversold” technical rally. Let’s look at this development and try to make some price projections on what might happen next. First, the Dow Jones Daily Chart: I think initially, my first thoughts are that short-sellers are covering en masse which…
If you’ve become dependent on that morning cup o’ Joe from your favorite local Starbucks, you might want to check out this list published by USA Today which lists every single Starbucks (SBUX) store (600 of them) that will be closing soon. USA Today Article Link to PDF File of all 600 Starbucks Store Closings…
I sincerely hope you weren’t majorly short the Financial sector the last few days – if so, I hope your stops took you out before carnal and potentially devastating damage was done to your account. Let’s look at what went wrong (and right) so quickly. Let’s assume you heard the news of how Financial stocks…
Let’s read a few highlights from around the blog world from short-selling to oil & gold and beyond! Adam Warner, a former options market maker on the floor, provides a very insightful and thoughtful discussion on the recent short-sell rule changes in his post Short Scream. Adam writes, “The consequences? Like Mr. Practical says, reduced…
How might we have identified and taken advantage of today’s developing trend structure? Let’s take a couple of perspectives. First, we, along with many other traders, have been expecting some sort of ‘oversold technical bounce,’ meaning odds were increasing for some sort of ‘snap-back’ rally, similar to the visual concept of a rubber band being…
In classic nature, oil stocks led the recent oil price decline, further giving clues that oil prices were in for a correction of some sorts. Let’s take a look at Exxon-Mobil (XOM) and Chevron Corp (CVX) and the recent price of Crude Oil Exxon-Mobil (XOM): XOM peaked at $95 per share (closing price) in early…
What has Apple Inc (AAPL) been up to in terms of price action lately? Are we coming up on a fresh buy signal? Let’s look closer. Apple Weekly: Price has formed a lower swing high, but has pulled back and held up (especially given a drastic June and July in the broader indexes) in terms…
With the talk of the Financial Crisis getting more attention in the media, let’s look at the long-term chart of the S&P Financial Sector and the XLF (AMEX Sector SPDR). S&P Financial Monthly Index: XLF ETF: What we’re seeing is a massive collapse in share prices and trend. Price has now made new monthly lows…