Airlines Showing Relative Strength with Crude Oil Down

One of the beneficiaries of lower crude oil prices has been airlines companies, as evidenced by the $XAL Airline Index.  Let’s take a look at these developments and what’s happening to the Airline Index right now. $XAL Airline Index Weekly: The index is currently testing against overhead resistance via the flattening 50 week EMA, but…

Crude Oil Finds Longterm Support and Buy Signal at $40

We’ve witnessed absolute destruction in the price of crude oil and in other commodities in such a short period of time.  However, the situation might be changing and aggressive speculators might find a significant low-risk opportunity should crude oil find support at the well-established level of $40 per barrel.  Let’s see this and how it…

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Chicos Fashion CHS – Long Elliott Wave Analysis

Chicos Fashion (CHS) was an ‘on-fire’ and in-demand stock a few years ago, but recently, the stock has soured along with the broader retail sector, driving many stocks to multi-year lows and wiping some out of the market completely.  Let’s take a look at CHS to note the full Elliott Wave progression, and then compare…

A Look at Dry Ships DRYS

I previously discussed the Baltic Dry (Shippers) Index, but now I wanted to discuss a potential method from trading your take on dry shipping companies in general, focusing specifically on Dry Ships Inc (DRYS) which enjoyed a meteoric rise through 2007… followed by rapid price destruction throughout 2008.  Let’s look at the weekly and daily…