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NYSE TICK and Intraday Sentiment at a Glance

The NYSE TICK gives a reading of intraday sentiment, as it shows the number of stocks trading on upticks minus those trading on downticks. ...

Morning Briefing for October 30th: Some Renewed Dollar Strength, Stock Weakness

The U.S. dollar is showing renewed strength vs. the Aussie dollar (bottom chart), and we're seeing a pullback of stocks (top chart) back...
Thursday Items on the Radar

Thursday Items on the Radar

* Sign of the times: commodities are the asset class of choice ; * Banks making fewer loans and holding more risk-free Treasuries; * Th...
My Visit to SMB Capital

My Visit to SMB Capital

It was excellent visiting the traders at SMB Capital and their new offices a hop, skip, and jump away from Wall Street. Here's what I o...
A Visit to SMB Capital

A Visit to SMB Capital

Here's a nice post from Mike Bellefiore of SMB Capital regarding how he trades a particular stock . The takeaway from the post is that,...

A Jump in Stock Market Volatility and Its Implications

Here we see the S&P 500 Index (SPY; blue line) plotted against the average five-day high-low range for SPY. Notice the significant jump...

A Look at Recent Market Weakness: Technical Damage

Note the price breakdowns today in the Russell 2000 Index (IWM; top chart); banking stocks ($BKX; middle chart); and homebuilding stocks (XH...

Midday Briefing for October 28th: Reversing the Risk Trade

We're seeing some unwinding of the "risk trade", in which portfolio managers betting on global growth buy commodities and emer...

Morning Briefing for October 28th: Dipping Below the Line

Thus far in the bull run, it's been a pretty linear rise, with dips below the 20-day volume-weighted moving average representing interme...
Tuesday Market Perspectives

Tuesday Market Perspectives

* Henry Carstens is posting the positions from his trading system via Twitter ; I see he has doubled down on the long side ; * Looking at...

Morning Briefing for October 27th: From Support to Resistance?

I'm posting this from a car taking me from LGA to the trading firm where I'll be working for the next two days. Thank goodness for ...

A Look at Lagging Segments of the Market

Above we see the Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM; top chart); the raw materials ETF (XLB; second chart from top); the homebuilders ETF (XHB; sec...

Midday Briefing for October 26th: Persistent Selling

Above we see the NYSE TICK for the morning; note the steady weakening, particularly as the U.S. dollar broke higher a little before 11 AM CT...

Unstructured Time as the Best Projective Test

Projective testing has a long history within psychology. The basic idea is simple: people look at ambiguous images (inkblots, in the case ...
A Few Good Weekend Reads

A Few Good Weekend Reads

* Here's a listing of print and electronic trading magazine resources ; * AMZN and how "surprises" tend to occur in the dire...
Views to Start the Weekend

Views to Start the Weekend

* Questioning v-shaped recovery; * Turning defensive on municipal bonds ; * Problems with devaluation of China's currency ; * Seven...

Resource for Identifying Significant Price Levels

In recent posts, I've been highlighting resources for journaling and tracking performance . Regular readers know that I use Twitter as...
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