Archive for November, 2006

E-mini S&P 500 TFlow Chart Trading Sideways

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

At the start of today, the price on the e-mini S&P 500 TFlow chart traded up, but the buy volume line (green) of the TF5VCrs study was diverging, indicating buyers were not paying up. Then, the market rolled over and the sell (red) volume line of the TF5VCrs study climbed and is the peak reading […]

Light Selling Appears Following Chicago PMI Report

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

The equity markets are off today in reaction to the weaker than expected Chicago Purchasing Manufactures Index.

The mid-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard, using 15-minute bars for the equity derivative products indicate initial some selling in the E-mini S&P (EPZ6) and the NASDAQ 100 (ENQZ6). The DJ Euro STOXX 50 (DSXZ6) is weak […]

Mixed List of ETFs for Today’s Top Ten List

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

A mixture of top performing ETFs, but the precious metals is back on top again. Excel is linked to CQG for the data.

Getting More Out of Your CQG Trading Platform

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

A product like CQG has such a breadth of tools available for traders that it is easy to become locked in to using CQG for a specific purpose because you don’t have the time to explore what other features may be available. As an aid, I have written a number of individual articles, and more […]

E-mini TFlow Chart is Stair Stepping Higher

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

At the start, the e-mini S&P 500 TFlow chart is steadily climbing. The price action has yet to test a support zone. Buyers are in charge as the buy volume line (green) is trending higher over the sell (red) volume line of the TF5VCrs study.
 
 

Yesterday’s TFlow chart shows a test of a support zone, and […]

GDP Powers Equities Higher

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

The equity markets are strong today. Volume ratios running over 80% up-volume indicate widespread demand.

The mid-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard, using 15-minute bars for the equity derivative products indicate initial strong buying in the E-mini S&P (EPZ6). However, the NASDAQ 100 (ENQZ6), the DJ Euro STOXX 50 (DSXZ6), and the Dow (DJI) […]

Emerging Markets and Energy Lead Today’s Top Ten List of ETFs

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Yesterday and today Energy is dominating the top performing ETFs along with emerging markets jumping on board today. Excel is linked to CQG for the data.

Coming New Tools for Traders: Smoothed TFlow and Order Ticker

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

The Futures Industry Association Expo in Chicago is running from November 28 through November 30. More than 4000 market professionals from more than 20 countries are expected to attend the FIA’s Expo 2006. Companies, such as CQG will profile their current solutions for traders, as well as provide views of new solutions in the pipeline. […]

Intermarket Analysis

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Funds flow from market to market, such as out of fixed income and into equities when traders see good readings on the economy. One step traders do is to create a quote page with all of the asset classes available for trading. In this example, U.S equity indices, International indices, key U.S. stocks, cash FX, […]

Support Zone Holds in the Early Trade

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

At the start, the TFlow chart rebounded after testing a support zone, and following the rally, a resistance zone has formed. Both, the sell (red) volume line of the TF5VCrs study and the buy (green) volume line are declining, which indicates that the sideways movement is a correction

Yesterday’s TFlow chart shows a series of falling […]

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