Archive for January, 2007

E-mini S&P 500 Constant Volume Bar Chart and TFlow Chart

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Today’s example of the Constant Volume Bars applied to the e-mini S&P 500 futures contract, we see a strong rally. Notice that following the minor break to a new low on the session when the market traded at 1429.00, the RSI then started holding above 38, indicating trading range momentum. Then, when the RSI crosses […]

Volatile Trading in Equities Ahead of Today’s FOMC Statement

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Following a weak opening, the equity markets have rebounded. However, the volume ratios are neutral for the NYSE and slightly negative for the NASDAQ. Therefore, I would look for a slowing market ahead of the FOMC announcement.

The late-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard, using 15-minute bars for the equity derivative products are indicating […]

Ten-Year T-Notes Still Sitting in Tight Range

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The daily bar chart of the 10-year T-note futures shows that today’s range has traded above the highs of two day’s ago, but the price action is still holding below the previous support zone, which is acting as resistance. I still see the weak RSI readings as indicating the trend is down. Today is the […]

Globex Traded NYMEX Crude Oil and Products

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The CQG Analog Chart, which is a chart display that plots multiple markets, has crude oil (blue bars), gasoline (light green close only line), and heating oil (white close only line) plotted. In addition, I have the RSI study plotted for each market using the same colors as the prices. We continue to see the […]

Daily Chart of the EUR/USD Pair Futures Moves Past Down Trend Channel

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The market has moved sideways enough to move past a new down trend channel I plotted (blue) following the second test of the support zone. Buyers appear to be coming in. Yesterday’s RSI readings following the up close did signal a trading range with a negative bias. However, the break of the new down trend […]

Daily Gold Challenging the Resistance Zone

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Today, gold is trading back into the resistance zone. There was a hint yesterday that the market was going to retest the recent highs because the market closed up for the day, which also turned the RSI up. The other fact is that as the gold market moved sideways and out of the up trend […]

Constant Volume Bars and TFlow for the E-mini S&P 500

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

In today’s example of the Constant Volume Bars applied to the e-mini S&P 500 futures contract, which I use to compress the intraday trading action, there was a strong rally, as indicated by the RSI readings climbing above 62, which I think flashed good upside momentum. Now, the market is has dropped enough to flash […]

Mixed Equity Market Ahead of the FOMC Meeting

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

The broad market is doing better, but technology is lagging slightly. Still, the broad based rally in ETFs and the good volume readings from the NYSE are positives.

The late-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard, using 15-minute bars for the equity derivative products are indicating minor momentum for the E-mini S&P (EPH7), the DJ […]

Energy ETFs Dominate Today’s ETFs Leader List

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Currently, 91-percent of the 228 ETFs I track are showing a positive gain today. Energy oriented ETFs are dominating the top ten performing list. Excel is linked to CQG for the data.

Ten-Year T-Notes Continue to Hold

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

The daily bar chart of the 10-year T-note futures shows that today’s range is inside of yesterday’s range, and that the previous support zone is acting as resistance. The weak RSI readings indicate the trend is down and the price action should work lower.  Today’s quiet activity is due to traders waiting for tomorrow’s FOMC […]

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