Archive for April, 2007

Gold Bounces Back

Friday, April 20th, 2007

After breaking the demand line of the uptrend channel yesterday, sellers were not able to attract a following and the gold market recovered, but still closed down on the day. However, the close was well off the lows.

Today, buyers came in and the market traded above the highs for the last fours days, but is […]

Equities Pullback on Overseas Selling

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Traders initially came out hitting bids due to selling in the Far East markets. The NYSE volume ratio and the NASDAQ volume ratio were weak, but are starting to climb.

The late-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard using 15-minute bars for the equity index derivative products are mixed. The RSI readings for the e-mini […]

Biotech Leads the Top Performing ETFs

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

This morning, just 10-percent of the 228 ETFs I track are showing a positive gain. Biotech oriented exchange traded funds are leading today’s best performing ETFs. Excel is linked to CQG for the data.

Ten-Year T-Notes Reverses within Resistance Zone

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Today, the market neared the upper side of the resistance zone formed back on February 22 and sellers came in. Because the daily RSI readings have closed below 38 and that indicates a downtrend, then the market should reverse in the resistance zone. Now, let us see if the sellers can attract a following.

The Aggregated […]

NYMEX Crude Oil, Heating Oil and RBOB Gasoline Traded on Globex

Thursday, April 19th, 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.

It is a mixed market today […]

The EURO FX Futures Maybe Stalling

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Following yesterday’s advance, today, the Euro FX Futures are trading within yesterday’s range. Considering yesterday’s high was the fifth higher high in a row, a correction is due. But, I continue to expect higher prices because the recent extreme daily RSI readings are above 62. A trading range will be signaled once the RSI forms […]

Sellers Come into Gold

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Today marks the fourth attempt by gold to better the highs made on Monday within the resistance zone formed in late February, and the failure to move up has brought out the sellers. Now, the market is testing the demand side of the uptrend channel. Yesterday I said, “Generally, if a market cannot move in […]

Equities Consolidate Recent Gains

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Following a weak opening, the equity markets are climbing. At the moment, the S&P 500 is in positive territory while the NASDAQ 100 is still trading down for the day. The NYSE volume ratio and the NASDAQ volume ratio are neutral at best.
The late-morning RSI readings from the CQG Custom QuoteBoard using 15-minute bars for […]

Semiconductors Dominate the Top Performing ETFs

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

This morning, just 25-percent of the 228 ETFs I track are showing a positive gain.> Semiconductor oriented exchange traded funds are topping today’s best performing ETFs. Excel is linked to CQG for the data.

Ten-Year T-Notes Advance Further

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

The market is up again today, and is nearing the resistance zone formed back on February 22. The daily RSI readings have closed below 38 and that indicates a downtrend. The trend is down.
The Aggregated TradeFlow chart is set to 3-ticks range (available in CQG 7.5) with my two custom studies plotted. Currently, the market […]

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