Archive for the ‘Equities’ Category

Lehman, Deutsche Bank Strategists Predict Best 6 Months for S&P Since 1982

Monday, July 7th, 2008

From Yves Smith over at Naked Capitalism: "Since I seldom am the bearer of upbeat news, I thought I'd pass along the cheery forecast from market strategists at Lehman and Deutsche Bank, namely, that the Standard & Poor's 500 index will have its best six months since the second half on ...

July 3rd Market Action - SPY, IWM, XLF

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Where to begin... The SPY Iron Condor was put out this month will a slightly bullish bias as it is our opinion that we are due for a bit of a correction to the upside. We have oversold readings across the broad markets and a classic triple bottom setup. Now, ...

Wall St. & Business News – June 10th

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

With oil edging over closer to the elusive $150 price level, July crude settled a bit further away at $131.31 a barrel. A rebound in the U.S. dollar and weakening demand pressured crude prices down $3.04 in today’s session. According to the State Energy Department, crude demand is projected to ...

A Case For The Bulls?

Monday, March 17th, 2008

For all of you contrarians out there, check out this 1.50 CBOE Equity Put/Call Ration intraday! Reversal anyone?SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Case For The Bulls?", url: "http://www.indexoptiontrader.com/blog/2008/03/17/a-case-for-the-bulls/" });

Double Bottom SPY - Possible Bounce?

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

With the recent lift, albeit possibly temporary, there is no doubt that the SPY is in fact forming a classic double bottom pattern. According to technical analysis, a double bottom is usually indicative of a lift, with the target price being at the distance between the top and bottom of ...

Here We Go Again.. Retest

Monday, March 10th, 2008

As many of you know, the major indices are at a pivotal, well...pivot. The SPY, IWM and others are in a position to retest the swing lows set in January 08. The SPY is set to retest the 127.50 levels, and the IWM at the 64.50 levels. We may see ...

Get Long? Yes, You Read That Right.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

I may not be the first to say it, but I certainly won't be the last... it may be time to get long. Reference the image below: While at first glance this chart looks intimidating, its not. The red and black area indicator is the NYSE Summation Index (A popular (or ...

Get Shorty

Monday, February 25th, 2008

It looks like we have reached an all time short interest level in the NYSE as of February 15. 14.4 Billion shares is the number of shares short on the NYSE, or 3.8% of the total shares outstanding. For those of you contrarian investors out there, this news should be ...

China & Ford Motor – What do they have in common? Implications –The X Factor

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Excerpt from "Waves of 2008" written by our Chief Research Strategist Anthony Tsung. The X factor, is the rising cost of inflation and the over aggressive stance by the communist party to impose regulations on their own labor market and to increase tariffs on trade in their efforts to curb potentially ...

Outstanding Article on the Outlier Events of the Market

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I recently came across an outstanding article entitled, "Black Swans, Real Estate and Financial Stocks," written by Geoff Considine over at Seeking Alpha. The article nicely compliments my previous post regarding the 3+ sigma events and statistical anomalies that exisit in the market -- think the beginning of 2008. The article ...