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You have to admit. Today was a good start for a market poised to melt up. I don't know if you caught my last Mr. Market Twitter. According to Pete Najarian, fully one-third of today's share volume on the Big Board apparently changed hands during the last fifteen minutes of trading. Let's have a look at this... We could not have asked for a more positive development. First, we had a gap

As we approach the end of an annis horribolus for the markets with great big dollops of more to come we find some reason to be bullish for traders in the coming weeks, months and years. 1. Gold. OK so it hasn't exactly been on fire recently and it certainly hasn't performed as a safe haven as we'd all expect but is there some upside to come? Citibank seem to think so. The bottom line, according

No contradictions in that title! After a morning pullback to the daily pivot (SPY $90.60), the market has found strong support at that level and is attempting an advance. The Cumulative Tick and the A-D lines look very healthy. I also like the relative strength in Consumer Discretionaries (XLY -0.09% vs XLP -0.34%). Although down volume has edged out up volume, the two are mostly keeping pace with

Whether or not the stock market's bottom is in (right now, I believe it probably is), there's little doubt the path of least resistance over months ahead points higher. So, allow me to present a brief view substantiating this outlook. And in the process let's get a better sense of where the market's projected turn higher is poised to meet serious resistance ... at least for a time. First,

A bullish breakout has taken place in tatasteel out of the small consolidation phase. Breakout came after the news was announced that Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has bagged Rs 1.52-billion water management contract for Mysore city. An agreement to this effect was signed at Mysore between Jamshedpur Utilities, Mysore City Corporation and

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U.S. retail sales fell the most since 1992, dropping 2.7%, as consumers have continued to retrench as the headlines from the credit crisis and a looming recession has sapped their confidence.What To Watch For In The US Session •    Have Stocks Formed A Bottom •    U.S. Retail Sales May Derail Bullish Momentum •    U of M Consumer Confide

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The late October bounce for the Bullish Percents turned south, adding another level of pressure over and above Tuesday's selling. But even with the damage of the past couple of days the head-and-shoulder reversal is still valid: Get the Fallond NewsletterDr. Declan Fallon, Senior Market Technician, Zignals.com the free stock alerts, market alerts and stock charts website

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Another clean sweep from the Bullish Percents as Nasdaq, S&P and Dow all lie on the bullish side of the fence after the October 22nd bull signals were quickly undone:There was a sharp advance in the Dow bullish percents:With a lesser but still respectable advance for the S&P's:Now it's up to the indices to build on this strength. It will be a long road but seasonally, the worst should be behind. G

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Bulls got another endorsement with all three Bullish Percents generating bullish crosses of their 5-day EMAs. The last of the Bullish Percents to turn was the Dow:What is clear is the distance to resistance; as an upside target I wouldn't look past this resistance until the volume accompanying the next rally is known. Monday's sell off didn't violate support but the nicked breakout of the pennant

Morning all, I have the most outrageous hangover considering I didn't have very much to drink. I think one of the bottles of Paulaner must have been triple distilled and then condensed like orange juice. *boilk* So, on the Arsecast yesterday we were wondering how Arsene would have spent his time during the Interlull. What would have been on his mind? How would he approach the Everton game? Well, h

Good volume with long tail bullish patterns helped support the long tail day from last Friday. Best example is from small caps (another positive omen to see strength in this index). Note Fib retracement levels are unchanged from last week; given the correction off the 38% line I suspect we will see a break and push to the 61.8% zone which is conveniently located around the July lows and likely the

Barry Ritholtz has an excellent collection of 10 bullish charts & signals for you here.

  NIfty CMP : 4606.6   If you clearly notices todays closing in nifty then you could spot the formation of a long legged doji on close. Generally Doji indicates a reversal or an indecesiveness signal and also the formation of doji near lower band of the bollinger band is a bullish one too. Two case of doji Bullish trend reversal would be possible if this doji is to be a bullish on

Above is a weekly chart of the Japanese Yen and in the lower panel is the MACD indicator. You'll notice the MACD has just triggered a weekly buy signal which in my opinion is quite bullish. I like the fact that this is the first buy signal the MACD has given since the June 2007 low which means the longer-term uptrend is just getting started. Since last summer the Japanese Yen has also been one

Last Friday, Sept. 26th 08, Jim Cramer suggested that the Dow could lower to 8,000; thereby implying that the market will likely rally in the near term future, probably the next few weeks. As average mainstream investors make up the typical CNBC audience demographic, the winning edge lies against all proposed by seasoned network personnel. Nature of Cramer There is absolutely no incentiv

A few months ago we saw the biotechs showing relative strength as can be seen by the rising ratio line from May going into June. What followed was an explosive rally in July. You'll notice in the above chart that the MACD triggered a buy signal in early July which turned out to be quite profitable. I believe we are seeing the same pattern take place right now. In the above chart of XBI (

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Cramer predicted a worst-case scenario for these names: They could lose all the gains they’ve seen since April 2005. That means Vale [RIO 20.96] drops 68%; U.S. Steel [X 93.69] 50%; fertilizer stocks like Potash [POT 140.26], Mosaic [MOS 77.01] and Agrium [AGU 66.65] could fall 80% to 90%. But this is only if you believe that the rise of these stocks was due solely to the increased value of

If you believe the recent run in US Dollars is sustainable and don't feel like you've completely missed the move, consider the following strategy to profit from it: sell credit spreads... in gold. Dollars move inverse to gold. And while there's certainly no perfect correlation there, the basic relationship is fundamentally sound. The next two graphs illustrate this:US Dollars (DXY)GOLD (GLD)The

La zona que indicábamos en el anterior artículo aguantó y no solo eso, sino que desde allí se desplegó un martillo en gráfico de 120 minutos que con la primer vela de mañana hará cortar el MACD ...

One of the key market indicators we follow very closely is the NYSE Bullish Percent ($BPNYA). The indicator has served us extremely well this year, helping to identify the recent rally.You can read more about the recent set-up courtesy of the bullish percent, and other indicators, by clicking here.We thought it might be a good time to check-up on the indicator today, after the two day move higher

Significant gains for the market helped undo the bearish threat which Monday's support breaks promised. However, not all the damage was undone; bullish percents of large caps are still bearish:Although in effect, what we have are sideways patterns in the markets. I would not be surprised to see markets spend their entire August in this range.Will the Russell drift upwards as it did in May?What of

With last week's bounce still in effect I took a look at the bullish percents to gauge how long this may run. It was a bit of a mixed bag.While all three key bullish percent indices generated bullish signals, only the S&P breached declining resistance, as defined by closing price, to suggest it is a true bull rally. It could change today - although results from American Express (AXP) won't help, e

I added Nokia (NOK) to my bullish position today, from european market - going long with this also over earnings now.Intel, Nokia, Adobe, Autodesk, Apple and Cisco, Agilent are at so far biggest tech stocks I am very bullish with from here. It might be klac, lrcx, ffiv and other similiar Sox stocks have same EW setup now, but I haven´t worked much recently since weekend was decent wheather.Propab

I can be a kid of 19 but over the last 5-6 years have tried to learn by whatever way i can.I have been in touch with several people related to different aspects of the exciting stock world.I do get a hell lot of news and views.Presenting you guys some of the hot talks of the town.Below given are the companies where operators and punters have set their eyes on.Some targets would get acheived and

I think the above chart needs no explanation so I'll just say that the inverse head and shoulders bottom is bullish for gold stocks.

It has been awhile since I posted a chart of the Swiss Franc so here it is for your viewing pleasure. Above is a weekly chart of the Swiss along with the stochastic oscillator. Notice how oversold readings coincided with profitable buy signals. If you look at the last 6 stochastic buy signals all were profitable but one. So based on this time period the stochastic oscillator has been 83%

6-27-08 5:50a GMT - USD/CHF gave a strong bullish reversal doji candlestick on the 4H charts last period indicating a possible reversal in the USD decline. The signal comes after a 200 pip decline over the day and near support at 1.0225. Trading Idea: To confirm the trade the next candlestick (ending at 08:00a GMT) needs to [...]

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Above is a weekly chart of the Euro Currency and below that is the net positions of the small, large and commercial traders. I'd like you to focus on what the commercials are doing right now (red line). You'll note that the commericals are holding their largest net long position in years. In my opinion this is extremely bullish and I am looking for this currency to make a large move up. The

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May 21st saw the bullish percents of the Nasdaq and S&P follow that of the Dow with a bearish cross of the 5-day EMA. The S&P compounded the loss with a break of rising support connected by March-April dips using closing price. Overall, these breadth indicators haven't fully reached typical tops for either a bull or bear market. If the cyclical bull market is still in play - which I don't think it

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There's a well defined bullish, or ascending, channel that has been guiding the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) higher. A breakdown in the channel might very well mark the end to the upward trend in place since March.The Dow just can't seem to get, and stay, above 13,000. It's been trying for a few weeks now and just keeps failing. If it can't go any higher, might the Dow go lower? That's wha

Michael Carrick heads to the Champions League final believing that Manchester United have firmly proved they are the best team in the Premier League.United face Chelsea in Moscow next week brimming with confidence after securing their 17th league title last weekend.And midfielder Carrick believes that sheer determination to prove critics wrong has taken the Old Trafford club to the brink of a rema

Economic News USD Yesterday, the greenback saw mixed results as it was in a bearish trend versus its major currency rivals during the first half of the day. Later on throughout the day it managed to gain some bullish momentum, the most notable and volatile loss in the first half of day for the USD was 111 pips against the EUR. The pair eventually evened out mid-day to close at 1.5531.May 6th was a slow news day for the U.S. economy with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech the only scheduled event of relevance. In his speech, Fed Chairman Bernanke spoke about the need of finding new ways to combat homeowner foreclosures. As most of the important news came from Europe and Canada yesterday, the Dollar traded largely off of investor speculation,Today at 12:30 GMT, quarterly Nonfarm Productivity

Although not of immediate concern, some of the bullish percents are about to enter bear market (but not bull market) top territory. If January lows represent the start of a bear market then these breadth indicators should top soon. If the current rally is a continuation of the cyclical bull market then there is room for another 15-20% of gain (perhaps as much as 50% for the Nasdaq Bullish Percents). How this impacts on the market remains to be seen, but the likely outcome would be a negative divergence between breadth indicators and the market; indices make new highs as bullish percents fall. Time will tell.I'm traveling to D.C. so there will be no update tomorrow. INS appointment Friday. Get the Fallond Newsletter

Still Bullish on ShutterflySramana Mitra submits: Shutterfly (SFLY), the online photo company, recently declared first quarter results. Its revenue for the quarter of $34.3 million missed the market's views of $34.8 million, even though it was 29% higher over previous year Q1 revenues. Its GAAP net loss at $0.15 per share met market expectations and was higher than GAAP net loss of $0.04 per share in the previous year. Going forward, the company expects revenues in the range of $35-$38 million with non GAAP net loss of $0.19-$0.24 per share. The street was expecting revenues of $36.7 million with net loss of $0.17 per share. For the year, the company is expecting revenues of $225-$245 million with EPS of $0.30-$0.50. Complete Story » Link - Sun, 04 May 2008 06:43:56 GMT - Feed (

As per the latest 2008 US-India Business Council (USIBC) survey, India is, and will continue to be, a premier destination for investment by US firms, with a large number of respondents rating future economic growth in India as highly sustainable. USIBC, formed in 1975 at the request of the Government of India and the US Government to advance US-India commercial ties, is hosted under the aegis of the US Chamber of Commerce. The US Chamber of Commerce is the world`s largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.

Natural gas stocks remain red hot despite the weakness in the broader market this morning. Energy stocks, in particular, are trending higher.One stock within the energy sector worth looking at is Arena Resources (ARD). The company is a oil and gas exploration and production company.ARD has been consolidating its rally through 2007. The stock dropped at the beginning of the year, rebounded, dropped again, and rebounded once more. Along the way, ARD traced a bullish wedge. ARD is breaking out of the bullish wedge today with a big rally above horizontal resistance at $45.

Business Times - 17 Apr 2008 Property developers up on bullish reports SINGAPORE - Shares of property developers rose after a research report said that a strong Singapore dollar will spur the Singapore property market. Canadian-based BCA Research said that a firmer Singapore dollar will depress interest rates and propel real estate prices, the Business Times reported on Thursday. CapitaLand, Southeast Asia's largest developer, soared 4.8 per cent to $6.71 (US$4.95) with 3.4 million shares traded. Southeast Asia's second-largest developer, City Developments, rose as much as 3.6 per cent to $12.06, with over 450,000 shares traded. Keppel Land gained 4 per cent to an intraday high of $5.93 with over one million shares changing hands. According to a Merrill Lynch report, the fall in private ho

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Solar stocks are blazing higher, bucking the weakness in the broader market. First Solar (FSLR) is a leader within the sector.I've been trading FSLR for over a year, but it's been a while since I profiled the stock on this site. When trading any of the solar stocks, it's important to remember that solar is an alternative to traditional energy sources like oil and natural gas. When trading solar stocks, the prices of traditional energy sources are really all that matter. Alternative energy sources are increasingly competitive and attractive when traditional energy prices are high. So, right now, with crude oil at $110 and natural gas at $10, solar plays are extremely attractive. If these prices go higher, so too will FSLR and other alternative energy plays. Conversely, if crude oil and natu

There is a sense things are getting a little toppy in the Bullish Percents. The S&P Bullish Percents have moved to a 'Sell' trigger at a resistance level marked by December highs. Unlike December, the S&P is above its 50-day MA, so it may simply be a blip on the road to higher levels. But it is a warning sign: Bullish Percents for the Dow and Nasdaq were flat and haven't yet marked future weakness.

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Natural gas has been quietly moving higher this year, in the shadow of record crude oil prices. The stocks in the natural gas sector are on fire.The new 52 week highs list is littered with natural gas companies. Some of the names include:Apache (APA)Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)Devon Energy (DVN)Plains Exploration & Production (PXP)Forest Oil (FST)Cabot Oil & Gas (COG)Questar (STR)I've been following Chesapeake Energy (CHK) since its big rebound in February and breakout from its bull flag in March.Natural gas, the commodity itself, is worth tracking and even trading in the form of the U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG). The UNG is an exchange traded fund that is backed by natural gas.The UNG is forming a triangle, almost identical to the triangle in crude oil. The UNG will breakout from

Business Times - 05 Apr 2008 Still bullish on Singapore property DESPITE the US subprime crisis, which will have a cyclical impact, Liew Mun Leong remains bullish on Singapore's property market in the medium term. 'Main street America is suffering from the sins and mistakes of Wall Street,' he says. 'And when main street gets hit, that will affect Asia, we can't run away from it.'However, Singapore's property market has some strong underpinnings, he maintains. Most importantly, the drivers of Singapore's property market have changed in recent years. 'The rise in property prices since 2002 is no longer due to domestic policy changes such as the liberalisation of CPF and the HDB sub-sale policy.'It is driven by the remaking of Singapore. Singapore as a global city, as a gateway to Asia, the

UAE Property major Emaar Properties has said that it will reconsider its initial public offering (IPO) in India “when the time is right” though the company is bullish about the trend in Indian real estate market. In February, Emaar MGF withdrew its IPO for lack of adequate response. The company wanted to raise around Rs 6,500 [...]

One of the sectors that is making waves in 2008 is the Agricultural Commodities. Emerging markets are booming and so are their consumption. With growth comes a change in lifestyle, diet being an important part of it. The rising middle-class in these emerging markets especially China and India are now calling for both higher quantities and a better quality of food. With industrialization and urban sprawl taking over, Chinese and Indian farmers are continually asked to produce more crops from shrinking amounts of land. They also have fewer farm workers as many have left villages to seek their fortune in more established cities. If you add environmental pressures to the mix, you've got an agricultural situation that's even more challenging.It's estimated that one out of every three dollars ea

Yesterday's losses weren't enough to prevent a bullish cross of the 5-day EMA for the Nasdaq Bullish Percents. This follows earlier crosses for the S&P and Dow bullish percents.What is clear from these charts are the bullish divergences between January and current lows for the bullish percents with respect to the parent indices. Basically, more stocks are on point-n-figure buy signals now than back in January, even with the indices making new lower closing lows. What is important going forward will be the need to break declining (closing) resistance initiated in January for the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq. The Nasdaq looks best placed to challenge, although the Dow is closest to the major moving averages (20-day and 50-day MAs). Thursday probably won't reveal too much going into the long weekend,

Market strategy is to sell a failure to break near 100.02RSI has lost some steam as it makes a small dive towards the 30% line. MACD 12 & 26 had a bullish cross but didn’t quite make it to the zero line. Prices trended along the lower Bollinger band as it made a break for the upper band, although has now rebounded down past the middle section after touching the upper band. Market strategy is to sell a failure to break near 100.02.Finotec

Market strategy is to sell a failure to break 103.42 whilst covering a bounce near 102.45Momentum has lost some steam as it makes a small dive towards the 0 line. MACD 12 & 26 had a bullish cross well below the zero line. Prices trended along the lower Bollinger band as it made a break for the upper band, although has now rebounded down towards the middle section without touching the upper band. Market strategy is to sell a failure to break 103.42 whilst covering a bounce near 102.45.Finotec

The indices were thrown back into the quagmire of the past 2-month consolidations as the Bullish Percents flipped negative once more. It was interesting to see the DOW hold 12,200 as support:With a comparable support level (1,324) visible for the S&P:But resistance, rather than support, was clearer for the Nasdaq:Given the position of the bullish percents, should one view them as bullish or bearish? Bears will look to the lack of oversold conditions in the bullish percents as an opportunity to push stocks trying to lead a rally out lower. Bulls will see increasing strength from stocks posting new breakouts on point-n-figure charts as diverging from the weakness in the indices. As fewer and fewer stocks drag on the indices, the quicker - and sharper - the resulting rally will be. I hold to

The Nasdaq Bullish Percent turned bearish with a drop below its 5-day EMA. If this weakness was to represent itself in the index I would look for a new closing low for February (but not necessarily a break of the month's intraday lows). However, the index does sit close to a break of declining resistance connecting January, and both February reaction highs - a big day this week would break through this resistance and likely negate the 'sell' trigger in the Nasdaq Bullish Percent:Better was the leading action in the Dow Bullish Percent. It finished Monday at 33% having managed a new reaction high for the month. This strength filtered through to the index Monday when it made its first break of the two reaction highs for February. Look for this strength to continue with a further push above 1

I'm proud that we've been so bullish on gold over the past six months. We've been pounding the table and it's proven to be a great trade.We first wrote about gold in this post. We've come a long way since then with spot gold trading near $950 an ounce.Look to the streetTRACKS Gold Trust (GLD) to trade gold. It's an equity-like exchange traded fund (ETF) that is backed by the physical metal. It's like owning gold but through a stock-like vehicle.The GLD and, indeed, the spot market are breaking out from a short-term bullish triangle. It's a perfectly symmetrical bullish triangle.Look for the triangle to lead spot GOLD to above $1,000 an ounce!

The Bullish Percents have turned bullish (again!); although the Nasdaq Bullish Percent have been bullish since January 24th. The Dow is interesting as 12,200 looks to be support based on closing price.The S&P struggles a little and this could reverse as a whipsaw signal - but for now it is bullish.McClellan Oscillator holds on to bullish signalBut indices remain vulnerable as recent gains fall well short of the prior week's selling. Double bottom confirmations will need 5%+ gains in the indices, which given the gains we have seen over the last few days could take a while.

There is one stock for today, Contango Oil and Gas (MCF) available in the free section of my main website and made available to readers of my newsletter.As for the markets it is still a waiting game to close last Tuesday's gap breakdowns, although the 20-day MAs are likely to get in the way first. As a sidenote, there is an interesting divergence at play in the Percentage of Stocks above the 50-day MAs. When the market bottomed in January only 15% of Nasdaq stocks were above their 50-day MA. This rose to 26% as the market made a new closing low for February. This divergence is further supported by the bullish divergences in the Ultimate Oscillator and MACD trigger line. Also look at how a negative divergence played out during the October top. Trade my Stock Picks at

Wednesday's selling - the third day of selling in a row - has started to pressurize the Bullish Percents and the validity of the January bottom. The Nasdaq bottom remains healthy and looks to be part of a bullish retest of prior lows.The Dow Bullish Percents have breached their 5-day EMA (bearish), but remain in deep oversold territory. More worrying is a similar breach of the 5-day EMA for the S&P Bullish Percents, but unlike the Dow, the crossover occurred away from oversold levels. Watch for the S&P to lead a break to the downside and through January lows. Both Nasdaq and NYSE McClellan Oscillators finished in positive territory which is bullish (just!).

The year 2007 saw good times roll out for the india real estate sector. Big-size IPOs, a slew of government measures and FIIs helped in giving a much needed facelift to the sector. Clearly, realty hogged all the limelight and even high interest rates failed in dampening the spirits. Looking ahead, what’s in store for the property market? Will the going continue to be as good or is there a bumpy ride ahead? SundayET spoke to some industry experts to get an idea on what to expect from realty 2008.

Last week's rally was only the start of a move up. Here's how leading money managers suggest you can take advantage of the market's bounce back. By Michael BrushLast week's impressive rebound in stocks was more than just a head fake. I see seven reasons why the reversal was the start of a bullish move in stocks.A safe way to play this turnaround is to get broad market exposure, using mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. For more oomph, build positions in companies that have the right characteristics for the slower economic growth ahead. To find those stocks, I picked the brains of several managers who have excellent records at diversified domestic-stock mutual funds.Before we go there, here's why I see better times ahead for stocks:Reason No. 1: The smart money is positioned for gains.There are many ways to read the minds of the smart money on Wall Street. Jason Goepfert, who runs a great Web site called SentimenTrader.com that offers a cornucopia of investor-sentiment gauges,

Last week’s trading session ended on a tremendous high note for the greenback as it steadily gained against 14 of the 16 major currency pairs. As economic data continued to surprise forecasters, the dollar gained on its major counterparts, going so far as to post record gains, not seen since late 2004 against the EUR. When trading came to a close on Friday, the dollar found itself under the 1.45 support level, a level most thought was far from being reached. The unexpected positive results originated from a host of US economic data begining early last week, ahead of the Tuesday December 11th interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Most were convinced that the rate cuts would be the driving force in amending dollar positions, instead the change began on Thursday December 13th, as a wide range of Retail and PPI numbers were released far and above the anticipated marks. The dollar then began its move, gaining on the GBP, CHF, JPY and EUR especially, posting its biggest single da

The recent talk by the UAE of possibly repegging their currency to a basket rather than the dollar makes me bullish on the GCC region and GCC stocks. I am staying away from financial and real estate stocks in general but there are stocks with significant value in the GCC region. The fact that the possibility is being spoken in public is very significant and cannot be ignored.

Indian builders are looking forward to foreign destinations for expansion.  DLF, in a notice to stock exchanges, averred to consider international acquisitions and investments in real estate projects abroad. Let’s take a look at the plans of other Indian property developers. Recently, Ansals API has entered into a joint venture with Malaysia’s UEM Group. The venture has been named as Ansal Api-UEM Contracts Pvt Ltd, which can bid for government projects in Malaysia and other countries. Ansals made its first foreign tie up with Dubai’s Deyaar around three months ago. The venture is working on integrated townships in India. It also has plans to focus on the western and southern parts of the country where Ansals API has to carve out a presence for itself, says Kunal Banerjee, Vice-President (marketing), Ansals API. Close on heels are other builders such as Parsvnath Developers. The company has a couple of projects in the retail and hospitality sectors in Dubai, Mauritius, and Singa

Daily Technical BriefingEURUSD Support Below 1.4100 Presents Bullish OpportunityTechnical Overview Euro a-b-c Correction Done at 1.4015? Japanese Yen to Likely To Trade In a Choppy MannerBritish Pound Correction Complete at 2.0256Swiss Franc Wave 4 Done at 1.1894Canadian Dollar Tests ExtremeAustralian Dollar Remains Short Term BearishNew Zealand Still Expected to Come Under .7500 EUR/USD Commentary: Ok, the EURUSD count has finally cleared up (we think) and we feel comfortable stating a directional bias for the first time in weeks. We can confidently say that the decline from 1.4281 is a correction (a-b-c) because the advance from 1.4015 is impulsive (5 waves). What should prove to be wave 1 in a new bull cycle from 1.4015 is nearing an end and price is likely to fall, albeit correctively in wave 2, towards 1.4070/1.4090 before the next leg up. Strategy: Look to establish bull position near 1.4070/90, against 1.4015, target above 1.4281 USD/JPY Commentary: We still expect a rally to

Chart courtesy of stockchartsRUMOURS on the street again !!!Ebay or Microsoft, I’d like to know which you prefer and why ? Well, forget this question, but it's the commentaries on the floor and in overall forums, everybody talks for a possible takeover. Let's talk now about the daily chart above. Technically speaking after yesterday movement done with an unusual trading for the daily average of the week, stock closed the regular session for the first time since May above its 50 dma, giving us the first confirmed Bullish sign. However if you look closely at the chart, you'll see that the downtrend line has been broken, so guys I have to say "this baby will fly again", it's my opinion based in the chart.Chart courtesy of stockchartsRIMM has broken out to all time highs over this week. The chart looks really bullish.Chart courtesy of stockchartsThis stock has been is on a remarkable run since April and it doesn’t look like the trend will change soon. Over this week broke out again

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Become hysterical. Got a hold of yourself? Good. Read on.Check each of your current long positions and set strict mental stops.Reduce the size of each long position by 50% or more.If a stock falls below your mental stop, sell it.Refrain from buying additional long positions (at least for the next month) no matter how strong the stock may look.This set of guidelines came to be after suffering a significant drawdown in my portfolio during last year's market reversal (May - August). Hopefully my mistakes will prevent you from making the same.Good luck trading and I will see you on Wednesday.