Market Surges On M&A
12:45pm (EST) The market is off to a good start as the bulls have carried the Dow to a triple-digit
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Avatar Opens Strong
8:50am (EST) Futures are pointing to a higher opening this morning, following gains in overseas markets as Wall Street prepares
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Bernanke Gets 2nd Nod
12:40pm (EST) The Senate Banking Committee has approved the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the show for
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Newsflash for 12/17/09
10:35am (EST) Folks, we wanted to give you a quick update on a couple of our positions. We all know
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Futures Pointing Towards Lower Open
9:00am (EST) The bulls got some good news yesterday in the form of the Dubai $10 billion “bailout” package and the Dow’s
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Futures Up, Market Set To Open Higher
9:10am (EST) The bulls were feeling good before the bell yesterday as it appeared they were going to halt their
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Futures Pointing Towards Lower Opening
9:10am (EST) The market struggled with direction yesterday and ended mixed as both the bulls and bears seemed content staying
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 12/06/09
10:40pm (EST) The bulls were off and running on Friday as the Dow opened with a triple-digit gain after Wall Street
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Market Pops Then Drops
1:30pm (EST) “Momma’s got a squeezebox she wears on her chest and when Daddy comes home he never gets no
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Jobs Number Surprises, Big Open Expected
9:15am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a higher open after the market got a great non-farm payroll report this morning.
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Gold $5,000?
1:10pm (EST) Folks, there is more action in our Members Area than a poker table on payday. Trading is choppy
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Morning Update for 12/02/09
It’s as if the Dubai news never happened… The market picked up more momentum on Tuesday, as the Dow added 126
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Black Friday Hits Market Hard
8:35am (EST) Folks, we are looking at a NASTY open this morning. After pushing the major averages to new highs
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A123 Systems Jumps 17%
9:00am (EST) To quote a famous football coach of the Green Bay Packers back in the day… “What the hell
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Bulls Fighting Back
12:45pm (EST) The market is has come off its morning lows but is still in negative territory for the day.
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Hewlett-Packard Matches Estimates
9:10am (EST) The market bounced back in strong fashion yesterday as the bulls snapped a three-day slide and took the
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Hewlett-Packard Reports After The Close
12:45pm (EST) The market is off to a strong start this week and we called it right in the Weekly
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Futures Pointing Towards Strong Open
9:00am (EST) The futures are pointing towards a higher open this morning as the dollar continues to weaken. The bulls will try to snap
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Bears Looking For 3-in-a-row
11:40am (EST) “I got 99 problems but the market ain’t one”… Man, what a week. We wanted to do today’s
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Market Getting Smaked
1:30pm (EST) We date options, we don’t marry them… The market is getting punished today after getting some unpleasant economic news
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Colgate Surges
9:15am (EST) We could hardly wait to get this morning’s news out. We have a lot of stuff we want
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Oh My Ford!
1:00pm (EST) The market is struggling today but the major averages are holding the support levels we mentioned this morning.
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Wednesday’s Wake-Up Call
9:05am (EST) The biggest thing we took away from yesterday’s action in the market was the S&P 500 holding the
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S&P Holding 1,100
1:15pm (EST) The market is a little choppy today and is trying to make a comeback as we go to
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Futures Pointing Towards Slightly Lower Open
9:05am (EST) The market got off to a great start on Monday after a better-than-expected rebound in retail sales helped
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Intel/ AMD Kiss
12:50pm (EST) Intel (INTC, $19.88, up $0.04) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, $6.51, up $1.19) have buried the hatchet after
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Wal-Mart Beats, Shares Up
9:15am (EST) Wal-Mart (WMT, $52.97) reported 3Q earnings before the bell that came in better than Wall Street’s expectations. The
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Homebuilding Stocks Get A Pop
1:00pm (EST) Toll Brothers (TOL, 21.13, up $2.74) is up 15% today after surprising Wall Street with some rather upbeat comments
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Wednesday's Wake Up Call
9:05am (EST) The futures are pointing towards another strong open this morning as the market looks to add-on to its
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Apollo Group Down After Barron's Comments
12:50pm (EST) Finally, Barron’s has done us a favor… Most of you know Barron’s and I don’t see eye-to-eye on
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Bulls Battle Back
1:00pm (EST) We have had a busy day and the bulls are pushing Dow 10,000 as we head towards Friday’s
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Cisco Beats Street, Stock Up
9:15am (EST) Cisco Systems (CSCO, $23.29, up $0.38) does it again. It shouldn’t come as a surprise the company beat
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Garmin Gets Gutted
1:00pm (EST) Shares of Garmin (GRMN, $27.54, down $3.87) are getting hammered today despite the company reporting better-than-expected earnings. Third-quarter
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Futures Up, Market Set To Open Higher
9:15am (EST) Futures are up big this morning and it looks as though the bulls will start today’s session on
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Buffet Buys Burlington, Splits Baby B's
9:05am (EST) When Warren Buffet Speaks, people listen… It’s no secret, despite a struggling economy, that M&A (Merger and Acquisition)
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Good News Galore
12:35pm (EST) Market Notes Some of the stocks we are following are hotter than a smokin’ James Bond Girl… The market
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Market Still Looks Tired
12:40 pm (EST) The market is higher today but the Dow isn’t showing a lot of muscle despite some good
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Dow Having Trouble Holding 10,000
12:55pm (EST) Despite some solid earnings report, the market is struggling to end the week on a high note. We
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A123 Systems Now Has Options
12:30pm (EST) In August, we listed a group of IPO’s that were coming out and in September and many of them
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Wednesday's Wake-Up Call
9:15am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a lower opening on Wall Street this morning as 3Q earnings reports once again set the market’s
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Housing Starts Drops Market
1:00pm (EST) The bears took advantage of a weak housing report today and have crashed the earnings party the bulls
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Apple Shows Aces
9:10am (EST) If there was ever any doubt about just how powerful of a hand Apple (AAPL, $189.86) was holding in
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S&P 500 Nears 1,100
1:10pm (EST) The market is surging higher today as the Dow is up 104 points to 10,100. The more important
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Bulls Ready to Run
9:00am (EST) MARKET COMMENTARY Futures are pointing towards a higher open this morning after reversing course overnight. There are a number of
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 10/18/09
11:30pm (EST) MARKET COMMENTARY Friday was a rough day for the bulls as the Dow fell 67 points, or 0.7%,
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Oil Continues to Surge
12:50pm (EST) Every now and then there comes a time where you just know how a stock reacts, what its support
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Futures Pointing Towards Lower Open
9:10am (EST) Finally! Dow 10,000… It took over a year and most of yesterday before the Dow finally broke through
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Are We There Yet?
12:40pm (EST) Is it me or does it feel like we are watching paint dry? In what should have been
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Dow Eyes 10,000
9:05am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a HUGE open this morning after strong earnings results from Intel (INTC, $20.49) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM,
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Dendreon Making Noise Again
12:40pm (EST) The market is moving higher today as the Dow now stands 100 points away from 10,000. Currently, the
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Big Week For Earnings
8:30am (EST) The bulls took the ball and ran with it as the market headed higher throughout the week and
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Is Apple Due For A Split?
8:40am (EST) We all know that stock-splits don’t mean much in monetary value when a company announces a 2-for-1 split.
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Alcoa Turns a Profit, Pepsico Pops
9:00am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a big open at the start of today’s trading after Alcoa (AA, $14.20, up
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Costco Beats Estimates
9:00am (EST) Third-quarter earnings season “officially” kicks off when Alcoa (AA, $13.89) reports after the bell today as it is the
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Bulls Running To Start The Week
3:00pm (EST) The bulls got the ball rolling today after a positive ISM number this morning has put Wall Street in
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3Q Earnings Kick-Off Start This Week
3:45pm (EST) Special Note: We are sending today’s Weekly Wrap early. I am away on travel and hope to be
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Unemployment Report Holds Clues
8:15am (EST) I wanted to send today’s update early because there are a lot of things I’m looking at as we
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Bears Are Growling
1:00pm (EST) If you are a bull today you might as well head back to camp. The market is taking
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Nike Call Options Up 200%
1:15pm (EST) The market was off to a good start until the Chicago PMI number hit Wall Street. Economists were expecting a
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Nike Beats Estimates, Stock Up
9:00am (EST) Nike (NKE, $63.90, up $3.81) is up over 6% in pre-market trading after beating Wall Street’s estimates on
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MomentumOptionsTrading Mid-Day Update For 9/28/09
12:30 pm (EST) The bulls are in charge today as they have taken a number of positive developments to move
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Weekly Wrap for 9/27/09
11:40 pm (EST) Market Commentary The bears finally made some noise last week as they sent the market down 2%, on
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Research In Motion Rolling
12:20pm (EST) Research In Motion (RIMM, $87.24, up $2.38) is rocking-and-rolling ahead of Thursday’s big earnings announcement. Wall Street is
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Tuesday Tidbits…Dendreon News Building
12:40pm (EST) Dendreon (DNDN, $29.83, up $0.37) popped over $30 again this morning after an analyst initiated coverage of the
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Futures Pointing Towards Higher Open
8:45am (EST) Futures are steam-rolling higher this morning, pointing towards a nice open as the market tries to rebound from yesterday’s
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Market Rebounds Off Lows
12:05pm (EST) The market took a hit this morning (as it seems to do every Monday morning) but has bounced off
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Quadruple Witching Hour
1:00pm (EST) The bulls are looking to close out the week with another win and Dow 10,000 will be
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Market Looking To Open Higher
9:00am (EST) Futures are pointing to a slightly higher open today, as the bulls look to resume this week’s rally after a slight
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All Eyes on Palm
12:50pm (EST) The market is struggling today as it has darted in and out of positive territory. Jobless claims dipped
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Big Blue Breaking Resistance
3:15am (EST) International Business Machines (IBM, $121.82, up $2.47) broke $120 yesterday in strong fashion and it has been a level I have been
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GE, Baidu.com Breaking Out
12:30pm (EST) General Electric (GE, $16.68, up $0.68) is rolling this week. The stock opened Mondayat $14.55 and closed yesterday at $16.
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NewsFlash: Apple Hits Fresh Highs (NEW TRADE)
11:10am (EST) I wanted to post a little early because I got a late jump this morning. The market is
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Trade Updates
9:50am (EST) I’m behind the 8-ball folks, running late today…the trades are updated and have been posted in the Members
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Casino Stocks Continue Momentum
1:25pm (EST) Casino stocks are getting another pop and I wanted to update a trade that profiled back in June.
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Retail Sales Lift Futures, Best Buy Misses
9:00am (EST) Futures were slightly higher before the Retail and PPI numbers came out at 8:30am. Before the reports
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NewsFlash: Dendreon Jumps 15%
11:30pm (EST) The sleeping giant is awake… Dendreon (DNDN, $27.43, up $3.59) had a huge day as the stock
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Freeport McMoRan Pushing $70
12:30pm (EST) The market has made a comeback after starting the morning in the red. The Dow was down
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Bulls Resting
1:20pm (EST) The market is trending lower today although the bulls were out early. The Dow is currently down 49 points to
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Bulls Go For Six
9:00am (EST) The bulls made it five in-a-row on Thursday and will look to extend their winning streak to a
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A Blast From The Past
8:25am (EST) Somebody forgot to tell the bulls that September is historically a bad month for the market. There wasn’t
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AIG Gets A Downgrade, Imagine That
9:00am (EST) American International Group (AIG, $35.45, down $4.20) fell 10% yesterday after a Credit Suisse analyst downgraded the stock from
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BioTech Stays Hot
12:45pm (EST) The market is off to a good start as the bulls came out in a buying mood. The
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Weekly Wrap for 9/7/09
11:00pm (EST) 1. Commentary 2. Imax Could Be A Wildcard 3. Earnings 4. Current Trades 5. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1.
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Ring The Bell, Schools In
8:30am (EST) In what could be one of the biggest days on Wall Street, I could actually miss today’s opening bell…
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First Solar Sinks, Rebounds
1:10pm (EST) First Solar (FSLR, $116.89, up $1.80) has been all over the map today but we took advantage of this
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Wednesday's WakeUp Call
9:10am (EST) Futures are up slightly lower as we get ready for this morning’s trading action. Yesterday, the bears ruled
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First Solar Continues Plunge
12:10pm (EST) I’ve been talking about First Solar (FSLR, $116.63, down $4.95) lately and I have been looking to do a strangle trade
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Sirius Gets Price Target Raised
9:50am (EST) I posted a little late because I wanted to see how we opened this morning. Futures were strong
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Monday's Mid-Day Update
1:00pm (EST) The market has traded in the negative all morning following the continued turmoil in the Chinese market. Futures were weak
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Dendreon
11:30pm (EST) This is the last FREE option trade before we launch our paid service… It has been a while since
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Checking In
2:00pm (EST) The Dow is struggling after starting off the morning in the green. Intel (INTC, $20.25, up $0.78) got
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Layered Trade in Citigroup
8:55am (EST) Well, time to open up the playbook. It may be preseason in the NFL but in
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American International Group Could Hit $40
3:30am (EST) The early bird gets the worm… Last week I had moved American International Group (AIG, $37.69, up $3.72) to
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Momentum Options Going Live September 1st / Trade Updates
11:30pm (EST) Folks, we are planning to launch our new option picks service by September 1st. There will be
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Human Genome Sciences Takeover Target?
12:30pm (EST) Human Genome Sciences (HGSI, $21.84, up $2.62) is up again today on more takeover chatter. The stock made
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Wednesday’ Wake Up Call
9:25am (EST) Bank of America (BAC, $17.75, up $0.40) January 20 calls (BYOAT, $1.45, up $0.10) Entry Price: $1.18
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Market Opens Higher
9:40am (EST) I waited a few minutes to see how we opened so I could give you an early read
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Trade Updates
9:30pm (EST) I didn’t like the afternoon action today as the market came off its highs. The futures are slightly
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Imax Looking For $10
12:35pm (EST) Imax (IMAX, $9.85, up $0.30) is trying like mad to break $10 today as the stock has hit