Category Archive for ‘VIX’

February 14, 2012

Bears Showing Love, Beware

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Market Analysis, VIX, Market Commentary

1:20pm (EST) It’s been amazing to see the numbers of bears switching sides and Barron’s call for Dow 15,000 wasn’t too surprising, maybe somebody over there is doing some real homework for once. Although we don’t do CNBC interviews, we’re sure they would have loved to have spoken to usRead more

February 10, 2012

Bears Growl As Greece Hangs in Limbo

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, VIX, Market Commentary, Daily Update

12:30pm (EST) The market hasn’t had a 1% pullback since December but that could all change by the closing bell. Futures were weak throughout the night and were showing a 0.5% loss to start today’s session but they got progressively worse as we headed towards the open. The situation withRead more

December 21, 2011

Bulls Answer Bell

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Analysis, VIX, Market Commentary

9:15am (EST) You could almost feel the market’s frustration with Europe and we told you a big move was coming either way once the situation came to a head. Following Monday’s pullback past support, the bulls were faced with a dilemma and looked as though they were either going toRead more

December 13, 2011

One Step Forward, Two Back

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, VIX

9:00am (EST) The market continued its recent zig-zag action on Monday with the bears starting the week off with a win. We knew yesterday’s momentum wasn’t going to be reversed so we focused on support which, once again, held despite some crummy headlines. We would love to have a dayRead more

November 29, 2011

Market Ends 7-Session Skid

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Analysis, VIX, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) The bulls were facing a make-or-break session on Monday (and last Friday) after the bears broke through several layers of support last week. The losses were historic for a Thanksgiving week and there was panic in the air following last Wednesday’s selloff. We did some late night homeworkRead more

November 28, 2011

Bulls Walking on Thin Ice

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, Company Commentary, Market Commentary, Google, Stock Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Yahoo / Microsoft, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trading Tips, Gold, strangle option trades, IPOs, Financial Stocks, BioTech, Watch Lists, Trading Psychology, Market Analysis, Apple, Uncategorized, Money Management, VIX, Option Trades, Daily Update, Trade Update, Oil, Rick's Account, Sectors, European Union (EU), Commodities, China, Futures, Economic News, Covered Calls

9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years as Wall Street fell 5% last week. The recent selling pressure became much more serious as all of the indexes fell below their 50-day moving averages (MA) with the bearsRead more

November 25, 2011

August Lows Could be Challenged

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Analysis, VIX, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) The bears pushed their winning streak to 6-straight sessions on Wednesday after punishing the bulls for another 2% loss. The selling pressure picked up into the close and another layer of support was cracked. The Dow fell 236 points, or 2.1%, to finish at 11,257. The index easilyRead more

October 27, 2011

Bulls Blow-off Steam

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update, VIX, Company Commentary

12:40pm (EST) Futures were pointing towards a jailbreak by the bulls this morning and the market is soaring after Europe came through with a “plan”. We knew things could get ugly during yesterday’s EU summit meeting but little did we know punches would be thrown. Of course, tensions build whenRead more

October 24, 2011

Bulls Riding Momentum Wave

by Rick Rouse / Posted in VIX, Market Commentary, Daily Update, Market Analysis

9:00am (EST) The bulls were riding a 2-week winning streak and looked determined to make it 3-in-a-row coming into Monday’s session which has been a bullish day, historically, during the week of October expiration week. The bears had their own plans and were trying to hold the top of theRead more

October 19, 2011

Apple (AAPL) Misses, Futures Mixed

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings, Yahoo / Microsoft, VIX

9:00am (EST) “We could have a short-covering rally into the close so buckle-up”. Those were our famous last words from Tuesday’s tidbits… We said yesterday we had high expectations for the week and we were disappointed with the start but the bulls got back on track following Monday’s spanking. TheRead more

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