Category Archive for ‘Watch Lists’

August 3, 2012

Bulls Reclaim Week

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Trade Update, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Economic News, Watch Lists, Weekly Wrap RR, Market Commentary

1:30pm (EST) It has been a week of market moving headlines and this morning was no different following the release of the Nonfarm Payroll report. The bulls were looking for a little ray of sunshine and got it after hearing payrolls climbed 163,000 in July. This was sharply higher thanRead more

November 28, 2011

Bulls Walking on Thin Ice

by Rick Rouse / Posted in 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, Earnings, Company Commentary

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

May 17, 2011

S&P, Nasdaq Slip Below 50-day MA’s

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Watch Lists, Daily Update

12:45pm (EST) The markets is continuing its downward drift after a lower open and is testing the bottom of the trading ranges we mentioned in our morning update. The bulls have held ground, to some degree, and made a charge into positive territory before retreating. Tech continues to hold backRead more

December 5, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 12/5/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Strategies, Watch Lists, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Weekly Wrap RR

6:00pm (EST) 1. Market Summary 2. Covered Call Options 3. Special Offer from Momentum Options Trading 4. Patriot Coal Looks Attractive 5. Earnings 6. Week Ahead = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 1. Market Summary The bulls are trying toRead more

November 17, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com News Flash for 11/17/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Watch Lists, Daily Update

Dendreon (DNDN) Halted 10:30am (EST) Shares of Dendreon (DNDN, $35.87, no change) have been halted today due to pending news concerning its cancer drug, Provenge. Many of our subscribers know we have been following this company for years and we were one of the first believers of the company whenRead more

August 17, 2010

Potash (POT) Pops on Takeover Bid, August Call Options Up 7,650%

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Company Commentary, Mergers and Acquisitions, Watch Lists, Daily Update

1:20pm (EST) The bulls are trying to run today and have taken the market higher despite a downbeat report on housing. Other economic news has helped take the spotlight off the sector and merger and acquisition (M&A) news is also keeping the bears at arm’s length. The market also gotRead more

July 30, 2010

Friday’s Tidbits; Jailbreak Next Week?

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Watch Lists, Weekly Wrap RR, Trading Tips, Daily Update, Company Commentary, Trading Psychology

1:00pm (EST) We have a lot to talk about today so we are going to throw the kitchen sink at you… The market is once again choppy as a both the bulls and bears try to gain leverage ahead of the weekend and before Monday’s opening bell. The bears startedRead more

July 11, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 7/11/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Company Commentary, Watch Lists, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Market Commentary, Earnings, Market Analysis, VIX, Oil

2Q Earnings Season Starts On Monday 4:30pm (EST) The bulls had a stellar week after taking a beating from the bears that pushed them to the brink and had the major averages on the verge of a collapse. The market spent much of Friday near the breakeven line before aRead more

July 5, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 7/5/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Watch Lists, Momentum Stocks Weekly, Weekly Wrap RR, Trading Psychology

7:15pm (EST) The bears continue to build momentum and used a number of negative headlines to punish the bulls for the second consecutive week. It was a clean sweep on all three of the major indexes as the bears won each round daily with some days more impressive than others. The weekRead more

June 28, 2010

Futures Down, More Recalls at Toyota (TM)

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

:00am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a slightly lower open this morning despite members of the Group of 20 nations pledging to cut budget deficits. The debate between spending to stimulate slowly growing economies and opting for austerity to quickly get ballooning deficits under control continued at the G20 meetingsRead more

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