Posts Tagged ‘option trading’

Talk is Cheap, Bulls Expecting Action

9:00am (EST) “Europe was relatively quiet but Greece said it would need more money last week and Spain brought the pain on Friday.  With earnings entering their third week and the bottom line-up of heavy hitters reporting, Apple and FaceBook (FB, $28.76, down $0.24) will be the last bullets theRead more

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Bears Take Bite Out of Apple (AAPL)

9:00am (EST) Tech could be in trouble today so let’s go over Tuesday’s numbers real quick. The Dow dropped 104 points, or 0.8%, to finish at 12,617.  The blue-chips saw a little green at the open and traded up to 12,730 but it was all downhill from there as theyRead more

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Bulls Rebound as Trading Range Continues

9:00am (EST) The bulls and bears continued trading punches on Tuesday as the market rebounded from Monday’s losses and added a half-percent despite Ben Bernanke’s somber tone on the economy.  Much of the early action favored the bears as they pushed near-term support within the first hour of trading andRead more

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Big Week for Bulls, Bears and Bernanke

9:00am (EST) “The bulls were on the verge of a breakout last week and we often mention how support and resistance can get “stretched”.  Coming into June, the bears had all the momentum following May’s selloff and while we thought there could be further weakness, we knew the indexes wereRead more

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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 7/8/12

11:30pm (EST) 1.  Market Summary  2.  Annaly Capital Management (NLY) Is a “Buy” 3.  LiveDeal (LIVE) Surges but Will Momentum Stay?          4.  Earnings 5.  Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update  6.  Week Ahead (To view the charts, please log into the Members Area and go to the Weekly Wrap Premium section)Read more

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Obama: “Jobs Going in Right Direction”

12:20pm (EST) Market breakouts and breakdowns are hard to call when an index or a stock are stuck in a trading range.  Often times, support and resistance can get stretched which can test your patience so it’s important to keep your emotions in check despite the temptation to change yourRead more

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Market Mixed Ahead of Friday’s Big Event

12:30pm (EST) There was a flood of economic data and European news before the bell which led to a lower open but the market is mixed heading into the second half of trading as the bulls continue to push resistance. Much of the news has favored the bears but theRead more

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Bulls Near Breakout

9:00am (EST) The market ended higher on Tuesday’s shortened session as the bulls pushed our upper end targets and came one step closer to a breakout.  Economic news came in better-than-expected for the most part and news from overseas was relatively quiet. The Dow gained 72 points, or 0.6%, toRead more

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Market Cracks Second Layer of Resistance

12:45pm (EST) The bears were trying to get their first weekly sweep for June but all three major indexes are surging higher as we head into the second half of trading.  The Dow and S&P 500 had their weekly win streak snapped last week but the Nasdaq has finished higherRead more

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Market Pulls Back

2:10pm (EST) We have been warning of a possible selloff or a test to new lows and today’s action could be the start of something more serious.  Futures were slightly higher when the overseas markets opened but took a turn for the worse once Germany reported higher unemployment numbers. TheRead more

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