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Wednesdays trade started with a tech stock boost in the Asian markets, the Stoxx 600 Europe up +0.30%, and crude oil trading above $61.00. In S&P futures land, 114,000 futures traded on Globex...

After Fridays futures close and reopen the ES sold off down to 2667.75. It was an ugly selloff during the day, and after the close. But, and there are always buts when it comes to trading, the ES...

It was a wild card at best, but after three days of waiting, the Santa Claus rally finally showed up. During Thursday nights Globex session the S&P 500 futures (ESH18:CME) pushed back up to its...

Yesterday, the E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESH18:CME) sold off down to 2684.00 on Globex, and made a high at 2688.75 a few seconds before the open. A total of 76,000 futures traded on Globex. On the...

The Globex session went well, and a rally after Wednesdays open had all the looks of the Santa Claus rally. After making an early high on Globex at 2690.75 the ES opened at 2688.25 on the 8:30 open,...

Yesterday’s trade started with extremely low volume on Globex, only 33k ES traded, the overnight trading range was only 6 handles from 2683.50 to 2689.50. With many overseas markets closed,...

Most traders cut back earlier in the week and were long gone from their trading screens by Friday. Only the diehard traders were left watching the futures. The big thing that happened was not the...

Is it the quiet before the storm? How long can the markets remain so tranquil? On Wednesday the VIX dipped as low as 8.9, below its all-time closing record of 9.1. While its not on traders radars...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) : The One-Week Pre-earnings Momentum Trade With OptionsDate Published: 2017-12-19 Disclaimer The results here are provided for general informational purposes, as a convenience...

Well, there was a break down to 2682.50 on Globex Tuesday night, and a rally all the way up to 2693.75 as the passage of the Trump tax cut bill neared. During Wednesday’s day session the ES sold...

The day started with very low volume on Globex, only 92,000 contracts traded. The overnight trading range was only 3.5 handles, 2694.50 to 2698.00. The first trade off the 8:30 CT futures open was...

Every big shot market timmer from Mr Fade himself, Dennis Gartman, to Tom DeMark, to Nouriel Roubini, Laszlo Birinyi, Doug Kass, and John Hussman have called for a high, or a stock market crash this...

Dow Industrials And S&P Hit New Highs After Fed Rate Increase U.S. Dollar Drops After Fed Raises Rates OPEC Oil Output Falls to Six-Month Low Fed Raises Rates, Sticks to Forecast for 2018...

Is there a reason to fear the fed’s rate hikes? We don’t think so, but only time will tell… There has been a lot of upside since the March 2009 S&P 666 credit crisis low.The big...

Stocks in Asia ended sharply higher, the European Union and London agree on Brexit divorce terms and the Stoxx 600 gained +0.80% and the FTSE and DAX were up almost 1%. Throw in U.S. employers adding...

The S&P goes up, and the S&P goes down… But it mostly goes up, and that’s what it did yesterday. After making an overnight high at 2639.75 the ES pulled back all the way down to...