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After the long weekend, its time to get back to reality. And reality can be quiet sobering. Last Friday the S&P futures closed at the lowest levels of the week. Last Monday's surge provided all the pump for what seemed a hopium filled few days. In addition, Fridays volume and volatility were...

Sorry Fraud street bankers, your friends at the Treasury may be limiting your access to the golden goose. According to a report released by Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-usa-treasuries-china-idUSBRE84K11720120521), China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S...

Greece may soon be back dealing in drachmas adrift alone in the Adriatic, JP Morgan and the other banks continue to be loosely regulated trading liabilities, and job growth continues to be anemic at best. But fear not, the media trumpeted the headline this morning that homebuilder confidence...

Hi friends I got this screen shot of amibroker in some online chat. sender was claiming high accuracy for this afl Can you please inform which afls are these and share the same regards Nehal

While the sobering news from Europe has finally started to weigh on US stocks, I thought I’d add gasoline to the fire and remind everyone of the twisted morass that’s our own domestic financial situation. The top 5 banks in the US now account for a massively disproportionate amount of the...

When Ben Bernanke was appointed as Chairman of the Federal Reserve seven years ago, the national debt was $7,932,709,661,723.50. For those of you not interested in counting digits, that number is nearly a cool $8 trillion, but still a tough sum to wrap your brain around. After yesterdays...

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Monday was another down day for the S&P500, but a rather pleasant day for the Dow. Caterpillar and Shitibank had nice rallies going for a while. Both finished well off of their highs. AAPL and GOOG on the other hand were slammed all day long. Are they in a race to see which will reach...

I've already covered some of the better known patterns like doji (Tip #18) and engulfing (Tip#19) now it's time to add harami to your candlestick chart pattern arsenal. Let's take a look at what this technical signal looks like, and what opportunities might be presenting themselves when you see...

Breaking news: There has been a precipitous rise in both online poker activity and napping during early 2012, most notably between the hours of 8:30am and 3:15 pm CST. From the financial floors to the computer screens, the trading universe has been bored, bewildered, and baffled by the lack...

Bens Twilight Zone Power Point The market closed lower for only the second time in the last ten trading sessions, yet it can hardly be considered a pullback. Instead, it was just another lethargic trading day with mostly sideways action and light volume. Its been about as exciting as watching...

Before we get to the moral hazard piece, I have to mention rollover. Thursday is the first day of rollover, which is when the March ES futures contract changes (rolls) to June. We call it top step in the pit. In the past we would trade the new June contract on its first day (Thursday) but now...

Dear all, I am curious about trading strategies. I would like to know about it. How many trading strategies are exists ? What are they? How they works? Any help will be appreciated. Many Thanks, RL

Hi. My name Is Aviv and I'm not a resident of India but I'm a PIO (Person of Indian Origin) card holder. I'm in India at the moment for business issues and i'm looking for a day trading software or company recommendation. So Please let Me know Your Software names and which is the best...

Hi, Its a very simple and very effective strategy. It goes like this 1) Mark the days high and low till 12.30 pm for any index. I like NIFTY and BANKNIFTY. 2) In 5 minute chart, wait for a breakout or breakdown with a long bar. 3) If the volume for that bar is higher, take position...

Todays missive R&R - is not about rest and relaxation, but rollover and rumors. Thursday begins the S&P500 futures rollover. This is when traders switch from December (the current contract) to the next contract month, which is March 2012. Stock futures trade quarterly. Please switch all of...

Hi traders, Today I noticed IIFLnifty (india infoline nifty exchange traded fund) shares; IIFLnifty shares are trading with least difference to the Nifty index; it is like poor man's intraday nifty futures. intraday chart of IIFLNIFTY There are other Nifty index based ETFs but they do...

Pls tell me how I will identify Buy and Sell signals form the below mentioned charts. What are the basic rules to identify the signals? Before identify of any Buy signal or when a buy signal is generating, then how I will understand that this particular buy signal will give me profit...

Wednesday is supposed to be D-Day for the banking mafia. Will the Europeans have it all worked out by then and by worked out I mean sufficiently screwing the taxpayers or will they continue bickering? Whatever the result is Wednesday, Ill bet they agreed on more meetings. In the mean...

Recently I have joined with Sharekhan for doing day trading. I don't have sufficient knowledge on share market. Trying to understand from different sites. I am using TradeTiger 2.1.0.0 1) Now, how to use stop loss ? Say, I have bought ABC 20 shares at Rs 100 each Now for Sale of above 20...