December 01, 2009

Does News Really Drive The Markets? -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

At first glance, the news of Dubai's default woes appears to have been the cause of Friday's big intraday plunge in the gold market. Or was this just a simple catalyst, one that triggered a price decl...(more)

US Natural Gas Fund ETF Double Bottom -- Paolo Pezzutti

At the end of a long downtrend, natural gas prices might rebound....(more)

Analyzing Crude Oil -- Mike Carr, CMT

We'll combine RSI, the rate of change indicator, and Bollinger bands in a different way to see if crude oil is likely to move up or down....(more)

Dow Theory Principle Of Confirmation -- Ron Walker

Recently, the Dow transports reaffirmed the rising intermediate trend on the Dow industrials by making a new closing high. Even though the market is looking toppy at these levels, the intermediate tre...(more)

November 30, 2009

Vantage Drilling: A Stock In Search Of A Breakout -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Low-priced stocks (those trading below $5 per share) can be difficult to trade, due to poor liquidity and low institutional sponsorship. However, once in a while an outstanding trade setup takes shape...(more)

A Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse -- Alan R. Northam

There are four basic analytical tools an analyst uses to measure the health of an individual stock or the stock market as a whole. One is price patterns, one is momentum, another is volume, and the fi...(more)

Russell 2000 At Crucial Levels -- Chaitali Mohile

After a short-term bearish reversal pattern appeared on the daily chart, the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index turned weaker. The recovery is likely to be sluggish....(more)

Finding New Energy With Ivanhoe Energy -- Koos van der Merwe

Albert Einstein said, "Energy can not be created," so finding a new source of energy is always profitable....(more)

November 25, 2009

RIM, The Anti-iPhone -- Koos van der Merwe

Let's face it: the Apple iPhone is wonderful, but when you are talking to a client and they ask you for a phone number, you cannot look for it without disconnecting....(more)

Gold Approaches Key Resistance -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Market technicians use a variety of leading and lagging indicators to ascertain the technical state of any given stock or commodity. Right now, two reliable leading indicators are suggesting that $1,2...(more)

November 24, 2009

Are Retail Stocks Signaling Tougher Times Ahead? -- Mike Carr, CMT

With the broad market still about 30% below its all-time highs, retailers are actually a little stronger and are only 25% off theirs....(more)

November 23, 2009

UNG Major Daily Divergences -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

A significant daily divergence/double bottom pattern may finally be in place for natural gas....(more)

SPY's Bearish m-M-m Setup -- Ron Walker

A downtick in the MACD histogram and a downward sell hook in the stochastic oscillator suggest lower prices for SPY.
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November 20, 2009

Go With Gold Or Gold Stocks? -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Sometimes gold outperforms gold mining stocks and sometimes it's the other way around. What might be the next moves in these different venues of the precious metals markets?...(more)

November 19, 2009

A Double-Dip Recession? -- Koos van der Merwe

All economists have two hands. What are the chances of one of those hands being wrong regarding a double-dip recession?...(more)

Monster Reversal From Major Support -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Do the broad US markets still have enough get-up-and-go to recover from the recent round of losses? Perhaps. Here's an encouraging breakout/momentum play in an up-and-coming S&P 500 component stock th...(more)

November 18, 2009

Apple At New High -- Chaitali Mohile

Apple made an all-time high recently. Will the stock sustain at the new high or undergo a corrective rally?...(more)

Time To Buy Grains? -- Mike Carr, CMT

Corn is up almost 30% in the last two months and soybeans show gains of almost 15% in the past five weeks....(more)

Don't Always Take Investment Advice From The Radio -- Mike Carr, CMT

The commercial advertisement says to buy natural gas now because it always goes up in the winter...but data shows that's only true for part of the winter....(more)

Head & Shoulders For GLD -- Chaitali Mohile

Traders are likely to get a fresh trading opportunity with the breakout of StreetTracks Gold Trust Shares....(more)

November 17, 2009

In Daytrading, Cashing In When Momentum Stalls -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Looking for a simple way to daytrade your favorite stock or ETF? Here's one trader's basic method, one that yields consistently good results....(more)

November 16, 2009

Commodity-Linked ETFs Still Outperforming Broad Market -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Compared to most other stock industry groups, commodity-linked ETFs are still standing tall. Are good trading opportunities still available here?...(more)

Looking At Western Lithium Canada -- Koos van der Merwe

First announced 10 years ago, cold fusion has been largely dismissed by the scientific community....(more)

Hi Ho Silver -- Ron Walker

Silver has had a nice run in recent months, but it could be time for prices to cool down. The iShares Silver Trust could be setting up a bearish head & shoulders top, but a trendline is standing in th...(more)

November 13, 2009

March Crude Oil - A Pause Or A Top? -- Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Sometimes a chart pattern can be interpreted a number of ways. Knowing how to see the big picture can help make the job easier....(more)

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