Silver has advanced into a cluster of reversal dates. September 28 and 29 were both identified as potential reversal dates by using two completely different reaction swing pattern. The September 8 to September 10 reaction swing projected September 29 as the key dates while the September 17 to 21 reaction swing projected September 28 as… read more
Precious Metals
Swing Trade Strategy – Long Sept Copper hits target objective – big winner!
On September 14th, I posted this commentary and recommendation about the December Copper. Soon after this was posted the market traded through the trigger price to elect the buy signal for a long position. December Copper – Copper resumed the longer-term bullish trend after ending the four-day corrective pullback into a projected reversal swing date.… read more
Initial jobless Claims 9/30/2010 – Futures News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits dropped last week for the third time in four weeks, a sign that employers are cutting fewer jobs. The Labor Department says that initial claims for unemployment aid fell by 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 453,000. Wall Street analysts had expected a smaller drop. The decline returns jobless… read more
Initial Jobless Claims 9/23/2010 -Futures News, Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, government data showed on Thursday, highlighting continued labor market weakness. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 465,000, the Labor Department said, breaking two straight weeks of declines. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast claims… read more
Market news to watch for 9/20/2010-9/24/2010
Five Stock Market Changers to Watch This Week Featured Story: Study: Americans $6.6 Trillion Short of What They Need for Retirement ________________________________________ • Interest rates: The Fed will announce benchmark U.S. interest rates on Tuesday (2:15 p.m.). The rate itself is likely to stay at virtually zero, but investors will watch language the committee uses… read more
CPI 9/17/2010 – Futures News
Consumer prices rise 0.3 percent in August By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially flat. Consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in August, matching the July increase, the Labor Department said Friday.… read more
PPI 9/16/2010 – Futures News, Futures Broker
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices rose slightly more than expected in August as energy prices recorded their first increase since March, government data showed on Thursday, calming fears of deflation for now. The Labor Department said the seasonally adjusted index for prices paid at the farm and factory gate increased 0.4 percent,… read more
Initial jobless Claims (9/16/2010) – Futures News, Futures Broker
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, dropping to a two-month low, according a government report on Thursday that hinted at some stability in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 450,000, the lowest since the week ended July 10,… read more
Swing Trading Strategy – Is Copper ready to run? [chart]
December Copper – Copper resumed the longer-term bullish trend after ending the four-day corrective pullback into a projected reversal swing date. The pullback ended on the September 13th reversal/reaction day after the market found support at the 20-day EMA and lower parallel line before reversing and trading higher for the remainder of day. The market… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – New reaction swing pattern in Copper, what does it mean? [chart]
The TMV Swing Trading Report is currently holding a long recommendation for December Copper at 347.50 – Over the past few days, Copper pulled back to test support from the prior swing high (343.05 on August 4th), before rebounding slightly near the close. This short-term corrective pullback has formed a reaction swing pattern with a trigger… read more