March Japanese yen tested support and reversed inside the buy zone. The yen rallied off the lower parallel action line with very good separation from the low. This is a bullish swing trade setup and suggests the corrective pullback has ended and could be forming a bullish reaction swing. A trade above 1.2080 would confirm… read more
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Swing Trading Strategy – Projected Reversal Date picks low in Gold. [chart]
The February Gold has reached the descending median line and fullfilled the critera for the reversal signal, triggered by the January 4th reversal date. Gold traded lower into the January 6th reversal date and tested the median line support, setting up a potential reversal. (A market will typically reverse at the media line.) The next… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – Reversal date triggers 30-cent rally in Wheat! [chart]
March Wheat traded to a new high, on the January 3rd reversal date. The new high was followed by a price decline on January 4 and early in the January 5th session, before the reversal date kicked in and triggered a 32-cent rally. The reversal rally has regained all of the previous day’s losses as… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – Gold Peaks on Projected Date! [chart]
February Gold – Gold fell the most in six months after posting its highest close on the January 3rd reversal date. Gold was pressured by speculation that a global recovery will curb demand for the metal as a haven asset. The price action is the same as Silver, so I would also expect to see… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – Silver Peaks on Projected Reversal Date! What’s Next? [chart]
March Silver – The January 3rd reversal date triggered a significant reversal after March Silver futures posted a new multi-year high on Monday, January 3, 2011. Tuesday’s session began with a lower gap opening and the market continued to fall under heavy selling pressure, dropping $1.80 before making a slight rebound into the close. This… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – Projected Reversal Date Identifies Major Top in Crude oil! [chart]
February Crude oil –Monday’s new high was preceded by a three-day corrective pullback that had formed a potentially bullish reaction swing. Crude traded above the prior swing high (91.88 posted on December 27, 2010) but failed to close beyond the 91.88 high. Instead, the market pulled back inside the swing pattern and closed near the… read more
Reversal Dates for the week of January 3 through January 7.
Monday – 1/3 – Wheat, Silver, Dow Jones, Australian dollar Tuesday – 1/4 – Bean oil, Crude oil Wednesday – 1/5 – Corn, Wheat, S&P, Dollar index, Eurocurrency, British pound Thursday – 1/6 – Cattle, Soy meal, RBOB gas, Natural gas, Heating oil, Gold Friday – 1/7 – Silver, Cotton Reversal dates are dates projected… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – “Action/Reaction” setting up potential sell pattern in N-gas. [chart]
February Natural gas has been trading higher, after bouncing off the descending median line. The eight-day rally advanced Natural gas into the December 28th reversal date, setting up a potential bearish reaction swing. However, the December 28th reversal date failed to trade above the prior high–needed to set up the sell pattern. The following day–Thursday, December 29th–did… read more
Futures news – U.S. Crude oil stocks down again this week.
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil inventories fell less than expected last week as refinery utilization rose, according to a weekly report from the Energy Information Administration on Thursday. Domestic crude stocks dropped by 1.26 million barrels to 339.43 million barrels in the week to Dec. 24, the report showed, against expectations… read more
Futures news – Initial Jobless claims drop 34,000 last week
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – New U.S. claims for jobless said hit their lowest level in more than two years last week and factory activity in the Midwest grew in December at its fastpace since 1988, evidence the recovery was gaining steam. Views economic activity accelerated in the fourth quarter were hardened by another report… read more