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Tag Archives: Futures Trading
Jobless Claims / Future Broker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the fourth time in five weeks, a sign that layoffs are declining. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 445,000. It’s the lowest level since the week ending July 10. Stock futures rose… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – What does “action-reaction’ tell us about the Crude oil now? [chart]
Now that the long November Crude oil swing trade (long from 77.55) has reached the target objective, (83.45) I think it is a good time to review the trade signal and see how “action-reaction ” helped determine the entry, direction, duration and distance (target objective) before the trade was entered. Crude oil had undergone a corrective pullback that… read more
Crude Oil Inventory Report / Futures Broker
NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil futures prices extended losses on Wednesday in choppy trading after a government oil inventory report showed crude stocks rose more than expected last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly report said the nation’s crude oil inventories rose by 3.09 million barrels in the week to… read more
Grain Calls and News / Future Trading
WHEAT – Up 2 to 3 cents per bushel. Support from a weak dollar and a technical short-covering bounce following recent declines. * Overall satisfactory weather is seen for winter wheat planting in Russia and in the U.S., but dryness a bit of a concern in the U.S. east and south and in the far… read more
Grain Calls and News / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Up 6 to 7 cents per bushel. Falling dollar and short-covering amid oversold technicals combine to lift wheat futures. * USDA late on Monday said 53 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop had been planted, up from 33 percent a week ago and slightly behind the five-year average of 54 percent. *… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – Silver trades into a cluster of Reversal dates, what does that mean? [chart]
December Silver advanced into a cluster of reversal dates (Tuesday, September 28 and Wednesday, September 29). Silver reached the reaction line price objective in concurrence with the reversal date cluster. This combination will typically have a strong influence on the next market direction over the short-term. Thursday—the “trail day”—began with a trade above the September 29thhigh, reaching… read more
Argiculture Report /Futures Broker
CHICAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department on Thursday pegged U.S. corn stocks as of Sept. 1 at 1.708 billion bushels, above trade for 1.412 billion bushels. Stocks stood at 1.673 billion a year ago. The USDA, in its quarterly grain stocks report, estimated soybean ending stocks on Sept. 1 at 151.1 million… read more
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