The buying pressure has been non-stop this morning. Go to Full Article

are showing some encouraging signs. The Homebuilder ETF (XHB) has been stabilizing near 20 lately and most of the stocks look similar to Hovaninan (HOV) shown below. The stocks have been battling with their 200 day MAs and it looks as ... Go to Full Article

On a net basis, all the damage for the quarter was done in the days leading up to each Fed action. In the three trading days before each Fed move — a total of 15 days since there was some overlapping — the S.&P. ... Go to Full Article

Technical Analysis 3/31/08 from brian shannon on Vimeo. Go to Full Article

How were your trading results for the first quarter? The S&P lost 10% last quarter (and year to date), and the following chart shows the returns in Q1 for the major US Market Indexes:. That was actually the worst quarter in five years! ... Go to Full Article

The monthly Q&A sessions continue to be a popular offering among members and I'm pleased to announce that I have two exciting Q&A sessions in the works as I look ahead to the second quarter. For April I have invited Teresa Lo, ... Go to Full Article

Good morning. It's a new month and quarter and premarket futures are showing a positive bias amid hope that the credit crisis is easing. A sharp rally in the US dollar has helped contribute to the positive mood while traders react to ... Go to Full Article

Microsoft Corp (MSFT) may be building a potential chart formation base (or platform) of consolidation and may attempt a rally from current levels. A positive momentum divergence is forming as the swings narrow and the price stabilizes ... Go to Full Article

Insiders are at it again over at Ceco Environmental (CECE). The last time the CEO and the Secretary (they are related) bought up shares, the stock tripled in just seven months. On September 20th, 2005, CEO Phillip Dezwirek and Secretary ... Go to Full Article

Brett Steenbarger of Traderfeed comments on one of the biggest problems for traders: Denial. “One particularly uncomfortable truth for traders is that their lack of profits is simply due to trading randomness. ... Go to Full Article

My recent post reviewed research that suggests a link between risk-taking and addictive behavior. It's not just that an "addictive personality" will take undue risks; in addition, repeated large risk taking alters the structure and . ... Go to Full Article

Two of the intermarket relationships that I follow closely to help frame intraday trades are interest rates on Treasury bills/notes and the behavior of financial stocks. When rates come down in Treasuries (ie, when there is demand for ... Go to Full Article

Breaking China - While the credit crisis has gotten most of the recent financial press, China's Shanghai-A Index (3-year chart above) has been steadily retracing much of its massive bull market gains. A contracting economy in China ... Go to Full Article

Stock Chart Analysis DHI DR Horton, Inc. (Public, NYSE:DHI) I've been feeling a little bullish towards homebuilders for the past few weeks as they traded sideways while the markets extended their losses. While I wrote about BZH most ... Go to Full Article

Stock Chart Analysis BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:BMRN) While I'm thinking the markets may be higher the next few days after three down days in a row to close out the week, BMRN looks like a good enough short setup ... Go to Full Article