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Relative Stock Performance

It’s interesting to see how the Aussie market has performed compared with the US. The chart shows the S&P (black line) and the ASX200 futures adjusted for the change in the currency. From the recent peak, the S&P has lost 12% and the adjusted Aussie market has lost 27%. So why the difference? That resources [...]

A Most Excellent Reading List!

Here is a short list of excellent books for new and intermediate level traders.

Commodity Action in Early 2010

With a host of physical commodity markets showing impressive upside action in the early days of 2010, it certainly seems like the world needs commodities.

A Trade in the Moo Cows

This article takes a look at both seasonal and technical viewpoints in cattle futures.

How to Use Pivot Points in Intraday Trading

While around for many decades, pivot points have grown in popularity since the 90’s with what has been an increasing focus on intraday trading. This article will set out the calculation of pivots and some ideas on how to use them.

Look for opportunities in corn & wheat

The combination of late planting and slow maturation in the US corn crop resulted in a full-fledged October weather market in corn last week. In this case the “weather market” came on a freeze warning in the Northwest Corn Belt that is expected to trim 100-150 million bushels off the most optimistic private forecasts of [...]

One for the S&P Bears…

I just read something interesting regarding the current outlook for the S&P. Keep in mind no matter where we are in the market cycle there are always extreme bears and extreme bulls. One must keep individual views or stats in the right perspective. However, these are some interesting numbers. The 200-day moving average is often [...]

Coffee versus the US Dollar

Here is an interesting article on how Coffee is trading relative to the US Dollar right now. It also stands to illustrate a benefit of trading spreads versus outright long or short positions. Full article here -GB

Gold – tough market, but there is always an angle

$900 seems like a key level for Gold. The chart shows several points of resistance and support. Generally speaking the more a level is tested either as support or resistance, the most significant a breakaway becomes. Does this forecast near term direction? Not quite. But it does imply a breakaway within the next week or [...]