Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand moved up. Europe is down across the board. Greece is down 4%, Spain 2%, Italy and France 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down […]
Before the Open (Oct 22)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and Indonesia moved down. Australia, New Zealand and Singapore moved up. Europe currently leans to the upside. Italy and Switzerland are up. Austria and Czech Republic are down. Futures here in the States are flat. This of course could […]
Before the Open (Oct 21)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied almost 2%; Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand also did well. Europe is currently mixed. France is down; Norway, Stockholm and Greece are leading to the upside. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open […]
Before the Open (Oct 18)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 2.3%, Hong Kong 1.1% and Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Norway, Stockholm, Czech Republic and Greece are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]
The Leavitt Brothers Trading List
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Before the Open (Oct 17)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with an upside bias. Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan moved up the most. Hong Kong and India moved down. Europe currently leans to the downside. France, Germany and Italy are down the most. Switzerland is the only country posting a decent gain. Futures here in the States hint […]
Before the Open (Oct 16)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 1%. Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan also dropped noticeably. Europe is currently mostly down. Belgium is up 0.8%; France, Italy, Stockholm, Switzerland and Greece are leading to the downside. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash […]
Before the Open (Oct 15)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, South Korea and Taiwan did well; there were no big losers. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Belgium and Greece are up more than 2%; Amsterdam and Switzerland are up more than 1%; Germany, Norway and London are also doing well. Futures here in the States […]
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Before the Open (Oct 14)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. A few markets were closed. China and India moved up. Australia, Singapore and Taiwan moved down. Europe currently leans to the downside, but there are no big movers. France, Germany, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Czech Republic […]