Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China and India dropped, Hong Kong rallied. Europe is currently mostly down. Amsterdam is down 2.1%, and Austria, Spain and Germany are down more than 1%. Stockholm is up 1.3%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 25)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. Australia, Hong Kong, India and South Korea rallied nicely; China dropped. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria and Greece are up more than 2%; Stockholm is up 1.7%; Germany, Norway and the Czech Republic are also doing well. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (Apr 24)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Japan rallied 2%, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium is up 1.4%, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are doing well too. Futures here in the States point towards a […]
Before the Open (Apr 23)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia and New Zealand did well, but China dropped 2.6% and Hong Kong dropped 1.1%. Europe is currently up across the board. France is up 2.6%, and Austria, Germany, Stockholm, Switzerland and London are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Apr 22)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 2%; South Korea rallied 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria is up 3.5%; Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%; Amsterdam is down 1.3%. Futures here in the States point towards […]
VIDEO: State of the Indicators
I was a non believer two weeks ago when the market broke out to new highs. In this video I cover many of the same indicators that told me there were high odds of a false breakout. Has anything changed? Let’s see (and again, sorry for the random zooming in and out…no idea why it’s […]
Before the Open (Apr 19)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and Hong Kong rallied more than 2%; India and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Austria is up 2.2%, France, Norway, Greece and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big […]
Before the Open (Apr 18)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish bias. Australia, Japan and South Korea dropped more than 1%. India rallied 1.5%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece, France, Norway and Switzerland are posting the biggest gains. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash […]
High Frequency Trading: It's Not Why You Lose
This is part II of a 3-part series about High Frequency Trading (HFT). In Part I, the use of computers to quickly identify and execute trades was discussed. Today, in part II, access to data is dissected.
Before the Open (Apr 17)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand rallied 1%; there were no big losers. Europe is currently mostly down. Belgium, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap down for the […]