Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and South Korea were noticeable losers; there were no big winners. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland and Greece are posting solid gains; there are no big losers. Futures here in the States point towards a slight down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jan 22)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed your extra day off. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, India and Indonesia led to the downside; South Korea and Taiwan led to the upside. Europe is trading mostly down. Greece is up 1%, but Austria, France, Germany, Norway, the Czech Republic are […]
Before the Open (Jan 18)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan all posted solid gains. Europe is currently mixed. Greece, Austria and Belgium are up the most. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jan 17)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and Taiwan dropped 1%, India rallied nicely. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, France and Switzerland are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jan 16)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia and Singapore moved up; China, India, Japan and Taiwan moved down. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 1%; losses among the other indexes are relatively small. Futures here in the States are down a small amount.
Before the Open (Jan 15)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday from San Pablo, Heredia, Costa Rica. 🙂 Yesterday was a travel day. Five people, 12 bags, 3 car seats, 2 flights, 2 security checks, immigration, customs and a cab driver who had no idea where to take us…and we and all our stuff have arrived safely. I have no idea what […]
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Note – This report was written over the weekend because I’ll be away on Monday. 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 […]
Before the Open (Jan 11)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bearish slant. China dropped 1.8%; Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Korea also lost ground. Japan rallied 1.4%. Europe is currently mixed. Austria and Belgium are leading to the downside; Switzerland and the Czech Republic are leading to the upside. Futures here in the States suggest […]
Before the Open (Jan 10)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan did the best; Indonesia performed the worst. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium and Amsterdam are up the most; Austria and the Czech Republic are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Jan 9)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore moved up; India and Indonesia moved down. Europe is currently trading mixed with perhaps an upward bias. Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and London are up; Stockholm and Greece are down. Futures here in the States point towards a slight positive open […]