Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bullish bias. There were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently trading mixed and with a bullish bias. Austria, France, Norway, Stockholm and Prague are up 1% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]
Before the Open (Apr 23)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong, India and Singapore dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Amsterdam is down 4%, Stockhom 3%, Austria, France, Germany, Norway more than 2%. Switzerland and London more than 1%. Futures here […]
Before the Open (Apr 20)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1.2%; Malaysia and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. Austria and Germany are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 19)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong (up 1%) was the only 1% mover. Europe is currently mixed. Austria (up 2.3%) is the only 1% mover. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 18)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. China and Japan rallied 2%; Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Malaysia rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria, France, Amsterdam and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat-to-down open for the […]
Before the Open (Apr 17)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bearish bias. Taiwan dropped 1.9% and China dropped 1%; India rallied 1.2%. Europe is up across the board. Austria is up 2.2%, and Belgium, France, Germany, Amsterdam and Stockholm are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up […]
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 (Apr 16)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Only Japan (down 1.7%) moved more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Austria and Belgium are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States suggest a flat-to-slightly-up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 13)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Belgium, France and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 12)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and Singapore rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no 1% winners. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.