Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up – gains were small. Europe is currently mostly down – losses are small. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
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, QQQQ 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 (Dec 13)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up; China gained almost 3%. Europe is up across the board; gains are moderate. Futures here in the States point towards a positive gap up open for the cash market.
State of the Market
Here’s a video covering some of our recent stock picks and what I see as the current state of the market.
Before the Open (Dec 10)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but China and India gained 1%. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are small. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Dec 9)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but India and China lost more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Dec 8)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed – Hong Kong and India dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Dec 7)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bullish bias and moderate gains. Europe is currently up across the board – most markets have gained at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap up open which will be into new high territory for all the indexes.
Before the Open (Dec 6)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bullish bias. Europe is currently mixed with a bearish bias. Futures here in the States point toward a gap down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Dec 3)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed – there were no big winners or losers. Prior to the employment numbers release, Europe was mixed and with very little overall movement, and futures here in the States pointed towards a positive open.