Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets traded very quietly and closed mixed. Europe is currently down across the board – losses are moderate. Futures here in the States point towards a small gap down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Sep 21)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up, but gains were small. Europe is currently up across the board – gains are relatively small there too. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Sep 20)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up…Japan and India gained more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board…there are a couple 1% winners there too. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash market.
Market Overview
Lots of interesting things setting up now. Here’s what I see…
Before the Open (Sep 17)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up – there were a couple 1% winners. Europe is currently up across the board – gains are small. Futures here in the States point towards a small gap up open, but this could change an hour before the open when CPI numbers are released.
Before the Open (Sep 16)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down – China lost almost 2%. Europe is currently mostly down – losses are small. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market, but there’s lots of news out at 8:30 EST, so this could change.
Before the Open (Sep 15)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed with an up bias. Japan gained over 2%. Europe is currently down across the board – losses are small. Futures here in the States point towards a small gap down open for the cash market, but this could easily change as there are several econ reports […]
Before the Open (Sep 14)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up – gains were small. Europe is currently down across the board. Futures here in the States point towards a flat-to-down open for the cash market. This of course could change when retail sales numbers are released.
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 (Sep 13)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board – there were several 1 & 2% winners. Europe is currently up across the board – solid gains posted there too. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap up open for the cash market.