Morning Notes – Monday November 14, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are trending up since 6:00 AM Emerging symmetrical triangle on 30-minute chart Odds are for a down day Markets Around The World Markets in the East were mixed – Shanghai and Tokyo were up; Sydney, Hong Kong, and Seoul were down; Mumbai was closed European markets are mixed – Germany, U.K, France and Spain are up; Italy and Switzerland are down Dollar index…

Morning Notes – Friday November 11, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are down Trending down since 3:00 AM high of 2180.50 Emerging symmetrical triangle on 30-minute chart Odds are for a down day Markets Around The World Markets in the East were mixed – Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney were up; Hong Kong, Mumbai and Seoul were down European markets are mixed – Germany and Italy are up;…

Morning Notes – Wednesday November 9, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are sharply down Odds are for a down day Markets Around The World Markets in the East were down European markets are down Dollar index, EUR/USD and USD/JPY are up; GBP/USD is down Commodities are mixed – crude and NatGas are down; copper, gold and silver are up Key Levels: Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2116.00, the 8:00 AM high, and break below 2078.75, the…

Morning Notes – Tuesday November 8, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are down Odds are for a consolidation following big gains on Monday Markets are waiting for results of U.S. presidential election Markets Around The World Markets in the East were mostly up – Tokyo was the only down market European markets are mostly down – Switzerland being the only exception; most tried to fill the gap of…

Morning Notes – Monday November 7, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are sharply up S&P 500 has been down for nine consecutive day; last time it did that was on December 11 1980; it advanced for seven consecutive days after that and 19 out of 24 Odds are for a bounce on law of averages The markets are driven more by U.S. presidential election than anything…

Playing It Safe – The Other Way

Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an article, “The Biggest Money Mistakes We Make – Decade by Decade“, on the money mistakes that people make during their life at various age-levels. Their relationship with money and understanding of it evolves during their lifetime and they make different types of mistakes. Young people in their 20s, either because of…

Morning Notes – Friday November 4, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are unchanged but finding resistance at a down trend line on 30-minute timeframe S&P 500 has been down for eight consecutive day; last time it did that was on August 12 1982 Odds are for a bounce on law of averages The markets are driven more by U.S. presidential election than anything else Markets Around The…

Morning Notes – Thursday November 3, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are up and broken above a down trend line on 30-minute timeframe S&P 500 has been down for seven consecutive day; before yesterday, it had happened only twice since 2010 and the streek ended at seven Odds are for a bounce Markets Around The World Markets in the East were mostly down – Seoul was the exception…

Morning Notes – Wednesday November 2, 2016

Directional Bias For The Day: The futures are down but up from the low of 2094.50 at 11:00 PM on November 1 S&P 500 has been down for six consecutive day; during this period futures were down for five days Odds are for a bounce Prior to November 1, S&P 500 had six instances of six consecutive down days and two instances of seven consecutive down…