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MrSwings Market Ranking

this week ended with 2093 stocks in recovery, but still 3354 in bearish only 687 in bullish mode… next week is crucial…

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The Thrill Can Kill

one of these days I might actually learn to listen to myself…

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Dow Jones Industrials Go Bearish

Looks like that might have been a premature bottomisin call in my post earlier today…

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New SP 500 Setup: Bullish Signal for Feb. 11

My UltraShort ProShares SP 500 position has been a great hedge for my portfolio, based on my previous setups bearish signal…

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A Graph is Worth a Thousand Words

In my opinion, it is very important that you thoroughly understand these graphs…

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Dow Crash Turns into Dow Smash

After the markets sold off hard on Fed day, I was looking for a continuation of the move down. We started off on the right foot with a 100 point gap down in the Dow, but then the markets took hold and screamed higher into the afternoon. So whats next…

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Investing and Economics Musings from a Lexus Dealership

Today, I spent the afternoon at a Lexus car dealership with some friends. As the dealer went over the details with my compatriots, I sat there drinking coffee by…

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Trading Gartley Patterns

The Gartley pattern is used mainly by experienced veterans due to its complex use of price action and Fibonacci measurements to find the opportunity…

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QUALCOMM Inc.

Trend line breakout confirmed, high probability for trend continuation…

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Despite Near Tripling, Historical Gold Record Remains Terrible

Today’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting line in the lead story. It says, “After hitting $847 an ounce in January 1980, gold futures fell for almost 20 years,…

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John Huberts Comments on the Dow

This is what we thing the Dow is going to do it and how you should play it…

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The Art of Setting Stops

It depends on the chart…

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Wheres the Top in Gold

The metals market has been strong to be sure, but just how much higher can it go Well the one guarantee I have is that you wont be able to pick a top, so use a combination of position, swing and scalping setups to take advantage of this move…

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The Value Line Investment Survey - A Beginner’s Guide to a Great Research Tool

What do Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch have in common, besides two of the greatest investment records in history? They both have spoken about their admiration for one of…

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Delta D

I use it and I like it. its great for reversals…

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Swing Trade Alerts

We will look to scale in at the 18.79 price. We are looking to take advantage of this down draft for a quick profi right after the 50 EMA rejection…

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FUTURESWINGS for 1.28.08 Trading Session

Signals are generated based on todays closing prices and daily statistics, for tomorrows markets

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Trading Rooms: Nuissance or Helpful

The main problem comes from an individual not knowing what heshe wants and how to begin…

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Whats For Lunch Us

Were not out of the woods yet, my friends. Are we bear lunch I dunno. But I can tell you this: this afternoons Commitments of Traders report aint very promising for you bulls out there…

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The Week Ahead is Huge

This almost seems too easy…

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The GREEKS are Coming, Part 2

WOW, my head is still spinning from the moves of the market in the last couple of days…

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Recession - From the Front Lines

This weekend, some of my colleagues and I attended a specialty retail conference for one of our businesses. It was a chance for me to actually see some of the…

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8020 Setup Scan

Try this scan and do your own research and modify the settings however you feel comfortable…

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This Week in the Stock Market …

You know how I told you to rejoice in market corrections? It’s been an all-out party at our offices this week. Some of our favorite stocks, that we…

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FUTURESWINGS SPECIAL ALERT

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FUTURESWINGS for 1.22.08 Trading Session

Signals are generated based on todays closing prices and daily statistics, for tomorrows markets

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Market Troubles Not Over, Say COTs

Holy Moses That was fun…

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The Greeks are Coming, Part 1

Know Thy Options

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Find The Novice Trader

The approach of discovering how to do things wrong in an effort to learn how to do something right has some impressive results…

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Swing Trade for Friday 18th Jan

Ascending triangle pattern on strong volume…

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What is “The Quiet Period” on Wall Street?

Wall Street is a place filled with all kinds of jargon that makes it difficult for outsiders to understand concepts that should otherwise be easy. One of these is…

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What is Earnings Season?

On Wall Street, you often hear of earnings season. What is it? How can it affect your stocks? Take a moment to find out all about earnings…

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How to Select a Mutual Fund - a 10 Part Guide to Selecting Winning Investments

As you begin the new year, you want to get your financial life on track. For many of you, that means that given the choice between choosing individual stocks…

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The Presidential Election of 2008 …

I’m relatively young, well educated, self-made, and pay a lot of taxes. I’ve made my fortune through investing in the stock market and owning businesses outright, working my way…

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Take a Breath and Remain Calm - An Easy and Quick Explanation as to How and Why the Stock Market is Acting Crazy

The markets have been rough the past few months. Don’t panic. Calm down. If you are more than five or ten years away from retirement, this is an excellent opportunity…

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Mixed News

Mixed signals for equities from the latest Commitments of Traders data issued this Friday afternoon by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

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Managing Your Portfolio During a Recession - Keys to Reducing Risk and Keeping Your Assets Safe

In a follow-up to our Recession 411 guide, this in-depth, five-page article is chock-full of information about specific things that many investors might consider doing to protect their portfolio during…

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Recession 411 - An Updated Guide to the Basic Facts About Recessions

Have questions about what a recession is and how it can damage the economy, take a moment to read this special feature Recession 411….

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Man Pays for New Truck with Loose Change

Did anyone catch the Associated Press story covering Paul Brant, a 70 year old Indiana man who paid for a new truck with roughly $26,000 in lose change? Apparently…

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Swing Trade 21st December

Flate base breakout, high probability for trend continuation…

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OEX Option Results: 60 per contact 8

It was another interesting day. We captured the early weakness with Put options and quickly moved to the sidelines…

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Hurry Up and Wait for GDP Numbers

The markets were very quiet today ahead of the GDP nubmers tomorrow as well as the general holiday effect as the long weekend approaches. This will be the key to watch…

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This Sub-Prime Thing May Present Some Interesting Profit Opportunities

I’m getting excited because this sub-prime situation is causing some really good companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts to fall to levels that seem unjustified for those of us taking…

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COTs Predict Santa Coming, Dollar to Sink

Is Santa coming this year, kids Sure looks like it…

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Live Day Trade Pivot Play Example on Monday

In this video I show a live demo trading example of a pivot play, specifically the first test of S2 on the downside. The mechanical part of the trade is pretty straightforward but the discretionary part requires specific money management techniques…

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OEX Option Results: 160 per contract 24

OEX Profits Reached

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PHH Corp. PHH

Short recommendation for 17th December 2007

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FUTURESWINGS for 12.17.07 Trading Session

Signals are generated based on todays closing prices and daily statistics, for tomorrows markets

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OEX Option Results: No trade

Congratulations to those of you who listened to my comments all day…

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A Beautiful Equation

Many mathematicians would agree that one of the most beautiful equations in mathematics is…

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Filling the Gap

Gaps appear very often and many traders get emotionally involved and follow the masses…

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Slowdown is on

Forex Trading Price Action…

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A Lesson on Volatility and Your Trading Rules

From our live training room; A lesson on volatility plays out live as we look at Average True Range and looking at historical averages. Are you following your model, or breaking the rules of engagement and responding to volatility

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British Pound Breakout Followup

From our live training room; a followup to the breakout play in the British Pound we discussed earlier this week. Watch and learn as our trading mentors explain the stop strategy and demonstrate the performance of this powerful model.

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OEX Option Results: 120 per contract 23

It was another pathetic day of trading for the bulls…

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A Quarters Not Enough

The market reacted harshly to the quarter point cut by the Fed on Tuesday…

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LIVE Trading Room Recap

View the Trading Recap of the Day from our Traders LIVE Pro Trading Room online…

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John Burr Williams on Dividends

In his classic 1938 text The Theory of Investment Value, John Burr Williams published the following poem:
“A cow for her milk, a hen for her eggs,
And a stock, by heck,…

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How to Amass the First $100,000

No statement has better summed up the emotional and practical struggles confronting average people attempting to build a better life for themselves and their families than a saying that has…

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Tragedy in Omaha

As my readers know, every year, for a good part of my life, I’ve been traveling to Omaha, Nebraska for the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. I’ve been having a…

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The Great Real Estate Myth

With President Bush announcing plans for a bailout of the housing industry by freezing mortgage rates for certain lenders, you may wonder how this whole mess got started. In…

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5 Ways to Avoid Getting Creamed in a Falling Market

Whether you own shares of common stock directly, through a brokerage, or invest in a 401k offered by your employer, the last week on Wall Street might seem nutty to…

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FUTURESWINGS NEW EQUITY HIGH YTD 72.25

Yesterday, an initial investment of 25,000 earned 18,061.25 profit, to end with an account value of 43,061.25, for a total gain of 72.25 thanx to EuroOilGOLD…

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The Key to Finding Stocks that Will Make You Rich? Focus on Return on Equity

Countless successful investors, businessmen, and financiers have emphatically stated, and proven through their own career, over long periods of time, the performance of a stock most closely correlates with the…

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FUTURESWINGS for 11.01.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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10 Gain Prior to FOMC

On Tuesday the OEX index was heading lower but we stepped up to the plate and made the prediction that a bounce of more than 6points would occur in the next 5 hours. If youre unfamiliar with the OEX thats a sizable move but that prediction did come true…

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IGRU: Small Cap Breakout

IGRU is on a monumental breakout. Learn to recognize these breakouts before they happen…

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Option Plays For The Fed Day

Hello Traders Matt here with the Trading Authority and I have a couple of option plays to take advantage of the FED meeting Today at 1:15 Central.

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Market Crash Tomorrow

Buy the Rumor and Sell the News…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.31.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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More Bad News from the Housing Market …

The housing market apparently isn’t getting any better. People who were stretched to the max of their personal resources only a few short years ago are apparently not getting…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.30.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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Near Term Target for Gold

Look for Gold to pop up to these levels in the very near term…

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Its Quiet Too Quiet

Few renewed signals out of todays Commitments of Traders report issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.29.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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Running in Place

This week was a wash. Up some. Down some…

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MasterSwings for next week

some great potential swing trades for next week: back to their mama the 20MA and optionable…

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thinkorswim: October Release Notes

adding: CNBC Videoondemand great gadgets Spread Hacker thinkScript…

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Some Wise Words from Park Avenue …

As many of my readers know, I’m a big fan of Tweedy, Browne & Company. The Park Avenue value-investing powerhouse started as a brokerage firm serving Benjamin Graham, and…

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Swing Trades from the Nets

Petroleum, telecom, banks, and diversified industries continue to lead the reversals lists. The lone food candidate also made the final cut with the equity REIT.

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Morning Call for Friday, October 26, 2007

SPs higher on better than expected earnings from Microsoft; Crude oil 93 cents and posts another alltime high of 92.22 as the US steps up the rhetoric on Iran…

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Swing Trade Alerts for 10262007

Your alert for Trading Day October 26, 2007

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Live Currency Trades

This is my current live portfolio on shorting the dollar…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.26.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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102507 Ratio Trader Update Video

Traders, an update on our Ratio Trading Room at theTradingAuthority.com . Ratio Trades have provided consistent winners for our traders as illustrated here in United States Oil Fund and Microsoft as well several other positions. Learn how these Ratio Trade setups are changing the way our members trade in every market and time frame.
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FUTURESWINGS for 10.25.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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Trading Dead Cat Bounce

The problem with the newcomers is that they expect prices to bounce all the way back to prices before the gap…

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Chartpattern Report 10252007

Extreme swings continue in the market with strong days followed by extremely weak days and no one has a clue as to how far down stocks go down before they find buyers…

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Know the Crosses

If you trade the crosses then you wont want to miss this…

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Trading Call Options

Learn the basic concepts of successfully day trading index options. Think about where you plan to sell the option long before you buy the option…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.24.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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How to Make $120+ Million from the Nursery

Yesterday, I became an uncle. As I was in the hospital, holding my niece, the time value of money factors started rolling through my head. If she could…

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Do you use this currency as a leading indicator

If you trade the SP 500 or the YM then you want to watch this currency chart intraday…

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Swing Trades on the Nets…

REITs, retailing,financials, and regional banks lead the list of bullish reversals.

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Swing Recommendation for 10.23.07

Trend reversal on bullish volume

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Patience is Not Only a Virtue, It’s Profitable

Warren Buffett once said, “No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”…

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FUTURESWINGS for 10.23.07 trading Session

Signals are generated for tomorrows markets based on todays closing prices and daily statistics.

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20th Anniversary of Black Friday

Last Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the biggest single one day percentage drop in Wall Street history. If you want to see how these events can directly or…

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Chartpattern Report 10222007

Negative economic views out from a very well respected exfund manager and poor economic outlook in the U.S from Caterpillar Inc.CAT helped send stocks into a tailspin on Friday causing the leading averages to cascade down hard with a very bearish close on the low of the day…

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COTs Still Bullish, Mostly

What a miserable day in the markets…

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