Blogs for TradeKing Communityhttp://community.tradeking.com/blogs2009-11-05T21:07:05ZTradeKing Trader NetworkWill Underperformance by Banks Contaminate the Market?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-05:Blog/466782009-11-05T21:07:05Z2009-11-05T21:07:05ZBigTrends.comThe
Financial sector led us into the market meltdown of the past couple of
years. Since the market bottomed in March, however, Financial shares
have led us higher. So what is this im...Weekly Market Outlooktag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/452422009-10-22T11:53:59Z2009-10-22T11:53:59ZBigTrends.comMARKET TIMING:STOCKS: Bullish (as of 10/08/09 close)GOLD: Bullish (as of 05/2/09 close)BONDS: Bearish (as of 10/16/09 close)The market data above comes from our BigTrends Market Timing,
a systemiz...Long Term Charts are Near a Crucial Juncturetag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-13:Blog/445942009-10-13T21:07:15Z2009-10-13T21:07:15ZBigTrends.comUsually we here at BigTrends are focused on shorter-term charts, such as 60 minute
and Daily ... all in an effort to gain an edge over the markets through
the use of indicators and the leverage o...Weekly Market Outlook tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-08:Blog/441152009-10-08T14:27:51Z2009-10-08T14:27:51ZBigTrends.comAbout
1 week to go until October Options Expiration, and we look to be in a
little bit of a choppy market currently. Earnings season will kick
into high gear in a couple of weeks ... as us...Developing New Tools for Trading Options: The Central Moving Averagetag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-22:Blog/429072009-09-22T23:16:42Z2009-09-22T23:16:42ZFrancescoI have recently started thinking about developing new tools to help me trade options. I am particularly interested in selling theta (short vertical spreads, butterflies, iron condors, calenda...Will the Takeoff in Airlines Continue?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-17:Blog/424242009-09-18T12:50:10Z2009-09-18T12:50:10ZBigTrends.comThe Airline Sector has been on a roll recently. Today in fact the AMEX Airline Index (XAL) gained about 1.8%, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX)
was down around 0.3%. This group has lon...Market Outlook for the Autumntag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-01:Blog/406642009-09-01T18:52:14Z2009-09-01T18:52:14ZBigTrends.comRandom Thoughts Before the Fall Before
the fall....the season, and perhaps...something else? We're at the
point of seasonally weaker trends. Certainly the summer rally came
through ...Outlook on the Markets, from Price Headleytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-25:Blog/397942009-08-25T18:40:34Z2009-08-25T18:40:34ZBigTrends.comThe
big news so far this week is that President Obama has re-appointed Fed
Chief Bernanke to another 4-year term. This tends to make logical
sense, as Bernanke has done his best to calm th...3 Lagging Blue Chip Stocks Poised for Relative Gainstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-13:Blog/384032009-08-13T18:57:56Z2009-08-13T18:57:56ZBigTrends.comAs
you may be aware, the broad market has rallied strongly since bottoming
out on March 9th of this year. More recently, another upleg of the
recovery rally began on July 13th.However, hol...Global Volatility Analysistag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-11:Blog/380852009-08-11T15:55:43Z2009-08-11T15:55:43ZBigTrends.comAndrew Hart runs the InTheMoney and ETF Options Trader advisory trade programs for BigTrends.com. All of BigTrends premium advisory programs offer real-time specific alerts, nightly updates a...Short-Term Uptrend Continues, Volatility Likely To Increasetag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-04:Blog/372122009-08-04T20:42:16Z2009-08-04T20:42:16ZBigTrends.comAugust 4, 2009Thus
far its been another week, another rally, as the latest market upleg
that began around July 13th has continued. As we always say, "the trend
is your friend", so don't try to f...Price Headley's Weekly Market Outlooktag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-27:Blog/357612009-07-28T12:55:45Z2009-07-28T12:55:45ZBigTrends.comTwo
monster weeks of gains for the major indices were followed by a
flat/mixed performance on Monday. A wide variety of companies report
quarterly earnings this week -- better-than-expecte...Countdown to Armageddontag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-15:Blog/333452009-07-17T14:08:15Z2009-07-17T14:08:15ZTK All-starJeff Clark eyes a bearish Head and Shoulders pattern in the S&P 500. Two weeks ago, I first spied the bearish head and shoulders top pattern shaping up in the S&P 500. This was when the pat...Weekly Outlook - Market Rally Nearing Resistance Levelstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-14:Blog/331402009-07-14T14:08:03Z2009-07-14T14:08:03ZBigTrends.comJuly
Options Expiration Week started off with a bang, with the markets
gaining yesterday and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) closing just above
the key 900 level. The CBOE Volatility Index (VI...My #1 Oil Indicator Looks Like a Buytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-01:Blog/315602009-07-01T14:10:17Z2009-07-01T14:10:17ZTK All-starJeff Clark spies a diamond-buy in the midst of this selling rubble.
We are approaching what I believe may be the best oil-stock buying opportunity of the year.
I know that sounds ridiculous. Af...Weekly Market Outlook from Price Headleytag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-27:Blog/239272009-04-27T15:11:53Z2009-04-27T15:11:53ZBigTrends.comEarnings reporting season continues this week, and several regular
economic reports are due ... but the big event of the week is likely to
be the 2-day Fed Meeting, with the announcement due Wedn...Expiration Week Market Performance Analysistag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-17:Blog/229512009-04-17T18:42:26Z2009-04-17T18:42:26ZBigTrends.comExpiration week has become extra volatile over the past few years as
traders scramble to position themselves in the ever changing markets.
I did some extensive research last November on the...ChIndia Rears Its Head Againtag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-14:Blog/227432009-04-15T14:52:25Z2009-04-15T14:52:25ZBigTrends.comChIndia Rears Its Head AgainChIndia
is a term that refers to the China & India regions. These are
considered pretty much the two biggest world economic growth prospect
countries for th...Weekly Market Outlooktag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-30:Blog/212992009-03-30T20:54:41Z2009-03-30T20:54:41ZBigTrends.com Weekly Market
Outlook
The market is down strongly Monday morning. As of time of publish, the
S&P 500 Index has broken the 800 level intra-day and the CBOE Volatlity
Index (VI...The ink is black. The page is white.tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-28:Blog/211032009-03-30T01:22:43Z2009-03-28T20:20:28ZWill ProfitUpdated March 29 8:00 pm CT The musical chair marathon continues: {The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is considering giving the government-backed mortgage companies another role: helping t...