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Monday, June 24, 2013

I told you so...'Bank Your Profits...Now or Never!'

Validating my post last April 21, 2013 that I titled 'Bank Your Profits...Now or Never?' was a reflection that the market was at the top and needs correction.

The daily charts below says it all!

And the historic market adage 'sell in May and go away' is quite valid.





Saturday, June 22, 2013

Market Exuberance

Been a while not posting on this blog and was quite busy trading the market exploring the market exuberance. Trading the market the past few weeks was quite challenging and nerve wracking if i may so. The market was on the uptrend the past months or so but was on the downtrend or in its choppy mode since the second week of May. From then on the market was on its unpredictable behavior, it's like bull today bear tomorrow.

From this daily chart of the Nasdaq 100 (NQ futures, and also it is similar to the other leading indices, the S&P 500 and the Dow), you can see the participants behavior was quite imbalance, seems its suffering from ADHD? The market from then on was for the traders, not for the investors? The traders are making tons of losses and winners, the losers are the novice traders and the winners are the pros. But if you are an individual trader trying to capitalize on the market imbalances and you do your trading based from your own understanding, you can do quite well. You have an advantage over the other ordinary individuals who are just on the fence doing nothing. That's why the market is attracted to other creative individuals who are exploring other opportunities. The market offers great opportunities to everyone and it's there for the taking, you just have the interest in learning how the market works.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Is Apple Not The Eye Of All Anymore?

Is Apple (AAPL) running out of  'gimmick' or ideas to get back from its hype? I guess that's what its chart is saying/showing. Make your own conclusion, or whatever you can/may think, this chart says it all. It's on the brink of collapse? Nobody knows, but unless they can think/innovate other 'gimmick' to get back 'the apple of the eye', nowhere to go except to the ground. Remember, what is 'up', must go 'down'?

Bank Your Profits...Now or Never?

The market's sentiment is not quite looking good as can be seen from these charts (shown below). Is the 'sell in May and go away' is in the store? I guess that's what these charts are growling. A head and shoulder pattern is forming (or it formed already?), a sign that the market is headed for a correction or is going to tank? Your guess is as good as mine. Brace for yourself, shorts (the bears) are in for the haul. Nobody knows what the market is going to do from these kind of patterns, all are in the same scenario. Profits are in for the taking, so take yours while the market is still in the uptrend.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Market Rallied

The market went up smoothly today. As soon as the bell rungs, the market rallied and never look back. The bears can't do anything except to ride with the bulls behind their back and abandoned their positions. Nice to trade today, just buy in the open and sell in the close. You can make a profit equivalent for a week paycheck? Tomorrows market might get stalled a bit, probably because the market seems to get tired because of today's market action. That's normal, for the market is participated by humans. Human emotions drives the market movement. The daily chart below shows that we are in the bull market. Let's see where do we go from here. But come the month of May, where the usual adage of 'sell in May and go away' might be in the offing?