I enjoy watching and reading the financial news throughout the day and observe the change in the headings and opinion from Bullish to Bearish and vice versa. Today I was presented with a Bullish morning and a Bearish afternoon … A better definition ...

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Just like a friend off mine said, “It pains me to think that I profit from such a disaster”. The day was filled with relevant news and the numbers weren't so Bad, but prices are looking to find some support. The Analysis posted yesterday was ...

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With overvalued markets and the Fed stepping out of the way, the presentation of results below expectations lead investors to take profits and the markets today slided significantly. For the particular case of DAX30, the barrier of 9456.5, ...

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The Earning Season continues to support the rising markets. Twitter has presented exceptional results, beating analyst estimates and today the market will be impacted with a day filled with relevant news. Geopolitics and the direction of U.S. ...

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U.S. stocks are ranging after the adoption of sanctions against Russia from the European Union. The last “Momentum”, which have been fueled by profits that topped analysts’ estimates, is slowing down. Today, the trading volume was relatively high in ...

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The leading World Index SP500 fell today confirming the strong bearish pattern from last week. FTSE100 and Dax30 also declined mainly after the opening of the american session. Gladly my short target in Dax was reached today (9536.5). :-)

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During the following days we might be presented with the so expected retraction in the equities Market. The fall of the Amazon was crucial to the behavior of the markets during the day and the good news of the “Durable goods orders ” weren't able to ...

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It’s recommended to trade cautiously with the current volatility, so today I closed my trading by 09:28 h. It was very quick and pretty clean. :-) TicketOpen TimeTypeSizeItemPriceS / LT / PClose TimePriceCommissionTaxesSwapProfit 4057554272014.07.23 ...

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It’s incredible how this Index rise and the market don’t care about bad financial or geopolitical news. The earning season and the FED are boosting the stock market and it doesn’t even pause to rest. It has been said by several experts, that SP500 ...

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I never do this but I was so sure Dax would fall today that I left a short open from yesterday. Today a significant Gap Up did make me sufer. I shorted again believing the Gap would close but did not. At 7:42h I closed both losing positions, ...

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Natural caution against the geopolitical events and the fact that the expected correction didn’t occurred yet are increasing the anxiety among investors. DAX30, FTSE100, SP500 Indexes declined today, and the slide in Dax30 was the most expressive. I ...

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Another great trading week of 2014. The forum is a big help. Which you all a nice weekend.

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Today, 17th July, I've made a Long Entry on Lcrude, according to my analysis posted yesterday: Financial Instrument: LCrude -> Entry rule: Break Out TP2102.86TP2/Entry distance1.2TP2 RR4.0 TP1102.19TP1/Entry distance0.5TP1 RR1.8 LONG101.66 ...

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Light Crude rose after the announcement of the reduction in U.S. stocks, following the increase of the processing rates in refineries. The recent positive data from China and the great reduction of stocks, should lead to an increase of the price of ...

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Janet Yellen told today the easing shall continue as problems remain in labor markets and inflation is still below the Fed’s goal. Can we conclude the markets will continue to climb?

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The latest measures taken by the Administration of Banco Espirito Santo and the potential measures to stimulate the Euro economy, led the major stock indexes to rise while gold falls today with one of the largest declines in 2014.

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Today, 11h of July, DAX presented a Reversal opportunity and I’ve made my Short entry: Financial Instrument: Ger30 -> Entry rule: Reversal STOP9715.0Stop/Entry distance12.5 SHORT9702.5 TP19668.5TP1/Entry distance34.0TP1 RR2.7 TP29640.0TP2/Entry ...

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My preference for the Scenario of a decline in the Markets, mentioned in the previous post, was confirmed today, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index resuming a selloff started earlier this week, as signs of financial stress in Portugal fueled ...

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Stocks rebounded from a two-day decline with the idea that the awareness of complacency in the market was offset by good news on employment and the prospect of good news about the corporate profits. Although preferring a bearish Scenario, we have ...

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Today, 8th of July, DAX presented a good trading opportunity and I’ve made my Short entry: Financial Instrument: Ger30 -> Entry rule: Break Out. STOP 9934.0 Stop/Entry distance 22.0 SHORT 9912.0 TP1 9873.0 TP1/Entry distance 39.0 TP1 RR 1.8 TP2 ...

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