Author Archive for: Alex - Chart Freak
Entries by Alex - Chart Freak
March 26th – What Time Is It?
Today I want to discuss the Precious Metals in more detail. This weekends report covered it extensively, but I think that a part 2 would be helpful too, so this report is going to be mainly be focusing on the Precious Metals Timing.
Friday March 22 – Refresh
Yesterday I discussed 2 things:
1. A Post Fed Reaction into the close Wednesday, that may or may not be just a 'knee-jerk' reaction, and
2. The next day where you can get follow through or another reaction. Today I want to take a look at a few sectors and see what we got. This is Friday, the last trading day of the week...
March 21st- Post Fed Observations
Last year it seemed like we were hearing about 4 Rate Hikes in 2018 and 3 or 4 more possible in 2019. Wednesday Fed Chairman Powell said that the US Economy is doing well, and no rate hikes should be expected in 2019. So now we will take a look at what happened to the markets after the Fed Decision and his speech, and then we face the question...
The Markets Building Blocks
Today is the FOMC Meeting , and even when the markets get a feel for what is going to take place, we often see periods of high volatility around the time of that decision, into the close, and possibly even into the next day. Let's just discuss the current market set ups...
Tuesday March 19th – Countdown To The Fed
As the clock ticks down on Wednesdays Fed Rate Hike Decision, let's discuss a few things to keep in mind.
March 15th – Watch For ‘Cracks’
Financial market movements can be erratic on days when options and futures contracts expire, especially on Triple Witching Friday. Today is that day. Along with that, I want to point out a couple of 'Cracks' that may be appearing in various parts of the Markets. When cracks begin to show up, it is good to take note and use a little more caution, because the strength of what is supporting things may give way. Let's take a look...
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SPX - The SPX is at resistance, as mentioned in prior reports. I also said that it could get choppy from here...
Thursday March 14th- Good Trading
SPX - The SPX ran up to that resistance line and pulled back. I mentioned that this might become choppy in my last report. We'll see.
