A more balanced view from the VIX!
With so much focus on equity markets at present, and with many analysts suggesting that we are now coming to the end of the current […]
Indices
An historic week for the FED, but what of the markets?
The first FOMC meeting this week is an historic one for many reasons. First it is the last time Ben Bernanke will chair the meeting. […]
The warning flags have been flying on the Emini YM
The warning flags of potential short term weakness have been flying for some time on the Dow Jones cash index, and the associated derivative E-mini […]
VIX continues where it left off in 2013!
Whilst as traders and people, we all tend to make New Year resolutions. The market however seems set to continue in the same vein as […]
Take centre stage – the VIX
As we come to the end of another trading year, there is one index that will perhaps receive more attention than most, both next week […]
YM touching key level
In the second of our benchmark charts, the YM (e mini for the Dow Jones) here too we can see this index is also on […]
Bulls still in charge on NQ
With so many market analysts and commentators attempting to call a top to the current bull market in equities, and with the traditional Santa Claus […]
VIX at ‘scary low’
No analysis of equities would be complete without a look at the VIX, and here the picture is extremely interesting, and no doubt worrying for […]
Appeal for help following Typhoon Haiyan
Please make a donation NOW Many of you reading this post, will already be aware of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan which hit the […]
The FED delivers a lesson in VPA!
For intraday emini index traders, last nights FED meeting delivered a classic lesson in volume price analysis (VPA). The example here is from the emini […]
The wonderland world of equities!
Much like Alice in Wonderland, equity markets appear completely disconnected from economic reality and continue to trade in their own fantasy world, and for fundamental […]
Markets return to normal – but what’s normal?
With the US government shut down at an end and the debt ceiling crisis kicked into the long grass, at least for the time being, […]
Volatility, vigilance and volume – the three V’s to success!
The new trading week and month has started on a very sour note, as markets begin to digest the implications of the impasse currently underway […]
The USD index reveals it all this week!
As I mentioned in my podcast at the start of the week, this was one which was likely to be characterised by some volatile, but […]
Frontier markets now opening up with Nigerian Index ETF
For many traders and investors, searching out higher yields and higher returns in exotic currencies and markets has been fraught with danger. Whilst higher returns […]
The gemini twins of market sentiment
It was generally assumed that last Friday’s Non Farm Payroll release would mark the beginning of the end of the FED’s bond buying program, as […]
The ebb and flow of risk on the VIX
There are many reasons why traders and investors should always keep a close eye on the VIX, but in these uncertain times it is even […]
The VIX is low – is it time to go?
With the long summer days now coming to an end, it’s time to re-visit that perennial gauge of market risk, the VIX for a view […]