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Daily Commentary - Posted by on June 23, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Wednesday – June 24, 2009

On Tuesday the market (S&P 500) saw the least volatile session of the last 10 trading days (means with the smallest intraday range between the high and the low of the day), with an intraday range of 1.03% only (SPY). The SPY (S&P 500 ETF) o

Daily Commentary - Posted by on June 23, 2009

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Cluster of 90% Down Days – Bullish or Bearish ?

On Monday's session market breadth on the NYSE and the NASDAQ was heavily lopsided on the downside with NYSE Advancing Issues/Declining Issues at 0.13, and NYSE Advancing Volume/Declining Volume at 0.07 (NYSE TRIN at 1.77), and NASDAQ Advancing Issue

Daily Commentary - Posted by on June 23, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Tuesday – June 23, 2009

Although Asian markets on Monday's morning (which all closed modestly higher, and selected four of them managed a gain which surpassed the S&P 500' gain on Friday's close) provided an indication that any weakness before, on or shortly after the

Intraday Stats - Posted by on June 22, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Monday – June 22, 2009 -Asian Markets-

On Monday Asian markets closed modestly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up +0.41%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is closed up +0.77%, Sydney's ASX All Ordinaries Index closed up +0.42%, and Korea's KOSPI Index closed up +1.18%. Interestingly although

Daily Commentary - Posted by on June 20, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Monday – June 22, 2009

Asian markets on last Friday's morning (which all closed modestly higher, but none of them managed a gain which surpassed the S&P 500' gain on Thursday's close) provided a reliable indication that the relatively strong intraday gains concerning

Intraday Stats - Posted by on June 19, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Friday – June 19, 2009 -Asian Markets-

Update (04:55 AM CET) On Friday Asian markets closed modestly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up +0.85%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is closed up +0.81%, Sydney's ASX All Ordinaries Index closed up +0.18%, and Korea's KOSPI Index closed up +0.55%.

Daily Commentary - Posted by on June 18, 2009

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Trading the Odds on Friday – June 19, 2009

Despite the fact that weak Asian market's indicated a probable lower close on Thursday's session (see my posting Trading the Odds on Thursday – June 18, 2009 -Asian Markets-), the market (SPY) managed a modest gain of +0.58% on the close, but -exp