No Progress Since February – Weekly Market Outlook The market certainly got off on the right foot last week, rallying all the way through Thursday when the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) finally cleared its all-time record high set back in March of 2000. With no other major market index completing the same feat though — in addition to Friday’s pullback somewhat extinguishing...
Russell 2k Leadership Significant – Weekly Market Outlook Whether or not the market was a winner or loser last week is largely a matter of perspective. The S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) lost some ground, while the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) basically broke even. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 (RUT) (IWM) actually doled out a decent gain, suggesting there’s a “risk on” mentality for at...
2015 Belmont Analysis & Handicapping From BigTrends.com by Price Headley We have a Triple Crown contender yet again, as American Pharoah has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in solid fashion. However, his times in both races have been on the slow side, and so we are left to ask, is the horse slower than usual, or are the connections...
Halfway To A Textbook Recession – Weekly Market Outlook After three straight weeks of bullish progress, the weight of those gains finally proved to be too much. The prod was a surprisingly weak revised reading on Q1’s GDP growth. Rather than growing at a 0.2% clip as first thought, the second (of three) updates on the nation’s overall economic activity...
Testing Technical Indicators For Creating A Trading System by Price Headley We often discuss the importance of a good, disciplined system when trading options or any other market for that matter. Note that most every effective professional has a system(s) which pays him or her very well. Today, we are going into the details of creating an effective trading system....
Bullish Levels Getting Entrenched – Weekly Market Outlook It wasn’t a pretty or a convincing bullish move, but stocks did make forward progress last week, putting some distance between them and a huge hurdle that had otherwise been holding it back since February. Still, no later than it cleared that ceiling another possible one developed. We’ll take a closer...
Will The Breakout To New Highs Stick This Time? – Weekly Market Outlook The S&P 500 Index ended last week at a new high, and the technical trend momentum picture is bullish. But we’ve seen similar moves since February reverse several times, as the market has remained in a choppy and grinding narrowing range (with a mild upside bias). The $64,000 question:...
BigTrends 2015 Preakness Handicapping & Analysis – Longshot For The Exotics by Price Headley, CEO of BigTrends.com: The second leg of the Triple Crown happens this Saturday at Pimlico racecourse outside Baltimore, and Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah is the heavy 4-5 favorite to advance for a shot at the Triple Crown. The Preakness is 1-3/16 miles (1/16 shorter than the...
Still In No Man’s Land – Weekly Market Outlook Despite the strong bullish effort on Friday, stock’s booked a loss for the past week. On the other hand, the market finished the week on a bullish foot, which broadly suggests we’ll hit the ground running in an upward direction this week. (It doesn’t hurt the bullish case that the longer-term...
Our BigTrends.com 2015 Kentucky Derby Handicapping & Analysis Price Headley, CEO of BigTrends.com: It's time for our annual Kentucky Derby selections and commentary. First, we'll start off with an updated table of past Derby winners, their speed ratings and final tune-up race. Our analysis of past data indicates that horses with strong 100+ speed ratings in preparatory races have a better...
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