- US Treasury sells $40B 5yrs at 2.47. 3 bps tail. $$
- looking for $HMIN to break $30 and make a move to 32-33 soon, currently at 29.90 $$
- Watching for Treasury Auction results $TLT
- $AIG 47.37, $PALM 16.88, $AAPL 187.81, $C 4.70, $SPY 107.31, $RIMM 87.37 - Fueled by
- $ALTH is having FDA announcement tomorrow so bought some Oct $10 calls & $7.50 puts .
- added bit more $PALM here at $16.87 see if moves in afternoon towards $17.40-.50 or i
- Covered $SPY swing short for small loss. No current SPY position heading into Fed Fol
- $ES_F needs to break 67 first,, otherwise no bearish H&S
- WI 5yr trading 2.44. $$
- Sneak Peak of $MSFT's "secret tablet device" --> http://bit.ly/lOfl5 #microsoft
- If you want to read more about the strategy I follow for stocks go to blackstarfunds.
- $ES_F target 66.25 then 65
- $ES_F possible bearish H&S here on 1 min chart
- Out $RIG 85.36; out half $IBM calls at.45
- RT @EddyElfenbein Here's an outstanding post on for-profit colleges, which I happen t
- $MCO breaks yet another intrday bear flag
- RT @howardlindzon Please help us make StockTwits better by telling us what financial
- $YRCW and $ERTS some of the best trending names on the plate today
- Market Stats at 1:19 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- there goes $YRCW
- Out 10k $YRCW short 5.40, lost 2.3k. Closed short position.
- Please help us make StockTwits better by telling us what financial news and platform
- @InEgoVeritas not yet. re fade $TBT ; ripeness is all.
- Those $IBM calls are up 60+% since the earlier purchase today...Won't be holding thes
- $GC_F comex close for gold is not all that relevant today,as the true price discovery
- $GILD still holding to this position. Will monitor as day moves on. Mo stil positive
- the $AZO short has worked out.. but the vol is getting sucked out.
- Will pick up some $ES_F gamma into the Fed.
- There goes $BAC...
- $GS testing intraday support level
- Picked up some $GU here at 2.01
- RT @abnormalreturns Excellent. RT @EddyElfenbein "Dude, you really shouldn't be goin
- Excellent. RT @EddyElfenbein "Dude, you really shouldn't be going to college." http:
- Here's an interview I did with @my10000dollars http://bit.ly/467QT5, thanks again for
- Nice Flag developing on the daily chart of $SLV. Thinking there are higher prices com
- RT @WhatsTrading $33.54 +3.20%: $AVP is up $1 to $33.50 and options volume is running
- $MCO taking some off the table now up 20% covering at 20.90
- Trade: Covered CALL on $AA with OCT09 16 CALLS. Net price: 14.06 LMT http://bit.ly/F7
- Watch Steve @ 2pm on www.stocktwits.tv Send questions to @smbcapital #Mkt $$
- watch gold/silver longs post fomc $$ in some $GDX with 45 stop
- Trade: Covered CALL on $AA with OCT09 16 CALLS. Net price: 14.10 LMT http://bit.ly/6x
- Like to see $FORM follow $YRCW and squeeze the shorts. http://bit.ly/17cosO
- @spen_t Yep. Looks like a .35 credit so risking 2.15 on $ALTH. http://chart.ly/4kprdx
- Market is in no mood to oblige bottom fishers. Buy high sell higher is the mantra $$
- feels like a bullet proof market $$
- FOMC soon. be on your toes... $$
- Make sure you have looked at chart of 8/12 to see how it traded last time under same
- RT @jsfalvo: I traditionally wait at least 10mins after the announcement we get 2 and
- Out of $OIH Oct 120 calls @ 4.05 in @ 3.4
- exiting my swing trade, paired long $TBT and $SDS - up 30 cents on TBT, partially off
- Caution for anyone looking to get short. Dow is higher. $ES_F
- Market wants everyone to focus on March '09 levels while it sprints back to 2007 leve
- strong move in $RINO back to HOD.
- NASDAQ 3 most active: $ETFC 1.90, $QQQQ 42.86, $CRBC 0.82, Fueled by NASDAQ Last Sale
- Watch you $ADD. $ES_F
- Fed trade is always quick because mkt always revisits the scene of the crime (launchi
- FED has decided to partner with Hewlett Packard and put a currency printer in every h
- Got long on release. Out 1072 from 1069.75. Waiting for 3 move to hold. $ES_F
- RT @agwarner: RT @VIXandMore $VIX at new low for day (22.70) just prior to FOMC annou
- Out $AIG 47.70
- $GBPUSD - look at 240 chart ..under trendline ...latest candle went directly to it..
- $ES_F upside target possibly 75-77 area
- Market Stats at 2:14 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- Fed is at the mercy of the market rather than the other way around. They will do what
- $GBPJPY Powered up and ready to roll
- If $VIX has any predictive power then we go higher after the fed $$
- RT @VIXandMore $VIX at new low for day (22.70) just prior to FOMC announcement.
- Loving @SMBCapital broadcasting live on STockTwitsTV into the Fed announcement! ..all
- Ken Heebner is on CNBC, worth listening to, very sharp guy, his mutual fund is $CGMFX
- Still holding FDAX from 5746.5. Working 1074.00 to recover some losses. $ES_F 1074.00
- @mumboz I think $ALTH gets approved but the valuation is very rich, a risky hold into
- Out of speculative longs now. $ES_F
- 1075.00 short $ES_F
- $TIVO breaks 11 and we're off to the races.. possible buyout candidate also
- $audjpy still up there. Solid as a rock. $usdjpy under pressure from lower yields
- Fed leaves rates low, will continue to purchase $1.5 Trillion in securities/debt = do
- $SPY above R2. Looking for a pullback to it.
- Short $FDAX_F 5746.5 $ES_F
- Seasonality myths being smashed to pieces in this market $$
- Standing by. Scratched last. Will wait for next signal. $ES_F
- $ES_F 1st target reached
- sold $YRCW at $5.53 for $187 profit .. small scalp on that bounce
- $TIVO almost a breakout
- all $USD major pairs have same formation on 5 min - bullish for $USD - let's see wha
- $NTES breaking out of a "base-on-base" pattern on strong volume, World of Warcraft li
- more china stuff on the move - $CGA $SOHU $SNDA $CYOU $CBAK etc.
- In 20k $DPTR on the move in natural gas. Daytrade, looking to close it out end of da
- $STEC $TNDM Because I was on radio at noon EDT, I could not buy the mo low..and I wil
- 1074.25 short $ES_F
- $DNDN looks good here at 29.05, u can use today's low as a tight stop $$
- +1000 TICK now, holding my $ES_F longs.
- $ES_F 75-77 coming
- Out -2 ticks but will get back in again. $ES_F
- Extremely unusual action in $ES_F. Not getting any wave movement.
- Statement was a bit disappointing for bond bears but don't be fooled by the move up,
- Buying frenzy afoot $$
- Attractive Eurodollar spike $GE_F
- picked up tiny amt of $YRCW at $5.42 for bounce.. will add if hits $5.21 area which i
- Market Stats at 2:28 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- RT @BladeTrading $GBPUSD breaking below 1.6400 will head back to its downhill move -
- Expecting to be all out at 1068.50 (VPOC, VWAP and ahead of yday's settlement) $ES_F
- $GBPJPY Out at break even
- Top scan now is $WYN with nearly 11K Nov 22.50 calls. Open int. of 155. Stock looks p
- some more $china off for +.30, let the rest ride w/ BE stop ;-)
- 1069.50 filled!! Faster than expected. Holding handful. $ES_F
- 1071.75 filled. Now holding 1/2. Looking for 1069.50-ish before it goes dead. $ES_F
- watch the $AUDUSD below .8755
- some of that $china off for +.26
- sold some $CHINA for +.15 here. Patience paid off in that one.
- RT @NYFed_news Statement Regarding Purchases of Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities and
- $$ article i wrote on the homebuilders - http://bit.ly/3W8WJt
- RT @geckojb $IWM rallies right up to 62.61 which is a resistance level going back 5 y
- I hope these 5 min chart formations turn into bull flags on the $USD pairs
- RT @stolkers $$ Perhaps there is nobody left to short the $USD => unless the media ke
- nice bull flag on $ZION right here
- I'm long a bunch of $china at 2.775 avg; wont take a loss now, but if it goes, I'll b
- @arxitekt That pullback in $GU uncalled for. Glad to sell half near highs. Oh well.
- little retracement on the $USD
- $$ if the FOMC statement will not crash the USD into the close,a substantial bounce i
- RT @alaidi dollar knocked even as Fed slows rate of agency purchases. dollar needed M
- @protonrick it means 'ReTweet' $$
- 1071.75 next scale $ES_F
- 1073.00 filled. $ES_F
- Market Stats at 2:43 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- $$ if markets liked Greenspan for his ability to spin money printing,then they must l
- $HMIN setting up here at $30.25, could break out soon $$
- Still short 1075.00 $ES_F 1 scale. Waiting for rotation. 82% probability of rotation,
- $TIVO bullish call activity Jan10
- 5738.5 scale in $FDAX_F $ES_F
- Clove cigarette-induced insane rant by Dasan: "Oscar The Grouch Would Love This Rally
- Large put action in $CUZ. Looks like a put spread in April btwn the 10's and 7.50's.
- Persistence UP and DOWN lists are ready http://bit.ly/NDXA0 $$
- $GBPJPY short at 149.74
- bear flag on $GBPUSD 5 min chart... will go short if it holds around 1.6410
- thanks RT @mumboz @downtowntrader http://bit.ly/alhf6 explains the 60$ calls activity
- out $BAC +.19
- @lukestockwalker Used to run a chatroom. I don't need to watch every tick. Twitter is
- Shorts won't want to see this above 1072.75. $ES_F
- hope the flag on the $USDJPY breaksout soon
- $$ Thursday's Persistence UP and DOWN lists are crunching.....
- Market Stats at 3:01 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- if $china can blast thru 3.03, we have blue sky to about 3.50, then 3.90 after that
- Took a couple of stabs, but got it a few ticks from high. $ES_F
- NASDAQ 3 most active: $ETFC 1.90, $QQQQ 43.09, $CSCO 23.13, Fueled by NASDAQ Last Sal
- going to be punished for sarcasm with $TNA stop soon
- @martinrhor VPOC was at 1068.00. I front-ran it at 1068.50 $ES_F
- decided not to add more to the $ALTH options i bought earlier.. if volatile will also
- Thanks for the recommendation @babypips. http://bit.ly/NThnf Flattered ! $GBPJPY $$
- bought $TNA into this massive panic.
- Model Portfolio update: www.gregorweekly.com $$
- In case you're curious, what I told members prior to this morning's open.... http://b
- actually, that was 2.91 on $china, not that it matters
- added on $HOLX at $16.29
- been shorting retail the last hour through $xrt todays highs again a stop
- pulled the plug on the rest of $china at 2.90 given weakness in mkts; will continue t
- $INTC set to release their 22nm chip in 2011. Truly amazing technology if u ask me. -
- sold a little $cmfo at 5.20 plus 30 cents.
- Former Moody?s Exec Blows Whistle on Bad Ratings: Is It a Smoking Gun? http://bit.ly/
- $GBPJPY short at 149.52
- $ES_F nailed 75 top.. at first support now 67.50, otherwise we go red
- $$ credit card defaults still rise, AUG highest ever,no end in sight,anyone still cl
- just got my FED money printer. came by fedex of course...and signed ny Obama and Ber
- Oh man don't tell me this market wants to "Doji" 2 days in a row??? $SPY
- Taking a small position in $CISG on this small dip as it marches higher. Stop = 21
- closed out $AUDUSD short +13 pips
- closed out $USDCHF for total of +31 pips
- Out of $DPTR 2.02, lost 1k. Closed long position.
- Hmmm....looks like it is getting ugly now already. $ES_F
- Market Stats at 3:14 pm ET http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- Ultra-Short Real Estate ETF $SRS is bucking the trend. Even with the bull-friendly an
- 1068.50 filled. Trade complete. Shutting down. VPOC right here. A drop from here coul
- $CISG breaking out (without me!)
- neverrightkovich (HT: @zeribeta) $$
- added to $USDCHF long @ 1.0233 - broke through bull flag (trlstop is the same as orig
- Caution if you are short. I would at least scale if not all out ahead of 1060.50. Bee
- That would be long $RIG
- $RIG 85.04 for quick trade
- The last time $EURUSD was higher than today was 364 days ago--$1.4865. Sep 22. $$
- $$ My latest on US Yield Curve Steepening, USD Flattening & LIBOR rates $GBPUSD http
- @howardlindzon Can we print enough money to buy a new ink cartridge at BestBuy is wha
- $IBM $AMZN $AAPL $RIMM OIH at or breaking support..
- @zippertheory just bought a little more of your $nep at 4.36
- Shorted $PALM 16.96. FINALLY got borrow
- $OIH took it on the chin today. High volume sell off. Good I flipped it quickly for a
- $ES_F daily candles now looking ugly.. we also failed my $OEX level AGAIN!!
- @howardlindzon i like the trade and with the $VIX so booched buying jan $RTH otm puts
- Will $ES_F finally get 1060.50 today? Wow!
- pressing $MHP and MCO shorts
- NASDAQ 3 biggest decliners: $FTBK -16.88%, $GENE -15.12%, $ATPG -14.98%, Fueled by NA
- The Yield Curve, September 2009 http://bit.ly/h9njc $$
- Sometimes when you are up money, you must conserve. because being green is always bet
- $FAZ was the clear trade this afternoon and im rather dissapointed in myself for not
- In hindsight it was right to exit all longs rather than second guessing what to sell
- RT @Attitrade Yep. $TNA should only be allowed on cinemax...and after 11pm.....rofl.
- $$ 76% of stocks are below both yest's close and today's open. 7.1% are above both.
- $AIG short accumulated for overnight
- bot a small amount of that $china back here at 2.80, not much tho
- sold 1/2 $HOLX since dropped yest. low.. at $16.15.. still holding 1/2 ..if drops fur
- $$ 6 times as many stocks are below yest's low as are above yest's high. 69% are in t
- @agwarner Yep. $TNA should only be allowed on cinemax...and after 11pm.
- out all longs today .. at least good exits. no long positions; few shorts $$
- S2 on $SPY. R2 to S2 in just over an hour.
- 1056.00 and 1054.50 are next levels down $ES_F
- nice market puke here .... $$
- out $TNA, am with Cramer now, they should ban all leveraged ETF's.
- http://chart.ly/44cws5 $ES_F - Here is how it looks from the top of the hill
- @martha_focker That was an example chart of strategy play i use.. $HOLX traded twice
- Here it is. 1060.50 target hit. $ES_F Caution for shorts at this level. 1059.50 is a
- $VIX back above 23.
- I don't think IBD will call this a "distribution day" but it clearly is IMHO, thankfu
- This sell off not looking good going into tomorrow's unemployment briefings $$
- @stockdemons hey man thanks for the props... im glad you were able to profit. .. $ERT
- RT @MarketMaestro "$ES_F hit target of 1075 (last week's high in Sept contract )--loo
- Extreme rotation up from here would be to 1067.25. $ES_F
- http://chart.ly/ne389k $SPY - updated Fib Support/Resistance for multiple timeframes,
- $$ the USD will be the item to watch for th enext 2 days,if the bounce materializes,i
- @zlmtb Look at 5 min of 9/16, 9/18, 9/21. Also beginning of volume cluster on 9/21. $
- Out $AIG Oct 48 calls at 5.40
- Good night all. $ES_F
- they couldnt get out of $IYR fast enough last half hour-big vol big red hot dogs
- @toddsullivan discusses the upcoming quarters and $wfc 's Rich Gordon talks fixed inc
- $GILD Mo still positive, but open tomorrow will be critical to deciding whether to st
- $STEC I did not enter that one either. I still think it could trade below 30.40, so I
- Fund mgrs may have already started preparing their buy list for the end of quarter wi
- $TNDM I did not enter today as the market simply remained in narrow range. Will consi
- http://chart.ly/w2xb4q $SPY - sliced through 15 min symmetry support to just above 60
- Closing Stats http://bit.ly/6Af0Z $$
- Based on chart I posted, who can say what next likely test area below will be? $ES_F
- $$ New post - was this reversal meaningful or is this typical Fed-day volatility? ht
- http://chart.ly/h4qw2e $ES_F - S&P futures Fib support/resistance 60 min
- My take on the daily $SPY chart.. very rough but worth a look http://chart.ly/rsk53z
- http://twitpic.com/iuvz7 - Profit today $3,279.69 on $YRCW $HOLX $LIWA $PALM ..a bit
- @zippertheory There seems to be both bullish disparity and bearish disparity in every
- crude looks broken today $$
- $USDJPY looking strong on 5 min chart - let's see if it stays above the 200 day ema o
- @upsidetrader Its not impossible to see Ball Park Franks all the way back to 41.30 in
- That pop in $BBBY was short lived. Could be worth a look tomorrow.
- Hmm, very interesting NAZ fail thru 2150, was today *the day* so many have been waiti
- careful with anything related to residential real estate and banks as collateral dama
- Significant market resistance as mentioned before. Short is the trade until $OEX clo
- @spen_t I think u need 2 make decisions position by position. Trade plans, stops, tar
- @dvaughn21 $AZO was my bread and butter today, i was in the 145 put.. i looking for m
- $BBBY popping a bit here amc.
- I did sell off some $TSE:HNU in my account today, shows $2,977 profit CDN but that h
- $MVL $DIS proxy statement is out: http://bit.ly/4CqY13 ...great data finance porn fo
- $$ Badly behind friending traders at present. Give me time and I will catch up.
- $AIG 46.47, $SPY 106.18, $AAPL 185.50, $YRCW 5.86, $PALM 16.96, $RIMM 85.77 - Fueled
- Tomorrow Dr. Brett Steenbarger is speaking to our firm bright and early at 7 am .. pe
- Best part today, did not get one tweet from $CVM crowd all talking green candles. I
- have a good evevening everyone. i am out... look for a blog post tonight from me on s