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24Apr3:52 pmEST
Gap 'n Flat: Now, What?
This morning's gap higher sure was picturesque for bulls. But as the intraday IWM chart shows, below, it was a gap and flat type of day. Indeed, it was a grind after the open. Still, bears failed to get their fade this time around, which raises the specter of a new leg higher in stocks. And, beyond that, equity bulls were able to crush the VIX...
24Apr1:48 pmEST
This Market Needs a Kite Experiment
Much like Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, we may need to experiment with a kite in this market to see how much electricity it can conduct. Specifically, KITE, a mid-cap biotehnologu stock, is sporting an attractive daily chart (below) in front of May 8th earnings. This chart is clearly one of the better XBI plays which have held up well...
24Apr10:47 amEST
An Extra Little Bonus
Lost in the shuffle of the French election, swirling headlines about politics in the U.S., and a loaded week of earnings into this massive gap higher this morning in the broad market is some more mergers and acquisitions activity. Specially, m edical device titan Becton, Dickinson reached a deal to acquire BCR (C.R. Bard) another medical...
22Apr5:49 pmEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 04/23/17 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the full-length Weekend Video Strategy Session which I present each weekend to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. Please click here for more...
22Apr5:01 pmEST
Saturday Night at Market Chess Cinemas
Long-time readers will recall (no pun intended) that I have previously alluded to the film Memento (2000) in my substantive blog posts about the market as a way to magnify the manner in which stocks would seem to move day-to-day with seemingly no memory. In light of that, let us examine the film itself tonight, which is certainly...
21Apr1:33 pmEST
Will Citi Get Another Bailout?
Despite various upside spurts this week, such as yesterday's broad market rally, the lingering issue for the market beyond energy weakness has been the lagging big banks. Even though the major financial firms are still well above their pre-U.S. election levels from last early-November, the truth of the matter is that they are looking heavier...
21Apr10:56 amEST
No Glory Days for SLoB
Oil services giant, Schlumberger, below on the weekly timeframe, is down more than 3% after earnings this morning. For a while now, the energy sector has lagged equites in general, with energy stocks themselves lagging crude oil at various junctures, too. Typically, when commodity-derived stocks lag the actual commodity's performance it is a...
20Apr3:50 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 04/20/17 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
20Apr3:49 pmEST
Little SHOP of Horrors for Shorts
With the rather sharp (albeit brief and aggressively bought) shakeouts from BREXIT last summer and then the election in the U.S. last November still a vivid memory for market players perhaps too many were leaning cautious in front of this weekend's election in France for us to see yet another "sell the rumor, buy the news" event. Instead,...
20Apr1:49 pmEST
A Better Takeoff
Stocks are doing a better job of holding early strength today, as all major averages are making some technical progress even as we head into news-filled weekend in Europe. Materials plays like CLF and X are trying to wake up, though they have plenty more room to improve and earnings with which to contend in the coming weeks. But indisputable...
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“chessNwine” has been a popular trader and financial blogger since 2009. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal Online Edition, Yahoo Finance, TheStreet.com, Josh Brown’s The Reformed Broker blog, AbnormalReturns.com, Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture blog, and the “Suggested” stream on Stocktwits.com.
