Market Analysis for Trading on 3/3/2015

Mish Schneider | March 2, 2015

Over the weekend, I glanced many times at my twitter stream (that was when we weren’t binge-watching House of Cards Season 3).

I felt my anxiety level rise every time I read comments from fellow traders I respect that the …


Market Analysis for Trading on 3/2/2015

Mish Schneider | March 1, 2015

As per last week’s relatively mild and flat price action in the 4 indices, what started out for me as a fun and poetic way to describe the market using the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of The Goat/Sheep/Ram (In Chinese, the …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/27/2015

Mish Schneider | February 26, 2015

Charles H. Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones and Company, was alive during the Industrial Revolution, a time when the US was a growing power. Dow's first stock averages were an index of industrial (manufacturing) companies and rail companies. To Dow, …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/26/2015

Mish Schneider | February 25, 2015

Tuesday, I shared a way to look at reversal trades using commodities and particularly, DBC, the Commodity Index ETF, as an example.

In fact, pretty much the entire commentary focused on commodities as I am fascinated by the constant opposing …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/25/2015

Mish Schneider | February 24, 2015

Clearly some of you are expecting me to write about the inside days in the indices (when the trading range of the current day is inside the trading range of the day prior), comparing the pause/consolidation/hesitation to our peaceful, grazing …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/24/2015

Mish Schneider | February 23, 2015

Clearly some of you are expecting me to write about the inside days in the indices (when the trading range of the current day is inside the trading range of the day prior), comparing the pause/consolidation/hesitation to our peaceful, grazing …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/23/2015

Mish Schneider | February 22, 2015

We ended last week steeped in the Chinese New Year metaphor of the sheep/goat for good reasons. In 2014, the Year of the Horse became an image engrained in my mind because the market so often resembled a horse-one that …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/20/2015

Mish Schneider | February 19, 2015

Sheep will graze for an average of seven hours per day, mostly in the hours around dawn and in the late afternoon, near sunset. Sheep are very selective in their grazing habits. They eat grass, clover, forbs, and other pasture …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/19/2015

Mish Schneider | February 18, 2015

According to the Chinese calendar, 2015 is the Year of the Goat (or sheep), creatures that are typically peaceful in nature but can also be stubborn, while exhibiting herd-like behavior. In China, the Year of the Goat can signify peace, …


Market Analysis for Trading on 2/18/2015

Mish Schneider | February 17, 2015

Before I turn my thoughts to sheep and the Chinese New Year, please allow me to see the alien radio signal out one more time.

Last week I wrote about how the volatility index (measure of fear) has beckoned like …