There were fireworks galore in the financial markets on Monday. The U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen were big losers and the Euro FX was a big winner. Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe had big rallies also. Gold was heavily lower. The main driver of the big changes in values was the first round of voting in France. …
Daily Gold Report
After hitting five month highs, gold pared gains through the remainder of the week as some geo-political worries subsided. For the week gold settled just .60 cents higher with the June futures contract settling at 1289.1. Silver saw significant weakness settling below 18.00 for the first time in three weeks. Coming into the week, the long position in Silver reached …
Livestock Report
Live Cattle The June Live Cattle contract made another new high on Thursday, April 20, 2017. It traded above the 61.8% retracement level (116.56) of the move from the January 19th high (121.45) to the April 5th low (108.675), reaching 117.475 which is just below resistance at 117.825. The failure at resistance led to a collapse in price to the …
Equities jump on return of tax reform chatter
A combination of positive earnings and comments from the Treasury Secretary had the stock markets moving up again. The US Dollar showed some strength and wiped out losses from earlier in the week. Secretary Mnuchin said a tax reform package is progressing. The markets loved this and the S&P 500 had the second best day since March on the rally. …
Windy City Jim’s – Daily Trade Recommendations (4/20/17)
Futures Day Trading Signals (Wednesday, April 20th, 2017) Author: Windy City Jim 312-948-9456 NEVER RISK MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE. CALL FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROTECTIVE STOPS. SEE FULL DISCLAIM ON FUTURES TRADING AT THE BOTTOM. WE ONLY ENTER THE MARKET IF THE PRICE HITS THE BUY OR SELL POINT BUY SIGNAL Commodity : May Oats Previous Closing Price …
Livestock Report
Live Cattle The June Live Cattle contract traded to the 61.8% retracement level (116.56) of the move from the January 19th high (121.45) to the April 5th low (108.675) on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. It peaked at 116.90 in the first 45 minutes of trading and then collapsed to the low of the day at 115.35 before spending the remainder …
Disappointing earnings lead equities lower
The U.S. stock market followed the lead of European markets on Tuesday and headed lower. The move in Europe started after UK Prime Minister Theresa May surprised everyone by calling for early elections in June. The Prime Minister is looking for a unified front ahead of the Brexit process. The Pound surged as the US Dollar tumbled on the news. …
Currency comment 4/18
The U.S. dollar fell moderately lower Tuesday in a continued corrective move. The euro fx and Swiss franc moved higher. The real star in fx markets today was the British pound. The pound moved strongly higher as traders reacted to the news that Prime Minister May has called for a snap election in the UK for June 8. This news surprised most …
Absolute Momentum Strategy – Weekly Snapshot
Below is a snapshot of open trade positions in the Absolute Momentum Strategy investment. The total open trade equity in the portfolio inclusive of fees and commissions as of the close of trading on Friday, April 14th, 2017 = $8,733.75 LAST WEEK IN TRADING Long Term Commodity Trader click to enlarge Long June 30 Year Bond was entered at 152.14 on …
Currency comment 4/13
The currency markets were thrown into turmoil late Wednesday afternoon when President Trump said he thought the U.S. dollar was too strong. This sent the dollar much lower and foreign currencies higher. This movement continued on Thursday although the extent of the move was diminished. The effect was more extreme in the U.S. equity markets which moved strongly lower on …