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What next after a healthy retest of breakout?

We discussed in our last post how the market was ripe for a breakout. After the breakout from the 1225 level, market has retested that level on Tuesday, and has rallied over the last couple of days. This is a … Continue reading

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What can take us out of “The Range”?

We have witnessed (and were able to trade) the range-bound movement in S&P500 over the last couple of months. S&P500 closed today near the upper end of the range. Can we break higher? Or are we headed back down? We … Continue reading

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Can we be Bullish on The Market?

Since the S&P500 bottomed over a period of four days (Aug 8-11), we have seen higher highs and higher lows (as is shown with the green parallel lines). The market needs to hold this level for it to go higher … Continue reading

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Having a hard time to cross 1200 on S&P500…

On Aug 11, 2011, I had mentioned on my post that S&P500 has probably found a bottom. The market, since then, has rallied ~ 7%. But it is not able to cross the 1200 mark on S&P500. I think, at … Continue reading

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Has S&P500 found a bottom?

Well… we did have a rough few days of trading… If you look at my previous post, I did mention that testing the 200-week MA was in the cards. There is something interesting I want to note today. If you … Continue reading

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Where are we headed after Yesterday’s Capitulation?

Yesterday it felt like Market was going to test the 1200 level on S&P500 and it did. The next logical support is at 1157 area (200-MA) and then at 1100. Today’s better than expected unemployment number might help slow down … Continue reading

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Where is S&P500 Headed After Payrolls Data?

The market staged quite an impressive rally (after holding support at the 1260 level) over the past few trading days. The attached chart shows where the market closed on July 07, 2011, the day before the release of June Payrolls … Continue reading

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Adjusting Our WFMI Call Spread

We have been enjoying the ride in Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) shares from November 30, 2010 (WFMI was trading at 47 and change back then; please check: http://optionsmojo.com/2010/11/volatility-squeeze-in-whole-foods-market-inc-wfmi/). More recently, on March 16, 2011, we initiated further long position … Continue reading

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An Important Juncture for Bank of America (BAC) Stock Price

Back in December 2010, we initiated a buy when BAC crossed above its 50-day moving average (which was resistance for BAC shares for a long time). BAC did run up ~ 25% from the breakout price of 12.xx. Recently, the … Continue reading

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Wholehearted Support for Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)

Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) is one of our most profitable positions here on optionsmojo. We initiated our long position on November 30, 2010 when WFMI was trading at 47 and change (please check: http://optionsmojo.com/2010/11/volatility-squeeze-in-whole-foods-market-inc-wfmi/). Since then, we have seen great … Continue reading

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