There are some promising signs that the markets are beginning to return to a more normal state and are beginning to trend again. (…)

The past week has seen an overall decline in volatility as the daily ranges in many markets move in to a narrower band. (…)

The past week has been a mixed week for currencies with some wild moves seen in both directions. The trend remains up for the dollar against most of the majors. (…)

This Monday is Presidents’ Day in the US, so the US markets will be closed, leading to a shortened trading week. (…)

As with last week, the short term trends continued in the stock and currency markets with stocks moving lower and the US dollar continuing higher. (…)

The recent short term moves in the stock and currency markets continued this past week with stocks falling once again and the US dollar gaining steam and rising for the week against all the major markets that we trade at LS Trader. (…)

It’s been another choppy week in the markets, which has seen some of the recent trends come to an end, especially in the stock markets. (…)

This coming Monday is Martin Luther King day in the US, so the US markets will be closed on Monday, so we will have a shortened trading week. (…)

It’s been a very good start to 2010 with several markets trending well and some large moves being seen in a few markets, especially Orange juice. (…)

As we bring the curtain down on 2009 and move in to 2010 the long term trends remain as they have been for much of the past year with the long term trends being up in stocks and commodities and down in the US dollar. (…)