stock market trading

March 8, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

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

March 1, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

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

February 21, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

February 15, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

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

February 8, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

February 1, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

January 25, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

January 18, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

January 11, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

January 4, 2010

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  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. (…)

December 28, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  Stocks continued the recent rally and posted new highs for the year as recent dollar strength took a pause. Commodities also had a strong week for the most part as several markets headed higher again. (…)

December 21, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  Stocks have held up well in spite of strength in the US dollar and may well test new highs for the year this coming week. (…)

December 14, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  The recent correction in many markets has continued this week but stocks have held up well and may well test new highs for the year in the week ahead. (…)

December 6, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  On the whole it’s been a volatile week for most markets with some large swings seen in commodities and currencies. (…)

November 29, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  The news that came out of Dubai this past week wreaked havoc on the electronic markets (since US markets were officially closed electronic markets were traded around the world as Thursday was only a holiday in the US). (…)

November 22, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  It’s the same old story for the stock and currency markets as these markets remain within the trading ranges that have been in place for over a month now. (…)

November 15, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  As we have been writing for the past month, the stock and currency markets remain within the trading range that has formed over the past month and these markets remain undecided on the next move. (…)

November 8, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  The stock and currency markets remain within the range that has formed over the past couple of weeks and continue to be undecided on the next move. (…)

November 1, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  As we have been writing for several weeks, the markets have been at critical turning points and the direction for the next few weeks would likely be determined by the reaction of the markets to those key levels. (…)

October 25, 2009

• LS Trader Weekly Update

  As has been the case for the past couple of weeks, the stock and forex markets remain at critical points with the 1100 level the focus for the S&P 500 and the $1.50 level the critical point for the Euro/US dollar. (…)