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More super heroes needed! George?

The heroics from Ben and Hank that I spoke about in yesterday morning’s Blog were squarely ignored by the markets. Despite the rescue of Fannie and Freddie we sold off harder than any day we’ve seen of late, just from a higher base.
We’re going to start the US session from a low base today, so will we recover? I …

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Fed to the rescue… again!!

Someone should buy Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson a pair of super-hero suits, because they’ve come to the rescue again!
Back in March (the last time were down at these levels) they stepped in to rescue the markets when they were on key Fibonacci support levels… Today I’m going to post the mail I sent out to all of …

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First time for everything

Things have been a bit frantic since the last Blog post, both for myself and the markets! As well as speaking at the IX Investor Show and the Trading Symposium I have also finished the first draft of my up-coming book; “Candlestick Charts. An introduction to using candlestick charts”. I just hope there isn’t someone round at Harriman House right …

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Where did FuturesTechs come from?

We have had our new website available for around 1 month now and we are starting to gain momentum for our new “per end user” offering. Private Investors, CFD and Spread Bet traders are starting to sign up and see the value of our service.
In recent days we’ve seen some interesting moves in the markets:
Gold Futures have turned …

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What are Bund Futures?

The brave new world for FuturesTechs is welcoming new traders into the fold. Whereas we’ve traditionally catered for Professional Traders and Brokers, with our new “per end user” website we can now be accessed by a wider audience.
But a question we’re being asked quite a lot by new subscribers is “What is the Bund?”, amongst other things! (Bobl, Schatz, …

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Oil Topping? Probably not! Equities may be, though.

We posted a large red candle yesterday in ICE Brent Crude Oil and if you combine the 9th and 12th May on the Daily Candlestick Chart you get a Bearish Engulfing Pattern. Does this means we’ve seen a top? Hang on a second! The phrase “One swallow doesn’t make a summer” springs to mind!
If anything a bit of a …

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Viva Las Vegas!!

I’ve just spent the last 5 days in Las Vegas; my first time there. Wow! What a place. I was immediately impressed with the sheer size of it all, especially casino complexes like Caesars Palace and the MGM Grand. While the main reason for the trip was purely for pleasure I couldn’t help but draw a few comparisons between trading …

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