The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) released a draft of its 2014 Strategic Plan for public comment. The plan is technical, but the motivation is straightforward: increase investor confidence in our markets...
Law/Regulations
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1 July 2014, 14:44 #Wall Street
Think about it… If you had the worlds unfilled buy and sell orders in front of you at each price level in the markets you were trading, how simple would trading be...
Trading Systems
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1 July 2014, 13:44 #resistance, support
Prices broke higher after oscillating in a narrow range for over a week, taking out resistance at 1321.64 marked by the 38.2% Fibonacci expansion. Buyers now aim to challenge the 50% level at 1346.78, with a further push above that eyeing the 61.8% Fib at 1371.93...
Metals
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1 July 2014, 13:25 #xauusd, gold
Prices remain in consolidation mode below resistance at 106.74, the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion.A daily close above this barrier initially targets the 38.2% level at 108.04. Alternatively, a reversal below support in the 104.84-105...
Crude Oil
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1 July 2014, 13:20
The S&P 500 initially fell during the course of the week, but found enough support at the 1945 level to turn things back around and form a nice-looking hammer. This hammer of course suggests that the market is going to go higher, on a break above the top of the range...
Weekly Trends
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1 July 2014, 12:00 #S&P 500
I just finished reading Mark Cuban's Idiot's Guide to High Frequency Trading. The title is half accurate - it's certainly idiocy, though it's by no means a guide...
Trading Ideas
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1 July 2014, 11:50
I'm a former high frequency trader. And following the tradition of G.H. Hardy, I feel the need to make an apology for my former profession...
Trading Ideas
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1 July 2014, 11:16
EUR/USD: Wave (B) ended at 1.5145 and wave I of (C) ended at 1.1876 As the single currency has continued to edge higher after holding above support at 1.3564, retaining our view that further consolidation above this level would be seen and another corrective bounce to 1.3677 and possibly 1...
Wave Count
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1 July 2014, 10:07
EURUSD Price finally broke out of its 16 day range. The next question is whether price can extend itself into higher levels and Fibonacci targets before making a retracement (below red and orange...
Wave Count
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1 July 2014, 09:37
The AUDUSD is trading in an ascending triangle With the absence of a new high, traders can wait for a breakout The triangle low and high can be used to extrapolate price targets At some point, market trends will come to an end...
Trading Ideas
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1 July 2014, 08:33