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Swing Trading Week in Review – January 21, 2011

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

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DIA

The market remains strong this week as the DJIA hits yet another NEW HIGH on Friday.

Not all is well though as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ didn't really going along for the ride just yet.

Most of the sectors on our Watch List were still in "pullback" mode as the week came to an end.

Energy, Oil, Semiconductors as well as the Financials, Broker/Dealers, and the Homebuilders are all trading just below their most recent highs.

On the flip side Gold, the Gold Miners and the Silver ETF's all continued their moves down this week.

GDX

The Retail sector is still a mixed bag with some individual names like Ann Taylor Stores ($ANN), Macy's ($M), and Abercrombie & Fitch ($ANF) in solid down trends while names like Estee Lauder ($EL) and Walmart ($WMT) are holding up rather well.

ANN WMT

Even though the market has moved to new highs yet again it seems like the market is looking for a new leader.

The market is still very bullish overall but watch the individual sector action to see which ones take the lead and which ones start to fade.

There are still a bunch of great looking charts out there that may give you some nice LONG trade set ups.

One chart we are watching going into next week is Whole Foods Market ($WFMI).

WFMI
Can you tell us why we are watching this chart?

Where we would look to enter into a position?

How about a possible STOP LOSS level?

We would love to hear from you so please feel free to leave a comment or question.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

Proshares New Double (2x) Leveraged Biotech ETF’s

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Proshares is now offering 2 new DOUBLE LEVERAGED ETF's covering the Biotech sector.

The funds are:

Proshares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIB) and

Proshares Ultrashort Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIS)

The new funds, which began trading April 8th, track the NASADAQ Biotechnology Index which includes AMGN, TEVA, GILD, and CELG as its top holdings.

Just a reminder….These are LEVERAGED (2x) FUNDS in a very volatile sector so make sure that these funds do not excede your individual risk tolerance levels.

Swing Trading Blog Update April 9th, 2010

New Direxion 3x Semiconductor ETF

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Direxion added a few new leveraged ETF's to its product list last month.

Two NEW triple leveraged ETF's that we will be adding to our trade list is the Direxion Daily Semiconductor BULL 3x Shares (SOXL) and Direxion Daily Semiconductor BEAR 3x Shares (SOXS).

These funds track the PHLX Semiconductor Index which tracks U.S. semiconductor makers and equipment manufacturers.

Direxion has an entire family of ETF's that are suitable for swing trading.

You can view their enitre list of ETF's at http://www.direxionshares.com/etfs

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