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Swing Trading BLOG – Week in Review – May 27, 2011

Monday, May 30th, 2011

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DIA - Swing Trading ETF

The BIG GAP DOWN we saw on Monday extended the month long correction we have seen in the overall market.

The market is now hoovering near it's 50 day SMA as we saw a bit of a rebound by weeks end.

As we look over our sector ETF LIST it is a mixed bag.

The Retail ETF ($RTH) has pulled back off of it recent high and is still trading above its 50 day SMA.

$RTH - Swing Trading ETF

The Real Estate ETF ($IYR) is equally as strong in the short term.

$IYR - Swing Trading ETF

The oversold  Steel, Energy, and Oil ETF's put in a retrace back towards their 50 day SMA's.

The Gold ETF ($GLD) is starting to shine again so make sure this sector is on your list.

$GLD - Swing Trading ETF

So now that we are back trading near the 50 day SMA where does the market go from here?

Do we continue the short term DOWN TREND?

Do we chop around a bit while the buyers and sellers fight it out?

No one knows for sure but for now we continue to trade both sides on the market.

One stock that we are watching to see if it transitions from weak to strong?

Take a look at $CREE…

$CREE - Swing Trading

Keep both strong stocks ($ELN, $CTXS, $INFA, $ANF, etc) and weak ones ($SOHU, $ADSK, $HOG, $DOW) on your list and be prepared for whichever way the market goes from here.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

Swing Trading BLOG – Week in Review – April 29, 2011

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

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$DIA

UP, UP and Away!

The markets continued to rally this week as the DJIA and the S&P 500 traded to NEW HIGHS!

This was a great week for Swing Traders.

Not simply because the markets went higher but more importantly it was the WAY that they moved higher.

There were some great chart patterns to trade this week and most of them played out in text book form.

The price action and volume swing trading techniques that we use (and teach) painted a crystal clear picture this week.

Want to see what we mean?

We have been focused on the Gold and Silver ETF's lately and $GLD had a great chart pattern to trade this week.

Here is a look at the chart…

$GLD

Learning how to read price action AND volume together is a powerful skill set to add to your trading.

The BLACK lines on the chart below are "pullbacks" in the obviously strong, trending Gold ETF.

$GLD

This weeks "pullback" actually consisted of two days…a high volume reversal day on Monday and day that traded lower on Tuesday.

Wednesday offered another opportunity for Swing Traders to enter into this rally.

The GAP UP was the first clue that the next move higher was upon us.

The opening price ($147.38) on the GAP UP was just below the previous Swing High set on Monday ($147.58).

By NOON time $GLD was rallying through that previous Swing High and the VOLUME was flowing into this ETF.

$GLD continued to rally the rest of the week and the VOLUME that accompanied the move was exactly what we like to see in a strong move.

There were several great examples of strong stocks with great chart patterns to trade this week.

Stay tuned to the BLOG and we will post some of the other trades we made.

Until next time….Good Trading yo YOU!

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