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Swing Trading Week in Review – November 5, 2010

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

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Finally!!!

Swing Traders got the breakout they have been waiting for as the market traded to NEW HIGHS for the year this week.

As you would expect most of the sectors followed suit by rallying higher this week as well.

The sector ETF's making NEW HIGHS for the year this week were Agriculture ($DBA $MOO), Energy ($XLE), Real Estate ($IYR), Semiconductors ($SMH), Airlines ($FAA) and Technology ($XLK).

SIlver ($SLV) and Gold ($GLD) also rallied to NEW HIGHS as did the Gold Miners ($GDX).

Another interesting thing to take notice of is that there is finally some strength coming into the weakest sectors.

The Financials ($XLF $IYF) and the Hombuilders ($XHB) ETF's broke through key overhead resistance levels this week.

The Broker/Dealer ETF ($IAI) also broke through the resistance in the $25-$27 area.

All of these ETF's broke through these prior resistance levels on BIG volume!

Follow through is the key but the amount of volume we saw at the end of last week in a hopefully a sign of good things to come.

In last weeks BLOG POST we told you that there were a TON of stocks pulling back nicely off of their most recent highs.

Hopefully you were able to get into some of these trades this week.

There were loads of what we call "text book" swing trades to take this week.

A few stocks with favorable risk/reward setups were $MEE, $EC, $ANN, $GS, $BBY, $SKS and $APC to name a few.

$SPG ripped and even $F was a rock star this week!

There were some stocks that actually rolled over this week but with the market breaking out to new highs we have no need to focus on the SHORT side.

Although we will continue to watch BOTH sides of the market to determine overall strength and weakness just remember that CONTEXT is the KEY that allows you to take action.

CONTEXT tells us the market is way too strong to try to fight it but that being said it is also warning us NOT to chase it up at this point!

If for some reason you missed last weeks action BE PATIENT and wait for your trades to set up for you.

Sometimes it is hard to sit and wait when the market is moving up the way it is but often times that is the smartest thing to do.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

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Swing Trading Week in Review – October 29, 2010

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

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Well the DJIA and S&P took a little break this week but the NASDAQ continued its upward momentum.

With the tech heavy NASDAQ showing such strength it is no surprise the the Technology ETF's pushed higher as well.

The Technology Select Spider ($XLK) traded to NEW HIGHS for the year this week.

The Semiconductors also helped lift the NASDAQ and the Semiconductor ETF ($SMH) continued its up move this week after its most recent pullback.

If you Swing Trade ETF's then these two sectors did give you an opportunity to get LONG this week but almost every other sector followed the overall market.

Energy, Retail, Oil Services, Real Estate and the Steel Sector all pulled back with the market this week.

Gold and Silver popped a bit this week as $AEM and $PAAS rallied to NEW HIGHS for the year.

The Agriculture ETF's ($DBA and $MOO) continue to stand out as the sector ETF "rock stars" as both once again hit new yearly highs this week.

As far as individual stocks go we saw some big moves in $RIMM, $VRSN, $VSEA, $MOS and a huge GAP UP in $CSTR and $EL to end the week.

A few stocks took a beating this week but one to watch next week will be $HAL.

Moving forward there are still a TON of stocks pulling back nicely from their most recent recent highs.

The market did take a healthy (and much needed) breather this week but be prepared as w open up for trading on Monday.

A continuation of the recent pullback towards the 50 day SMA wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing but neither would a rip straight up to NEW HIGHS!

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

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Swing Trading Week in Review – October 22, 2010

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

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Swing Traders continue to enjoy the recent uptrend as the markets moved to new multi-month highs this week.

The week started off a bit negative and Tuesday's GAP DOWN was the first real sign of weakness we have seen in sometime.

The market quickly recovered though as the major indices pushed higher to close out the week.

As far as sectors go we saw a bit of rotation this week as some of the weaker sector ETF's moved higher while a few of the stronger ones took a bit of a break.

Retail ($RTH) and Real Estate ($IYR) traded to new multi-months highs while the recently strong Energy ($XLE) and Oil Services ($OIH) sectors traded up but still below their recent highs.

The Financials ($XLF) and Homebuilders ($XHB) remain weak but the Broker/Dealers ($IAI) are showing a bit of strength.

As far as individual stocks are concerned it was also a bit of a mixed bag.

APC, SOHU, DAL, and GS had nice moves to the upside and AMZN continued to rip.

SLB, ADSK, CHKP also moved higher while SMG and SKS just keep on rollin'.

On the flip side we saw decent sell offs in TSL, SNDK, X, JCG and MED.

As we move into next week there are still a lot of stocks setting up for potential LONG trades.

The only caution sign we see is the lack of volume that we saw as the market pushed higher at the end of the week.

We are still in a very BULLISH phase so we will simply wait for the opportunities to present themselves and act accordingly.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

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Swing Trading Week in Review – October 15, 2010

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

The rally continues! (well kinda)

The major indices finished UP yet again this week.

Although we closed the week on a positive note the move itself was less than spectacular.

It was more like a sideways Monday, nice day of trading Tuesday then a GAP UP and trade sideways to close the week.

Now don't get me wrong…We aren't complaining!

The very BULLISH price action we are seeing is a nice change of pace from the last few months of the "stop, chop, and reverse" type trading that we were seeing.

As a matter of fact this week we saw a lot of the strong stocks on our list continue to move strongly to the upside.

AAPL and AMZN are continue to defy gravity as both stocks ripped to NEW HIGHS this week.

CF and AGU also continued to rally after last Fridays breakout.

RIG and DO had a nice week as well as the Oil Services and Energy sectors remain strong.

There are also a lot of strong stocks on our list that used this week to digest some of their recent gains.

AVP, CCJ, MMR, JWN, DE, STJ and DOW are a few names that are on this list.

This is a good sign and should give us very nice trade setups in the days to come.

The sector action was mixed again this week.

The Financials (XLF IYF) still cannot find any legs and actually sold off pretty hard to close the week.

Retail (RTH) is still trading sideways but Real Estate (IYR) finally got a little lift this week.

One sector that did finally make its move this week was the Technology sector.

After last weeks consolidation XLK finally made its move higher closing the week a new multi month highs.

As expected the Tech heavy Nasdaq got a lift this week as well.

The QQQQ gets our vote for "Index of the Week" based on its great chart.

As the bull marches on we expect to see some follow through in the days to come.

Be patient and wait for your trades to set up.

The market is in a VERY BULLISH phase right now but that does not mean that decent pullback is out of the question.

Be prepared for anything and trade your plan accordingly.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

P.S. – Our last strategy class of the year will be our PVT Trading Tactics class on October 30th. If you are interested in learning more about trading with trend lines, volume, and price action then don't forget to sign up now!

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