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Swing Trading BLOG – Week in Review – May 13, 2011

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Swing Trading BLOG – Swing Trading BOOT CAMP

$DIA

After last weeks SELL OFF the market put in a LOW VOLUME bounce to start the week.

Wednesday SELLERS stepped back into the market and pushed the market a bit lower.

The sideways trading that followed to end the week lets us know that a struggle is underway.

Oil and Energy ETF's continued their move down but the angle of the SHORT TERM DOWNTREND line is a bit steep.

$XLE

The Steel sector ETF ($SLX) continued to show it's relative weakness and pushed to a NEW LOW for the year this week.

It's no surprise that stocks like $X, $AKS and $STLD offered nice SHORT trade setups this week.

$SLX - Swing Trading ETF's

On the flip side this week was the Retail ETF ($RTH) which broker out to NEW HIGHS this week.

The move up was on INCREASING VOLUME but ended the week "stalling" at the high as volume dropped.

$RTH - Swing Trading ETF's

Next week should be interesting for sure.

The major market indices put in a LOWER HIGH so lets see if a LOWER LOW is in order.

If the previous SWING LOW holds and VOLUME comes back into the market on the BUY side then look for confirmation on a break of the previous SWING HIGH.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

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

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Swing Trading BLOG – Swing Trading BOOT CAMP

$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!

Swing Trading BLOG – Swing Trading Week in Review – April 21, 2011

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Swing Trading BLOG – Swing Trading BOOT CAMP

 

Swing Traders watched as the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved to NEW HIGHS this holiday shortened week.

Earnings news in the Technology sector influenced the markets early in the week and lead to a nice GAP UP on Wednesday.

This news brought buyers into the market and lifted the Technology ETF ($XLK) back above its 50 day SMA by weeks end.

The Semiconductor sector ($SMH) also got a lift this week and is also now trading back above its 50 day SMA.

Silver and Gold continue to show their strength with both sector ETF's ($SLV $GLD) trading to new multi month highs again this week.

Looking around at some individual stocks there still seems to be a bit of indecision in some sectors.

There are great stocks like $LULU, $SINA, $WLK and $SIRO.

Then there are not so great stocks like $CREE, $WFC and most of the airline stocks.

It will be interesting to see how these stocks do if the market continues to move higher.

Next week we will watch to see if the S&P 500 follows suit and BREAKS OUT to NEW HIGHS as well.

We are still in LONG only mode but we will be prepared for whatever the market decides to do from here.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

**No charts this week due to a problem with Esignal data**

Swing Trading Week in Review – April 8, 2011

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Swing Trading BLOG – Swing Trading BOOT CAMP

$DIA
 

Swing traders watched as the market moved to NEW HIGHS again this week but the move lacked the follow through that we were hoping for.

The week started out on a positive but was quickly followed by a three consolidation pattern to end the week.

The market is still strong of course so there were several ETF's and individual stocks making some nice moves.

With Oil being a very active sector it is no surprise that the US Oil ETF ($USO) turned in a great week.

$USO

Another sector on the move this week was the Retail sector ($RTH)…

$RTH

This sector has rebounded nicely and is trading back near its 3 month high.

This BLOG post would be complete without mentioning that both the GOLD and SILVER ETF's ($GDX $GLD $SLV) are definitely "in play"!

$GLD $SLV

All the sectors listed above (and a few others) are on our radar as we move into trading next week.

The Technology sector ($XLK $SMH) seems to be lagging a bit as this market remains strong.

For now we are sticking mostly to the LONG side as the market continues to trade near its highs.

We will keep an eye on the SHORT side just in case thing take a turn for the worst.

Be prepared for anything…and until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

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