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

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

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

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

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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 BLOG – Week in Review – April 15, 2011

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

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After failing to break out to the upside on Monday the market put in a nice orderly pullback to its 50 day SMA this week.

The overhead resistance is in place and its a good sign when the 50 day holds as support.

In order for us to stay optimistic about this market moving higher we are going to have to see price action and volume confirm our thoughts.

If the market stalls looks for clues that a short term trend transition may be in order.

Earlier this week we posted a list of Gold Stocks to watch and a list of Silver ETF's.

We posted these to remind you of the recent strength in these two sectors.

Lets take a look at the chart for the Gold ($GLD) and Silver ($SLV) ETF's

$GLD $SLV

Both sector ETF's are in solid UP TRENDS and offered yet another opportunity for Swing Traders to profit.

While some Swing Trading BLOGS were actually advocating SHORTING these sectors we remained BULLISH due to the obvious strength.

No one knows for sure what the future holds but for now these two are about the strongest sectors in the market.

Until next week…Good Trading to YOU!

Swing Trading Week in Review – March 18, 2011

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

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$DIA

And DOWN we go!!!

After several weeks of showing signs of weakness the overall market has finally pushed lower.

Last weeks sell off brought the market down to short term oversold levels by mid week so the bounce we saw on Thursday and Friday came as no surprise.

With the overall market taking a hit this week it was interesting to note how some sectors and stocks were actually holding up despite the selling.

The Oil ($USO $OIH) and Energy ($XLE) sectors are still trading above their 50 day SMA's.

$OIH

These sectors are still relatively strong but if the market selling continues it could bring these sectors right along with it.

Technology ($XLK) took a hit this week and the Semiconductors ($SMH) continued to push lower after a slight "stall".

$XLK

One sector on our radar is the Agriculture sector ($DBA $MOO).

 

After a hard SELL OFF this sector has retraced back to just under the 50 day SMA.

$DBA

Watch to see how this ETF and the stocks in this sector follow through as they may just be setting up some nice SHORT trades.

We have a TON of stocks on our Watch List as we move into next week.

Until then…Good Trading to YOU!

 

 

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