Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Yesterdays long didn't work with the sharp drop at the open hitting the stops pretty soon after the long order took. It did bounce back though and there are still resistance levels around the...

What do you call a share that has a 5% dividend yield, from a company which has raised its dividend by 9% a year over the last decade, and where that company is in about as defensive a sector as...

Friday wasn't so bad in the end, prediction-wise, for the FTSE 100. We got the dip from 6852 though it went a bit lower than the 6821 and hit the stop on that alert I sent, before climbing as expected...

In general when the stock market makes a new all-time high it attracts new buyers and the rally extends. This is not happening in the S&P 500, The new high was followed by a pull back below the...

I think this week will mostly be known as range week, and a very small range at that! Not a lot happened yesterday after that initial dip down to the supports levels at 6865 and 6855, but then...

The main event yesterday was the new high in the S&P 500. This move changes the way we label the waves on the chart. So far the saying "sell in May and go away" does not apply. Investor are in...

Stock markets are at a critical junction, if the bearish case is intact the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 must turn down now. The FTSE critical resistance is 6867, a break above that level after 8am...

It was bulls one, bears nil, yesterday. We got the dip to the pivot early on instead and then a steady rise all day, slight pause at the 6850 to pick ups few for the short but the rest of that trade...

Ukraine didn't figure much in the news despite what some were expecting. In fact, the financial news was quite quiet. It does all still look like we will continue the current slow grind higher,...

The FTSE 100 rally started on 14 April, from the low of the range to the top of the range below 6867, the rally has been driven by positive sentiment. Investors have ignored the slowdown in China and...

Stock markets are bouncing off their lows after President Putin urged separatists to postpone plans for a referendum and said he will pull Russian troops back from the border with Ukraine. Easing...

I had four trades pencilled in for yesterday but only one took: the long at 6770, which ended up running to target at 6804. The price never got quite high enough for any of the 3 shorts to kick in,...

I really wanted the bulls to do more with that long from 6791 yesterday but it was very half hearted. Maybe they thought it was Monday? Perhaps, today will therefore be bull Tuesday a day late?Either...

The trend is likely to reverse when the trend reversal is 75%. A breach of a key reversal level implies a neutral position.The FTSE 100 is trading in pre-open more or less where it closed last week....