Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 23, 2009, 11:52 am
Big up move in the markets today. The dollar is showing significant weakness, down .75%. The weakness in the dollar is giving equities support to the upside. Also, gold is a big beneficiary of a weak ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 19, 2009, 3:24 pm
The markets sold off hard this morning, but calmed down and chopped higher into the close. SPY is still below that key resistance line at 110. The VIX finished up about 4.5%, retracing from its intrad...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 19, 2009, 11:03 am
The broad market is breaking down hard today. We are seeing incredible deterioration in stocks with confirmation from volume and breadth. The TRIN is pretty much a breadth indicator, meaning that it m...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 18, 2009, 11:12 am
The markets are still in a consolidation phase so far today. The S&P (SPY) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) are relatively neutral. The Nasdaq (QQQQ) and Russell 2000 (IWM) are showing relative ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 18, 2009, 8:26 am
Three economic reports came out this morning and so far, Housing Starts is the most bearish of the reports. The other reports came in more or less in line with expectations. Pre-Market, stocks are sel...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 17, 2009, 3:24 pm
The markets finished sideways for the most part. Some of the major indexes managed very small gains with a slight end of day rally. The TICK corroborated the choppy action. The TRIN and VIX dropped si...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 17, 2009, 12:10 pm
The broader market indexes are chopping sideways today, which does not come as too much of a surprise. To be honest, there is nothing too special to report in regards to the major indexes so far today...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 16, 2009, 3:30 pm
Big move up in the broader markets today. SPY gapped up and broke out above major resistance to put in new highs for 2009. DIA and QQQQ also put in new highs for the year today. The IWM and XLF are st...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 16, 2009, 11:28 am
Stocks are up big today on the back of weaker than expected Retail Sales numbers, lower than expected Empire State Manufacturing Survey data, and a decline in Business Inventories. Despite all the med...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 14, 2009, 3:07 pm
This week was bullish overall, but volume was very light. The major indexes appear to be putting in a swing high at their respective levels. The financials and Russell 2000 are showing significant rel...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 13, 2009, 11:05 am
Some scary action in the markets today if you’re a bear. We had a FOBO (Fake Out Break Out) to the downside this morning on worse than expected economic reports. International Trade and Consumer...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 12, 2009, 11:31 am
The SPY (S&P 500 tracking ETF) gapped down slightly this morning, filled the gap and ran higher into resistance at 110.40 and 110.5o, and reversed. SPY found some support at the 110 mark as expected (...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 11, 2009, 3:41 pm
The markets finished up today after a choppy trading session. No economic news to speak of came out today. SPY finished at 110.15, and put in new highs for 2009 at 110.82. The Nasdaq (QQQQ) and Dow Jo...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 11, 2009, 11:14 am
SPY is putting in some significant tests of the 110 mark today. SPY gapped up above 110 at the open, and chopped around the mark throughout the morning session ultimately breaking below it. Right now,...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 10, 2009, 3:53 pm
Indecision in the markets today after a huge up move yesterday comes as no surprise. SPY (The S&P tracking ETF) finished unchanged to make a doji formation on the daily chart. The Financials (XLF) and...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 10, 2009, 11:39 am
The SPY tested the 110 mark early in the session, getting as high as 109.93. As expected, 110 acted as major resistance and SPY has pulled back significantly from those highs. The Financials (XLF) and...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 9, 2009, 4:24 pm
The markets finished up big today after a nice gap up and continuation today. Volume was light and the VIX only dropped 2x the move up in the broader market. I am hesitant to go long here in the fac...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 9, 2009, 11:56 am
The markets gapped up pretty big today on positive statements from the G-20 meeting. The world governments made a pledge to aid economies, whatever that means. I guess they are promising to print more...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 7, 2009, 9:29 pm
Sorry for the late Weekend Review this week. At least you have all day Sunday to view it. Enjoy… Click here to view the embedded video. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always trade ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 6, 2009, 10:53 am
The Employment Situation came out worse than expected and the employment rate is 10.2%. You will be seeing that number in news headlines all weekend for sure. Keep in mind, real unemployment is closer...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 5, 2009, 3:27 pm
The markets rallied hard today on good Jobless Claims data and other positive Economic Reports. The TICK was bullish most of the day. The TRIN was not corroborating the move, but fell in line with the...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 5, 2009, 11:20 am
The markets are up nicely today. Jobless Claims came in better than expected and the other Economic Reports were bullish. The Financials are the only significant laggard today. The TICK and TRIN are d...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 4, 2009, 3:18 pm
The markets gapped up this morning and traded lightly leading up to the FOMC Statement at 2:15 pm. After the FOMC statement volume sky rocketed and prices chopped around big time. Ultimately we sold o...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 4, 2009, 11:23 am
Things are eerily calm right now after a move higher in the broader market indexes. All eyes are on the Federal Reserve and the FOMC Minutes to be released at 2:15. This will most likely be a big mark...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 3, 2009, 3:42 pm
Choppy day in the markets today. The S&P (SPY) finished up about 0.25%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) finished down by about 0.2%. The Nasdaq (QQQQ) finished up 0.4%. The Russel 2000 (IWM) le...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 3, 2009, 11:38 am
The markets are chopping sideways for the most part today, so far forming an doji on the daily candle. The Financials (XLF), Dow (DIA) and Nasdaq (QQQQ) are showing relative weakness to the S&P 500 in...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 2, 2009, 3:43 pm
The markets showed strength this morning, but pulled back nicely from the early highs of the session. The Russells (IWM) and Nasdaq (QQQQ) showed relative weakness today. The VIX behaved as expected a...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Nov 2, 2009, 11:29 am
Hello Traders, The markets are higher today on news reports. CIT Group (CIT)  filed for bankruptcy over the weekend, which had the potential to act as a Lehman Brothers type catalyst leading to a &#...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 31, 2009, 11:44 am
We saw some serious deterioration in the markets this week. All of this action culminated in Friday’s incredibly bearish activity, with the TRIN and VIX giving highly bearish sentiment reads. Th...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 30, 2009, 11:05 am
The major indexes are down hard today. The VIX, TICK, and TRIN are confirming the move lower. The SPY is forming a low base on the daily chart and the IWM is once again in a confirmed double top forma...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 29, 2009, 3:29 pm
Strong up move in the broader markets today. Most indexes finished up over 2%. The VIX dropped well over 11% today and the TICK and TRIN corroborated bullish movement all day. With this up move (highe...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 29, 2009, 11:07 am
The markets are higher today which comes as no surprise after the good economic reports this morning and the short term over-sold nature. This morning, Jobless Claims and GDP reports beat expectations...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 28, 2009, 3:18 pm
The markets sold off hard today with all sorts of conviction. Important things to note are the increasing volume across the board on this down leg, the VIX is approaching 30 and fast, and the relative...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 28, 2009, 11:27 am
Big drop in the markets today, perpetuated by poor home sales data. We are seeing very nice downward action in the indexes today. SPY is breaking down out of a huge rising wedge formation which is v...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 27, 2009, 3:32 pm
I thought we were going to finish the day with a doji and mark a swing low here tomorrow, but it does not look like that will be the case. The Dow was the only major index to finish in positive territ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 27, 2009, 11:18 am
So far on the day, SPY is making a doji. This could indicate a reversal/swing low here after a slight down leg. Tomorrow’s action will confirm a swing low or not. The market internals are behavi...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 26, 2009, 3:31 pm
Big drop in the markets today. In my halftime report I predicted that we would see spy chop sideways for the rest of the day and that is exactly what happened. SPY broke down out of the high base fo...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 26, 2009, 11:48 am
Sorry for not providing any analysis on Friday or this weekend. I was in Albany, NY for a racquetball tournament. I have not made any trades since the middle of last week, and I am waiting for a convi...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 22, 2009, 3:14 pm
The markets looked like they wanted to head lower early in the session, then chopped around flat mid session, and closed out the day with serious strength. SPY closed the gap from last Wednesday but r...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 22, 2009, 11:24 am
So far today the markets are showing indecision. The SPY has been basing sideways for majority of the trading session and we cannot seem to get momentum in either direction. The VIX is bleeding out, w...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 21, 2009, 3:42 pm
There is no other way to say it, the markets showed real weakness in the last hour of trading. The VIX was down about 3% for most of the day and finished up 6.3%… that’s a huge move in the...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 21, 2009, 11:22 am
The market internals are corroborating nicely with the moves we are seeing today. The VIX especially has been dropping significantly this week. As long as we hold up in this high base formation on the...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 20, 2009, 3:41 pm
We finished down today which is not too shocking. Between yesterday’s close and today’s close we had mixed economic data as well as mixed earnings which understandably led the markets to t...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 20, 2009, 11:13 am
The markets are down today. Many sources are blaming economic reports and corporate earnings. I do not really care to find out why, because that would take me two weeks to figure out. Instead, I will ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 19, 2009, 3:40 pm
On practically no news, the markets popped up today. The three major indexes (DOW, NASDAQ, S&P) all finished with a gain of over .9%. For the most part, the market internals (TICK, TRIN, VIX) confirme...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 19, 2009, 11:56 am
No major new yet today. The market is anticipating the Apple (AAPL) earnings report after the close today. As we stand right now, the major indexes are up about 1%. The VIX has only dropped by 1.5% to...
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