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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/29/2013
Stock market averages are holding solid gains, but there’s not much news flow and very light volume behind the move. Pending Home Sales were up 1.5 percent and that was 1.4 percent more than expected. Personal Incomes and Spending rose .2 percent and .2 percent in March, which was mostly in-line with expectations. European equity [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/02/2013
Stock market averages rallied through midday, but have come off their highs heading into the final hour. Gains across Europe after the Easter break helped set the tone for steady trading on Wall Street and heading into the only economic stat of the day. The report showed Factory Orders up a better-than-expected 3 percent in [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/26/2013
Stock market averages are higher, but there’s no volume or conviction behind today’s move. Steady trading across Asia and Europe helped lift stock index futures heading into a report on Durable Goods. The headline number was better-than-expected and, although Existing Homes Sales and Consumer Confidence, fell short of expectations, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/25/2013
Stock market averages opened higher and the S&P was back within striking distance of new records, but the early advance fizzled after the euro faltered midday Monday. The underlying tone of trading was positive early on reports Cyprus had reached an agreement on an EU bailout by pledging to reduce the size of its banking [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/19/2013
Stock market averages opened steady on housing data, but then fell into the red on fresh headlines from Cyprus. A report released before the opening bell showed both Housing Starts and Building Permits increasing more-than-expected in February. The news helped take some of the focus off the worries about renewed problems in Europe, after Cyprus [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/18/2013
Global equity markets were rattled by news from an unlikely place Monday. Cyprus announced plans over the weekend to tax banking deposit accounts to help finance a bailout. Some large overseas accountholders, like many Russian businesses and individuals, are naturally peeved about the plan. Their deposits are set to be taxed by 5 to 15 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/13/2013
Stock market averages are sporting modest gains on retail sales numbers, but there’s no conviction behind the move. Data released before the opening bell showed Retail Sales up 1.1 percent last month and .6 percent more than expected. After seesaw action through mid-morning, the Dow and NASDAQ were sporting modest gains midday and then trading [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/12/2013
Stock market averages are lower Tuesday afternoon, but the decline has been orderly and without much conviction. With no domestic economic news slated until Retail Sales tomorrow morning, some of the early focus was on the story stocks of the day. Costco (COST) rose on earnings and Yum Brands (YUM) ticked higher on same store [...]
Whatstrading.com Options Recap — 03/07/2013
The grind continues. The S&P 500 traded in a 7-point range yesterday and in a 4-point range today. We get little blips of volume and volatility here and there, but the longer-term trend seems to be towards lower volumes and lower vols. ECB, BOE, and BOJ all concluded meetings on monetary policy and there didn’t [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/01/2013
Stock market averages erased early losses and finished with gains Friday. The underlying tone of trading was cautious early after equity markets moved broadly lower across much of Asia and Europe on weak PMI numbers. In the US, the highly-anticipated March 1 sequester deadline was upon us and, after a pair of bills failed in [...]
