Monday, January 31, 2011

Futures Point to a Higher Open...

BMO – ES +5.75 and NQ +7.75 futures are higher about 60 minutes before the open in pre-market trading and point to a higher open …

TLT is down 43 cents and the Euro is up 124 pips in premarket trading and is above horizontal resistance…

NDX leaders AAPL, AMZN, BIDU and GOOG are higher in pre-market trading…NFLX and PCLN are lower in pre-market…

Dave’s Insight for Monday: Continue to follow your rules. Look for a potential support bounce after Friday’s large selloff. Look for resistance near Friday’s S1 level. Do a month end review of your results compared with your 2011 goal after the close today.

Continue to follow key earnings releases and the opportunities they create.

SPX
Resistance: 1,281, 1300
Support: 1,271, 1,256, 1,241

Quoting DownCMG, SWK, VMW, TLT, NFLX, PCLN, TEVA, KLAC, GRMN, CTSH

Quoting UpSOHU, WLT, PI, MA, CLF, POT, SINA, MOS, FCX, AGU, PCX, JEC, FDX, X, HUM, MCP, GS, CF, HANS, SWKS, CAT, SNDK, CRUS, JNPR, LXK, ATI, CRM, MCD, AIV, STI, FAS, GOOG, AAPL, GENZ, BIDU, MICC, CEPH, DTV, BRCM, SNDK, EXPD, QCOM, VOD, CELG, XLNX, ORCL

Dave is teaching an Advanced Options workshop today...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dave,

After Friday's apparent panicky sell-off, you remain steady and solid. Thank you for your stability, encouragement, and insight. I found myself feeling nervous Friday, but stayed with my rules because of your teachings. The weekend remained nervous, but futures began turning positive last night. Then I found your blog reassuring in its stability this morning. Even though the future is uncertain, and always will be, sticking to my rules is essential. Thank you for that lesson! (...among many others!)
Thank you,
Kathy :)

Anonymous said...

The best thing I did this week was sell at resistance that did not break through.

My accounts took a big hit last week. Haven't done the math yet, but it does not look good.

Still thinking about what I should have done differently.

Don

Anonymous said...

Dave,
Can you please explain why Massey (MEE) is trading below $63/share when its buyout announced over the weekend was valued at $69?
Thank you!
Karen