Fridays Final Trades

Good News, Bad News.   The Good News is that in the U.S. we have a 3 day weekend to rest up and enjoy time with family and friends.  The Bad News is that in the U.S., we have a 3 day weekend.  I don't know about you, but at times I hate it when there is  no trading Monday.   Earlier in the week I was lamenting that some of the trades were choppy and not really going anywhere, but toward the end of the week the gains started adding up and now I'd like to see this continue Friday and into Monday, but I guess many of us will need to wait until Tuesday.  So let's take a look at a few things on Friday,  our last trading day until the 3 day weekend.

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Thursday February 14th – Expectations

   

NASDAQ -  The NASDAQ has now reached the 200 sma.   We are getting late in the daily cycle.

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Wed Feb 13 – Like watching Paint Dry

When the markets get later on in there cycle counts and start to get a little choppy, it can be boring and even a little tricky. You'll see what I mean by tricky when we cover the general markets and Oil.

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SPX #1 - The SPX has hit a new high as it pushed against the 200 sma Tuesday after a brief pullback.   Does that change anything? ...

   

SPX #2 Feb 5th  -  A while back I had mentioned that in the past that we saw false break outs at the 200 sma before, so that could happen again.   So breaking through that 200 sma doesn't really change anything, but I'll show you why it gets a little tricky shortly.

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