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July 27, 2011

Gold pushes new Highs, Crude Oil pullsback off Big Round Number, and Traders prep for 830am news

————————————————————————————— The James’ Report:  Professional Resources for Professional Traders ————————————————————————————— –  US House Speaker Boehner battling resistance from within his own party in debt- ceiling standoff – S&P head of sovereign ratings Beers: Looking for a program that will make a difference in the medium term in slowing the increasing debt to avoid a downgrade […]

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US Dollar Tumbles as Crude Oil hunts for 100.00 and Gold looking for clues

————————————————————————————— The James’ Report:  Professional Resources for Professional Traders ————————————————————————————— – Focus on US debt ceiling negotiations; Dealers feel that the AA rating will become the new normal – USD facing a possible crisis of confidence – India Central Bank raises key rates more aggressively – Auctions from Europe were mixed in Spain and Italy; […]

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July 25, 2011

TradeTheNews.com US Market Update

Dow -64  S&P -6.3  NASDAQ -12.6 ***Economic Data*** – (TU) Turkey July Industrial Confidence: 114.1 v 114.6 prior; Capacity Utilization: 75.4% v 77.3%e – (US) Jun Chicago Fed National Activity Index: -0.46 v -0.40e – (BE) Belgium July Business Confidence: -2.5 v -2.1e; Nine-month low – (US) July Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity: -2.0 v -5.2e […]

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July 25, 2011

Dynamic or Static levels of support/resistance…which works better?

Dynamic = always changing, re-calculating, re-adjusting, liquid Example = –          Trigger Lines –          Today Highs/Lows of the day –          Intra-day Fibs –          Big Money Trigger Line (BMT) –          Auto Levels –          Swing Highs/Lows Static = never changes, always the same, sets up and then never changes Example = –          PHOD –          Daily Fibs (yesterdays OHLC) […]

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July 25, 2011

Day Traders get back to business looking for market personality on Summer Monday

————————————————————————————— The James’ Report:  Professional Resources for Professional Traders ————————————————————————————— –   US debt ceiling negotiations continues to hit road blocks; –   Political parties remained split as deadline looms; Equity markets were trading defensively – UK Business Sec Cable: BOE should consider more quantitative easing – Japanese officials continued their verbal intervention on the JPY ————————————————————————————— […]

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