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• Miners Keep The Market Up! SPX, Nasdaq, WLT, CNX, MEE, ACI, CF, POT, MOS, AGU, TRA, MDVN

  The market started out strong today. Although it gave back some gains in the afternoon, it managed to close in the green. Gold rallied today to above $1130/ounce. Miners led the market. Besides the gold miners, coal stocks were also very strong. WLT made... Posted Mar 02 2010, 09:21 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, CF, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS, AGU, TRA, WLT, MDVN

• Market Pares Loss With A Mid-Day Bounce: SPX, Nasdaq, ESRX, KSS, DECK, CME, ICE, CF, POT, MOS, AGU

  The market opened lower today as the number of jobless claims increased in the latest data . However, in the afternoon, the market started to reverse its direction. Fertilizers were among the first ones to be bought. CF, in particular, bounced on heavy... Posted Feb 25 2010, 05:27 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CME, CF, ESRX, POT, ICE, DECK, MOS, AGU, KSS

• Commodity Sectors Rally Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, TRA, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, TSL, GLD, CNX, CLF, BTU, X, RTP

  Stocks rallied today, led once again by the commodity sectors. As I have been saying for a week now , " The dollar is very strong, but, perhaps needs a breather. Commodity sectors could see buyers rushing in if the dollar pulls back ." The dollar... Posted Feb 16 2010, 03:01 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RTP, CNX, GLD, X, CF, TSL, BTU, POT, MOS, CLF, AGU, TRA

• Happy New Year!! December 09 Month Wrap! GOOG, MA, MOS, AMZN, AAPL, FSLR

  Happy New Year! Well, it's been quite a year. Our published trades have brought profits just about every month of the year, besides Oct 09, which we gave back some gains late in the month to close about even. We'll strive for a even better year... Posted Dec 31 2009, 11:58 AM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: FSLR, GOOG, AAPL, MA, AMZN, MOS

• Coals And Steels Lead The Market Higher! SPX, Nasdaq, BBBY, CNX, BTU, ACI, MEE, X, NUE, AKS, WLT, POT, MOS, XOM, XTO

  This morning, a +7.4% jump in existing home sales gave investors something to cheer about ! All top 10 holdings of XHB (S&P Homebuilders ETF) made gains: BBBY was especially strong, adding +3.48%. Besides the homebuilders, miners were very strong... Posted Dec 22 2009, 04:28 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, X, NUE, XOM, BTU, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS, AKS, XTO, WLT, BBBY

• Solars And Fertilizers Still Attracting Buyers! SPX, Nasdaq, FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TSL, YGE, CSIQ, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, FDX, UPS

  The market was stagnant today, spending most of the day slightly up. But, it sank into the red in the afternoon, although not by much. A couple of sectors stood out, however. Solars and fertilizers were strong from the open and kept most of their gains... Posted Dec 07 2009, 07:25 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: SPWRA, FSLR, YGE, CF, STP, TSL, POT, MOS, AGU, CSIQ, UPS, FDX

• Weekly Wrap 12/4/09 MOS, MA, CGA

  I have been on vacation mode since Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, some very good trades were still made. We're once again 100% GR$$N on the closed trades. Notable ones are on MOS and MA with gains over +50% (highlighted). Here they are: December 04,... Posted Dec 04 2009, 08:26 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MA, MOS, CGA

• Fertilizers Up Big On Strong Demand! POT, MOS, CF, AGU, SEED, GRO, CGA

  On Thanksgiving, I wrote a quick article mentioning the potential M&A activities in the agriculture sector . Over the past 2 days, fertilizer stocks saw tremendous buying on increasing volume! Today, top officers from Potash (POT) and Mosaic (MOS... Posted Dec 02 2009, 04:19 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CF, POT, MOS, AGU, SEED, GRO, CGA

• Happy Thanksgiving! MON, POT, MOS, CF, AGU

  Happy Thanksgiving! The market managed a modest gain as the dollar dropped and gold went to a new high, yet again! Gold finished above $1190/ounce!! We took things easy on Wednesday to get ready for Thanksgiving. Most sectors closed higher and VIX came... Posted Nov 25 2009, 09:36 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MON, CF, POT, MOS, AGU

• Market Comes Alive On "Mutual-Fund Monday"! SPX, Nasdaq, WLP, ESRX, UNH, PNC, PRU, STT, MA, GOOG, MOS, SEED, GRO

  The market hopped out of the gate this morning on some "happy feet" as home sales jumped in October to their highest level in more than 2-1/2 years ! In addition, gold continued to make new record highs, trading nearly to $1175/ounce intraday... Posted Nov 23 2009, 07:31 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GOOG, MA, PNC, PRU, ESRX, WLP, STT, MOS, SEED, UNH, GRO

• Gold Rises To Another Record! SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, MON, POT, CF, MOS, BG

  The market was yet again flat today, closing a bit on the downside. Gold, however, jumped in the morning a attained a new record high! This weekend, in my Market Forecast & Sector Watch , I said, " GLD is now in uncharted territory, with little... Posted Nov 18 2009, 08:06 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MON, GLD, CF, POT, MOS, BG

• Coal And Agriculture Stocks Rally! POT, MOS, MON, CF, MEE, CNX, BTU, ACI

  The market started out a bit weak, but, managed to came back up to close in the green. Coal stocks were strong today: MEE +5.68%, CNX +1.88%, BTU +2.37%, ACI +2.14%. I mentioned unusual options activities in MEE in last night's article . Today I bought... Posted Nov 17 2009, 07:16 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MON, CNX, CF, BTU, ACI, MEE, POT, MOS

• Market Rallies Higher On Commodity Sectors! SPX, Nasdaq, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, FCX, RTP, BTU, ACI, CNX, AAPL, TXN

  The market was strong today with commodity sectors leading the rally. Yesterday, in my Sector Watch , we looked at the agriculture sector, as MOO made a solid move higher last week. Today, POT was rumored to be a buyout target for BHP , and, the sector... Posted Oct 19 2009, 04:54 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RTP, CNX, AAPL, TXN, CF, FCX, BTU, ACI, POT, MOS, AGU

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, USO, UUP, XME, MOO

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, Monday may be a bit shaky, as the market needs to let off some more steam. But, as long as the market does not fall too far below the daily upper BB, it should stay strong. SPX 1030... Posted Sep 20 2009, 08:34 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: CNX, USO, GS, BAC, APA, JPM, XLF, NUE, UUP, XME, WFC, BTU, ACI, MEE, MOO, POT, DVN, MOS, CLF, AKS, XTO

• Commodity Sectors Jump Again! CNX, BTU, CLF, X, AKS, NUE, FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, STP, POT, MOS

  The market continued with its graduate ascend. Commodity sectors were strong again! Yesterday , I wrote about the coal stocks. Today, they pushed higher: CNX +4.47%; BTU +2.11%; CLF +5.1%. Yesterday, we bought CNX Oct 42 calls: September 14, 2009 07:46... Posted Sep 15 2009, 05:33 PM by HappyTrading with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: SPWRA, FSLR, CNX, X, NUE, STP, TSL, BTU, POT, MOS, CLF, AKS