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• Market Marches On! SPX, Nasdaq, WLT, MEE, ANR, PCX, HIG, BLK, PNC, STI, STT, APA, APC, OXY, HES

  The market continued to push higher today, ramping up to new 2010 highs! Financials were strong today. FAS (financial bull 3x ETF) hit an intraday high of $96.84. In early February, FAS touched an intraday low of $60. That's a +61% rise from the February... Posted Mar 17 2010, 05:08 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, PNC, STT, STI, MEE, BLK, HIG, HES, OXY, WLT, PCX, ANR, APC

• Energy Stocks Lead The Market In Bounce: SPX, Nasdaq, XOM, RIG, DO, APA, WLT, HES, AMZN, BIDU, BP

  This morning, in addition to encouraging manufacturing and personal spending data, XOM reported better-than-expected earnings . As discussed in my Market Forecast last night , the market was ready for a bounce. Energy stocks led the market higher: XOM... Posted Feb 01 2010, 08:30 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, AMZN, DO, BIDU, HES, XOM, RIG, WLT, BP

• Market At Highest Close In 15 Months! SPX, Nasdaq, IBM, CREE, RMBS, AAPL, APA, WLT, HES

  After brushing aside C's earnings this morning, the market shifted its focus to the Senate race in Massachusetts. Health care stocks started to rise because Brown, the Republican's candidate, was gaining momentum. Other sectors followed higher... Posted Jan 19 2010, 08:13 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, IBM, STT, WFC, BAC, AAPL, HES, CREE, WLT, BK, RMBS

• Market Takes A Breather: MA, V, ICE, CME, CF, CLF, APA

  Well, it's nearly the end of the year, with only 2 trading days left (Friday is the 1st and it's a market holiday). The volume was light and the market took a breather, which was discussed in my Market Forecast this weekend . Not much new development... Posted Dec 29 2009, 07:50 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MA, APA, CME, V, CF, ICE, CLF

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, UUP, GLD, XLF, XLE (public)

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, we'll pay attention to the GDP and retail reports on Tuesday. Nasdaq looks really strong. Its daily upper BB has opened up. Normally, I'd say that Nasdaq is setting up for... Posted Dec 27 2009, 09:23 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, MA, APA, XLF, PNC, STT, UUP, XLE, CME, DO, NOV, V, BLK, HES, DVN, ICE, OXY, RIG, SLB, UPL, XLT

• Internet Stocks Jump! CNX, BTU, APA, WLT, PCLN, AMZN, YHOO, EBAY, GOOG

  This morning, crude inventories came in lower than expected . New home sales was down, but personal spending and salary rose . These were enough to keep investors' jovial holiday spirit. Energies, coals, and steels ( all mentioned yesterday ) continued... Posted Dec 23 2009, 03:57 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: PCLN, APA, AMZN, GOOG, BTU, CNX, YHOO, EBAY, WLT

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, GDX, XLF, XLE (public)

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I said, " For the new week, the market will start the week in a neutral position. If SPX and Nasdaq can rise above their respective daily MAs, the market can rally higher. The immediate resistance levels above... Posted Nov 15 2009, 09:39 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, MA, APA, XLF, JPM, PNC, AEM, GS, WFC, XLE, BAC, V, GDX, BLK, ABX, GOLD, AXP, CVX, XOM, OXY, SLB, RGLD

• Energy Stocks Stall The Market: SPX, Nasdaq, APA, DO, RIG, NOV, WLT, GOOG, CTRP, DIS

  Last night, in my evening article , I said, " We'll need to see some strength back in energy stocks to push the market above SPX 1100 ." Well, the energy inventory numbers today showed a drop in energy use . Energy stocks turned weak soon... Posted Nov 12 2009, 08:32 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, DO, NOV, GOOG, CTRP, RIG, WLT, DIS

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

  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, 10:23 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: USO, APA, XLF, JPM, GS, WFC, UUP, XME, BAC, BTU, ACI, CNX, MEE, MOO, POT, DVN, MOS, CLF, NUE, AKS, XTO

• Biotechs Are Hot!! SPX, Nasdaq, HGSI, BCRX, GENZ, MYGN, HIG, GOOG, APA

  Yesterday, the market jumped in the morning, then, retreated in the afternoon. Today, it was a similar scenario, although the markets did manage to keep some gains. We continued to lock in profits. Yesterday we took profits on HIG and APA : August 24... Posted Aug 25 2009, 04:09 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, GOOG, HGSI, HIG, GENZ, BCRX, MYGN

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, XME, XLE, INX2 (public)

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, after trying hard, but unsuccessfully, to break away from the recent resistance levels ( SPX 1000 ; Nasdaq 2000 ), the market technicals are showing slight weakness. The MACD on both... Posted Aug 23 2009, 08:30 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: PCLN, APA, XLF, JPM, GS, AMZN, XLE, XME, BAC, GOOG, HIG, FCX, INX2, PRU, EBAY, AIG, WFT, CVX, XOM, OXY

• Friday Wrap-Up

  We didn't trade much last week; so here are the closed trades for the past 2 weeks: August 21, 2009 11:11 | HappyTrading APA ($88.30) Sold to Close APAIR Sep 90 calls, at $2.45 +17% 07:39 | HappyTrading HIG ($20.97) Sold to Close HIGIW Sep 18 calls... Posted Aug 21 2009, 01:16 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, PNC, STT, FSLR, HIG, AIG

• Oil Surges, Commodity Stocks Rise: SPX, Nasdaq, FSLR, AIG, FCX, DVN, APA, DO, NOV

  The market gapped lower today to open. On Monday, in my evening article , I wrote: " So, there's no hurry jumping back on the long side just yet. I'd rather enjoy a couple of days playing the downside ." We entered into some August puts... Posted Aug 19 2009, 04:48 PM by HappyTrading with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: APA, FSLR, DO, NOV, FCX, DVN, AIG

• Market Dives To Open The Week! SPX, Nasdaq, APA, DVN, HES, RTP, X, FCX, ATI, BIDU, GOOG, RIMM

  Right at the open, the market was hit with disappointing news from the World Bank that the global economy may be weaker than it had previously predicted . Within the first 1/2 hour, the Dow stumbled more than 100 points! Commodity sectors continued to... Posted Jun 22 2009, 04:50 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: rimm, APA, GOOG, RTP, BIDU, X, ATI, FCX, HES, DVN

• May 2009: Another Fabulous Month!!

  Wow! What a way to close! Almost every sector jumped with about 30-minutes left in trading. Most financial stocks turned green! What they say about "Going away in May" is a myth. Very often, it's really " Buy in May, it'll be great... Posted May 29 2009, 01:05 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: APA, DO, STP, HBAN, SNDA