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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

• 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

• 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

• Earnings Fail To Excite Market! SPX, Nasdaq, AAPL, TXN, BLK, BTU, YHOO SNDK, CREE, ISRG

  Although both AAPL and TXN reported solid earnings yesterday, they were not enough to draw more buyers in, just yet. The market took a breather as the dollar managed a bounce, which resulted in weakness in the commodity sectors. AAPL closed below the... Posted Oct 20 2009, 05:24 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: BTU, BLK, AAPL, TXN, ISRG, CREE, YHOO SNDK

• Weekly Wrap + Market Forecast + Sector Watch (Part II): SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, USO, XME, XLF, BLK, ISRG, FSLR, AAPL (public)

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, the market seems to be in a consolidation phase. Both SPX and Nasdaq are displaying a new "bearish" crossover in the MACD. VIX could test 27 from here. The 20-day MA will... Posted Oct 04 2009, 07:40 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, USO, XLF, XME, FSLR, BLK, AAPL, ISRG

• M&A Deals Boost Stocks: SPX, Nasdaq, XRX, ACS, ABT, GS, HIG, AXP, PRU, BLK, CME, ICE

  This morning, the market opened higher, encouraged by M&A deals. Xerox (XRX) announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy ACS . XRX shares dropped 14.48% while ACS jumped +14.%. Abbott Laboratories (ABT) said it would pay $6.6 billion for the pharmaceutical... Posted Sep 28 2009, 08:28 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GS, CME, BLK, HIG, PRU, AXP, ICE, XRX, ACS, ABT

• More New Highs!! SPX, Nasdaq, NOV, DO, SLB, RIG, AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, GS, HIG, PRU, BLK, COF, CME

  Yesterday, in my article , I said, " I think VIX will test 23 again tomorrow. If VIX breaks below 23, I think we'll see SPX above 1060 !" Today, VIX broke below 23, and SPX went above 1060. Although VIX bounced in the afternoon, the market... Posted Sep 16 2009, 08:11 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GS, AMZN, CME, DO, NOV, GOOG, BLK, AAPL, HIG, PRU, COF, RIG, SLB

• Market Adds To Gains! SPX, Nasdaq, FSLR, MA, BLK, COF, WFC, GS, JNPR, TXN

  The market saw profit-taking today in the commodity sectors. Gold traded above $1000 in the morning, but, closed below $995/ounce. Oil prices were flat. With 1/2 hour before the close yesterday, I said in our Trading Room : September 8, 2009 12:33 PM... Posted Sep 09 2009, 05:05 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: MA, GS, WFC, FSLR, BLK, TXN, COF, JNPR

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

  Last weekend, in my Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, the market still looks very vulnerable. The market would have to overcome a lot of downside pressure to push higher. Goldman Sach's (GS) earnings on Tuesday morning could decide... Posted Jul 19 2009, 07:47 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: PBW, USO, XLF, WFC, SPWRA, MS, XLE, XME, FSLR, BLK, AAPL, YHOO, TXN

• Testimonials

  Here are some recent testimonials from our Happy Traders. vidosole January 22, 2010 12:35 PM Happy, that was a very good note. Well timed. Thanks. Actually I followed it and made profitable trades today. Profited from long V, short SHLD , short RUT. angar... Posted Jul 18 2009, 08:54 AM by HappyTrading with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ESI, MA, HGSI, BLK, AAPL, MOS, Testimonials, ISRG, FAS

• Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, XME, PBW, BTK (public)

  Last weekend, in the Market Forecast , I wrote: " For the new week, we have the Fed meeting on Wednesday. The market still seems undecided and is showing mixed signals. VIX, closing below 28, could start a new leg down. On the other hand, energy... Posted Jun 28 2009, 09:58 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: PBW, BTK, XLF, GS, XME, BAC, STP, BLK, X, FCX, ZOLT, YGE, TSL

• June Wrap-Up

  Although there are still a couple of more trading days left in June. But, since this is the last June weekend, I thought it'd make more sense to do a wrap-up now. The market has been stuck in a tight range, so, the we only did some light trading these... Posted Jun 28 2009, 09:13 AM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: DO, BLK

• Choppy Market, But, Still A Good Week!

  It's been a very choppy market. We traded lightly this week as the market fluctuated in a tight range. But, we still came out on top, including a +209% trade on BLK. We also found a quick winning trade in puts on BIDU today: June 12, 2009 11:48 |... Posted Jun 12 2009, 12:03 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: BLK, RTP, POT, BIDU