What’s Up, What’s Down: Dow Futures in Spotlight
Comments for Friday, July 30, 2010
Looking Ahead to Today by Reflecting Back at Thursday’s Price Action
INDICES:
Lower closes yesterday for the cash and Dow futures along with the S&P’s and Nasdaq this time but no changes technically. This morning the market will have to grapple with The GDP 2nd Quarter estimate and the Unemployment Cost Index. I’m standing aside for all of the indices although I have a buy signal for the Dow futures. The S&P’s along with the Nasdaq are neutral for me at this time although they’re forming potential large bottoms. However, I never trade off of potentials!
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Rick Alexander has been a broker and analyst in the futures business for over thirty years. He is a Vice-President for Sales and Trading at the Zaner Group (www.zaner.com) a Chicago-based futures brokerage firm. Email Rick at ralexander@zaner.com.
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