Emini Futures Rollover Into Solar Storm 03/08/12

US and European Markets staged a continued rally into tonight's solar storm. The storm is part of the sun’s normal 11-year cycle, which is supposed to reach a peak next year. Solar storms don’t harm people, but they do disrupt technology. And during the last peak around 2002, experts learned that GPS was vulnerable to solar outbursts.

There is also a theory that along with disrupting technology these solar storms can have a dramatic effect on the financial markets. The Atlanta Fed commissioned a study of this phenomena in 2003. According to the report stocks tend to underperform during the days following a solar storm.

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Emini Futures Stage Recovery Rally 03/07/12

The S&P500 as well as the Dow Emini Futures both staged a very respectable recovery rally after suffering their single largest daily sell off of 2012 yesterday. With the exception of the second hour of today's Wall Street session, volatility has been visibly absent from the mix. Melt up might better describe the action than rally.

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Learn To Trade Futures - Emini Style 03/07/12

Super Tuesday was a big day for Politics but not so much for the markets. The retracement which began last Thursday kicked into high gear today. So much so, that we blew out the lowest Weekly Trading Zone on the S&P 500 Emini Futures which reached a low of 1338.50. While it's not unheard of, it is unusual for a Weekly Trading Zone to break and hold.

What we anticipate now is a rally back up to the zone at 1347/1348. The first trip up we expect resistance. By the time we close for business on Friday we expect price to be back on the playing field. Watch for price consolidation in and around 1347/1348. Once price can break above and hold the zone on a pullback we will look up the ladder to the next rung at 1357/1358.

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