Trade Setups Using Inter-Market Relationships

Monday, Aug 20, 2012

Good Morning,

A quiet fundamental week with claims and durable goods coming Thur/Fri.

Technically, we still have bullish equities (anyone having fun selling them?) and low VIX. A cautionary note: just because the VIX is low doesn't mean it is a buy. Remember, you have to have technical and fundamental reasons to make a trade and technical and fundamental reasons to manage the trade. Remember: markets can go "lower" and they can go "higher". Just because they are overbought or oversold doesn't mean they can't keep moving in that same direction. Case in point: AAPL. Bullish fundamentally (mostly) and technically too. In the overall markets, lets keep an eye on 1425 in SPX. After that, 1450 and finally just below the 1500 area. Wouldn't that be sweet to see 1500!!

Today in forex we saw another inter-market relationship trade with equities opening soft and the EUR/USD dipping, then equities climbing back and the EUR/USD climbing back. This led to a DOUBLE FALL LINE TRADE:

Past performance is not indicative of future results

Happy Trading and Be Environmentally Cool

Coach Brian

Forex trading is one of the riskiest forms of investment available in the financial markets and suitable for sophisticated individuals and institutions. The possibility exists that you could sustain a substantial loss of funds and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.

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Brian Kahn

Brian provides regular commentary focusing on the relationships between various financial markets. An experienced trader and portfolio manager with over 15 years in the markets, Brian relies on fundamental and technical analysis to create trading plans for each and every market entry.