By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/23/2012 6:15:00 PM
On May 22, the DJIA had a solid intraday rally, but closed 1 point lower. On May 23, the index had the opposite experience: a deep intraday decline that got all but erased by a rally into the close. As a result, the "fear index" VIX for the S&P 500 moved from the 24.64 high on Monday to 20.07 low on Tuesday -- and then back to 24.61 on Wednesday.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
5/22/2012 6:00:00 PM
In the world of fundamental market analysis, inconsistency exists all the time. The reason being, mainstream analysts use external events to determine the near-term trend in financial markets. Their interpretation of the events is always changing, and so the outlook is always changing, too. Take, for instance, the pair of news items regarding lean hog futures found in today's article.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, lean hog futures
Category: Commodities
By Debbie Iseler
5/21/2012 10:00:00 AM
"How to draw a trendline" is one of the first things people learn when they study technical analysis. Typically, they quickly move on to more advanced topics and too often discard this simplest of all technical tools.
Filed Under: futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, successful traders, technical analysis, technical indicators, Traders, trading lessons, trendlines
Category: Trading Lessons
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/18/2012 3:15:00 PM
On January 24, 2011, Robert Prechter was invited to Canadian BNN TV network for an interview. Watch as Bob explains the Elliott wave pattern in the CRB Commodities Index that turned him bearish on commodities in January 2011.
Filed Under: Cocoa, cocoa futures, coffee futures, copper futures, corn futures, cotton futures, CRB index, Elliott wave, feeder cattle futures, futures trading, lean hog futures, live cattle futures, lumber futures, Orange Juice, Robert Prechter, soybean futures, soybean meal, soybean oil, sugar futures, technical analysis, wheat futures
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
5/17/2012 4:45:00 PM
For Elliott wave analysts, 5 is the magic number. The 5-wave structure is one of the bedrocks of this market-forecasting method. Its rules and guidelines help you determine the depth and duration of developing waves. If you stay its course, the 5-wave form will lead you, like a hound dog leads a hunter, straight to opportunity.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, soybean futures
Category: Commodities
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/10/2012 3:30:00 PM
Quick story. Back in 1998-1999, when a gallon of regular at a local QT gas station cost 67 cents (I kid you not), a colleague of mine here at the office was talking to an old buddy, who told him this: "When a barrel of oil costs less than a 12-pack of beer, you know it's time to buy." Boy, do I wish I had listened.
Filed Under: crude oil, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, natural gas, online trading, options trading
Category: Energy
By Bob Stokes
5/9/2012 5:00:00 PM
Elliott wave trader Jeffrey Kennedy had individuals like you in mind when he said "I began my career as a small trader, so I know firsthand how hard it can be to get simple explanations of methods that consistently work. In more than 15 years as an analyst since my early trading days, I've learned many lessons, and I don't think that they should have to be learned the hard way." The Best of Trader's Classroom offers 14 trading insights that you can use now...
Filed Under: Club EWI, contracting triangle, diagonal triangle, Elliott Wave trading, Fibonacci, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, technical analysis, technical indicators, Traders, trading lessons
Category: Trading Lessons
Sugar’s Decline Is Right On Elliott Wave Schedule
What helped EWI’s Daily Futures Junctures to stay one step ahead of the near-term trend changes in sugar futures
By Nico Isaac
5/9/2012 4:45:00 PM
Since mid-March, sugar prices have gone from sweet-to-sour in a powerful sell off to 20-month lows. In the March 19 Daily Futures Junctures "Weekly Wrap-up," EWI's senior analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy drew a bold arrow pointing DOWN in sugar's future. A third wave was about to start...
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, sugar futures
Category: Commodities
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/8/2012 4:00:00 PM
Peter Brandt has the quiet confidence of an ex-Marine. If you met him on an elevator, you would never tell that he is "the greatest trader you've never heard of." (That's not an exaggeration.) At least once a week, Peter sends his Traders Boot Camp students an update. Today, Peter sent us another interesting email with 7 bullet points. Here's an excerpt with the 4 most crucial ones...
Filed Under: futures trading, market myths, online trading, technical analysis, trade targets, Traders, trading lessons
Category: Education
By Nico Isaac
4/27/2012 1:45:00 PM
According to the National Weather Service, March 2012 was the most sweltering month since official tracking began in 1910. That was outside. Inside the world’s key commodity markets, according to EWI’s chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy, the Elliott wave heat is about to set new records in May. Get the sizzling scoop today.
Filed Under: Cocoa, cocoa futures, Cocoa, Elliott Wave Trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, coffee futures, corn futures, cotton futures, CRB index, Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, feeder cattle futures, futures trading, grain futures, Jeffrey Kennedy, lean hog futures, live cattle futures, online trading, Orange Juice, sugar futures, trading lessons, trendlines, wheat futures
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
4/25/2012 4:00:00 PM
Over the last three months, lean hog prices have gone from “commodity on fire” – TO – commodity in the fire-roasting pit of a 15-month low. Now, imagine having the foresight of knowing from the get-go that hog prices were about to do a 180-degree turnaround? Well, today I’m sitting down with someone who did: EWI’s chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, fundamental analysis, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
Dot Com-modities. Has the Raw Materials Bubble Burst?
Our Futures Junctures Service uses objective Elliott analysis to identify the near-, and long-term trend underway in commodities.
By Nico Isaac
4/18/2012 3:45:00 PM
Since soaring to multi-decade highs in mid-2011, the commodity sector as a whole has had the wind knocked out of its bullish sails. To wit: from its April 2011 peak, the bellwether Continuous Commodity Index (CCI) has plunged 20% to its lowest level in four months. The question is: will commodity prices keep falling? Well, according to the mainstream experts -- YES -- and, just as equally, NO.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
4/12/2012 4:45:00 PM
According to mainstream analysis of financial markets, root causes called "fundamentals" give rise (or fall) to turns in the market's price trend. But in reality, all too often changes in price happen first. Then, the mainstream experts swoop in and try to quickly adjust "fundamentals" to fit price action -- after the fact. This often creates a flurry of mixed information where the theme of one news story is quickly contradicted by the next. Enter: Soybeans!
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, soybean futures
Category: Commodities
Diagonal Pattern: Straight Shot To Opportunity
EWI's Daily Futures Junctures reveals the near-term pattern underway in the world's major commodity markets
By Nico Isaac
4/4/2012 10:30:00 AM
Today, April 4, I sit down with Elliott Wave International's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal. And, also, to show a real-live example of the diagonal's development on the price chart of a major grain market.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal, diagonal triangle, Elliott wave, futures trading, grain futures, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
Wheat Beat: Impending Breakdown?
EWI's Daily Futures Junctures warned of wheat's recent decline amidst the bullish chorus.
By Nico Isaac
3/21/2012 4:00:00 PM
If you had checked the mainstream financial "weather" report regarding the wheat market since March 16, the forecast would have shown a huge satellite image of an impending bullish storm. In the words of one March 16 Reuters: "The wheat market is bullish in general. With Chicago's performance, it's difficult for us to fall." Yet -- FALL is exactly what wheat prices did.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, wheat futures
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
2/15/2012 3:15:00 PM
Over the last two years, the coffee market has experienced two, major long-term trend changes. First, from its June 2010 bottom, coffee prices embarked on a powerful rally to their highest level in 34 years. Then, from its May 2011 peak, prices turned down in the southern rout we see today. See exactly how EWI's Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy has stayed one step ahead of coffee's biggest turns.
Filed Under: coffee futures, Elliott wave, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
2/10/2012 4:45:00 PM
Today, February 10, I sit down with Elliott Wave International's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal triangle. First question: You say if you had to pick just ONE of all 13 known Elliott wave structures to spend the rest of your technical trading life with, it would be diagonal triangle. Read on to see why the diagonal is so special in the real world price action of a major commodity market.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal triangle, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
Continuous Drama-dity Index: Will The Commodity Rout Continue?
EWI's Futures Junctures Service has stayed one step ahead of the CCI's dramatic turn down via these timely charts and insights.
By Nico Isaac
1/25/2012 4:30:00 PM
"When stocks are falling, commodities come calling." So goes the mainstream theory that hails hard assets as safe havens during equity declines. But -- since April 2011 -- the supposed inverse correlation between stocks and commodities unraveled when the bellwether Continuous Commodity Index (CCI) declined 20%-plus, right alongside falling equity markets.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
CORN-undrum? Why Have Corn Prices Been Falling?
EWI's Daily Futures Junctures presents the clear, objective story of the grain king's recent pain.
By Nico Isaac
1/18/2012 4:00:00 PM
Today I'm sitting down with EWI's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss the recent drama in the grain market king, corn. On January 12, corn prices plummeted more than 6% in the market's worst slump in three months. And, according to the mainstream experts, one main factor drove the grain to its recent pain. Check out the full story today.
Filed Under: corn futures, Daily Futures Junctures, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, fundamental analysis, futures trading, grain futures, interview, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
Best of EWI 2011
Our Best Ideas and Insights, Chosen by Club EWI Members and Subscribers
By Editorial Staff
1/13/2012 6:00:00 PM
Elliott Wave International's analysts presented many groundbreaking insights last year, while we also published new reports that helped those who think differently from the herd about the markets and the economy. Find out which ones voters thought were the best in this roundup of the Best of EWI 2011.
Filed Under: deflation, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, Robert Prechter, trading lessons
Category: Classic Prechter