Financial Sector (XLF)

Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): XLF (14.02), V (68.99), INTC (19.75) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 42% Long Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): Employment Situation (8:30am), Consumer Credit (3pm) My Observations and What to Expect: Futures slightly higher. Employment will weigh heavily on the market today.

Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): XLF (14.02), V (68.99), INTC (19.75) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 32% Long Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): Jobless Claims (8:30am), EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30am), Treasury STRIPS (3pm). My Observations and What to Expect: Futures up slightly. Jobless claims will set

Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): XLF (13.90), V (68.99) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 20% Long Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): MBA Purchase Applications (7am), Challenger Job-Cut Report (7:30am), ADP Employment Report (8:15am), Treasury Refunding Announcement (9am), ISM Non-Manufacturing Index (10am), EIA Petroleum Status (10:30am) My Observations

Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 100% CASH Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): ISM Manufacturing Index (10am), Construction Spending (10am) My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are up very strong – over 1%. European earnings pushing market higher – HSBC and BNP

Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 100% CASH Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): GDP (8:30am), Employment Cost Index (8:30am), Chicago PMI (9:45), Consumer Sentiment (9:55am), Farm Prices (3pm). My Observations and What to Expect: Futures moderately lower ahead of GDP 1089 on S&P

Okay Folks – Here is my labor of love – and let me tell you it is some major labor having to type out all these symbols, company names and stop-losses into a post for you. But I know that it is a huge help for many of you, and that’s why I do

Now that the market has finally had the chance to rally some, work off the oversold conditions (I feel like a broken record saying this) I’ll be putting on some new short positions come tomorrow morning. I’ve heard already some chatter from folks getting more optimistic each day, which even more so, emboldens the contrarian

Last month I provided you with my Top 20 Short Setups, this time around, I am giving you my Top 30! There are a ton of excellent short setups out there and below are the ones I believe are the best of the best. The market is no doubt oversold right now, so I’d recommend keeping

Things have no doubt turned drastically bearish in the past week. Whether the sentiment remains is anyone’s guess. However, it doesn’t hurt to begin preparing for what could be a major correction. I mean let’s face it, it is not like we are in the best of economic environments right now, so there is no