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Comparison Notes
Index Spread Betting, 27 Aug 2010
It’s a bit hard to add anything to yesterday’s comment as virtually everything is exactly where it was.
Markets seem determined to talk themselves into a sense of panic and yields on ‘safe haven’ assets remain at all time lows.
It is rather curious that while things do seem a tad ‘low’ the types of doom laden prophesies that I am reading every day appear completely out of line with current reality.
Yes, things are tough and likely to get tougher but it could be argued that much of this is already written into valuations.
This said I am not exactly rushing out to by equities just yet.
The FTSE is opening at 5140 having chanced its arm to the down side late in the US session last night but eventually finding no follow through in the early European market. As with yesterday’s comment there is support just below current levels at 5125/35 and then 5100/5110 and with resistance up above at 5165/75 we may have just as boring a day today as yesterday.
Index Spread Betting, 26 Aug 2010
Markets have managed to recover from the lows of yesterday but the bounce can hardly be described as aggressive and we are risking further bad news impacting confidence.
Trading is very quiet as the excitement of the last few days begins to die down and investors try to evaluate the new levels.
As stock market crises go this one is really in it infancy but this has not stopped the usual suspects in the flight to quality section of investment assets from climbing to unheard of peaks. The Yen, Swiss Franc, Gilts, Bunds, US Treasuries and Gold are all at, or flirting with, all time highs.
Even in the crises of 2007/09 they did not approach anything like these levels. It seems we are left with the rather unnerving possibility that a lot of people have either got it completely wrong or that the world economies are about to enter a very long period of recession/stagnation or low growth.
Markets are generally telling us something, it is just that it is often difficult to know what.
The FTSE is now at 5140 having pushed to 5070 in yesterday’s session before managing a small recovery. The high/low so far today is encompassed by just 30 points, at 11am, which gives some indication as to the general level of indecision.
We are building a minor support at 5125/30 but it also looks difficult just now to broach 5165/75 either. So for the time being we look to be rather stuck and with no important data out from either the UK or the US it looks as though today might be a tedious period.
The Dow made several attempts to break below 10000 through Wednesday’s session but in the end the effort proved too much and we closed marginally higher where we remain this morning.
Financial Spreads’ clients are still buying into any falls and so the afternoon and evening session came as something of a relief.
It is tempting to suggest that the 10000 level, merely on a psychological factor, remains critical to confidence. A close beneath this point might well cause further weakness, the same could be said for 1050 in the S&P.
Corporate numbers continue to be mixed with rather more Directors indicating tough times ahead than might be expected given their first half releases and this is making it hard to asses future numbers even on a basic level.
If companies can just hold steady at current earning levels, yield returns look astounding in comparison to all the flight to quality assets and while there is a certain amount of caution being advised we have not yet got a full bugle call retreat being sounded.
Index Spread Betting, 25 Aug 2010
The FTSE fell some 75 points yesterday and is off another 15 or so today still above the lows of the last session of 5105 at around 5140.
Traders seem very cautious about taking any positions out in single stocks but ‘contrarywise’ appear happier to chance their arm in the indices with a rare old battle between the bears and the bulls.
Normally on a move down of 250 points we would be finding a large number of buyers looking for a bounce but this time they are almost matching themselves out. Support is at 5080/90 and at 5110/15 and resistance at 5165/70 and then the old, old level of 5185/5200.
The US markets do not seem so supportive with the Dow managing a bounce off the 10000 level and the S&P achieving the same thing off of 1050. However, in both cases the rebound has been miserly in the extreme when equated to usual reactions to a failure to break such significant levels.
In the US we have the Durable Goods number out at 13.30 and then New Home Sales and Mortgage applications at 15.00 if any of these disappoint the market may take another bite out to the downside. Nevertheless, it must be warned that everything is so bearish just now that a positive numbers may well force a considerable relief rally.
Index Spread Betting, 24 Aug 2010
Suddenly things do not look so rosy in the garden.
The equity markets continue to weaken day by day, although the FTSE, buoyed up by mining stocks, is doing okay, as a sense of malaise permeates through investors’ confidence.
Recent economic data has been disturbingly on the grim side and dealers are struggling to see any light in the distance. The City, whilst by no means a totally true barometer, is seeing some solid redundancies going through and this is just one year into the ‘upturn’, hardly the time one would have thought to be thinking of cutting back.
This morning sees the FTSE opening around the 5200 level and the 5180/95 support seems to have held firm once again. Over the last few weeks we have had a couple of attempts to break below 5185 but both have been very short lived and ultimately unsuccessful.
Traders will be watching, yet again, for any pressure on this level but we must remember that it is a ‘close’ below the mark that is technically important not a print below it. The upside looks very distant just at the moment but resistance here is at 5220/25 and 5250/65.
The US markets are not showing any such solidity and the Dow Jones and S&P are now at the lows for a month. The Dow obviously has some support below here as we start to approach the 10,000 psychological level, we bounced exactly off this point in mid July.
At 10130, the current price, we may find the bears running into a bit of mud if even a modicum of confidence is regained but at the moment they seem to have the game to themselves.
The S&P 500 is actually doing worse than the Dow in recent weeks and is now flirting with much more serious support at around 1050 which held good for a myriad of bear moves over the last 8 months. The one closing break of this point in Late June almost took us to 1000 in the next few sessions.
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Index Spread Betting, 18 Aug 2010
Markets continue to creep higher although they are giving up a little in early action this morning with the FTSE quoted at 5325 having hit 5365 late in the US session.
The FTSE continues to outperform other markets with mining, banking and oil holding steady shrugging off any fears of a slow down. Markets in general seem to be trundling down the path of further Quantative Easing measures, in a variety of forms, from Europe and the US.
Currently the FTSE is called at 5325, 25 points off from yesterday’s close but still definitely in the higher half of the recent ranges.
There is precious little information out today with only the Crude Oil inventories to come from the US late this afternoon and so we would expect a quiet session with the likelihood being a minor continuation of current trends.
In general days with no data tend to follow the prevailing wind direction. We made it over the 5305/15 resistance level, and this now turns into support, but could not quite make it through the 5355/65 further barrier. The turn around in the Dow and S&P late in the day has brought us back to the current level.
I seem to have been writing about the Dow spreads being in or around the 10300’s for absolutely ages even though it has only been a week. However, the comment of yesterday still holds good in that the failure to reverse the fall out of last week is beginning to weigh on minds.
We made a spirited attempt to regain 10500 yesterday but late selling, for no discernable reason, has brought us back into the gravity well of the aforementioned 10300 level.
Technically the market is looking solid and Monday’s candlestick formation is generally seen as a bullish indicator it is just the anaemic performance that is beginning to grate. It is almost as though we are just waiting for the next piece of bad news to react to the downside.
The Dow is building a very solid ‘closing’ support level at 10290/10310 having been pinned there for four of the last five sessions.
Index Spread Betting, 17 Aug 2010
There seems to be a certain amount of nervousness around at the moment with equity markets holding their recent ranges, the FTSE to the middle/top and the US/Dax to the middle/bottom, and Gold pushing for the upside.
In times of concern Gold has frequently been a canary in the coal mine, although not always, warning of imminent but unquantifiable fears around the corner.
The last four weeks have seen something of a hiatus for the Equity markets with tight ranges dominating and the odd day or two day break out giving us some interest.
The drop in the middle of last week came out of the blue and, worryingly for many of the global indices, there has been no significant rebound, the FTSE being the notable exception.
The FTSE is now looking to open at the top of the range, again, as investors look for a break above 5305/15 once more. One wonders how many times we can have a go at the same level without success. As with the 5415/25 resistance in Late July/Early August we seem continually of the verge of breaking higher but never quite manage it.
Our spread trading clients are selling at the highs in pre-market trading and are, unsurprisingly, hoping for a repeat of the last three sessions. This is a dangerous game to play with too larger stakes but on past performance is a natural reaction.
There may be an attempt on the open to push us higher and take out some weak shorts but if we have failed to make headway by the US open then sentiment may begin to turn against the bulls.
As mentioned yesterday resistance is at 5305/15 and 5355/65 and support at 5225/35 and 5170/75. Oddly enough the tight support/resistance levels that pretty much exactly defined yesterday’s range and so it is not a massive leap of faith for day traders to try the same today.
Index Spread Betting, 16 Aug 2010
Early action on the UK equity markets rather exaggerates the word ‘action’ with the FTSE rising just some 20 points from the closing levels of Friday.
In truth this is not exactly surprising as there was precious little to get our teeth into over the weekend and the Far East showed no sign post either with the Nikkei slightly lower and the Hang Seng slightly higher.
The resistance in the FTSE remains just above 5300 at 5305/10 the same as Friday and support at 52525/35 further out we still have 5355/65 and the biggy, 5415/25, on the up side and 5170/75 and 5110/15 to hold us up.
In reality it is still difficult to gauge an overall direction and as mentioned many times over the last few weeks 5200 to 5400 looks to be set for a while. On the Dow the omens actually do not look so optimistic as the rejection of 10700 has been rather more conclusive.
We are now at 10325 still 400 pips from the recent highs, the FTSE is just 120 away, and the S&P is 50 big figures from last weeks peak. The FTSE has bounced over 100 points from its lows whilst the US markets are still pretty much at them. The failure of the US markets to recover from the mid week falls is rather more worrying. The S&P is at 1080 as I write with strong support at 1069/1072, unnervingly close.
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Index Spread Betting, 13 Aug 2010
The choice as to whether Wednesday was a one off panic or a sign of things to come has, for the FTSE at least, seemingly come down on the side of a welcome buying opportunity.
This opportunity has been gratefully taken by many of our financial spread betting clients as the UK’s senior index has recovered much of its fall but, oddly, this is not universal.
The Dow and S&P are definitely off their lows of yesterday but are still 350 and 40 points respectively off the highs of earlier in the week. This can be explained by the fact that much of the bad news that kicked off the drop came out of the US and therefore it is not unreasonable to surmise that they should have been the heavier hit.
Unfortunately for this argument the US is still a major driver for Europe and the UK. While the old saying that “when the US sneezes, Europe catches a cold” is not so relevant these days, due to the opening of Eastern Europe and the maturing of the Far and Middle East into manufacturing power houses, it is still difficult to see the UK out-performing North America.
The FTSE is trading around 5300 with clients making the most of the choppy trading conditions. While bear markets are generally bad for our traders, small drops and recoveries are usually quite remunerative.
As we oscillate around 5300, our spread betting account holders seem to be getting into the swing of buying after any down days and selling after the ups. This strategy is very frustrating for the market makers but, for a cautious trader who picks his/her levels with care, not unrewarding.
Resistance remains at 5305/10 5350 and 5405/15 and support at 5265/70, which held us back through yesterday’s session, and below here at 5200/10 and 5165/70.
The US markets have recovered from their lows as mentioned but the bounce seems less enthusiastic than in Europe, with the Dow Jones now just some 100 points from its lows. If another general move to the downside starts once more it is likely that the trigger will be this afternoon’s session from over the water.
It has been a frustrating week for investors as we began on Monday hammering at the highs and looking likely to break higher but now end it worrying about the strength of the last month’s rally.
We may well find that the US investors decide that discretion is the better part of valour for the time being and a Friday after a mid week plummet is not a time to be getting too over optimistic.
Index Spread Betting, 12 Aug 2010
Just for a change we can at least say that we did warn everyone yesterday.
We described the recent news as rather worse than that which caused the markets to take a tumble back in May and June and investors seem to have suddenly decided exactly the same thing.
Things were not helped after ‘Merve the Swerve’ echoed the caution of the Fed and we must hope that the various central banks are trying to just be slightly negative and wrong rather than positive and wrong.
Commentators will generally forgive errors to the downside as the economy is doing well but, if the BoE forecasts 3.4% growth next year and only delivers slightly north of 2%, poisoned pens tend to be sharpened as articles pour scorn on the analysts.
Jobs data seems at odds with popular perception and one does worry that the numbers have been affected by companies with staff already on short hours merely employing temps as cover for the holiday period.
Late in the day, in the post session period after 21.00 last night, the US markets actually took an even deeper dive which took quotes for the FTSE down beneath 5200. This has now been reversed and we are seeing a wide range of ‘bottom picking’ going on as traders look to take advantage of cheaper prices this morning.
Aggressive buyers should be slightly cautious though as this might be a small hiatus in a general downward move. There is no getting away from the fact that equities appear incredibly good value versus other asset classes but this has been the case for a while now but bonds and swaps have just continued to increase the gap.
We now have the situation of the 10 yr Gilt yielding less than inflation, not unusual when inflation was at 6,7 or 8% and likely to fall but certainly odd when it is ‘just’ 3% and forecast to hold steady.
The FTSE is now at 5250 up a few points on yesterday’s close, having been quoted as low as 5171 last night. As mentioned we are seeing heavy buying across the board from our spread trading clients in a wide array of equities as traders try to ‘pick up a bargain’.
A bit of caution should be exercised though as unless we get some momentum going there is a chance of a continuation of the falls. We are now back at our comfort level of 5250, as long term readers will know this was our ‘tongue in cheek’ forecast for the year end back at Christmas last year, and the further the year goes the more ‘guru like’ we appear.
We can see support at 5165 and minor resistance at 5260/65 but we are likely to see some quiet contemplation for the morning session as traders try to second guess whether yesterday was just a stupid over reaction panic or a harbinger of things to come.
Index Spread Betting, 11 Aug 2010
The morning after the FOMC announcement sees the Far East in retreat with the Nikkei spread betting market closing out down 2.7%, the equivalent of some 150 points in the FTSE if we were to emulate it. This is leading to lower calls across the board this morning with the FTSE actually priced just 30 lower in pre-market action while the Dow has sunk below 10600 after managing a reasonable close in the end last night.
Dealers are not likely to be aggressive buyers this morning until some of the dust settles and we can get a handle on the underlying reasons for both the Fed actions and their rather worrying statements. Implying that interest rates will remain very low for some considerable time indicates real fear that the US is slipping backwards. Maybe not into a recession but certainly into a state of weakness and at the mercy of any global chill wind that might blow.
The FTSE is back at the levels from which it has bounced several times in the last week, the low 5300’s, and so we will probably find a bit of bottom picking from the day traders. Incidentally, those day trading actually made out like bandits yesterday as they were able to sell above 5400 and buy back in the mid 5300’s, twice.
5405/15 remains a barrier and recent activity has done nothing but build the wall even higher. Returns are very attractive but news is getting worse and worse, there is no other way of describing it, and is certainly grimmer than the situation that presaged the falls in May and June.
Index Spread Betting, 10 Aug 2010
In the markets the highs of just over 5400 remain pretty much intact after the FTSE did its best to break higher several times through yesterday’s session. Our FTSE spread betting clients sold into anything over the 5400 mark, yet again, and have been rewarded this morning with a pre market dip into the mid 5380’s.
The momentum is definitely with the bulls but if we do not break higher soon pessimism may start to rear its head. The last couple of sell offs in May and June did not actually take much in the way of bad news to get going, in fact the overall news was rather better than it is now.
In both cases it was rather more the impression that markets were struggling to push higher and were therefore ripe for a correction. We have now been battering at 5405/15 for over two weeks with no joy it may not take much to reverse sentiment no matter what the corporate news is.
As with the FTSE, the Dow Jones is making a meal of 10700 and the S&P of 1130. We are still within touching distance of these levels so a sell off does not appear likely at the moment but traders should beware a sense of weariness emerging as the summer draws to a close. The major factor holding us up is the undeniable fact that equities are massive value versus virtually any other asset.
Yields on the FTSE 100 are still over 4% which is historically very good even if cash rates were at 4 or 5%. But with cash at 0.5% and 10 year gilts in the low 3% region it is undeniable that there are good reasons for an equity market rally. Unfortunately, of course, ‘good reasons’ are often not enough.
Index Spread Betting, 9 Aug 2010
This morning sees the FTSE up at its highs since May and our spread betting clients seem happy to sell above 5400 as they have done so many times in the last few weeks. At some point we will break higher, probably, but 5405/5415 still remains a resistance level until it fails.
The Dow, S&P and Dax are similarly just under major resistance levels and it would probably take just one piece of good news to take us through to a new range.
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Index Spread Betting, 6 Aug 2010
There’s a little apprehension in markets this morning ahead of the key US Non Farm payroll number, which comes as little surprise as yesterday’s jobless numbers didn’t make for very good reading and indicated that the US jobs market is stagnant.
So far this week, except Monday, in the run up to today’s number the markets have been trading in exceptionally tight ranges. There’s only 100 points between the Dow Jones’ high and low of the last three sessions and 80-odd for the FTSE.
To say that indices are undecided as to whether to go higher or lower would be an understatement and sideways moves like this are usually proceeded with a sharp move in either direction, so with the big employment number out at 13:30 London time, this could be the catalyst.
The FTSE seems reluctant to give up the 5400 level which is encouraging for the bulls. So far this week the two rejections of the level have been met with buying and a swift reversal back to the highs. Investors will certainly wait until lunchtime before exposing themselves more to equities, so we can expect sideway action before then.
Index Spread Betting, 5 Aug 2010
The FTSE is above 5400 at the moment and a close above here will be encouraging for bulls, but there is still major resistance at the 200 day moving average. The longer we take to push on higher, the more likely momentum will fizzle out and the bulls will give up the ghost.
Index Spread Betting, 4 Aug 2010
Markets appear to be consolidating around current levels with the FTSE failing yet again to make headway above 5400 but, on the other hand, showing no appetite to drift below 5340/50 either. This is making for rather tiresome trading as we spend hours in very small ranges.
No doubt bulls will be hoping that this is just a pause before the market gathers its collective breathe for a push higher just as the shorts will be gathering evidence that investors are losing their enthusiasm at these levels.
The current price is 5350, at the bottom of yesterday’s session range, and our spread betting clients are busily buying back shorts set up at the highs. This short termism is paying off as the senior index continues to flatter to deceive but, with the slower summer months still dragging on volumes, it is difficult to get too exited in either direction.
The Dow Jones managed to spend all of yesterday’s session above 10600, just, but we are flirting with the level in early trade today. 10580/95 proved quite a barrier to overcome and it would be disappointing if we were to give up on it quite so easily.
Traders will be watching any approach to this support as a buying opportunity but there should be a certain amount of caution just in case it fails spectacularly.
Index Spread Betting, 3 Aug 2010
Indices are giving up some of the ground gained yesterday as a bit of profit taking takes effect but this has seemingly already run its course and buyers are drifting in again.
The Dow Jones finally pushed above 10600 after all the abortive moves last week and investors will be hoping that some follow through will be in evidence through the course of this week.
Pull backs since the start of July have been weakening but, as we have seen time and again this year, sentiment can turn on a moments notice and we are still miles away from the highs of April. 10705/10725 is resistance above us and 10580/90 is support.
The FTSE is similarly a long way from earlier highs, almost 500 points, even though the situation now appears no weaker or stronger than it did then. Although the target must be north of the 5800 mark, the nameless fears that continue to assail us on a regular basis are unlikely to just disappear. Dealers are likely to continue to be cautiously optimistic with the odd sudden fall out.
Index Spread Betting, 2 Aug 2010
It’s been a stellar start to the week’s trading after US markets reversed their losses late on Friday and Asian markets got proceedings off to a good start. In Europe and the UK this morning’s corporate releases have once again revealed good numbers and it’s the banks that are leading the way.
After good trading updates from Deutsche Bank and UBS last week, already BNP Paribas has announced a great set of results and HSBC’s numbers have smashed expectations with a whopping $6.8bn net profit.
The raft of UK bank results this week is expected to be good. If the rest of the sector follows in HSBC’s footsteps we can expect little celebrations for politicians who’ll simply call for more to be done by the banks to increase lending to small business.
They know as well as investors that banks simply can’t lend more if they’ve just been told to increase their capital requirements to protect against another financial crisis. We’ve constantly pointed this out in this comment, but politicians continue to be hell bent on “bashing the bankers”. Cracks in the coalition are starting to appear, so we can expect this rhetoric to continue in order to curry favour with the voters.
The FTSE 100 has had one of those rare mornings so far where it’s really shown some strength. We’re around the mid 5300s now and the bulls will have an eye on the 5400 level and an attempt at 5450 to record new 3 month highs.
With the earnings season showing that corporations are, on the whole, in a much better state that has previously been expected, investors are happy to stick their money into equities. Dividends are being increased left, right and centre and there are few assets returning such good yields, so why would you have your money anywhere else?
From a technical analysis standpoint we are still languishing below the magic 200 day moving average which we breached back in May and there were calls for the next major bear market. But indices have failed to follow through to lower prices after the initial sell off. A couple of closes above the 5350 area, which is where the 200 day average currently sits, could put an end to this view for the bears.
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Index Spread Betting, 30 Jul 2010
It’s all about the GDP numbers from the US today. The market suffered a nervous move lower yesterday having spent most of the session in the black but after a good move higher so far in July some people decided to either take some profit or cover themselves ahead of today’s data.
The last few weeks have seen a return of investor confidence and economic data on the whole has surprised to the upside, along with corporate earnings being better than I can remember for a while.
However, for now, the market is just having a respite. It’s waiting for confirmation that things really are looking up, so until the GDP data today we can expect markets to drift sideways.
The figure expected is 2.5%, down from expectations of 3.0% a month ago with the main drag being the consumer. Businesses are starting once again to stack their shelves with stock, but consumers are still waning with the prospect of higher taxes and austerity down the line.
This morning UK consumer confidence numbers were worse than expected, which complimented the US data on Tuesday so it’s understandable to see indices spread betting markets stalling at these levels after such a good run higher. With the consumer making up nearly three quarters of the US economy it’s significant and essential that the people get back to the shops to help maintain this revival in the economy.
If the GDP numbers weren’t enough for us to absorb today we also get Chicago PMI data and then Michigan confidence numbers, all expected to decline. We need a raft of good numbers to push through the resistance levels, so for now investors are sitting on the sidelines.
As a result the FTSE 100 is struggling to gain traction this morning and we’re back below 5300.
Targets for the spread betting bears are 5270, but below that level there’s little in the way of support until 5200. The bulls are definitely in the minority for now, especially since the few gainers on the day are defensive stocks with utilities covering the leader board and miners dragging us lower. This is natural as investors are expecting the world’s biggest economy to release data that will show growth dipping a little.
Index Spread Betting, 29 Jul 2010
The summer doldrums have hit with a vengeance as virtually every asset class trades within its recent ranges. The various pieces of information are not helping either as one bit of good news is closely followed by another item of doubt.
The US reporting season is now almost over and the news has been unequivocally good from the corporate sector and still investors cannot bring themselves to quite believe it.
Most analysts had been hoping for good numbers and they got them but the problem for many is that we were hearing about the past not the future. Companies’ bottom lines and balance sheets have been heavily bolstered by the various massive stimulus packages available across the western world and by the fact that the emerging markets have continued to grow strongly all the while.
We are now putting our hand in the air to call the waiter for the bill - nobody is quite sure how much money all the diners have in their pockets.
The FTSE 100 spread betting market summed all this up and drifted lower all day (virtually from the opening bell) until closing at its lows for the session.
This morning we are once again on the front foot with buyers looking to come in at the low 5300’s but the extreme bullishness of only a few days ago seems to have somehow evaporated.
5290/5300 remains support and 5340/50 is now resistance (having been support yesterday!). Yesterday’ comment of ‘what the bulls don’t want to see is a slip back into the old ranges’ has come to pass. We will have to fight our way higher again. Contra traders are once more having a field day as merely opposing any previous ‘major’ session move has proved profitable.
The US markets have similarly stalled but like the FTSE are still within striking distance of new levels. 10590/10600 for the Dow is now looking like a very important point with our last two sessions failing at pretty much the same point at 10580.
Our spread betting clients have been selling at anything above 10550 for quick profits but there is a very high risk of being on the wrong side if there was to be a break out.
Curiously the S&P 500 is rather less positive and, at 1110, the index is some way from the June peak of 1133. This is rather more worrying than the Dow’s progress as it is built on 500 major company numbers not just the 30 in the Dow which can be heavily swayed by one constituent.
The S&P and Dow seem unable to break away from the psychological levels of 1100 and 10500 respectively and we may find that throughout the summer these levels continue to exert a fascination.
Index Spread Betting, 28 Jul 2010
Rather a dull morning looks to be in the offing with no economic numbers out of the UK and Corporate numbers so far not putting a cat amongst the pigeons.
The FTSE 100 continues to bolster itself at the higher end of the trading range and the bulls can almost be seen sharpening their knives looking for another push to the upside.
Unfortunately for the early players yesterday the US rather rained on the parade in the afternoon in revealing weaker than expected consumer confidence numbers. These were starkly at odds with corporate numbers which were once again on the top side of expectations.
The point being, of course, that the consumer confidence number is a ‘look forward’ piece of data and corporate results are...well...a tad historical.
As mentioned yesterday support in the FTSE is at 5340/50 and so long as we can remain above this point the bulls will probably be gaining in confidence. What they do not want to see is for the markets to slip back into the old trading range of the last few months.
The US markets as mentioned have not really helped much as the resistance at 10590/10600 in the Dow was not even seriously tested in yesterday’s session and the FTSE is unlikely to get much further traction unless the US goes along for the ride as well.
A bit of common sense seemed to infiltrate the BP spread yesterday as investors did indeed look beyond the spill horizon and did not like the view. As mentioned in yesterday’s comment it will be a brave authority which gives BP deep water drilling permission and politicians are unlikely to put their neck on the line for an unpopular corporate.
On the other hand Banks have seemingly scooped the pool in being top of the class in the stress test exams.
Bank stock is now within touching distance of its post crisis highs and the UK ‘taxpayer’ (sic) is now in a profit on its intervention on a straight equity valuation.
When you add in the penal rates that the banks were being forced to pay for much of the liquidity provisions of one form or another the profits are now reaching...ummm...‘obscene’ levels.
The stress tests are coming under some scrutiny but it is unlikely that anyone will want to rock the boat too much as a few years of possibly ‘false’ security are needed to reach a position of ‘real’ stability.
Index Spread Betting, 27 Jul 2010
Markets continue to move higher on nothing very much except a lack of bad news and the continued drive for return. This is not to say, in any way, that the move is unwarranted. We may now be looking at cash rates down at sub 1% for much longer than anticipated and bond yields similarly suppressed as rating agencies affirm Sovereign credit levels.
The bear moves have been increasingly built on weird fears and unless one of the myriad of doom laden prophesies actually comes true we may just find (in a few months times, as we look back) that the equity markets were in rare buying opportunity. Unfortunately, of course, we still have the present to deal with and the tides of sentiment are still rising and falling on an almost daily basis.
The FTSE 100 is now at 5380 as I write and bears are being squeezed in early action.
As mentioned in comments past there was heavy resistance at 5340/50ish which had been the peak of the last two moves up and this may now prove to be resistance to any attempt to move back lower.
There has been the odd poor corporate announcement but in the main the numbers have been exceptionally good both in Europe and over the Pond. The Dow spread betting market has rallied almost 500 points over the course of the last week and it is tempting to say that the bulls have control. Over and above everything is the undoubted fact that there is a huge amount of money looking for a home and not everyone wants to risk investing in the Middle/Far East.
The S&P 500 and Dow are up at the highs for the month as July continues to turn June’s falls on their head. The highs of June were 1134 and 10600 respectively are still a small move higher away and they will no doubt exert something of a barrier to buyers.
Index Spread Betting, 26 Jul 2010
Markets are on the up this morning with the FTSE called some 20 points to the good and investors certainly happy to go along for the ride for the time being. Fears over ‘double-dips’, inflation, small green furry creatures from Alpha Centuri, deflation and so on, seem to be on the back burner for the moment.
This said we really need to close above 5340/45 as this has been the peak for the last two moves higher and 5360/75 has been something of a support/resistance point since November last year. Pressure will presumably remain to keep markets in the recent trading ranges especially as we are still in the low volume summer period.
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How to Spread Bet on Indices?
As with many financial markets, you can spread bet on the future price of Indices. Ie, you can financial spread trade on Indices, like the FTSE 100, increasing or decreasing.
Currently the FTSE 100 (March) market is at 6682 - 6686 with FinancialSpreads.com. This price expires on 21-Mar-08.
Therefore you can financial spread trade on the FTSE 100 settling:
- Above 6686, or
- Below 6682
By the expiry date of 21-Mar-08.
For the FTSE 100 price, you trade in £X per point, where a point is 1 point of FTSE 100 movement. For example if your stake was £6 per point and the FTSE 100 moves 4 points then that would be a £24 difference to your profits.
FTSE 100 Trading Example
Let's say, taking the above spread of 6682 - 6686 that you have done your research and you think that the FTSE 100 should go up to more than 6686 by 21-Mar-08.
Therefore you buy at 6686 for a stake of £3 per point.
If by the closing date the Index closes at 6698.
Then your profit/loss is worked out by taking the difference between the closing level, ie 6698 and the price you bought at, namely 6686 and then multiplying that by the stake per point of movement.
Profits = (6698 - 6686) x £3 per point stake.
= 12 points x £3 per point stake.
= £36 profit.
But if the market didn't move as you originally forecast and had the FTSE 100 gone against you and the price finished at a lower value of 6670, then you would have made a loss.
Loss = (6670 - 6686) x £3 per point stake.
= -16 points x £3 per point stake.
= -£48 loss.
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As mentioned above, you can get free charts with spread betting companies like Financial Spreads.
You can alter the charts to see market data by the minute, by the hour, by the week etc, plus many other settings to help you analyse the charts.
As you can see the charts show how the market's are not perfect and how you can expect the prices to "gap".
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Indices market information: Another 100+ point movement day on the FTSE yesterday as the markets rejected the break out (again) and slumped back below 6000. To their credit the Financial Spreads clients never believed in the break out and sold virtually anything above the 6000 level and were rewarded in...read article.
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