Managematics
David Starr is better known as Managematics to members of the First Wave chat on ThinkOrSwim. Most use his many freely-distributed implementations of First-Wave technical studies and his regular market commentary, including timely trading insight based on Elliott Wave analysis. David's acclaimed FibGrid and DynaRange indicators are available right here on FWTrader.com.
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 9/20/2011
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Seek And Ye Shall Seek
We have made some adjustments to how we encode the Squawk videos. So now if you want to slide the progress bar to seek forward or backward in the videos you can do it. Hopefully this will make things easier for everyone. This affects all videos going forward, but we’ll also try and go back […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 9/19/2011
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
Squawk Morning Briefing: A Day of Rest?
Today might end up being a good day to take a break. Don’t get us wrong, we won’t, but it might not be a bad choice. Some people avoid expiration Friday by policy and we often avoid daytrading on such days. To establish longer-term positions we want to have some confidence in the broader picture […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 09/16/2011
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
Squawk Morning Briefing: News During Expiration
Expiration week has a way of exaggerating moves. If positions which looked like they might expire worthless suddenly have value then it can drive prices either up or down depending on which side is closing positions.
The last month has been mostly sideways in a wide range. Options speculators who may have been looking for a […]
Identifying Wednesday’s Sell-Off
Wednesday saw a dramatic sell-off in the last half hour of trading. While markets were still generally positive on the day, the turn was dramatic. Folks in our chat rooms saw us identify the turn in real time. The video below shows the clues we used and how we intend to figure […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 09/15/2011
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover. It’s a pretty long update this evening in order to work through all the logic that leads to our conclusion. Hopefully it’s worth it.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Expiration Bias
With all the news about European sovereign debt it is easy to lose track of the fact that this is options expiration week in the U. S. as well as quarterly index futures expiration. It is also worth noting that September tends to be seasonally weak, with expiration week typically standing out with a somewhat […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 9/14/2011
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.