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 Evening Update: Still Waiting…
First, we want to apologize again for the SNAFU this morning. Tonight we’ll cover some of the items left out of this morning’s briefing as well as recap today’s market action before getting ready for tomorrow. Indices were down today with the DJIA holding up best and the Russell 2000 suffering some hefty losses. One […]
Minimum Expectations for Ending Waves
Many times in our analysis we say that some move has satisfied minimum expectations for being complete. This is an important concept that merits some discussion to explain:
What it means for a wave to meet minimum expectations;
What are the practical implications of a wave meeting minimal expectations; and
How one can trade these situations.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Being Brief (technical glitch)
Due to a technical glitch we have to recreate much of what we were writing this morning. This abbreviated update is designed to get you the results of our analysis and latest thinking before the open. We will have full coverage of analysis, including educational content either later in the trading day, or included with […]
Squawk Evening Update: Still Looking for Clues
As a reminder to our many new readers, our evening updates are where we briefly review how the day played out related to our expectations and set out the interesting questions we’ll be pondering to address in our morning briefing, which is where we present the bulk of our analysis.
What we said this morning was […]
StockGrid 1.0 Released
I can’t count the number of times someone has said to me, “FibGrid has revolutionized my futures trading, can you get it to work on individual stocks?” So I have spent the past several months working on ideas that would provide a similar tool for securities that don’t fit within the […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Force a Decision
Across the board, markets are at key decision points. We can see wave counts that support a turn down which are near completion, but that doesn’t mean we will turn. This is an environment to wait and force markets to make a decision before we commit significant capital. It’s a time to analyze and plan […]
FibGrid Settings for TOS
Note: Updated February 26, 2012 to include FibGrid 3.2 settings
FibGrid 3.0 introduces some new configuration parameters that permit the use of FibGrid with symbols that wouldn’t work with previous version and to have a greater degree of control and tuning of how grids are displayed for all symbols. This guide is designed to explain the […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: After OEX
As we emerge from options expiration, E-mini Dow futures are up, but weakening as we approach the open, and the Euro is net down. Overnight, Dow futures reached levels that would have predicted a gap up in the cash index to above Friday’s high. That’s something we wouldn’t want to see if we want our […]
Squawk Evening Update: Time to Head Down?
Today was the reward for a consistent application of the analytical techniques we find generally reliable. Just as not every trade can be a winner, not every forecast will come true. So just as we say trade well and the rest will follow, we take the same attitude toward our analysis. We focus on the […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Euro Top Looks In
I hope that some of you caught the FibGrid chat last night. Unfortunately, today’s update is slightly abbreviated. Kevin is out of town and I have to run out of the office pretty early this morning. Our update will focus on the most important developments since yesterday and we’ll get some more robust materials published […]