dollar index

A reasonably good case can be made that Gold Futures are at a major juncture here. I made a few points that supported this possibility in a previous post. Perhaps relying on the monthly MACD is somewhat simplistic. But you would be surprised how accurate this one simple indicator can be in picking major tops […]

I am very pleased how this before and after category entry worked out here at the stock and commodity trading forum. When I opened this one up a few days ago I knew it had some potential and am glad that some things can be learned from this case. In many, perhaps most cases, it […]

The US dollar appears to be set up for a more extended upwards rally after bouncing for the third time from 14 year support. Over time the dollar trades inversely to gold so the chart set up in the US Dollar index is no big surprise here given yesterday’s analysis of gold futures.
Fed Defends the […]

Have you followed the gold story since 2000 ? Even if you have not followed what gold futures have been doing since the year 2000, chances are that you have at least heard through the popular press about the exciting moves in gold during 2003. The long journey of gold futures from the 2000 […]

I am sure you have heard of Fannie Mae. But did you also know that Fannie Mae stock has completed a major topping pattern known as a head and shoulders top? Well it has and it could be the beginning of a long drawn out decline in this security.
Fannie Mae stock forms major 7 […]

Does Technical Analysis work on the OTCBB?
There has been debate about whether or not Technical analysis works or not on tiny microcap stocks such as those on the OTC BB. I am of the opinion that it does work, however I am also of the opinion that this tiny marketplace is not one to spend […]

I received an email about a week ago from a loyal reader. I was late in responding, but am glad I checked my email because it led to a pretty good analysis which you are about to read right here at Online Trading. I thank him for writing me because it led to this […]

Here are a few observations on a homebuilding stock. In particular I am talking about Ryland Group, a home builder. Even if you have only followed finance or the stock market occasionally over the last few years, you probably have heard about how great the real estate boom is. And yes, there were also plenty […]

Real Estate - A Quadruple Bubble -
Is the real estate market in a bubble, or perhaps a series of bubbles? I do not have sufficient statistics to back up this thought so it is only a theory at this point… but it looks to me like the domestic real estate bubble has already peaked […]

Information is power. Data about the economy is often complex, confusing, and often contradicting. That is because too often the data is looked at in isolation and presented in a vacuum relative to other data. The U.S sconomy is very complex, this is true, but in this modern era one cannot look at only the […]