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February 2, 2012, 7:17 pm, 947993

The market is on one mission, and that is to break through 2011 highs. Today we saw it crawl ever closer as the NASDAQ finished within 1% of 2887.75 (.0972% to be exact).

Interesting today:

The average daily market changes falls back under 1% (Bespoke) - "At one point in ...


February 1, 2012, 7:17 pm, 947771

A positive push forward for the market today lead by the NASDAQ has brought us within 2% of 2011 highs. With Europe as a "no need to worry" zone and a hardly mediocre US economy being pushed aside, the trend remains up.

Interested reads today:

Facebook has over 800 million users, filed ...


January 31, 2012, 9:17 pm, 947555

Market speed summary from investors.com:

Stocks wavered to a narrowly mixed finish Tuesday following a round of worst-than-expected economic reports, but the major indexes ended January with big gains.

Fun fact of the day, SentimenTrader (one of my favorite newsletters) reports,

For the first time in history, the ...


January 30, 2012, 7:17 pm, 947311

Today's market gist from IBD,

The stock market closed lower Monday but well off its session lows. The Nasdaq, which had been down as much as 1.2% in early trading, closed with a 0.2% loss. Strength in techs seemed to help the composite.

From what I gather from my reading, ...


January 26, 2012, 7:17 pm, 946397

A higher volume reversal after opening the day higher is a point of concern heading into tomorrow. Like anything though until support is broken the trend remains intact.

Right now we are focusing on the very tight rising channel that has formed over the last month alongside the 10 MA. ...


January 25, 2012, 7:18 pm, 945907

Join me for the once a year, ultra limited seating Dan Zanger seminar. The seminar will be held at the Renaissance Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California on Saturday April 28th, 2012.

Dan Zanger holds the World Record for the largest portfolio return in a single year (29,233%). His claim to ...


January 24, 2012, 7:19 pm, 945414

Earnings season is in full force as we all know and today had Apple (AAPL) reporting after the bell. All I can say is wow...

Apple Earnings summary:

Q1 revenue of $46.33 Billion vs analyst expectations of $38.9 bln EPS was $13.87, vs. expectations of $10.10 per share 37.04 million iPhones sold, 128% ...


January 23, 2012, 7:18 pm, 944897

Nothing major from the market today as the indices closed flat on lower volume. The word floating around is that there is extreme complacency with the market currently, suggesting a pull back is looming in the very near future. For further analysis read these quality posts from today's


January 19, 2012, 9:17 pm, 943720

With a brand new year among us it's time for another epic edition of Tools of the Trade. 2011 was a year to remember (or to be blocked from memory) as somehow amongst $1 trillion+ in new US Debt and a whole heck of a lot of drama in Europe ...


January 18, 2012, 7:17 pm, 943193

**IMPORTANT: Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs (including me here at StockTradingToGo) already oppose SOPA ...