Archive for January, 2009

• Basing
  UpsideTrader, January 26th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, Comments: 0

  It was a volatile day in the markets and the indices ended up in the face of abundant layoffs. The announcement of roughly 50,000 job [...]

• Gold, Oil and Bonds
  UpsideTrader, January 26th, 2009 at 7:11 am, Comments: 0

  Good morning. So Chrysler is giving us employee discounts, zero percent financing AND cash back. Wow. Fiat which is bleeding, losing money( canceled their dividend) [...]

• Revisiting Those "V" Breakouts
  UpsideTrader, January 25th, 2009 at 11:03 am, Comments: 0

  Back in November when the financial media was brimming with false optimism and lighting their 500th “bottom” candle I was taking the other side as [...]

• Weekend Linky Dinks
  UpsideTrader, January 24th, 2009 at 9:40 am, Comments: 0

  The major indexes averaged about a 3% decline for the week as we got barraged with more gloomy news. Here are some links of interest. [...]

• A Tough Start
  UpsideTrader, January 23rd, 2009 at 6:23 am, Comments: 0

  Futures are down substantially as Europe leads the way down. U.K. GDP shrunk by 1.5% and the FTSE dropped below 4000 for the first time [...]

• Microsoft
  UpsideTrader, January 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm, Comments: 0

  One for the road.

• Get Shorty
  UpsideTrader, January 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm, Comments: 0

  Here are some potential shorts. BAX was a nice break out today from last night.

• No Confidence No Leadership No Buyers
  UpsideTrader, January 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm, Comments: 0

  We are off to a blazing start as the man who will be treasury secretary and whose duties include being grand wizard if the IRS [...]

• Mid Day Note
  UpsideTrader, January 22nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm, Comments: 0

  Hi Folks, I was running behind this morning and did not have a chance to post but I thought you may have an interest in [...]

• A Rally Off the Lows
  UpsideTrader, January 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm, Comments: 0

  Was today a meaningful test of this bottom and will today’s action be the prelude to something bigger? Who knows? It’s tough to diagnose schizophrenia. [...]