Brace yourself! Over the next few weeks the market will test the last Hawkeye weekly Pivot high, and then test the last weekly Pivot low at 2030. It’s also forming a weekly wedge profile and when broken – so watch out! Let us recap on the last few weeks. The S&P appears to be in
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May, 2016
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Mar, 2016
As you know I have been bullish on gold since mid-December and closed out my long positions last week and am waiting for a pullback and a re-entry. What made me want to close my position? I’m showing you two charts and this technique can work on any multiple timeframes that you might be trading.
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Mar, 2016
Just before Christmas, I said that 2016 there would be a great trade in gold and that certainly is the case so far. So I hope some of you loaded up on the one stock that I really like – Newmont mining, NEM. Say Bye-Bye to the Euro Now it’s the turn of the Euro,
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Feb, 2016
I will keep it short this week as I wish to follow on from last week that we have the opportunity in the GBP pairs for substantial gain. Do try and trade the longer time frames and hold even if it is a micro lot. If you feel you have missed the market just wait
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Feb, 2016
Forex GBP There is fundamental news over the next week on the GBP as the UK tries to negotiate a better package with its membership of Europe, which will result in an in/out referendum. The markets don’t like uncertainty so there will be many fabulous opportunities to trade the GBP FX Pairs. GBP Pairs Daily Charts
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Feb, 2016
SPY Yesterday buyers stepped in as the second half of the trading day developed. This can be interpreted in two ways. First, as profit-taking ahead of the long weekend, which is normal. Second, that the market tried twice to break lower and failed. As far as technical analysis goes, 80% of breakouts fail at the
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Jan, 2016
Today, I want to show you my favorite FX pairs. I am showing you my main workspace this week. These are my favorite FX pairs that seem to give constant results. One of the problems with FX is that there are so many pairs. So, I stay focused and just look at these on any
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Jan, 2016
With so much in the news regarding financial meltdown, let’s take a good Hawkeye look at the eMini. Monthly S&P Chart Firstly look at the Hawkeye Volume – three months of no demand and one month of selling volume, giving you the heads up that the dominant uptrend was going to retrace. Now, look where
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Jan, 2016
Its make-your-mind-up time this week on the 30-year US Bonds. They have been in a range for the past year; with the FED raising interest rates one would think Bonds would sell off, but the opposite is happening, suggesting the market does not expect another rate raise for some time. So let’s look at the charts. US
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Jan, 2016
Firstly I do hope you opened the email announcing the International Trading Profits Summit in beautiful, warm Palm Beach, USA in March. I really have assembled a wonderful team of traders to give you the tools and knowledge to make 2016 a fabulous year. Extended to three full days and kept at the same price of
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Dec, 2015
Do you have patience? I had an extremely distressing email this week from a user who after my last gold email went long. I specifically said that gold was in accumulation and would zigzag till weekly resistance was broken. AGAIN THIS REINFORCES THAT THESE NEWS LETTERS ARE FOR EDUCATION ONLY. So lets look at gold
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Dec, 2015
Using the Fatman to get Fat. There has been a lot in the Hawkeye Skype room this week on the many ways to interpret the HAWKEYE FATMAN currency strength indicator, and many comments that many traders find it hard to hold a trend and come out far too early. So lets look at a simple
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Dec, 2015
The precious metals market has been in a solid downtrend for quite some time. However, Hawkeye knows, using Volume Spread Analysis, that accumulation is showing in these markets. And by the reaction of price to this accumulation, this could be the opportunity of 2016! Let’s look at the charts… NEM Daily One of the world’s
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Nov, 2015
I always preach that you are trading risk rather than a market and the example below highlights just that. Look at the slowest time frame (bottom left). The Heat Map on the bottom stayed red, both bright and dark, throughout the whole day, indicating the bias was to the downside. The other two time frames, especially
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Nov, 2015
The Crude market is showing weakness in all time frames. If you were using Hawkeye, your positions would be extremely profitable. So let’s go and do our volume analysis using our Hawkeye tools. Crude Monthly Chart As you can see, price was rejected by the Hawkeye Zones, and where I have placed the magenta arrow shows Hawkeye
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Nov, 2015
Are you ready for a potentially great trade? The dollar index is breaking out of an 8-month trading range. This is happening on some of the strongest economic numbers since 2009. The Fed was requiring stronger economic data – and that arrived on Friday. The sentiment is that there will be a rate raise at the next
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Nov, 2015
I often get asked which is the best market to trade; my reply is Bonds. They are world’s largest market by volume of trades (contracts), and have extended trends. As always, look for the longer time frames and here Hawkeye’s Gearbox does the trick. Bonds – Yellow Time Frame Here, on the left of the chart, you
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Oct, 2015
The euro had a break down on Thursday and Friday. Why? Well, Europe is a mess – with the huge number of immigrants from the Middle East, the European Central Bank hinting at more QE, and exceptionally high unemployment. Technically? Well, let’s look at the charts, starting with the EURUSD monthly. Since July 2014, there
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Oct, 2015
Below are some “tried and true” Tips we use for consistent trading success. Clear your head before you start trading . Keep yourself well hydrated with clean fresh water. If you are really having a bad day, don’t trade. Take a step away until you are able to come back with a clear mind. Take
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Oct, 2015
Three charts to look at this week. Let’s start with America’s most widely held stock, Apple. Looking at the daily chart, I have placed a blue line after Apple had a Wide Bar down (first blue arrow) then rallied back up. There are now six Hawkeye Pivot lows, and the Trend is neutral, indicating congestion.
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Oct, 2015
Today was the first day in almost two months that the US Bonds are trying to break out. Lets take a look at the US Bonds daily chart. The cyan arrow points to where the market had a false break to the downside on September 15, but has since rallied . Today, the Bonds are rallying
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Sep, 2015
A few weeks ago I did some analysis in the Emini, saying last week would be critical and it was. So lets take a look at the chart. Where I have drawn the yellow dotted line showed a double top, the bar prior to the magenta arrow broke though but straddled the price. So, if
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I have had a few emails over the last two weeks requesting I give you a Hawkeye analysis of the S&P – so here it is. To set the stage for the Daily chart, let’s look at the monthly and weekly charts and see what they are telling us. The monthly chart has entered into congestion,
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Sep, 2015
This week, Mike Smith shows us how to use the VIX to help make better trading decisions. This article aims to outline what the VIX is and how it can be used in a trading context for indices, stocks and options. Although there are opportunities to trade the VIX itself (via futures and options), our focus is on
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Aug, 2015
This week, Dr. Kenneth Reid brings you a Hawkeye Mindset Minute. We trade to win and most traders define a ‘win’ as a trade that makes money. But in my experience as a trading coach most aspiring traders over-focus on the money, which, paradoxically, causes unnecessary losses. I call this vicious circle the Money Trap. Let
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Aug, 2015
Gold seems to be forming a bottom here, as you can see where I have placed the cyan arrow on the chart below. We now have weekly buying volume and that has pushed the price up to the Hawkeye Trend dot (illustrated by the magenta arrow) where it has found, as it usually does, resistance.
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Aug, 2015
When most people think about trading, the first thing that comes to mind is the stock market. After all, stocks are exciting. Every day, the moves of stocks are covered in the newspapers and the evening news. Everyone seems to be talking about making big money by trading and investing in the stock market. Bonds,
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Aug, 2015
Nigel recently had an awesome interview by Cam Hawkins of 52Traders.com on the subject “Mastering Volume & Essential Tips for Struggling Traders”. In the show, Nigel reveals: The missing part to most Volume Spread Analysis studies The timeframes you should be focusing on and why A simple trick to easily read your moving average The
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Aug, 2015
The e-mini stock index futures contracts are probably the most popular of the dozens of e-mini products. These contracts are appealing because of their affordability, leverage, liquidity, profit potential and round-the-clock trading. So, in this week’s article, let’s take a look at the e-mini from the perspective of the Hawkeye Volume based trade methodology. First
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Jul, 2015
Gold mining stocks have been getting slammed lately, and the exchange-traded funds that track them are feeling the pain. So, this week, I’ll be talking about GDX (which is the Market Vectors Gold Minors ETF), and showing you how to make great money using Hawkeye Volume Based Indicators. Let us begin by looking at the
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Jul, 2015
My friend and Hawkeye Education Partner, Eddie Z at EZ Trading Computers, just finished writing a brand new updated article with everything you need to know about the new Windows 10 release. This is an absolute must read. Read Newest Windows 10 Article now Even if you already read Eddie Z’s 1st Windows 10 article,
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Jul, 2015
There is no end to the debates among active traders about the pros and cons of swing trading vs. scalping. And the debate has been going on for years. However, in my opinion, two of the greatest failings of most traders are: They trade on too short of a time frame They fail to hold
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Jul, 2015
One of the biggest frustrations for traders is entering a trade, only to see it immediately reverse against them. That’s why I developed the Hawkeye Heatmap indicator. Its purpose is to give an objective indication of the strength of a trend. By entering trades in the direction of a strong trend, Hawkeye traders can significantly boost
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Jul, 2015
One of the biggest challenges intraday traders face each day is determining what time frame to trade. That’s why I developed Hawkeye’s Gearbox and Gearchanger. These world-class innovative tools show you, day-in and day-out, the absolute best way to trade the markets using tick charts. So in this article, I will walk you through how
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Jun, 2015
For many years, copper has been one of the best economic commodity indicators because of its ability to serve as an indicator for various economic trends and equity markets. That shouldn’t be too big of a surprise, since for many years, there has been a strong correlation between economic growth and the demand for copper.
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Jun, 2015
Have you noticed the volatility in the bond markets lately? Because of the economic news coming out of the US, China, Europe, and especially Greece, there are some great trading opportunities for traders, and especially Hawkeye traders! So, in this week’s article, we will take a closer look at the 30 year U.S. bonds in
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Jun, 2015
Today, I will analyse the Yen with the use of my Hawkeye indicators. Interestingly, the Yen has recently broken out of a six month trading range on the monthly chart. Also, the fundamentals are that the Japanese economy is fighting deflation. So, they will continue to try and push their currency lower until this deflation
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Jun, 2015
In this week’s newsletter, I will consider two different instruments. First, I will revisit the E-mini weekly since I have been discussing it in the last few newsletters. Then, I will do a more in-depth look at gold. Okay so let’s start with the weekly chart of the E-mini. First, notice how I have placed
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May, 2015
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about a selloff in the 30 year US bonds, so I thought I would take the opportunity to analyze this market for you in this week’s Newsletter. Let’s begin by looking at the monthly chart. The first thing to note in the chart below is the section I’ve
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May, 2015
If you look at the daily Fatman indicator, you can see that I have placed a red arrow at the top by the green line, which is the Euro. It is in overbought territory and starting to bend over, so we are expecting a decline. If we look down at the bottom of the Fatman, I have placed cyan
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May, 2015
In today’s article, I’ll start with the chart of Apple, because it is so similar to what is happening on the E-mini chart. So first up, notice where I have put the yellow dotted line, where the first red down-arrow is, and how Hawkeye had a phantom isolated high at that point on the 27th
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Apr, 2015
In our weekly training rooms, I teach about Hawkeye Volume to help our traders understand the concepts behind volume trading. Today, I will show you how supply and demand zone theory, coupled with volume theory, can yield fantastic results to your bottom line. Today’s trading gave us several great examples of what we call the
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Apr, 2015
Let’s begin this week’s newsletter by looking at the weekly chart of the ES. As you may remember a week ago, I said that we were in a topping formation on the S&P. And we can certainly see this in this weekly chart. Notice where I’ve placed those red arrows at the top of the
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Apr, 2015
Let’s begin with a short update on the ES, that I discussed last week. We are still in daily and weekly congestion. Although the market is rallying up, it will struggle to get above the Hawkeye stops on the daily chart. The critical point we have to look for is a breakout of the weekly
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In this week’s article, I would like to continue my analysis of the ES, because we are seeing a very important volume and price profile being played out for us. It looks like this market is biased towards the down side. And I should point out, the principles of my analysis here can be applied
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In this week’s newsletter, I’d like to do a recap on what we did last week on the ES. In particular, this week’s article is about swing trading the ES. Analysis If we look at the weekly chart, as you remember, I highlighted last week that the pivot high at 2110.25, was absolutely fundamental to
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Mar, 2015
Let us begin by doing a review of the dollar, because it is in an amazing uptrend. There are a variety of fundamental reasons for this. One is that the Fed is expected to tinker with interest rates soon, and many are predicting that it will be in June. Another, because of the conflicts around the
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Mar, 2015
In this week’s newsletter, I will illustrate the power of using triple timeframe volume analysis, along with the Hawkeye Adds algorithm to show how we can significantly boost our trading profits. On the chart above, I am displaying the 20 minute bars of the front month of Crude. Under the price bars, I have three
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Mar, 2015
[NOTE] This article about the YM chart was written by Nigel back on March 7th and published after March 7th. If we look at the monthly chart on the Dow (YM), you can see I have placed a cyan arrow at a key point on the chart. Please note the Hawkeye trend dots, and how
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Mar, 2015
[UPDATE] This article about the S&P500 chart was written back on February 28th. On Friday, March 6th, the event Nigel’s interpretation of volume pointed to came true, with a 29 point, 1.4% drop in the S&P. Let’s begin the week’s article by examining the monthly chart on the S&P 500 for February 2015. As you
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Feb, 2015
A few weeks ago, I discussed how Apple had reached a critical point where it had to make its mind up whether it was in a trend run or congestion with the bias to the downside. Now, if we look at the daily chart, we can see that on January 29th (green arrow), the push
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Feb, 2015
Whether you trade stocks, bonds, options, or Forex, the Hawkeye Volume Trading methodology finds perfect setups every day. Although today’s example is on a currency pair, it really doesn’t matter what you are trading. That’s because the Hawkeye volume trading approach applies to anything and everything. So with this in mind, let’s go through an
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Feb, 2015
In this week’s newsletter, let’s take a look at GDX, otherwise known by its full name, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF. Let’s begin with the monthly chart below. As you can see, we’re in a solid downtrend. We did have some buying that came in last month, that showed in the weekly and daily
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Feb, 2015
Last week, Apple reported its cash reserves had grown to $178 billion, due to phenomenal sales (74.5 million) of the latest iPhone 6. This massive cash reserve is larger than the total market value of Pepsi, Disney, or Amazon. They also reported the biggest quarterly profit ever for a public company – $18 billion in
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Jan, 2015
In today’s issue of our newsletter, I’ll show how the Hawkeye indicators can be used for trading the British pound against the US dollar. Let’s begin by looking at the monthly chart. As you can see, the monthly trend dots have gone red, as illustrated by the red arrow I’ve placed on the chart. You’ll
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Jan, 2015
In today’s article, I’ll show you how we use the Hawkeye Pivots on crude oil charts to illustrate their value to enhance your trading. Monthly Chart Analysis If you look at the right side of the monthly chart above, you’ll see there’s a red arrow pointing down. While not part of our software, the red
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Sep, 2014
Summary: The GBP may see huge swings this Friday after the result of the Scotland independence vote is announced. Hawkeye Traders will hold two special live trade rooms hosted by our Founder, Nigel Hawkes. We encourage you to attend these FREE live trade rooms on Friday to help you profit from this momentous event, which
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Aug, 2014
Recently, there was a big downward move in the Emini. So, in today’s article, I want to examine that move using my Hawkeye Volume trading methods. First, let’s have a look at the monthly chart. If you look at the red arrow, you can see that it is 50% of a Hawkeye isolated high. If
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Aug, 2014
In today’s article, I will discuss an aspect of trading that occurs fairly regularly. I call it “Walking Down The Stairs.” To illustrate, please notice the three attached charts. They are the weekly, daily, and 720 minute charts for EURGBP. Also, before we dive into this, I want to emphasize that what I’m showing you
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Jul, 2014
In this week’s edition of our newsletter, I want to show you how to aggressively trade Forex with a 20 pip profit target. This is a very reasonable target that occurs most days, day in and day out. The first thing I do is to go to ForexTicket.com to review which pairs are currently showing
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Jul, 2014
Apple is the most widely held stock in America. If you look at the daily chart, you can see it has been in an uptrend for quite some time. There was a brief pull-back in late June, and then, it continued upwards on declining volume. However, notice throughout the pullback, it didn’t break the Stop
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Jul, 2014
We are looking for huge moves in grains now. Look at the following charts of the grains. Wheat is at multi-year lows, along with Corn. Do remember, the PEDv outbreak has killed millions of US hogs and they eat corn, so there is lots of supply Chart 1 – Wheat Daily Chart Take a look
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Jun, 2014
It is always so hard to know each day the market price action, and that is where Hawkeye gives you the result. Chart 1 – Hawkeye Kiss The Hawkeye Kiss is set to 3 minutes and is a graphical representation of ALL advancing/declining issues on the New York Stock Exchange, Russell and NASDAQ. The green
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Jun, 2014
A few weeks ago I told you that it was looking like a critical few weeks for gold trading. I showed you how Hawkeye showed the weakness in the current downtrend, and I showed you what to look for as the first signs of a new up trend. The weekly Hawkeye stops held (support) and
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Jun, 2014
Before we start, it is worth emphasizing that although the examples used here are options the lessons are VITAL to all trading vehicles. After posting an ROI of 253% Hawkeye Options directional portfolio (Barracuda), my inbox was brimming with questions regard how this was possible in ONLY 8 MONTHS. For this week’s newsletter, I was
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Jun, 2014
The following information arrived on my desk from a well respected source: “Gold and silver turned in another poor monthly performance with losses of 4.5% and 4% respectively. Investors are wary of getting long the metals thanks to strong US economic data and lack of inflation. However, it’s important to point out that both metals
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May, 2014
The Hawkeye Adds is a fabulous cash machine. It tells you visually when and where to add additional contracts, once you are in a trending market. Chart 1 – S&P Emini (3144 Ticks) Fast Chart There was a powerful downtrend on Tuesday 5/20/14. You can see it on both the fast chart above and the
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May, 2014
This week I want to show you how copper is demonstrating that the world is coming out of recession and how this vital component in all building, electrical and industrial production is being bought. Chart 1 – Copper Weekly Chart Since March 21, copper has been in accumulation mode. You can see 8 weeks of
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The overall market looks to be at a decision point lately. This can make for some large swings and potential false breakouts. Wait for clear signals from Hawkeye before making your move. Chart 1 – S&P 500 Emini (ES) Daily The index future (ES) is still in distribution volume mode with up price moves on
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This week Mike Smith reports direct from the Hawkeye Options desk. Here we go again – out from the woodwork they come… Its earnings season and so out pop the latest plethora of NEW; INNOVATIVE; EASY; PROVEN etc. etc. headlines about a strategy that has been around as long as options have been in existence.
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I want to show you how to use Hawkeye Pivots to manage congestion. The power of Hawkeye pivots and phantom pivots are shown here on the Emini. Chart – Emini Daily The cyan arrow is where I sent out a danger call on the Emini as there is no demand volume (white volume bar). This
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I keep telling you, trading is just like hunting – patience is required for the perfect shot. Lets take a look at what this means on the AUDUSD. Ready, aim, trade! Chart – AUDUSD The unique Hawkeye GearBox has given tick speeds of 640, 320, and 160 for today (Tuesday). GearBox is yellow telling us
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Traders, I must try and enthuse you to use Hawkeye’s GearBox and GearChanger, part of the Hawkeye Gear Module. It’s a pivotal moment in your trading career that will change how you perceive charts for ever. It produces an optimized tick speed based on current volatility and the expansion of volume. Introduction Hawkeye GearBox and
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Apple, the most highly held stock in the USA, is great to swing trade. Let Hawkeye teach you how to swing trade the $AAPL. Chart 1 – Apple 60-Minute Chart This 60 minute chart shows that the market has entered congestion and the unique Hawkeye Volume indicator is showing accumulation volume (as indicated by the
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To trade the US Dollar, you need to know this. Last week Hawkeye showed no-demand volume, the first sign of distribution in an uptrend. Since then the market price profile has confirmed this setup with a trend pause and no-demand volume. This is a classic set up working through. Today let’s looks at how low
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Last week, we showed how Hawkeye GearBox identified the optimal tick speed to use on Emini futures. Today, let’s look at how Hawkeye signals that danger is in the air. Be very, very careful! Chart 1 – Weekly Emini This weekly Emini chart illustrates just how Hawkeye called the market beautifully off the weekly volume
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Last week, we showed how Hawkeye Volume identifies volume accumulation prior to the explosive breakouts in sugar and coffee. Today, let’s look at how Hawkeye GearBox and gives you the correct tick speed to trade with every day. We will show you how using the Emini futures market as an example. From Chart 1 below,
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Over the previous weeks, Hawkeye has identified great trading opportunities in Stocks, Forex, Futures and Commodities. Today, we want to look specifically at the Coffee and Sugar futures markets, with a particular focus on how Hawkeye Volume shows identifies volume accumulation prior to the explosive breakouts in both of these markets. From Chart 1 below,
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Over the previous weeks, we have produced information that identifies great trading opportunities in Stocks, Forex, Futures and Commodities. Today, we want to look specifically at the Sugar (SB) futures market, with a particular focus on how Hawkeye Volume and Trend shows the end of a trend run, but not necessarily a new entry. Chart
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The markets are correcting and the Dow is in daily and weekly downtrends. The ES is also in a daily downtrend but the weekly charts show congestion. Weak stocks are tumbling. This is the time for stocks that are strong, as they will probably get stronger when the market returns to an uptrend. Lets look
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The Dow (YM) is a classic example of selling distribution volume. Chart 1 Daily This shows 10 days of selling volume occurring at the top of the uptrend (indicated by the red arrows), with the Hawkeye trend going white indicating no momentum. Chart 2 Weekly This shows three weeks of neutral volume (indicated by
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The dollar index is showing volume accumulation and prices should start to rise testing 81.72 again. Chart 1: Daily The cyan arrows show attendant volume coming into the market. All Hawkeye indicators are in up trend mode. Chart 2 Weekly Weekly volume gone from neutral to positive after low volume, again confirming accumulation (cyan arrow).
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The silver market has fallen over 30 dollars since the high of 50 dollars and has been making lower highs and lower lows since May of 2011. However the weekly ranges have been getting smaller and smaller. There is now attendant volume i.e. accumulation volume on the daily chart (see cyan arrow) and also on
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I really want you to look closely at this 5 minute $USDJPY chart. $USDJPY 5 Minute Chart Looking at the Hawkeye Fatman, the colored spaghetti on the left-hand side of the chart, each colored line represents a single currency… the first cyan arrow is showing that the cyan line (USD) has started to rise. The
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Sugar (SB) is starting to show signs of strength. Last Friday’s volume was the highest volume since June of this year. When you get this strong volume on large up-moves, it is a very positive sign of strength, and could well be the commencement of an uptrend. But, you have to be patient. Looking the
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Here is a great tip for those scalping Forex: Trading dual timeframes is the key to ensuring low risk entries. In this chart Roadkill is set to ´aggressive´ and is calculating both 5-minute and 10-minute timeframes. At Point 1 on this chart you can see that the Hawkeye Trend, represented by the cyan dot on the
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The party is unwinding on low interest rates so get ready for inflation. Who knows when, but it’s in the pipeline — it’s just a matter of time, so lock in these low rates asap. On the daily chart The cyan arrow shows a double bottom (yellow Hawkeye pivot dots on the price) which indicates
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Copper futures traded at the highest level since June on Monday and are now showing classic accumulation getting ready for an upward breakout. Let’s look at the charts: Weekly Chart At point 1 there is a wide bar down shown in magenta on the price indicating above average volume shown as the yellow dot on
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I often get questions on how to interpret Hawkeye Pivots (the yellow dots on the price bar). As a general rule, when you see a pivot, it suggests the market has reached a temporary peak/low, which means that for the next three, five or seven bars it is likely to go against its trend or
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The crude oil market ($CL_F) has been rather volatile lately, with the past few weeks showing signs of strength in the overall economy. The stock indices have pushed into higher price areas pulling crude right along with them. It’s nice to see some of the commodities coming out of the “dog house”, after having been
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This week’s example is the coffee commodity which has has been in a downtrend since October of last year. In the weekly Chart 1, there was a wide bar shown in magenta and four weeks of tight ranging bars (cyan arrow) unable to break under the dotted line of support. In the daily Chart 2,
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A key factor in successful trades is finding those with the lowest risk entry. In the Japanese yen example below, I have shortened the timeframe, as I understand a lot of users use these timeframes particularly for Forex and intraday trading. The cyan arrow on all three charts shows that the volume has changed to
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Some weeks ago, Hawkeye alerted you to the fact that although all the pundits were talking gold up, the Hawkeye Volume algorithm was showing weakness. Let’s look at the charts. Chart 1 Weekly Gold Hawkeye has been short since last November at $1,684 (see red arrow above). Chart 2 Daily Gold The three red arrows
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Just as you can extract oil from soybeans, you can extract money from the market trading soybean futures. Soybean futures have had a large price move to the upside over the past two weeks. The price is currently just below strong resistance at 1350 and is displaying classic congestion. (See the yellow dotted lines). There
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The Free Hawkeye Live Training Room is held every Thursday from 8am – 11am US EST. We have an archive of past Training Room recordings available in case you wish to view them offline with some fresh popcorn and your iPad. Please use the following link to view the video. All future presentations will be
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The volume on the Japanese Yen futures contract (JY) last week was the highest weekly volume in over six years. The last time the market had volume anywhere near this size, a significant rally that lasted over five years resulted. This could be a sign of major institutional involvement, with major hedge funds making moves
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Trade of the Week In this week’s example I have turned the stops off and made the trend dots white. I am using the tick values generated by the Hawkeye GearBox, a unique tool that gives you the correct tick speeds to trade every day. I can now see how the market is trading using
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Trade of the Week Although the monthly and weekly are just showing trend entry to the upside, the daily chart below shows a trend congestion entrance. Why? Because the live trend dot has gone flat (red arrow) and the close was under the current bars open and the trend dot. So what do we do
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Less than three months after it hit $800, Google ($GOOG) topped $900, and is now on the brink of becoming the first tech stock to hit $1,000 a share. And with a slew of product launches in the works, the company’s reputation is getting a boost as well. Though we’re not ready for the risk
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If you’re fueled by high expectations of Apple stock, Hawkeye is here to deflate the Apple-hype balloon. While the iPhone maker has seldom reported negative figures in a decade, this week, Apple revealed typical congestion and a pause in downtrend. For there to be a new weekly uptrend, the stock would have to break above
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Emini showing first sign of congestion breakout on Hawkeye charts to upside when price closes above cyan arrow. Good trading, Hawkeye
Do you stay with your profitable trades as long as possible hoping for the trend to continue to make your profits even larger? Do you tense up when you have to exit a profitable trade? Here are three exit strategies to help you exit your trades with ease: Stops (waiting till the Hawkeye stop is
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This week I want to review the basic setup I used for our trade of the week. Looking at the intraday ES market, we begin with the Hawkeye Gearbox – a unique indicator exclusive to Hawkeye Traders. Every trading day, the Gearbox calculates and gives us the exact tick speed to trade the market… so
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With the crisis in Cyprus unfolding, every pundit and novice commentator was calling gold to new highs. However, the Hawkeye system was in opposition, as the only true leading indicator — volume — did not confirm. The Hawkeye Volume indicator was built on Volume Spread Analysis, and is quite complex… but we made the display very simple
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The Hawkeye Live Training Room is held every Thursday from 8am – 11am EST. We have an archive of past Training Room recordings available in case you wish to view them offline with some fresh popcorn and your iPad. Please use the following link to view the video. All future presentations will be posted in
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With the US markets closed today for the annual Thanksgiving holiday, focus in the currency markets has centered around the Japanese Yen once again, as money flows continue to move into other currencies ahead of the Japanese elections in December. Both the USD/JPY and several of the cross currency pairs have seen sharp moves higher,
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January oil futures closed marginally higher yesterday, closing the oil trading session at $87.38 per barrel, having touched an intraday high of $87.89 per barrel, before ending the oil trading session just 10 cents per barrel higher. The current lack of direction for crude oil has been a feature of many markets over the last
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The price consolidation that has been a feature of gold, has also been reflected in the silver market, with silver futures trading in a narrow range, testing $26 per ounce to the downside and $28.50 to the upside, and developing a strong area of price congestion as a result. Both these levels have been clearly
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The daily soybean chart has been in a strong bullish uptrend since the breakout of late June and indeed has been one of our star performers in the soft commodities sector.The initial breakout on the daily soybean chart was first signaled by Hawkeye back in mid June and following a period of sideways consolidation finally
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Duke energy shares continued to move lower on Friday, closing the US trading session at $64.78, and adding further pressure to the move lower. The sell off in the stock was given additional momentum following the news that one of Duke Energies subsidiary companies in Florida, Progress Energy Florida, has recently filed requests to reduce
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Despite the recent bullish momentum in equity markets in general, Citigroup shares have remained relatively flat over the last few weeks, and closed Friday’s US trading session at $29.71 having traded in a narrow range for much of the day. The price is now consolidating into a pennant formation on the daily chart, with the
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Alongside the USD index, the VIX is another of those powerful indices, which gives clear signals of the broad market sentiment which ebbs and flows on a daily basis. The VIX is often referred to as the fear index, as it displays the market mood and whether market players are in ‘risk on’, or ‘risk
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Like many of the major equity markets around the world, the mini Dow index has now reached a critical level, with the daily September contract closing at 13,079 ahead of the 3 day weekend with markets closed on Monday for the US labor day. Since March, the index has flirted with the 13,200 level on
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Whatever the market you are trading, either as an investor or as a speculator, having a view on the US dollar is key to longer term trading success, which is where the USD index steps in. The US dollar is the currency of first reserve and underpins all the principle capital markets, and the dollar
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Gold bugs are once again happy this week, and the recent breakout for gold continues to signal further bullish momentum, with spot gold just failing to touch a high of $1700 per ounce this week for the first time since March, and finally closing the week at $1691.18. Gold futures ofcourse reflected this bullish momentum,
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The recent bullish sentiment for the AUD/USD on the daily chart, appears to have run out of steam in the last few days, with the Hawkeye trend dots flattening in the 1.0600 region, and subsequently moving into a short period of sideways consolidation. The bearish tone that is now evident was also firmly signaled with
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Following several weeks of sideways consolidation the GBP/USD has now finally broken out this area of price congestion on the daily chart, and now looks set to move firmly higher in the next few weeks. To the downside, the support level was clearly defined at the 1.5400 region whilst to the up side, 1.5700 region
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Trading success in the Forex market depends on several factors, but staying in the trend to maximize the profit available is perhaps the most important, and this is where most traders fail. Staying in a trend requires discipline and the ability to manage the fear that we all have when a potential profit is on
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Last week was the worst Thanksgiving week on Wall Street since 1941. Traders and investors reeled from the problems in Europe, as well as the collapse of the US budget deficit talks. The S&P 500 fell almost 5% on the week, closing just below the key 1160 level. The Dow was also down almost 5%
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If there is one thing to say about the markets at the present, it is that they are deeply unpredictable. They swing dramatically from hope to fear and back again, catching both professional and retail traders alike. This type of market behavior inevitably leads to fear, frustration, and bad trading decisions which in turn can
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In this week’s video, Nigel Hawkes shows setups that he looks for in the Forex market. He shows how to take trades on a Forex pair with the least amount of risk while using the Hawkeye Fatman as a filter. Click on the image below to view this week’s video update: [evp_embed_video url=”http://evphosted-14d5bf6242eae0.s3.amazonaws.com/4102011-1.mp4″ preload=”auto” template=”mediaelement”
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In this must-see video, Nigel Hawkes demonstrates an invaluable setup for daily FX trading, showing how to apply the Hawkeye Fatman and Gearbox in the best way. Nigel also shows the course of the EMD trade after last Friday’s webinar closed. Click on the image below to view this week’s video update: We demonstrate the
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Nigel Hawkes warns against missing correct timing on trades and how to use the Hawkeye ChartTools, GearBox and GearChanger, at their full potential. Be sure to have the patience to wait for perfect setups. Think like a hunter and you will be trading for success. Click on the image below to view this week’s video
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Continuing the Hawkeye Traders Education Series Nigel Hawkes is a market leader and expert in volume spread analysis. Over the past 20 plus years he has studied and applied volume analysis to every market in every timeframe. What he has found is that when using volume and price together with the desired timeframe he can
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