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Trading Signal Services: Evaluating Your Options

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We all want to make money trading the market and trading signal services seemingly make that a lot easier. You simply follow the trading signals provided and (ideally) make a shed load of cash.

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But with so many people offering trading recommendations, who do you choose? First and foremost, you need to make sure that the individuals at the company are reputable.

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Lookup people of interest on LinkedIn, check their endorsements and true work history. Google their name and see what you can find out about them. If possible, also try and arrange a catch up with them over the phone or in person to really get to know them.

In addition to that, you’ll also want to look at past performance. Although past performance isn’t necessarily a guide to future returns, it’s a damn good indicator!

You’ll want to see performance going at least 18 months back. Furthermore, check to see if the return figures have been externally audited. For individual and “small traders”, that may not be possible. However, they should provide some way for you to verify their claimed returns.

For example, if they provide Dow Jones forecasts they should show the past recommendation documents that backup their analysis, gains and losses. Although it may be tedious, look back at market prices to see if in fact they did make the gains that they claim.

The third key feature to evaluate is the “trading style”. Do they aggressively trade in and out of markets? Or do their positions last a few weeks? If their style doesn’t match your style or what you’re looking for, move on. Signing up to a Forex signal service that provides 20 updates throughout the night can become overwhelming if you’re just getting started.

And finally, evaluate their process. One of the reasons why Madoff got away with his elaborate trading scam for so long is because people didn’t question his trading strategy. Ask questions, understand the process and if things seem too good to be true, they probably are.

The coming of “Hidenburg Omen” !!

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what is the Hindenburg omen ?

The hindenburg omen named after famous German airship  that crashed in new jersey in 1937 , is a technical indicator that predicts not  just a bear market but a stock market crash. As per wikipedia . The Hindenburg Omen is a technical analysis pattern that is said to portend a stock market crash. It is named after the Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937, during which the German zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed.

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The core idea behind the Hindenburg Omen, for those of you who haven’t been reading your investment blogs over the last two weeks, is that it’s bearish whenever there are a large number of both new 52-weeks highs and new 52-week lows on the NYSE.

For this crash to happen , the 5 criteria of the Omen  should be fulfilled:

1.That the daily number of NYSE new 52 Week Highs and the daily number of new 52 Week Lows must both be greater than 2.2 percent of total NYSE issues traded that day.

2.That the smaller of these numbers is greater than or equal to 69 (68.772 is 2.2% of 3126). This is not a rule but more like a checksum. This condition is a function of the 2.2% of the total issues.

3. That the NYSE 10 Week moving average is rising.

4.That the McClellan Oscillator is negative on that same day.

5.That new 52 Week Highs cannot be more than twice the new 52 Week Lows (however it is fine for new 52 Week Lows to be more than double new 52 Week Highs). This condition is absolutely mandatory.

The Hindenburg Omen is going to make things very bad, very soon, if technical analysts are correct. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. It’s a market anomaly that happens very rarely. However, when it does happen, it can mean we are heading over a cliff, and fast. The last time it happened? June 2008.

The creator of the  this  omen is a blind mathematician named jim Miekka , said that his indicator is no predicting  a market meltdown next month. will this affect australia is it a bad omen for australia  only time will tell .

Trader’s million dollar mistake makes Market almost collapse

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Both Fox News and CNBC reported that a trading error involving P&G stock could have been responsible for part of a  massive dip that dragged  and shocked the Dow Jones Industrial Average within a hair’s breadth of a 1,000-point drop.

 

The Dow fell 998.5 points, slipping well under 10,000 after a sudden sell-off that saw investors desert stocks .

A trade done by mistake may have been partially to blame for a huge crash in the US markets on Thursday, reports said, as observers questioned why Proctor & Gamble’s stock tumbled precipitously.

CNBC and Business Insider reported that a trader from Citigroup was to blame, though a Citi spokesman cautioned it was too early to tell what had happened. Suspicions that an error, whether mechanical or human, had contributed to the market dive emerged shortly after the Dow leveled off, and it began to climb almost as quickly as it had fallen.

Australian stock market today

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Australian stock market update today

It looks like the stockmarket got bitten by a huge aussie croc today with the market in freefall today.

  • Stocks hitting a new 52 week low include: Alesco Corp(ALS), AWE Ltd(AWE),Bannerman Resources(BMN), Elders(ELD) and Santos(STO)
  • Lihir Gold (LGL) Chairman Ross Garnaut said he has received “encouraging results” from testing the market for alternative bidders to Newcrest (NCM). He added that discussions are with more than one party and are at “various stages”. On the current NCM price the bid is worth 376c. LGL down 7c to 372c.
  • Origin Energy (ORG) announced the super tax could delay the timetable of their proposed APLNG LNG JV with ConocoPhillips. Both ORG and Conoco want to make a final investment decision on the project by the end of the year. ORG down 2.7% to 1513c.

      • Macarthur Coal (MCC) announced they are waiting on Peabody to consider the tax impact of their takeover and have extended their Gloucester Coal offer to May 27. MCC down 4.26% to 1304c.

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    • Gindalbie Metals (GBG) in a trading halt pending a project update. GBG was down 6c to 102c before the halt.
    • Building Approvals up 15.3% in March, its highest percentage move in 6 and a half years.
    • Sales of new carsand trucks in Australia increased by a seasonably adjusted 12.9% in April from March.
  • Tabcorp (TAH) had an analyst’s presentation this morning. They say revenue has grown by 1.6% in the year to April 30, trading conditions remain uneven in the short term and that they are encountering pressure in Victoria and QLD from contracting gaming markets. TAH down 6c to 677c.
  • Westpac Bank (WBC) – 1st Half Profit Result – 1st H cash profit has come in at $2.983bn, up 30% from $2.3bn last year. Analysts were expecting on average the figure to come in at $2.857bn and have said this morning the result lacked some quality. WBC down 3.1% to 2647c.
  • News Corp (NWS) – 3rd Q Profit Result – Net profit came in at $US839m. The result has been described as good. NWS shares closed 3% lower overnight in the US but were up 4% in after market hours. NWS down 5.4% to 1873c.
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  • U.K. stocks fell, led by commodity producers, amid concern Australia’s tax on resources companies will crimp profit at BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group and BP Plc’s costs to clean up an oil spill will escalate
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  • Australia’s central bank increased the benchmark interest rate for the sixth time since early October after policy makers raised their outlook for inflation and judged the nation is insulated from Greece-sparked debt woes.

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