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The 30-year US treasury bond futures contract compressed yesterday and has pushed down through that compression today. This is a reason to sell short, which we advise that you do immediately. There is some small doubt about this signal as…

The Pound has been firm lately and the Yen weak – this weakness being presumably a result of the particularly aggressive variant of QE in process in Japan. These two tendencies have now combined to make an extension in the…

There have been yet more compressions in US stock markets to add to those reported in the June 16th edition and these appear to be breaking upward today and so can be bought: Alternatively, several sector ETFs have also been…

In the last 24 hours both Copper futures and a Korean stock index that we follow have made bottom extensions and both can now be bought. An Alpha Mail will follow in normal hours but the price of September Kospi…

Stock markets have diverged considerably around the world and there is no clarity at all about their next direction. Here is a survey of the situation in the main places of interest. Several important US indices compressed at a weekly…

The September contract of Soya bean futures made a bottom extension on Tuesday, as reported in an Alphamail that advised covering remaining outstanding shorts in the November contract. We would now reverse into a long position. There has been some…

Earlier today we pointed out that some sector indices and other US equity instruments were poised to make upward breaks from fresh compressions. We warned then that we might advise buying some various US instruments, now here are three suggested…

There have been sporadic new compressions in US and European equity indices again. These seem either to have provided support on yesterday’s dip or to be breaking up today. Two examples here that can be bought, although of these two,…

The £ vs the $ or ‘Cable’ exchange rate made a top extension a few days ago after running up on relief that the Conservatives had beaten off a resurgent Communist Labour party in the recent elections. The rate has…

All delivery months of US cocoa futures have made daily-scale top extensions in the last few days. The market is near the upper end of a broad range and there are no longer-term signals that could inhibit bearishness so we…