Good Morning,

Today's trading activity could be far from over as we have Bernanke on the docket in about 1 hour. Could we also see the "famous Friday rally" where equity prices take back there losses and then some? I hope not as the 1350 equity level will hopefully provide some resistance for a few more trading day....

Good Morning,

Fundamentally, we have Bernanke on the microphone right now. Additionally, we have claims later in the week and a Friday appearance by Bernanke. I will be looking for the AYOH trade setup on Friday if Bernanke provides any fireworks (yeah right!!!)...

Good Morning,

First off, thanks to all who made the webinar full of great content. As I said, the more you participate with questions, the better it gets as we can cover more ancillary topics. If I didn't get to your question, feel free to get in touch with via email or on the IBFX Connect Site at "thelocalstake"...

Good Morning,

Fundamentally, there haven't been a lot of fireworks (news) which is keeping equities bid given the central bank agreement to strengthen equities. The news also keeps overall volatility low (see last week's post on the VIX). We do have speakers and data ahead, but as I have mentioned many times, the Fed is taking the excitement out of these releases.

Good Morning,

You may be asking what "IT" is. "IT" is a few things.

One "it" would be volatility. The longer that governments stay involved in the markets, the longer volatility will stay at the lower end. There may be spikes here and ther, but overall, if equities stay bullish to neutral, there is no way the VIX can rise and there is no way that there will be intraday opportunities like there would be in normal trading markets without government interference....