Cobra's Market View

Umpel, it is crazy! Why you do not check Fidelity: they have a very good platform (Active Trader Pro) and you will probably like it....
Good luck!

Cobra wrote:the open.

Cobra, Happy and Healthy New Year!
I hope youfeel better today! All the best!

well, guess that's it for today. I see put call ratio surges, so probably people are hedging risks. tomorrow might be another boring day. thank you guys, I'll see you tomorrow. Cobra, As you said this morning this market is DEAD! The manipulation is now carried on with "in-your-face" atti...

2 legged pullback already, not much harm down, so the bias still is on the bull side, FOR NOW. Until when? Some news from Europe....It seems safe to predict that the ECB will hardly be a paragon of decisiveness in the coming weeks and months. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/how-the-ecb-p...

Cobra wrote:nothing to say, it's in a range. wait.

SPY is down $.02, it's a Flash Crash, free downfall!... Amazing....

"""...worse-than-expected Chinese trade data put investors into a risk-averse mood across the board, threatening the longest winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index since March.""" Not to mention the fact that Obozo called up CME and told them to raise t...

[quote="Tutti"]G/M Cobra and all... Charles Kirk put this out this AM and I thought it was a worthy note to pay attention to & share. 4 Day Avg vol lowest since Oct 2007 Thanks for the chart! Very interesting indeed. I wonder if we should expect to see in the next several months what h...

CH37 wrote:something is weird today ...
I still hold me trapped Sept 138put ...

Do not feel alone, I have Sept. 140 Puts. Hang in there until SPY gets to $139ish! Looks like husband may be right after all

Cobra wrote:

EvilTrader wrote:I hope cobra's top call is in effect today

usually you have to wait until the day when people jumping out pointing to me: you're so bearish biased. I don't see this day yet.

We have the same 'fight' at home. Hubby very bearish at this point!

Hi EFA can you link us to Fisher? Thx Yes, Cobra! here is the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-08/u-s-stock-index-futures-drop-amid-economic-concern.html The bottom line is one that you, Master, already knew before Fisher spoke:...."The S&P 500 is in a “make-or-break situation” ...

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Cobra wrote:

oldpigwang wrote:Cobra: I am waiting for your decision to enter spy put.

let me toss a coin first. You want head or tail?

Cobra,
You're THE MAN!

:lol: $RVX… IWM divergence Here are the $VIX measures, long term, inverted and smoothed (20ma) showing that volatility for IWM ($RVX) is a bit bullish. This is curious, as we know that IWM is a bit weak....It also shows in the short term volatility charts (second chart below). This discrepancy shoul...

$RVX… IWM divergence Here are the $VIX measures, long term, inverted and smoothed (20ma) showing that volatility for IWM ($RVX) is a bit bullish. This is curious, as we know that IWM is a bit weak. It also shows in the short term volatility charts (second chart below). This discrepancy should be re...

Cobra, If SPY has a pull back of some type on Monday, would the 5 SMA be a reasonable expectation or would it not even be reached? :? Thanks for clarifying! EFA[/quote][/quote] pullback to SMA5? Wow, that'd only prove my 3 Push Up pattern still is valid. If indeed this is a strong up, then Monday mo...

[quote="Cobra"]Retailers are very bearish, so this AAII chart should mean the market would be up huge.
Cobra,

If SPY has a pull back of some type on Monday, would the 5 SMA be a reasonable expectation or would it not even be reached? Thanks for clarifying!

EFA

If SPY has a pull back of some type on Monday, would the 5 SMA be a reasonable expectation or would it not even be reached?

SWalsh wrote:HFT on the sell side so far after jobless claim and housing:

Walsh,
can you pls explain what is the difference of the 3 screens? Are trades on different exchanges? Thanks!

Cobra wrote:no comments, I'm watching with my mouth wildly open.

Cobra,
Do you still expect that "no matter how deep the pullback goes, GENERALLY, we should expect another push-up, likely to break above the 7/03 high" (137.51)?
Thanks!

by the way, if QE can solve the problem, Japan would be the richest country in the world now. Look how many rounds of QE they had and look at their index. Enough said. This is like you don't want to spend any money, but banks keep sending you mail, telling you that they can lend you lots of money. ...