Citi misses (20%) owned by the US treasury while Europe is lower on earnings concerns

Top Day Rec

01.19.10

Welcome to a Tuesday that will feel like a Monday but

which will transport you to Friday all that much sooner.

Not much in the way of eco news. Foreign investment

flows into US debt at 9. Citi misses (20%) owned by the

US treasury while Europe is lower on earnings

concerns.

Technically, this is one of those strange days as

Monday saw many markets trade but many US traders

were absent. Consequently, support/resistance levels

aren’t quite as reliable today.

This Week's Calendar

Date ET Release For ActualBriefing.com Consensus Prior

RevisedFrom

Current views, speculations and suggestions

(good till close of business today). These are technical in nature

only, not fundamental.

Mar ES: pos with support at 1126.00

NQ: neg with res at 1880.00

Mini Dow: pos with support at 1052.00

Gold: neg with res at 1143

Mar Silver: pos with support at 18.47

Mar Copper: pos with support at 332.50

Mar Yen: pos with support at 109.61

Mar Swiss: pos but below daily support of 96.98

Mar EC: neg with res at 144.16

Mar Canadian: pos with support at 96.70

Mar BP: pos with support at 162.58

Mar Aussie: pos with support at 90.83

Feb Crude: neg with res at 78.90

Mini Nat Gas: neg with res at 5.77

Mar Soybeans: neg with res at 9.84

Mar Wheat: pos with support at 5.20

Mar Ten Year: pos but below daily support of 117.05

Mar 30 Year: pos with support at 117.05

June Eurodollar: pos with support at 99.55

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International Markets

Mar Bund: pos but below daily support of 122.45

Mar Dax: neg with res at 5956

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N.B.: if you initiate a trade using ANY of these

numbers use a STOP at least equivalent to 2 ½%.

Repeat: use Stops. Don’t think about using Stops.

Use Stops. Some find it appropriate to look at the

margin requirement and use that as a Stop or if

it’s a steep initial requirement, use half. But

whatever you do, stop thinking about any other

alternative and use Stops.

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Futures trading entails considerable risk and is not for

everyone. An account can lose more than its initial investment.

Stops are not necessarily filled at the stop level. Past

performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Charles Kespert

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