There are several positions we had been waiting for and on Friday the limits were hit and trades were placed. We are exceedingly confident about these three trades, and we feel that it’s worth our readers’ time to take a peak at where we’re putting our cash. This “trade flash” will target those three trades.

Last week you could have thrown a dart onto the floor of the CME and almost assuredly poked the eye out of a commodity bull. This week there's no telling who you'd maim. Blood and gore aside, the sideways pattern of the past three weeks is over as far as crude oil is concerned. The
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The Direxion 10-Year Treasury Note 3X Bear ETN (TYO) is a leveraged ETN which is designed to move in tandem with the yield on the 10-Yr Treasury Note, opposite the price, and with three times leverage on a daily basis. Like many leveraged and inverse ETNs this one carries risks, especially when holding the product
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Quiet frustration looms just beyond the facade of bulls who called for a market extension near the S&P 500 high of 945, while those heralding to invest in stocks upon a 10% pullback are beginning to feel the heat. Meanwhile, the substantial chatter concerning a "toppy" head and shoulders pattern of late in equities has
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The positive durable goods report, citing new orders up 1.8% for May, fought the May new home sales numbers, below consensus at -0.6% (m/m), as conviction wavered among market movers throughout early trading Wednesday. The crux of the day's market moving news came in the form of the FOMC statement on Federal Reserve policy, where
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On the Monday leading into a busy week of economic data and Wednesday's FOMC Federal Reserve meeting risk takers absconded from the market. The World Bank worsened it's outlook for the global economy from the March prediction for -1.7% to -2.9% growth over the course of 2009. Citing prolonged weakness among impoverished economies the bank
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A modest trader is a sharp trader and we at Diamond Slice maintain our short strategy, despite the rally extension in U.S. equities . Fundamental economic data continues to show that the broad economy continues to decline despite government stimulus efforts to increase consumers' ability to purchase goods. The home purchase program is extremely attractive
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The appetite of new entrants tip toeing into U.S. equities seems to have worn thin. Following three straight days of declines in the S&P 500 and founded on data citing 38,000 additional weekly jobless claims (637,000 wk 5/9), equities moved slightly higher. The S&P 500 improved by 9 points to 893, drawing bulls to declare
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Dow components Caterpillar (CAT) and DuPont (DD) are draining the will of investors to remain vested shareholders, as CAT posted its first loss since 1992 and Dupont lowered its 2009 guidance. U.S. stocks weren't the only misfortuned securities Tuesday morning, as crude oil future prices for May and June delivery felt immense downward pressure below
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Thursday morning the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced a change to the mark to market accounting standard, technically known as FASB Recommendation 157. Under new accounting rules banks will be allowed to value the toxic paper tied to mortgages based on cash flow valuations rather than fair market prices. Many mortgage backed assets are
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