Following the release of the Non Farm Payroll data on Friday, over 8% of the workforce in the US is now unemployed, and all the current forecasts suggest the situation is likley to worsen in the next few months. Particularly badly hit is the manufacturing sector with over 1.3 million jobs lost since the recession [...]

The Boeing Co. looks like a sell opportunity for next week, with a closing price on Friday at 33.40. As you can see from the daily candle chart, the last five days have seen rising prices but falling volume, which suggest that the market makers are moving prices higher but are not buying into the [...]

I believe that Cadbury on the London Stock Exchange offers us some potential for a short trade this week following the close at 551p on Friday. Whilst volume has increased daily during the week, Friday’s candle has closed with a shooting star, suggesting that the increasing volume has met significant resistance in the market. In [...]

Another opportunity in the American stock market, this time with Cisco Systems, which gives us another selling opportunity for spread betting this week. As we can see from the daily chart there are three reasons for thinking this is a short selling bet. First we have a stock rising in price, but with falling volume [...]

A look at the chart for the FTSE 100 reveals several interesting details following Friday’s close in London. First, note the volume which is falling as the index is moving higher – always a bad sign, and for those of you who have studied volume spread analysis, will know exactly why, but in simple terms [...]

My suggestion for tomorrow’s spread bet is on the London markets and is Shire PLC, which closed this evening on the cash market at 798.50p per share, and I am suggesting that this is a buying opportunity for the short term. First, following this evening’s close we have a long legged doji, an excellent signal [...]

Hello and a very warm welcome to another of my financial sites, which I hope will explain everything you need to know about financial spread betting – not simply which companies offer what products and how they all compare, although I’ll cover this in detail for you as well, but much more importantly the risks [...]