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Boeing Co – Sell Spread

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Boeing Co - Daily Candle Chart

Boeing Co - Daily Candle Chart

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 move themselves, so we can expect a move lower in due course. The week ended with a small doji candle representing indecision in the market and a possible turning point. With the two factors above I would suggest the Boeing provides a sell bet opportunity for next week in the US markets. I would suggest a stop loss above the $37.20 region.

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Short Spread Bet – Cadbury (CBRY)

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Spread Bet Cadbury plc Daily Candle Chart

Spread Bet Cadbury plc Daily Candle Chart

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 this case the market makers are desperately trying to move prices higher only for selling pressure to move prices back lower. With the higher volume failing to move prices higher, when combined with a shooting star candle, is often the first sign of a reversal in the trend, suggesting we should see prices fall in the early part of the week. I would suggest a stop loss above the 595 region and my only slight concern with this spread bet is the support below at 538, so this may be a quick in and out trade.

In order to help you with your financial spread betting trading I have added several new services to the site. First there is an economic calendar which provides details of all the latest news items from around the world, including details of the forecast and previous figures, but if you prefer your news on video, then the latest currency news is the place to go, with updates three times a day. In addition there is a live news feed, and for the latest currency prices, live currency charts covering over 70 of the world’s most popular traded pairs. If you are trading the major indices around the world, then for the latest prices check the live index charts, and for gold, silver, copper and oil just have a look at the commodity prices charts. The latest stock prices are provided for the major stocks and shares in Europe, Asia and the Far East.

Spread Betting Tip – Shire PLC

Monday, March 9th, 2009
Shire plc - Daily Candle Chart 9th March 2009

Shire plc - Daily Candle Chart 9th March 2009

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 that the market is indecisive and could be ready to reverse from the current downwards trend, and whilst the bulls have not overpowered the bears, the candle suggest that a turn is possible. The second point to note is that the spreads of the down bars are narrowing, suggesting that the momentum of the downwards move is reducing, and combined with this we can see that the volume of the last three down bars is also falling, which again is an excellent signal that the selling pressure is coming to an end. Finally we note the large volume on the day under the doji candle, suggesting that buying or stopping volume has now entered the market. Using volume spread analysis combined with our candlestick analysis, this suggests that we could see a rise in Shire plc prices in the next few days from the current price of 798.50p. I would suggest placing a stop loss somewhere below 760p.