Stocks Recover But The Trend is Down Stocks have held in a good range this week with the Dow Jones Industrial average moving between 10,200 and 9,800. Longer term, the indexes are still in a down trend until there is a good break to the upside. The current trend started on May 4th with the average breaking below 11,000 and has continued downward to the low this week of 9,800, Due mostly to fear that the Euro will no longer be a currency and European countries will have serious debt issues for years to come. One could say that the five week chart presents a bottom formation already but I would consider today’s improvement as the first leg of a bottom formation on a three month chart.

If you examine the 3 month index charts on the home page of ClearStation.com that is precisely what you see, a single leg of a ‘W’ bottom formation. Wait for the sell indicators to move to a hold position before considering any type of position purchase. When the trend indicators at ClearStation.com change to green, you...

A Brief Guide to Options to Swing Trade

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Autozone (AZO) Climbs as Earnings Approach

Despite a slight sell off down to the $175 a share range along with the market swoon Monday this week, the stock of Autozone (AZO)continues to perform and is close once again to a new 52 week high. The stock has moved back to $185 over the past three days within reach of the current year period high of $187.94. With earnings season approaching, the stock should behave well over the near term.

Markets Fall and Will Fall Further

The markets began correcting at the end of April with three out of four of the market stock indexes now giving a sell signal. Taking a look at the ClearStation.com index charts present on their home page, you can clearly see the top formations and the hold signals at the end of April this year. The sell signals all came yesterday on the major downturn for the markets with the Nasdaq Composite, the Down Jones Industrials, and the Standard & Poors 500 all in the red today.