Options Traders: Why "Ending Diagonals" Should Be Your New Best Friend
Elliott Wave Junctures' video lesson shows how an Elliott wave chart pattern called "ending diagonal" takes the guesswork out of options timing
By Nico Isaac
5/15/2012 5:00:00 PM
Trading options is not for the faint of heart. The stakes are sky high. You're not just buying or selling a security. You're also doing so with the expectation that said security reach a specific price by a specific time. That's why with options trading, most traditional forms of technical analysis fall short. At their best, they can identify WHAT the trend at hand is. Elliott wave analysis, however, goes the full distance...
Filed Under: diagonal, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, options trading, technical analysis
Category: Trading Lessons
By Nico Isaac
4/25/2012 4:00:00 PM
Over the last three months, lean hog prices have gone from “commodity on fire” – TO – commodity in the fire-roasting pit of a 15-month low. Now, imagine having the foresight of knowing from the get-go that hog prices were about to do a 180-degree turnaround? Well, today I’m sitting down with someone who did: EWI’s chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, fundamental analysis, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
Diagonal Pattern: Straight Shot To Opportunity
EWI's Daily Futures Junctures reveals the near-term pattern underway in the world's major commodity markets
By Nico Isaac
4/4/2012 10:30:00 AM
Today, April 4, I sit down with Elliott Wave International's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal. And, also, to show a real-live example of the diagonal's development on the price chart of a major grain market.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal, diagonal triangle, Elliott wave, futures trading, grain futures, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
3/7/2012 5:30:00 PM
On March 6, live cattle prices went to slaughter in their worst two-day setback in three months. Today (March 7), I'm sitting down with EWI's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss how cattle's recent rout actually fits its Elliott wave pattern to a T-bone.
Filed Under: Daily Futures Junctures, diagonal, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, live cattle futures
Category: Commodities
Cocoa: Keep Your Head On Your Shoulders
EWI's Futures Junctures Service reveals a powerful head-and-shoulders pattern underway in cocoa.
By Nico Isaac
2/1/2012 4:00:00 PM
Today, my sweet tooth has gotten the best of me as I sit down with EWI's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss the past year in cocoa. My first order of business: This time last year, cocoa prices were orbiting the outer-galactic regions of a three-DECADE high. And -- with Ivory Coast tensions intensifying alongside an increase in demand from China -- all the "fundamental" signs pointed UP.
Filed Under: Cocoa, cocoa futures, Cocoa, Elliott Wave Trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, diagonal, diagonal triangle, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, head and shoulders pattern
Category: Commodities
Why Cocoa's 2011 Bear Market Was A Foreseeable Event
EWI's January 2011 and March 2011 Monthly Futures Junctures anticipated a powerful downtrend in cocoa for the year ahead. Now what?
By Nico Isaac
12/22/2011 5:30:00 PM
The time is March 2011. Cocoa prices have soared to the out-of-orbit regions of a 32-year high. And, according to the mainstream experts, ongoing political tensions in the world's leading cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, sealed the market's bullish fate. Their magic "bull"et being the refusal of incumbent President Gbagbo to cede power after losing the November 28, 2010 parliamentary elections to newly recognized leader Outtara.
Filed Under: Cocoa, cocoa futures, diagonal, diagonal triangle, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy
Category: Commodities
By Nico Isaac
11/15/2011 3:30:00 PM
Today (November 15) I sat down with Elliott Wave International's chief commodity analyst and Futures Junctures Service editor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal triangle. Then, we discuss an actual, real-world diagonal that developed in the price chart of cocoa over a four-year long period.
Filed Under: Cocoa, Elliott Wave trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, diagonal
Category: Commodities