Futures

At TickerTank we believe in reacting to price action rather than predicting it. That said, every once in a while we like to go out on a limb and make a bold prediction. We predict Natural Gas Futures will print 3.25 before the end of 2011. It seems extremely cheap here and pretty much everyone...

About a month ago we mentioned the bearish Head & Shoulder pattern in Natural gas Futures. At the time, they were trading around 4.19. Now Natty is at 3.76. Although the downside move to 3.76 is a good start, the measured move has yet to take place with regard to the H&S pattern. The...

Interesting divergence between S&P 500 futs and gold today:  Interesting times. With the Swiss franc and Yen seemingly off limit due to the thread of central bank intervention, it looks like gold could cement its place as the go to safe haven. 

U.S. stock futures rose this morning (9/24) despite a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. durable-goods orders as euro zone concerns eased up following an unexpected spike in German business sentiment, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were +115 points at...

Losses on crude-oil futures rose substantially further as the most active contract traded below $70 per barrel, marking a 5-month low price. On the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the prices of crude oil for January delivery moved down 2.4%, or $1.75, to $69.82 per barrel. The crude oil...

Today, Futures seam to be holding ground as housing starts perform poorly at +0.5% to 590,000 against last month's 598,000. This has been due to unexpected rise in producer prices, fueled by Q3 earnings reports that continue to influence the market towards the north. We are expecting Nasdaq to...