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The Shocking Tesla-Bitcoin Trade
As the markets seem to move more frequently between “risk-on” and “risk-off,” we decided to look at two fairly volatile instruments to...
rickstine
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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Rear-View Mirror: Revisiting The EURUSD - PLNUSD Trade
Last November, we took a look at a distance pair-trade between the Euro and the Polish Zloty when Poland's central bank was threatening...
rickstine
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Russell 2000 Growth - Every Picture Tells A Story
Here at Excalibur Pro, we unabashedly marvel over many of the tools on our website. Clearly, one of our favorites is Regime Change, which...
rickstine
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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When You Start Hearing Voices, Filter Out The Bad Ones
It was after the markets closed on March 8 when SVB Financial (parent of Silicon Valley Bank) released the news - it planned to raise...
rickstine
Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Markov & The Russell 2000 'Golden Cross'
One of the more popular technical analysis tools signaling bullish sentiment in an instrument or index is the "Golden Cross" - when a...
rickstine
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Markov Saw Eurozone Improvement Before Economists
The Financial Times reported on Sunday that a closely watched survey of economists (Consensus Economics) was now indicating that the...
rickstine
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Searching For Momentum Clues With Commodities
Commodities have been one of the best performing asset classes of the year - in part because of inflation and the supply disruption...
rickstine
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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Can I Make Money In These Markets? Yep!
The pair-trading tool in Excalibur Pro not only lets you backtest strategies but let's you simulate a trade that you have put on - and...
rickstine
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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GBPUSD Takes A Pounding
The British Pound earlier today hit an all-time low against the dollar, continuing a sell-off that began last week after the government...
rickstine
Sep 26, 20221 min read
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The Markov Argument Against A Nasdaq Bull Market
In the traditional definition of a bull market, the Nasdaq moved into that space last week after it had risen 20% off its lows since...
rickstine
Aug 15, 20221 min read
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Too Soon To Bet Emerging Markets Are Emerging But...
Inflation. High interest rates. Recession. Yes, developed countries have been hard hit by the above Big Three. But emerging markets have...
rickstine
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Signals Suggest More Weakness For India's Rupee
A few days ago, India's rupee hit an all-time low when it briefly crossed above 80 to the U.S. dollar. Analysts suggested the selloff was...
rickstine
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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The Dollar & Commodities Dance
There's an interesting article on WSJ.Com today https://www.wsj.com/articles/strong-dollar-fuels-pullback-in-commodity-markets-1165822308...
rickstine
Jul 19, 20223 min read
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That Dollar, Stock Market Relationship
Some pundits have noted in recent days that there has been a strong negative relationship between the dollar and the U.S. stock market....
rickstine
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Helping You Track Momentum
Some investors focus on moving averages. Others look at the Relative Strength Index or MACD. The Markov process that we offer adds...
rickstine
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Whither (Not Whether) The Dollar ...
There has been a lot of back-and-forth discussions in the past week or so on outlooks for the dollar - all, of course tied to what people...
rickstine
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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What Mr. Markov Had To Say About The Nasdaq
When trading started this morning (Jan. 10), the Nasdaq was off sharply and had fallen 10% from its November peak - prompting pundits to...
rickstine
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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Yen At 5-Year High - What's Next Part 3
Another measure to help determine the strength of our Markov signals is the frequency that signals remain strong. We measure signals on a...
rickstine
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Yen At 5-Year High - What's Next Part 2
A drop off in volatility often signals a period of bullish activity - and that's exactly what we are seeing now in the USDJPY pair.
rickstine
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Yen At 5-Year High - What's Next Part 1
The financial markets, especially currency traders, are betting that the Federal Reserve will raise rates sooner rather than later....
rickstine
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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