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 Post subject: March 8th Thursday 2012 Emini TF ($TF_F) points +14.10
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:03 am 
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Trade Results of M.A. Perry
Trader and Founder of WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis)
Price Action Trading (no technical indicators)

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Price Action Trade Performance for Today: +14.10 points or $1410 dollars in the Russell 2000 Emini TF ($TF_F) Futures.
Russell 2000 Emini TF Futures - 1 tick or 0.10 = $10.00 dollars and there's more contract information @ The ICE.
S&P 500 Emini ES Futures - 1 tick or 0.25 = $12.50 dollars and there's more contract information @ CMEGroup.

In addition, all trades were posted real-time in the free #FuturesTrades chat room. You can read today's #FuturesTrades trading chat room logs for details (e.g. time, price, contract size) about each one of my trades from entry to exit along with price action commentary as the trade traversed in comparison to what's shown in the above image...all archived @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=1160.

To join our free chat room...registration instructions located at a different forum @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=630

Also, posted below are direct links to information about my price action trade methodology and trading plan (there's a difference between the two) that enables me to identify key trading areas in the price action that represent changes in supply/demand and volatility along with being able to exploit these changes via WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis).

Image WRB Analysis Tutorials @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/WRBAnalysisTutorials.htm and there's a free study guide of the WRB Analysis Tutorial Chapters 1, 2 and 3 @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=718.

Image Volatility Trading Report (VTR) @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/VolatilityTrading.htm and there's a free trade signal strategy @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewforum.php?f=89 so that you can freely test drive one of our price action trade strategies with support prior to purchasing the Volatility Trading Report (VTR).

Image Trading Plan Daily Routine @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=1403

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Market Summaries

The below summaries by Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance helps me to do a quick review of the fundamentals, FED/ECB/IMF actions or any important global economic events that had an impact on today's price action. Simply, I'm a strong believer that many variables (key market events) causes key changes in supply/demand and volatility that results in swing points and strong continuation price actions. Thus, I pay attention to these key market events from one trade to the next trade to give me the market context for my technical analysis. Just as important, these summaries becomes my archives to allow me to understand what was happening on any given trading day in the past...something I can not get from my broker statements alone.

U.S. Stock Market Wrap

March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Pimm Fox and Deborah Kostroun report on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks rallied, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index its biggest two-day advance of the year, as Greece moved closer to completing its debt swap.

Hope About Greece Spurs Stocks

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday as investors grew hopeful that private-sector bondholders are on the verge of accepting a debt-swap deal with Greece.

The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) added 70 points, or 0.5%, to end at 12,908. The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 13 points, or 1%, to 1,366. The Nasdaq (COMP) rose 34 points, or 1.2%, to 2,970.

Greece is moving closer to finalizing an agreement with its private-sector bondholders on a restructuring of Greece's debt. According to unconfirmed reports in the Greek media, more than 80% of bondholders have agreed to take part in the restructuring.

The agreement is the final hurdle Greece must clear to meet all the conditions of its second €130 billion bailout program from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

Assuming the restructuring goes through, European finance officials could approve the final portion of Greece's bailouts as early as Friday.

"Europe has a history of over-promising and under-delivering, but it seems like we're finally getting to a point where something will get done," said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at RDM Financial.

* Greece debt swap down to the wire

Meanwhile, investors are also gearing up for the U.S. government's monthly jobs report, which is due Friday morning. Ahead of the highly anticipated report, data on initial jobless claims and planned job cuts were mixed, but the overall outlook for the labor market remains upbeat.

"The majority of economic data has been positive this year, and last month's jobs report was solid, so investors are optimistic," said Sheldon.

A CNNMoney survey of 19 economists predicts that the economy added 210,000 jobs in February, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 8.3%.

If the monthly employment number comes in below 150,000, however, Sheldon said investors will likely be disappointed and take some money off the table, especially in light of the recent rally that pushed the S&P 500 up about 8% in 2012.

"We could see a small pullback in the near term, but as long as the economic data continue to point in a positive direction, we're not expecting the market to fall apart by any means," he added.

* Video - Decoding the Greek debt swap

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday, a day after the biggest one-day sell-off this year, as investors were heartened by a handful of economic reports.

World markets: The European Central Bank announced Thursday that it will keep interest rates unchanged.

European stocks closed sharply higher. Britain's FTSE 100 (UKX) increased 1.2%, while the DAX (DAX) in Germany and France's CAC 40 (CAC40) jumped 2.5%.

Asian markets ended higher. The Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) gained 1.1%, the Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong added 1.3% and Japan's Nikkei (N225) ended up 2.0%.

* Dim sum bonds sprout in Dubai

Economy: First-time claims for unemployment insurance for the week ended March 3 totaled 362,000, an increase of 8,000 from the prior week, according to the U.S. government. That was higher than expectations of 355,000, according to a survey of analysts by Briefing.com.

Planned job cuts for the month of February totaled 51,728, according to a report from outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released before the opening bell. That's down from the 53,486 cuts recorded in January.

On Wednesday, payroll processor ADP said the private sector added 216,000 jobs in February -- an improvement from the month prior and roughly in line with expectations.

Companies: Shares of McDonald's (MCD, Fortune 500) fell after the fast-food franchiser said that same-store sales rose 7.5% in February, but listed several factors that could impact its first-quarter operating income growth.

"The current operating environment includes persistent economic uncertainty, austerity measures in Europe, and commodity and labor cost pressures, particularly in the U.S.," said McDonald's in a news release.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) shares rose after the brewer reported quarterly earnings and sales that topped forecasts, and issued an upbeat outlook.

* Forget drilling, oil needs a crackdown on market gaming

Shares of AIG (AIG, Fortune 500) slipped a day after the Treasury Department said it was selling $6 billion worth of its AIG stock at a profit. But AIG still owes the government some $42 billion from the bailout and it's unclear when that will be repaid.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' (GMCR) stock dropped 20% in extended trading shortly after Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) announced that it will partner with Germany-based Krueger GmbH & Co. KG to produce a new single-service coffee machine.

Green Mountain, which dominates the single-serve market with its popular K-Cup, already has a deal with Starbucks to serve K-Cup versions of the Seattle-based chain's coffee and tea products.

In announcing its new Verismo coffee system, Starbucks noted its "ground-breaking relationship" with Green Mountain. Starbucks said it shipped more than 100 million Starbucks K-Cup packs in the first eight weeks and that the business "continues to accelerate."

Currencies and commodities: The dollar lost ground against the euro and the British pound, but strengthened versus the Japanese yen.

Oil for April delivery rose 42 cents to end at $106.58 a barrel.

Gold futures for April delivery rose $14.80 to settle at $1,698.70 an ounce.

Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury dropped, pushing the yield up to 2.02% from 1.97% late Wednesday.

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Market Update

4:30 pm : Broad-based buying drove the stock market to another strong gain today. The action makes for the broad market's best back-to-back performance in more than three months.

All 10 major sectors staged gains, but Materials and Industrials put on the most impressive performances. They scored gains of 1.6% and 1.4%, respectively. Hot Topic (HOTT 9.86, +1.07) and Coach (COH 76.82, +3.43) led the Consumer Discretionary sector to a 1.0% gain. Shares of HOTT spiked to a near three-year high as buying interest heated up in response to stronger-than-expected earnings, upside guidance, and a dividend hike. Encouraging comments from Coach management at a conference took shares of the apparel and accessories outfit up sharply to a record high before momentum began to wane.

McDonald's (MCD 96.96, -3.22) was unable to take part in the Consumer Discretionary sector's climb due to disappointment over the company's latest monthly comparable store sales report. Comparable sales in the US grew by 11.1%, but global growth grew at a less rapid clip of 7.5%.

Heavyweight Apple (AAPL 541.99, +11.30) advanced impressively as investors and traders dismissed news that the Justice Department claims that the company colluded to raise electronic book prices.

The highly influential Financial sector experienced some seesaw-like action before fighting its way to a 1.0% gain. AIG (AIG 28.31, -1.14) failed to follow the rest of the sector after it was learned that the Treasury Department has filed to offer more than 200 million common shares of AIG for $29.00 per share.

Positive sentiment was supported by confidence that Greece's debt swap was met with strong demand. The swap concluded today, but official results will not be released until early Friday morning. Such speculation helped take down debt yields of countries in the eurozone periphery and gave a boost to the euro, which was up 1.0% to $1.327 at the closing bell.

The euro was hardly influenced by the European Central Bank's decision to keep its target interest rate at 1.00%, as had been generally expected. The Bank of England also opted to stand pat on its policy, which has an interest rate target of 0.5% and an asset purchase program of 325 billion pounds.

The only dose of data was the latest weekly jobless claims, which totaled 362,000. Economists polled by Briefing.com had expected, on average, a tally closer to 355,000 on the heels of an upwardly revised claims count of 354,000 for the prior week. The numbers are unlikely to influence expectations for the official monthly payrolls report that will be released tomorrow morning -- the consensus among economists polled by Briefing.com calls for non-farm payrolls to increase by 250,000, private payrolls to climb by 275,000, and a headline unemployment rate of 8.3%.

Strong buying in back-to-back sessions has the S&P 500 up 1.7% in only two days. It also has the Volatility Index back below 18. This past Tuesday a barrage of selling caused the euphemistically labeled Fear Gauge to spike to 21.

Advancing Sectors: Materials +1.6%, Industrials +1.4%, Health Care +1.2%, Tech +1.1%, Financials +1.0%, Consumer Discretionary +1.0%, Telecom +0.7%, Consumer Staples +0.6%, Energy +0.5%, Utilities +0.4%
Declining Sectors: (None)DJ30 +70.61 NASDAQ +34.73 NQ100 +1.1% R2K +1.3% SP400 +1.2% SP500 +13.28 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1824/1.61 bln/695 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2406/716 mln/615

3:30 pm : Natural gas prices extended their slide with constant futures prices settling pit trade with a 1.3% loss at $2.27 per MMBtu, which makes for a new multi-year closing low for the energy component. Today's weekly inventory report showed a draw of 80 bcf, which is less than the draw of 85 bcf that had been broadly expected. In contrast, oil prices wavered some this morning, but the commodity closed pit trade with a 0.5% gain at $106.63 per barrel.

Precious metals performed well in that silver settled with a 1.0% gain at $33.83 per ounce while gold gained 0.9% to close pit trade at $1698.60 per ounce. DJ30 +88.21 NASDAQ +38.40 SP500 +15.01 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1780/1.22 bln/725 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2355/455 mln/625

3:00 pm : Stocks have traded another leg higher to notch their best levels of the day. More impressive is that this is shaping up to be the stock market's best single-session performance in about three weeks. The latest leg of gains coincides with a bounce by the euro, which is now up 1.0% against the greenback. In the backdrop is some chatter that participation in Greece's debt swap was strong.DJ30 +86.36 NASDAQ +36.45 SP500 +14.83 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1675/1.11 bln/810 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2265/410 mln/705

2:30 pm : Stocks have slowly eased off of their afternoon high, but the broad market continues to boast an impressive gain.

Financials fought off some morning selling pressure to trade in line with the broader market by early afternoon, but sellers have since redoubled their efforts against the sector. Although still up 0.6% for the session, the Financial sector has been pulled down to an afternoon low. Only Utilities, up 0.3% for the day, are trading with less strength. DJ30 +59.94 NASDAQ +30.97 SP500 +11.32 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1720/1.02 bln/745 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2290/375 mln/680

2:00 pm : Stocks are taking a breather after staging a steady ascent that has the S&P 500 sitting on a gain of almost 1%.

In contrast, the dollar has been under pressure all session. It was last quoted with a 0.6% loss against a collection of competing currencies. Most of the dollar's decline has come against the euro, which has rallied to $1.33 for a 0.9% gain. Strength in the euro comes amid confidence that Greece will be successful in its effort to conduct a debt swap. Official results from the swap will be released in the early hours of Friday morning.

The European Central Bank made no surprises with its latest monetary policy statement, which keeps the ECB's target rate at 1.0%. DJ30 +64.86 NASDAQ +32.15 SP500 +11.75 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1680/965 mln/770 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2300/350 mln/655

1:30 pm : Stocks continue to trade at session highs, sporting strong gains.

Strong buying interest in back-to-back sessions has taken the Volatility Index down sharply so that it is now narrowly below 18 after it ran up to 21 to trade close to its monthly high this past Tuesday. The spike in the VIX to 21 came as stocks suffered their worst one-day drop of 2012. DJ30 +71.79 NASDAQ +31.99 SP500 +12.18 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1615/885 mln/820 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2245/325 mln/695

1:00 pm : Moderate pressure shortly after the start of trade forced stocks off of their opening perch, but the broad market has battled back to trade at a session high with a gain of almost 1%.

Buying abroad helped bolster confidence ahead of the open, as did trust that Greece will be successful in its effort to conduct a debt swap. Improved sentiment helped reduce yields on debt of relatively risky countries in the eurozone periphery.

There weren't any real reactions to monetary policy statements from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, both of which opted to stand pat on their respective policies.

The latest weekly jobless claims count totaled 362,000, which is up slightly more than had been generally expected, but unlikely to affect estimates for the official monthly payrolls report that is due tomorrow morning.

The stock market's effort to trade higher has been generally broad based, but cyclical plays like materials stocks and industrials stocks are outperforming. The two sectors are up 1.4% and 1.3%, respectively. Consumer discretionary stocks, collectively up 1.0%, are close behind as Hot Topic (HOTT 9.83, +1.04) spikes in response to its latest quarterly report while word of encouraging business trends at Coach (COH 77.43, +4.04) took the stock to a new record high earlier today.

Financials faltered early on, but have rebounded to trade in line with the broader market. Financials are off of their session high, but still trading with a 0.7% gain. AIG (AIG 28.67, -0.78) has weighed on the group following news that the US Treasury will offer more than 200 million common shares of AIG for $29.00 per share.

Apple (AAPL 539.59, +8.90) shares have managed to shake off news that the Justice Department warned the company about plans to file suit for electronic book price collusion.

Blue chip McDonald's (MCD 96.96, -3.22) has dragged on the Dow all day. The stock's weakness stems from disappointment related to the company's latest monthly comparable store sales report. DJ30 +75.38 NASDAQ +31.19 SP500 +12.81 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1600/825 mln/815 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2230/300 mln/690

12:30 pm : Strength among stocks has renewed selling interest among Treasuries, such that the yield on the benchmark 10-year Note is now back above 2.0%. There haven't been any Treasury auctions this week, but next week will bring another series of offerings. It will start with a $32 billion offering of 3-year Notes on Tuesday, then $21 billion worth of 10-year Notes on Wednesday, and $13 billion in 30-year Bonds on Thursday.DJ30 +68.72 NASDAQ +29.99 SP500 +12.03 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1625/745 mln/790 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2265/275 mln/660

12:00 pm : Both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 continue to trade near session highs with help from heavyweight Apple (AAPL 536.88, +6.19), which is up in excess of 1% despite news that the Justice Department has warned the company about plans to file suit for colluding to raise the price of electronic books. Meanwhile, weakness among names like McDonald's (MCD 97.12, -3.06), Exxon Mobil (XOM 84.92, -0.91), and Intel (INTC 26.83, -0.08) has left the Dow to lag its counterparts.DJ30 +54.72 NASDAQ +27.77 SP500 +10.79 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1550/665 mln/855 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2155/245 mln/725

11:30 am : Shares of retailers continue to outperform. Coach (COH 77.73, +4.34) shares, now at a new record high, are out in front of the pack with an impressive gain following the company's appearance at a conference hosted by Merrill Lynch. Company representatives stated that Coach is having an excellent quarter, and also indicated that business is trending extremely well and building on momentum from its second fiscal quarter. Little more than one month ago the company reported earnings that exceeded what Wall Street had expected.DJ30 +53.47 NASDAQ +27.14 SP500 +10.53 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1370/515 mln/975 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2055/195 mln/785

11:00 am : Stocks spent about 30 minutes drifting lower from their opening perch, but are now on the mend. The effort to reclaim gains hasn't yet taken the major equity averages back to their morning highs, however.

Materials stocks are this morning's top performers. As a group they have pushed up to a 1.3% gain. AK Steel (AKS 6.97, +0.09) and Alcoa (AA 9.71, +0.16) are a couple of standouts in the space.

Although in positive territory with a relatively modest gain of 0.4%, the Financial sector continues to trail the broader market. AIG (AIG 28.58, -0.87) has been a heavy drag on the group amid news that the US Treasury has filed an offering of more than 200 million common shares of AIG for $29.00 per share. DJ30 +47.68 NASDAQ +23.97 SP500 +9.66 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1320/455 mln/1010 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1935/170 mln/870

10:35 am : In the energy space, Apr crude oil has been in positive territory all session, but sold off in early morning trade (about three hours ago). The sell-off caused crude to fall back below the $107 mark, to about $106.22, which was just a few cents above the unchanged line. Crude has chopped around near the unchanged line and is now +0.1% at $106.30/barrel.

Apr natural gas has been chopping around the unchanged line. Nat gas fell back to its session low of $2.29 just after floor, but gas been slowly climbing higher in recent action and is now +0.4% at $2.31. Following the inventory data, nat gas dropped sharply to a new session low at $2.25/MMBtu and is now -2.0% at $2.56/MMBtu.

In metals, Apr gold and May silver were higher all morning, but have been inching lower over the past few hours, which caused silver to move into negative territory a short while ago. Gold has been ticking upwards and is now +0.6% at $1693.50/oz and silver is currently -0.1 at $33.56/oz. May copper is up 0.6% at $3.79.DJ30 +33.87 NASDAQ +11.13 SP500 +6.13 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1181/384 mln/1113 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1721/149 mln/1059

10:00 am : Stocks have been drifting off of their opening highs, but overall gains remain solid.

Financials were a source of leadership in the prior session, climbing in excess of 1%, but today the space is off to a relatively uninspiring start. The sector opened decidedly higher, but is now rolling over. The action has left it with a 0.3% gain. Underlying action is mostly mixed, especially among bank stocks. That has left the KBW Bank Index to trade with only a fractional gain. DJ30 +47.42 NASDAQ +15.78 SP500 +7.44 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1695/135 mln/475 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2315/50 mln/315

09:45 am : On Tuesday stocks slumped to close at their lowest level in little more than two weeks, but ever since they've been battling back in broad-based fashion.

All 10 major sectors are in positive territory, but stocks in the Consumer Discretionary sector continue to do especially well. The sector scored a 1.0% gain yesterday and is up another 0.8% this morning. Hot Topic (HOTT 9.83, +1.04) is a standout in the space, thanks to a decidedly positive response to the company's latest quarterly report, which featured an upside earnings surprise and guidance. The report was complemented by a quarterly dividend increase to $0.08 per share from $0.07 per share. DJ30 +66.68 NASDAQ +21.61 SP500 +9.95 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec NA/NA/NA NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec NA/NA/NA

09:15 am : S&P futures vs fair value: +8.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +15.00. Stock futures continue to point to a higher start for today's trade. The bid comes as markets abroad display strength. Positive sentiment has been supported by confidence that Greece will be successful in its effort to conduct a debt swap. Results from that swap are expected to be released in the early hours of Friday morning. Ahead of the results relatively risky countries in the eurozone periphery have seen their debt yields ease lower.

To no real surprise both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opted to stand pat on their monetary policy positions. ECB President Draghi didn't communicate anything of great consequence in his press conference.

Data has been limited this morning to a greater-than-expected weekly initial jobless claims count of 362,000. The number is unlikely to change expectations for the official monthly jobs report due Friday morning.

09:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: +4.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +11.00. In the prior session natural gas prices tumbled more than 2% to set a multi-year low for the constant contract and a lifetime low for the April contract. This morning natural gas is trading roughly 0.4% lower at $2.39 per MMBtu. Weekly inventory numbers will be released at 10:30 AM ET.

Meanwhile, oil prices are up only 0.3% to $106.50 per barrel. Prices had traded with greater gains prior to the open of pit trade.

Precious metals are sporting solid gains this morning. Specifically, gold was last quoted with a 0.7% gain at $1695.50 per ounce, while silver sports a 0.6% gain at $33.77 per ounce.

Overall action in the commodity complex has been upbeat, resulting in a 0.5% gain for the CRB Index. The CRB slid 0.2% yesterday and 1.6% two days ago.

08:35 am : S&P futures vs fair value: +10.70. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +16.80. Stock futures are off of their morning highs, but they continue to trade with strength following the latest weekly jobless claims data. Initial jobless claims for the week ended March 3 totaled 362,000, which is up by about 8,000 since the prior week. Economists polled by Briefing.com had expected, on average, that the initial claims tally would remain closer to 355,000. Continuing claims climbed to 3.42 million from 3.41 million.

Separately, European Central Bank President Draghi's press conference is now getting underway. Earlier this morning the ECB announced that it has opted to keep its target lending rate at 1.00%, as had been widely anticipated.

08:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: +11.70. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +18.50. Buying abroad has helped perpetuate a positive tone that has stock futures up nicely following the strong gains staged by the major equity averages yesterday. An increased tolerance for risk has resulted in further rotation out of the dollar, which is down 0.5% against a basket of major foreign currencies. Its slide comes as an extension of the modest loss that it suffered in the prior session. Meanwhile, gold futures prices are up about 0.9% to $1699 per ounce. Oil futures prices were last quoted with a 0.6% gain at $106.80 per barrel ahead of pit trade. The Bank of England announced that it is standing pat on its monetary policy. The European Central Bank also opted for no changes to its policy, but ECB President Draghi will deliver a speech at 8:30 AM ET. That's also when the only dose of domestic data -- the latest weekly initial jobless claims tally -- will be released. The deadline for Greece's debt swap is later this afternoon with official results expected some time tomorrow.

06:39 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +12.80. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +21.00.

06:38 am : Nikkei...9768.96...+192.90...+2.00%. Hang Seng...20900.73...+273.00...+1.30%.

06:38 am : FTSE...5868.52...+77.10...+1.30%. DAX...6818.75...+147.60...+2.20%.

Special thanks to Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance for their market summaries. gm

Best Regards,
M.A. Perry
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