Stock Watch • FONR - Nasdaq
It is so so illiquid but watch for vol and the break up. Used to trade this one a lot, many moons ago. Statistics: Posted by Bon — Fri May 06, 2011 5:22 am
Our Live Crude Oil & Futures Trade Room • List of the biggest one-day drops in CL Price
Yesterday was "historic". Here is a list of the biggest one-day drops in (CL) Crude Oil prices and the events that helped to trigger them: May 5, 2011: Oil fell in a series of sharp dives on Thursday, dropping by a modest few dollars a barrel at first, and later gaining downward momentum to crash $12 a barrel at one point in Brent's case. Crude fell for a fourth straight day. Weak economic data from Europe and the United States fed concerns that have hit commodities prices all week. German industrial orders fell unexpectedly in March while U.S. weekly jobless claims hit eight-month highs. But traders and analysts were at a loss to attribute all of the selling to worsening macroeconomic trends. They said U.S. crude broke below $100 for the first time since March as technical triggers set off a cascade of sell orders. Sept 29, 2008: U.S. crude futures drop $10.52 a barrel after the U.S. House of Representatives voted down a $700 billion plan to come to the rescue of worsening financial markets by purchasing failing mortgage securities, and in the wake of a bankruptcy filing from U.S. investment bank Lehman Bros. two weeks earlier. On Sept. 24, 2008: U.S. crude had posted a huge $16 a barrel one-day gain, on optimism over the prospective bailout package that was seen as potentially spurring oil demand. A massive bailout would eventually be approved. Jan. 17, 1991: U.S. crude falls $10.56 a barrel in response to a U.S. decision to release stockpiles of crude from its massive Strategic Petroleum Reserve to compensate for supply shortfalls amid the escalating Gulf War. Statistics: Posted by Bon — Fri May 06, 2011 4:47 am
Daily Value Areas (Futures) • 6th May
CL 105.23 / 101.42 POC 105.11 Statistics: Posted by Bon — Fri May 06, 2011 3:56 am
Daily News Events • 6th May
8:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change 8:30am USD Unemployment Rate 8:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m 9:00am CAD BOC Gov Carney Speaks 10:00am USD FOMC Member Dudley Speaks 3:00pm USD Consumer Credit m/m Statistics: Posted by Bon — Fri May 06, 2011 3:51 am
Daily News Events • 5th May
8:30am EUR ECB Press Conference 8:30am USD Unemployment Claims 8:30am USD Prelim Nonfarm Productivity q/q 8:30am USD PrelimUnit Labor Costs q/q 9:30am USD Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks 10:00am CAD Ivey PMI 10:30am USD Natural Gas Storage 12:45pm EUR ECB President Trichet Speaks Statistics: Posted by Bon — Thu May 05, 2011 8:09 am
Daily Value Areas (Futures) • 5th May
CL 110.17 / 108.95 POC 108.80 ES 1346.25 / 1340.25 POC... 1343.00 YM 12,694 / 12,642 NQ 2391.00 / 2372.50 Statistics: Posted by Bon — Thu May 05, 2011 8:07 am
General HangOut. • National Bring Your Little to Work Day by Big Brothers Big S
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters have been operating under the belief that in every child there is an inherent ability to succeed and thrive in life. The children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters are the ones who are in single parent and low income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. Big Brothers Big Sisters is known for making meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and i.e. Bigs and children i.e. Littles. This mentoring network is supported by a number of donors and volunteers. Ali Sharaf , of Victron Energy, is one of their consistent supporters. Independent studies have proven that Big Brothers Big Sisters has been providing a system of ongoing evaluation and support to help families by improving the odds that Littles will perform better in school and avoid violence and illegal activities. It has also helped them to have stronger relationships with their parents and others. Big Brothers Big Sisters serves nearly 255,000 children through a network of nearly 400 agencies across the country. Their headquarters is in Philadelphia. Big Brothers Big Sisters is designating Jan 13, 2011 as National Bring Your Little to Work Day (BYLTW Day). On BYLTW Day, the Bigs and Littles will be encouraged to work together during any part of the day. This could be before, during or after school for any time period that works best. By taking part in events such as brown bag- lunch story sharing about the importance of mentoring, mentors and mentees will work as a team ‘on the job’. Informal meetings will also be held with mentors’ fellow employees to let them know how they can support quality one-to-one mentoring. Statistics: Posted by MARLAR51 — Wed May 04, 2011 6:57 am
Daily Value Areas (Futures) • 4th May
CL 112.70 / 111.16 POC 112.38 Statistics: Posted by Bon — Wed May 04, 2011 6:37 am
Daily News Events • 4th May
7:30am USD Challenger Job Cuts y/y 8:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change 10:00am USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 10:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories Statistics: Posted by Bon — Wed May 04, 2011 6:36 am
Daily Value Areas (Futures) • 3rd May
CL 114.38 / 113.20 POC 113.42 ES 1364.50 / 1357.00 POC... 1357.75 YM 12,805 / 12,749 NQ 2408.75 / 2399.75 Statistics: Posted by Bon — Tue May 03, 2011 8:58 am