{"id":4586,"date":"2013-09-05T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T10:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swingtradinghub.com\/?page_id=4586"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:10:45","slug":"market-comments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/market-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Basic trading guidelines to help in your research:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Basic buying times:<\/strong> After buyers hype from 9:30 to 10:30 am EST (avoid Bull Trap). \u00a0Some times it is best to pause (take a deep breath) before placing a buy order to avoid getting hurt by a spike up then sharp downturn. \u00a0After a morning sell off the stocks generally bounce up between 11:00 and 12:30 am EST. In the morning asap if the\u00a0overseas markets are trending up on good news. Make a note of sector news &#8211; bad news can drag every stock in the\u00a0sector down creating buying opportunities. Watch for up trends and volume spikes in the afternoon &#8211; up trends will\u00a0generally carry thru to the morning of the next day. \u00a0Prior to earnings release on a bullish earning whisper or day before earnings release look at pivot to help your decision. \u00a0Watch for peers or sector news for indications of earnings trends. Watch for bounce after earnings release drop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basic selling times:<\/strong> Between market open and 9:45 am EST on buyers hype. As soon as\u00a0the markets open when there is bad news in the overseas markets and those indexes move down. Make a note of sector\u00a0news &#8211; good news in a sector is a great time to sell a stock that rose on sector news. Watch for for drops in the\u00a0market prior to close on an up trend day after 2:00 pm EST. Watch for down trends and volume spikes in the\u00a0afternoon. Down trends will generally carry thru to the morning of the next day. \u00a0Day of earnings beat results sell on am spike.\u00a0Look for company earnings news change as it gets closer to earnings release to help avoid poor results drop in price because articles tend to be overly positive in weeks leading up to earnings date.\u00a0\u00a0Also check insider trading activity for recent selling activity which could signal a need for a cautious approach to earnings release.\u00a0Any doubt take profits before earnings announcement.\u00a0If big drop in price after earnings announcement look for possible bounce up in price. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Look for company earnings news change as it gets closer to earnings release to help avoid poor results drop in price because articles tend to be overly positive in weeks leading up to earnings date.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also check insider trading activity for recent selling activity which could signal a need for a cautious approach to earnings release.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Any doubt take profits before earnings announcement. <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If big drop in price after earnings announcement look for possible bounce up in price.<\/span> Warning: Inexperienced traders will be less likely to lose on a trade due to volatility\u00a0if they avoid trading in the morning or the afternoon. The middle of the day around 12:00 to 1:00 pm EST is the\u00a0most stable time for prices. Check the risk rating of your stock. Be careful of volatile multiple price dips and rises &#8211; don&#8217;t wait to get caught by the big drop. Before close of trading day (especially in a volatile market) look at sources provided by your trading software or sources similar to Tradingday.com for a stock and its group trend. This may help you decide to hold, buy or sell your stock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daily Market Comment:<\/strong>\u00a0Click button below for commentary from premarket to close of markets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"medium alignleft\"><a class=\"button green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.briefing.com\/investor\/markets\/stock-market-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Market Updates<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Summary of Week Ending 03\/27\/2026:<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Markets ended the week down. The Dow closed down -411 points -1.0% for the week closing at 45167 points. The Nasdaq closed down -699 points -3.2%<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span>for the week closing at 20,948 points. The S&amp;P 500 closed down -138 points -2.1<span style=\"color: #000000;\">% <\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for the week closing at 6,369 po<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week Beginning 03\/30\/2026 Market Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US equities are under some pressure from continued uneven economic reports, US debt and trade issues. The continued financial and geopolitical instability in Ukraine, Middle East, Asia and Russia has caused volatility in the world markets. The markets will be watching for further U.S. economic events week beginning <strong>03\/30\/<\/strong><strong>2026: <\/strong>Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index, Powell Speaks, S&amp;P Case Shiller HPI, Chicago PMI, JOLTS, CB Consumer Confidence, Retail Sales, S&amp;P Manufacturing PMI, Business Inventories, ISM Manufacturing PMI, EIA Crude Oil Inventories, Balance of Trade, Exports, Imports, Jobless Claims, Fed Balance Sheet, Non-Farm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings, S&amp;P Composite PMI and S&amp;P Services PMI.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic trading guidelines to help in your research: Basic buying times: After buyers hype from 9:30 to 10:30 am EST (avoid Bull Trap). \u00a0Some times it is best to pause (take a deep breath) before placing a buy order to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/market-comments\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1145,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20719,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4586\/revisions\/20719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingtradinghub.com\/swing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}