The market tried to move higher this morning but failed to hold gains. This, apart from our warnings over the last weeks, there are two important issues to consider tonight; US employment data is being released. This will be a market mover and it could well be a big move. Secondly its a US long weekend. Nothing special about that although next week is officially the start back from the US summer break and tends to be the start of a weak period of time. With all the technical warnings in place we’re getting some seasonal confluence as well. I have hedged my exposure and will happily run that hedge for the near term whilst adhering to the system signals that I follow. I have had a few queries regrading this hedging but simply put I use the Share Price Index Futures traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange. Each contract is valued at approx. $112,000 exposure to the underlying market. Smaller accounts can’t therefore use this method but some CFD providers offer index related products that could be used.






Sat, Sep 5, 2009
ASX Commentary