Market Summary The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index closed at 572.6 last Friday after closing at 378.28 last month. Its low was 217.82 in early March. The market grew a lot last month and is close to the 2019 highs but this time all cryptos are really moving. Since the BTC halving in early May…
Back in my college days as a chemical engineering student, I found myself driving down to Kingsport, TN. I was due to start a cooperative education job at the Eastman Kodak Co. (KODK) chemical plant there. I won’t regale you with stories of my time there. At least not this time. But I do…
Editor’s Note: This popular article was first published several years ago in Van’s Market Mastery newsletter. Traders often ask, “What exactly IS a system?” The purpose of this article is to give you that information as clearly as possible. First, we’ll go through some background information to help illustrate what a system is outside of…
In this 6 minute video, Gabriel describes how capital markets are “writing history” right now as different asset classes hint at major crossroads. This week’s new high in Gold above $2,000 surpassed Gold’s last high in 2011 and confirms an important early trend change in the USD. The USD is now likely to weaken…
There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply a version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score to measure the relative performance of numerous markets in a…
I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading, so I do the work each month and am happy to share that…
With the confirmation of the “EURUSD Long-Term Change in Trend” (see video below discussing this), the USD is about to lose its’ value for potentially the next 10 years. A weak dollar is always great news for precious metals as they are typically negatively correlated. With the USD weakening, precious metals should “get on fire”…
Editors note: Van and Chuck recently had a lively conversation about market structure. This article is a transcript of sections of this conversation. Chuck: Every market we trade has a legitimate business purpose and commercial firms legitimately use that market to manage their business. Without that, the market does not work. I believe that traders…
Hi Ken, It’s been ten months since I restarted my journey with you. If I remember correctly, I am one of your early Gold subscribers. I have been receiving your lessons for free thru the old Yahoo group, and I reckoned it was time to pay my dues. My investment has returned a hundred-fold….
There must be some kind of way outta here, Said the joker to the thief. There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. –Bob Dylan (though best performed by Jimi Hendrix) While these well-known words from the song “All Along the Watchtower” were recorded back in 1967, they seem very fitting for the…
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