Daily Archives: December 23, 2011

Dec 23 2011

Forecasting Made Easy 2012 is now available

Written by:
Patrick Mikula CTA
Mikula Forecasting Company
www.MikulaForecasting.com
support@MikulaForecasting.com
Copyright © 2011 by Patrick Mikula All Rights Reserved

Forecasting Made Easy™ 2012 is now available. If you have a subscription to Barchart.com you can use this version of FME free. The upgrade to version 2012 contains a large number of built in symbol lists for accessing data through Barchart.com. This will allow users to get the most out of their Barchart.com subscriptions. The first 14 items listed below are the built in symbol lists or list groups. The second list shows the futures markets for which FME can create the current futures. To open the FME 2012 web site click here.

1) US stock groups
2) US stocks by A to Z groups
3) US stock in Sector groups. The US stocks are presented in one more way as sector groups. There are over 200 sector groups which group stocks by category.
4) ETFs Exchange Traded Funds. There is one listing for all the ETFs. Most of these are traded on the AMEX exchange.
5) US Cash Commodity Symbols
6) FOREX symbols. We have one symbol list for all the FOREX symbols which includes the FOREX gold and silver symbols.
7) US and Canadian Index symbols. This includes US stock sector symbols. There is a wide variety of index symbols. These symbol lists include the list of stock sector symbols. Stock sector values are indexes that often move below zero. The current FME chart does not allow negative numbers but we will be making an adjustment to this so the sector symbols can be drawn.
8) Over The Counter (OTC) and Pink Sheet stock symbols.  WARNING: Many of the stock symbols for the OTC and Pink Sheet only return a few days of data. We will be testing these symbols and removing all the symbols that only return a few days of data. Currently all the symbols are included.
9) Australian Stocks in A to Z groups
10) Canadian stocks for the Canadian Stock Exchange and the two Toronto Stock Exchanges. We have three stock symbol lists for the Canadian stocks. There is one list for each exchange.
11) London Stock Exchange
12) Indian Stock Exchange
13) Canadian Funds. There are a huge number of Canadian funds. I am not sure why there are so many Canadian funds but we include them all listed in simple A to Z groups.
14) Expired US Futures symbols. Finally there are a large number of lists that include the expired US futures contracts. We do not have any lists for expired  internationals futures contracts yet.

You Can Also Build Current Futures Symbols For The Following Exchanges.

1) Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
2) Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
3) New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
4) Commodities Exchange (COMEX)
5) Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)
6) Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX)
7) EuroNext NYSE LIFFE (NLIF)
8) EuroNext Exchange (EUIDX)
9) London International Financial Futures (LIFFE)
10) EuroNext London Futures (LCE)
11) EuroNext Paris Futures (MATIF)
12) Marche a Terme International de France (MATIF)
13) Intercontinental Exchange USA (ICEUS)
14) Intercontinental Exchange Europe (ICE)
15) CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE)
ARGENTINA
16) Mercado a Termino de Buenos Aires (MATBA)
17) Rosario Futures Exchange (ROFEX)
AUSTRALIA
18) Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE)
BRAZIL
19) BM&F Bovespa (BMF)
CANADA
20) Montreal Exchange (MNTRL)Winnipeg Grain Exchange (WGE)
CHINA
21) Hong Kong Financial Exchange (HKFE)
22) Zhengzhou Commodities Exchange (CZCE)
23) Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE)
24) Dalian Commodities Exchange (DCE)
DUBAI
25) Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME)
INDIA
26) National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)
27) National Stock Exchange India (NSE)
28) Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)
JAPAN
29) Tokyo Commodities Exchange (TOCOM)
30) Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE)
KOREA
31) Korean Futures Exchange (KFE)
MALAYSIA
32) Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX)
SINGAPORE
33) Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX)
34) Singapore Commodities Exchange (SICOM)
SPAIN
35) Spanish Financial Futures Exchange (MEFF)
SOUTH AFRICA
36) Johannesburg Stock Exchange (SAFEX)
THAILAND
37) Thailand Stock Exchange (TFEX)
38) Thailand Futures Exchange (TAIWA)

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Dec 23 2011

Titanium Metals TIE Forecast Using Mirror Cycle

Written by:
Patrick Mikula CTA
Mikula Forecasting Company
www.MikulaForecasting.com
support@MikulaForecasting.com
Copyright © 2011 by Patrick Mikula All Rights Reserved

I previously posted a forecast of the stock Titanium Metals (TIE) using the moving average indicator’s mirror cycle forecast. Here in this post I will show the current forecast for TIE using the same method. The chart below is the 720 minute TIE chart made using Forecasting Made Easy 2012. The 720 minute chart is basically 2 bars per day. All the indicators in Forecasting Made Easy can be used to forecast market cycles by setting a historical top or bottom as the starting point for the indicator to display a forecast into the future. In the picture below I have set the moving average forecast starting point on the TIE top that occurred in the last week on October 2011. After this date the moving average is drawing a mirror cycle forecast. This forecast roughly lined up with the swing tops and bottoms at points A, B, C and D. After point D the forecast cycle makes a swing down into the first week of 2012. The forecast for TIE is for the stock to decline into the end of the year and through the first week of 2012.

The subchart I have a multi time frame momentum indicator. The green line is the 720 minute momentum indicator. The magenta line that is slightly stair stepped is the weekly momentum. Now notice the weekly momentum is in the middle of the momentum range which is 0 to 100. And notice the 720 minute momentum is at the top of the range very close to 100.  So the short time frame momentum is over bought and the long-term momentum in neutral. This indicates the market is ready to make a top.

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Dec 23 2011

Gold Forecast Based on Platinum

Written by:
Patrick Mikula CTA
Mikula Forecasting Company
www.MikulaForecasting.com
support@MikulaForecasting.com
Copyright © 2011 by Patrick Mikula All Rights Reserved

I wanted to post this chart a week ago but I could not find the time. I believe this chart still has value for traders watching the gold market. The big question for gold traders going into 2012 is whether gold is going to continue the bull market into 2012. There is a simple way to determine if gold prices are going to be heading down or up. You simply need to plot gold on the same chart as platinum. The chart below was made with Forecasting made Easy 2012 and shows the weekly gold and platinum using the same price scale. The normal relationship for these two metals is that platinum is higher priced than gold. Notice on this chart the platinum red bars are below the gold green and blue bars. As long as the platinum price is below the gold price the bull market in gold will not continue. So for now the gold forecast is for prices to move sideways to down and this will be the forecast as long as platinum prices are below the gold price.

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