EUROPEAN STOCKS: Major European bourses are initially seen trading narrowly mixed Friday. Spreadbetters Cantor Index are calling the FTSE flat, the DAX up 7 and the CAC up 1.

In today's pre-market prep, we take a look at the S&P and EUR/USD markets. In the S&P market, we saw an explosive start to the month as the market pushed upward before trading sideways for the majority of the day. An interesting start to the month as the market also helped to expand the trading range we have seen over the last week.

Today’s Daily Market Study with Dan Gramza reviews yesterday’s setups in each of the CME Group markets. Dan presents graphs in his easy to understand teaching style to provide insights, considerations and implications for trading futures and options on Stock Indexes, Forex, Grains, Precious Metals and more.

The Trader Kingdom Market Data Journal Sheets provided by PivotFarm combine major market metrics into a concise snapshot for nine markets including the S&P 500, Russell 2000, Crude Oil and Gold.

January has proven a strong month for stocks climbing on lower than average volume. I would like to answer a lot of questions this rally poses as if we are in a camp high on a cliff observing the battle of bulls and bears...

In today's pre-market prep video, we will take a look at the Crude, Euro and S&P markets. In the S&P market on the short term we are seeing support down below the market, but not immediately below. Resistance still is very light as there are not any strong resistance zones directly above the market should it choose to uptrend.

The first month of the New Year has witnessed global equity indexes rising across the board. Are we in a "risk acceptance" mode with global traders? On the face of equity futures performance, the answer is a resounding "yes." S&P 500 is up 4.52% in 2012. Cumulative volume, as examined by economist Doug Short, is down 21.6% compared to the first 12 days of trading in 2011.

In this video posting, Patrick will review what has happened during the past week in the S&P500, Nasdaq, US Dollar Index, Gold Futures, eMini Crude Oil, & 10 Yr Treasury Notes.

A lot of places say what they think you like to hear... or more aptly what you need to hear for their sake. I want you to hear the truth as I know it at any given moment in time.

That addresses the past & present... now let's have a look at our near-term future...

Today's US Equity Market Commentary reviews the upcoming week commencing January 23, 2011. Ryan Schofield gives a quick overview of last week's action in the major indexes for the US equity markets and gives a technical outlook for the coming week, with a focus on the mini Russell futures contract.

Run time: 6:51 minutes