it never ceases to surprise me how many of our trade signals are counter-intuitive to the fundamental reports -- see below. Given we are coming up on the height of the retail season in the U.S. I would have thought the ADP payroll number would have been larger than expected this AM. The buy signal in the Euro ahead of that release said otherwise. And that is why you must have a static plan that can be statistically validated over time BEFORE you risk your savings in a spec account.