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The rally has begun but getting too excited too early can lead to damaging results.

As the new week unfolds in Australia off the back off the 3rd largest "up" week in the Dow Jones history the cynic in me always has to think this is the next part of the dead cat bounce or the real deal.

By now many of you will be aware that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has decided, in its wisdom, to extend the ban on short selling of financial stocks until 31 May 2009.

A question I’m constantly asked is, “how do you trade this type of market?” Well, if you must trade in this market then do it safely and yes that is possible.

From an investor’s point of view, it would be dangerous to think that things will turn around quickly and rush to buy up stock purely because they are “cheap”.

In the last edition of the Trading Tutors Newsletter I wrote an article about picking strong or weak sectors and choosing long or short trading opportunities within those sectors.

With markets around the world continuing to fall, investors are faced with two primary questions; should I sell out and when should I start to buy again?

Storm in a Team Cup

Moving averages have long been a favourite tool of technical analysts because of their simplicity and predictive power.

After a shocking week previously, the US market managed to regain some lost ground through to Thursday despite a raft of disappointing economic data results.