This morning has brought us one of the strongest signals you can find for the markets. Unemployment has dropped, and many more jobs were added in January than expected. This is obviously going to give the DOW, and other major indices a boost at least in the early going. For binary options investors, you should be ready to act immediately, because you never know what is coming next to counteract this great opportunity. As the day goes on, it will be interesting to see if this good news is able to carry out the day. In any event it is nice to have a bit of unexpected news that is on the plus side, even though it carries just as much potential on the negative side.

Today there will be some information released about jobs that could be a good place to look. There will be the report by the Labor department on the weekly initial jobless claims. This is usually something that can affect the markets, particularly if it is at a completely unexpected point. Something that may not affect binary options very much is the IPO that is being filed by the social media goliath known as Facebook. There is not a huge amount of information about it yet, but it is expected to be the largest IPO on record. There could be some shockwaves through the markets if something unexpected happens once the IPO has been issued, but otherwise it is unlikely to affect what we do very much.

All of us in the binary options business are looking for some what to see the near future in the stock markets. From time to time I like to remind everyone here in the U.S. that we have a distinct advantage. We have some of the last markets to open, which means there has been trading going on for hours, even an entire day before we get started. Why does that matter? Well of course you can get some insight into what might happen when the markets open here based on what is going on in these other markets. It may not be a perfectly accurate prediction every time, but if there is a major event that is driving the changes elsewhere, there is a very good chance it will have an effect here as well. Just keep that in mind when you are looking for your next signal.

Well, as usual, unless there is something else to take the focus away from it, the debt crisis in Europe has been the main indicator on the markets today. Already there has been a drop in the markets today due to a lack of action on the debt crisis. This is bad news for many, but it can be great news for binary options traders. As we all know, even when things are on the downturn, there is just as much money to be made. 
In other news, crude oil is down, and that can be often be as a result to other market factors. 

Well it turned out to be quite the interesting week. I think there was plenty of opportunity to make some money using a binary option. This is a great time of year for us because you have lots of earnings reports to go on. You could certainly see clear reactions in the markets to reports by some of the bigger companies, so there is opportunity trading indices, as well as individual stocks. Look for more of the same in the coming week.

Yesterday just goes to show that the markets, and their investors, are still very jittery. It does not take much to cause the sentiment to change, and in turn the indices. What is encouraging is that the reaction to minor news seems to bring a proportionate response by the markets. This is great in binary options because it makes things a little bit more predictable than they have been in the past. There may be some news out of Europe today on a deal to help reduce the debt burden on Greece, so that would be a big thing to watch. That situation still seems to be weighing on the markets more than anything else. Also, as we say yesterday, stocks were down on the surprisingly poor new home sales figures for December, so that could certainly carryover to today as well. 

That news yesterday about Apple may have had a role in the nice little gain the markets had yesterday. Another thing that might have helped was the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing it will keep interest rates at their current, and very low, levels for two more years. Today binary options traders have some fairly significant earnings reports to watch. AT&T, 3M, and Caterpillar will all be announcing earnings today. All good stuff, and great opportunities for us today. This is indeed a great time of year.

There was indeed a lot to watch yesterday, and it did look bad for the DOW for a while, but in the end, it was only down about 33 points for the day. There was not enough in yesterday's earnings reports to keep the Greek debt problem at bay. The biggest news was probably from Apple after trading was closed. Their profit far exceeded expectations, and it is likely that shares will be on the rise again this morning. Just as a side note, did you know that Apple is sitting on $100 Billion? That is absolutely ridiculous, and it makes you wonder what they have planned for that mountain of cash.

The progress on the Greece debt did not go well yesterday, and I believe that had some effect on the DOW being held to a small loss. Today will be a great opportunity for a binary options investor. There are earnings reports coming for some of the companies featured at many broker sites. Also, in order to possibly double up, there is the Indices as well. So today we have McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, and Verizon among others reporting. They are all expected to report before the market opens today, so it will pay to be ready right off the bat. With so many great chances, it is important to stay organized, and also not to forget to be reasonable with your investing. 

I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. It is now the new trading week, and it should be a good one for binary options. Today will bring news out of Europe on another bailout for Greece. There will be a decision made by finance ministers on a plan to restructure Greece's debt in order to gain the funds in the bailout. This should play a very key role in the markets today. In other possible indications, there will be more earnings reports coming. A couple of companies reporting will be Texas Instruments, and Halliburton. It should be a day full of opportunity, and if you are ready, and act promptly, there should be some very good money to be made.