In our S&P 500 Index forecast for Wednesday – published last night – you read: “The aggressive, intraday models are currently flat. For Wednesday, the aggressive/intraday models indicate indeterminate bias between 2710-2735 – stay flat between these levels. Above 2735, long bias with very tight stops/trailing stops (5-10 points, depending on your trading style and (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for WED, 06/27
The Bear To Consolidate Its Position or Retreat? S&P 500 Index tried to approach and test the key level of 2735 on Tuesday – the index registered the session’s high at 2732.91 as of our Intraday Alert published at 2:10pm (click here for details). Tuesday’s modest gains look more like bear consolidation rather than like (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKETS – TUE 06/26
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook,Forecast, and Trading plan for Wed 06/27” – please check back later (usually published around 10:30pm EDT on Tuesday). S&P 500 TODAY – TUE 06/26 THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Led by Energy stocks, the S&P 500 index attempted to rebound from its steepest one-day decline in two months, registering the (more…)
INTRADAY ALERT – S&P 500 TESTING KEY LEVEL
S&P 500 Index approached and testing the key level of 2735, which is being monitored by our Intraday, Aggressive Models. The index has registered the session’s high at 2732.91 and is hovering around 2730 as we write this (@ 2:10pm EDT). Intraday Models indicate selling short on a failure here and if the index breaks through (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for TUE 06/26
The Lurking Bear Spotted In the Open! As clearly mentioned in our forecast for Monday – published Sunday night: The bulls seem weakened with the action last week, but still the bearish territory is not in sight yet. The index is approaching the key level of 2740, which could bring in climactic reactions in either (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKETS – MON 06/25
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook,Forecast, and Trading plan for Tue 06/26” – please check back later (usually published around 10:30pm EDT on Monday). S&P 500 TODAY – MON 06/25 THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) In the biggest one day decline in two months, the S&P 500 index opened with significant losses as trade war concerns (more…)
INTRADAY ALERT 3 – MON – STOPS TIGHTENED FURTHER
Both Medium-term and Short-term models have adjusted their stops to 2712 on the currently profitable short positions. This would lock in 17 points profit for the medium-term models and 47 points profit for the short-term models, if hit (or, ride down for more profits if not hit and if the market continues to drop)! This (more…)
INTRADAY ALERT 2 – MON – PROFITABLE STOPS ADJUSTED
Both Medium-term and Short-term models have adjusted their stops to 2724 on the currently profitable short positions. This would lock in 5 points profit for the medium-term models and 25+ points profit for the short-term models. This is done with the indication that the session’s move lower could be overextended and there might be a (more…)
INTRADAY ALERT – MODEL POSITIONS LOCKING IN PROFITS
Both Short-Term and Medium-Term Models Locking in Profits with Stops Our forecast published last night came true in terms of the lurking bear coming out in the open right at the opening of the session, and stayed that way throughout the session so far (as of 11am EDT, Monday, 06/25). As per the trading plans (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 06/25
Tug-of-War – Advantage the Lurking Bear? As indicated in our Models’ Weekend Positioning report published last Friday around 3:30pm (click here for details), our short term/intraday/aggressive models ended the week with a short (sell) position with a stop-loss at 2766. As forecast in that report: “Models are flashing a little weaker bulls and speculate another (more…)