TODAY IN THE MARKET – THU 08/16

Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Friday, 08/17” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Friday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Rebounding from Wednesday’s sharp sell-off, the S&P 500 index bounced back following overnight news of U.S. and China’s plans to resume their stalled trade talks next week. The Emerging Markets currency (more…)

INTRADAY ALERT – THU 08/16 – MODEL POSITIONS

Model Positions Based on The Forecast/Trading Plan Published Before the Market Open – THU 08/16: Medium-term/long-term Investors Forecast/Trading Plan:  The trading plan published this morning stated: “For today’s regular session, the medium term models indicate going long on a break above the index level of 2860, with a 10-point trailing stop. No bearish bias until all (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 08/16

Is the Retail Money Chasing the YoYo Up-and-Down and Getting Whipsawed? In the overnight S&P 500 Index futures market, the geopolitical events involving Turkey’s Lira seems to have faded into the background, the US-China trade war seems to see some “truce” potential (can you count how many times you have read this in the news (more…)