TODAY IN THE MARKET – WED 01/16

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Thursday, 01/17” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Thursday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Driven higher by strong quarterly earnings reported by Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, the S&P 500 index extended gains for the second straight session. Disappointing earnings reported by several companies (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for WED 01/16

Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Wednesday 01/16 Per the plans published in the morning, our medium-term models’ plans lead to 7.80 index points in gains on one long trade today. Our aggressive intraday models’ plans saw a loss of 2.20 index points on one long. Below, you will find the detailed tracking (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for WED 01/16

Earnings Earnings Everywhere With earnings season picking up, the markets are likely to focus on the basics – the economic fundamentals of the companies underlying the stocks, barring any major surprises on the geopolitical front. While the move up is encouraging to the bulls, below average volume is a concern still. Since Wed, 01/09, our (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for TUE 01/15

Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Tuesday 01/15 Our medium-term models booked 4.92 index points in losses on one long trade. A second long trade (opened at 2606) is carried to tomorrow with the 12-point trailing stop sitting at 2599.74. Our aggressive intraday models realized a net profit of 1.47 index points on (more…)