Today In the Markets – Wed 05/31

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index closed today’s session with moderate losses, down 25.69 points (-0.61%) at 4179.84. While the markets monitored the debt ceiling voting expecting the deal to get passed, dismal Chinese economic data and mixed U.S. economic data weighed down on sentiments. Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Trading plan” will be (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 05/31 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Wed 05/31 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. The horizontal lines on the chart show the price levels corresponding to the trading plans as published in the morning. (Please click here to (more…)

Debt Ceiling Deal (“Almost Done”) Euphoria Dying Down?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 05/31 We started this trading week yesterday with these words: “Now that the Debt Ceiling drama is apparently over (“apparently” is the keyword there), can the markets continue to be intoxicated on the nVidia-A.I. exuberance and continue the bullish leg or get back to the macro-economic fundamentals (more…)

Today In the Markets – Tue 05/30

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Oscillating around 4200 level for most part of the trading session, the S&P 500 index closed the choppy session unchanged at 4205.53, up marginally by 0.09 point as the initial euphoria over a tentative debt agreement faded amid worries of a reduction in federal spending and chances of a Fed rate (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 05/30 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Tue 05/30 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. The horizontal lines on the chart show the price levels corresponding to the trading plans as published in the morning. (Please click here to (more…)

Debt Ceiling Deal Reached (anybody shocked?) – Now What?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 05/30 Now that the Debt Ceiling drama is apparently over, can the markets continue to be intoxicated on the nVidia-A.I. exuberance and continue the bullish leg or get back to the macro-economic fundamentals of inflation, valuation, china-slowdown (bad news good news here, with hopes of China (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 05/26 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Fri 05/26 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. The horizontal lines on the chart show the price levels corresponding to the trading plans as published in the morning. (Please click here to (more…)

“Ugh, Inflation Hotter than Expected!” v/s “Yay, We Won’t Default”

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 05/26 For today, markets seem to be having a hangover from the post-NVidia-earnings euphoria so far in the regular session, with the hotter than expected inflation numbers released this morning seemingly to have not dented the bullish sentiment. It remains to be seen if it would last (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 05/24 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Wed 05/24 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. The horizontal lines on the chart show the price levels corresponding to the trading plans as published in the morning. (Please click here to (more…)

Debt Ceiling Deadline Likely to Whipsaw the Markets – Day 3

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 05/24 We started this trading week with our trading plans on Monday titled: “Debt Ceiling Deadline Likely to Whipsaw the Markets”, and these words: “Expect the approaching debt ceiling deadline to attract both bulls and bears to heightened speculation, resulting in some whipsaw movements until the deadline (more…)