Last Hurrah of the Bull, or the Next Leg Up?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 06/05 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many, with the lack of the breadth of the rally while it still managed to keep going up on the run up in just a handful of big-tech names. With the major news cycles in (more…)

Today In the Markets – Fri 06/02

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Extending previous session’s gains, the S&P 500 index rallied on the back of a hotter-than-expected jobs report that crushed all expectations, closing sharply higher at 4282.38, up 61.37 points (1.45%). Resolution of the debt-ceiling showdown, coupled with a surprisingly robust jobs report boosted the broader index to hit its highest level (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 06/02 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Fri 06/02 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…)

Pivoting to Jobs, Inflation, and Interest Rates?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 06/02 We started last 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 (more…)

Today In the Markets – Thu 06/01

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Easing debt default concerns and increasing odds of June Fed rate pause boosted the S&P 500 index higher. The index retook the 4200 level once again to close decisively above it at 4221.01, up 41.17 points (0.98%). Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Trading plan” will be posted around 9:30/10:00am EDT, every trading (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 06/01 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Thu 06/01 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 Euphoria – Rekindled

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…)