Today In the Market – Mon 08/28

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Building on Friday’s gains, the S&P 500 index closed today’s choppy session with a modest gain of 27.60 points at 4433.31, up 0.63% over the previous session. As yields edged lower following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s cautious but hawkish comments, all sectors except Utilities traded higher. Technology and communication services sectors (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS FOR MON 08/28 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Mon 08/28 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…)

Trading Plans for MON. 08/28 – 4400 Breakout Confirmation Today?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 08/28 As we wrote in our trading plans published Thu. 08/24: “It remains to be seen if this morning’s surge above 4400 will be convincing enough for our models to abandon the bearish bias by tomorrow”. On Friday, 08/25, we wrote: “Based on the early session action, (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS FOR FRI 08/25 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Fri 08/25 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…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 08/25 – Bounce Above 4400 Sustainable? Day 3

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 08/25 Notwithstanding Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, our models continue to not give credence to the bounce above 4400 in SPX. We need confirmatory signs before we negate our bearish bias. In our trading plans published Thu. 08/17, we wrote: “The index is approaching the 4400 level (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS FOR THU 08/24 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Thu 08/24 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…)

Trading Plans for THU. 08/24 – Bounce Above 4400 Sustainable? Day 2

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 08/24 In our trading plans published Thu. 08/17, we wrote: “The index is approaching the 4400 level this morning. If it breaks down, then 4385 will be the next support”. The index closed below that level on Thursday, and took down multiple support levels since then, and (more…)

Today In the Markets – Wed 08/23

THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) In its best day since June, the S&P 500 index rallied as interest-sensitive technology and real-estate stocks traded higher alongside falling treasury yields. Mixed bag of economic data pushed yields lower, benefiting growth stocks. Opening higher, the index held on to gains for most part of the session, closing near day’s (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS FOR WED 08/23 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for Wed 08/23 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…)

Trading Plans for WED. 08/23 – Morning Bounce Above 4400 Sustainable?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 08/23 In our trading plans published Thu. 08/17, we wrote: “The index is approaching the 4400 level this morning. If it breaks down, then 4385 will be the next support”. The index closed below that level on Thursday, and took down multiple support levels since then, and (more…)