TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 09/23

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan” will be posted around 9:00am EDT, every trading day. For the Outlook, Forecast, and Trading Plans published this morning, please click here For the last published Results of the Morning Trading Plans, please click here. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index closed the choppy (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for Today, MON 09/23

Geopolitical Headlines or Economic Releases to Dominate this Week? Expect a lot of headlines involving the United Nations, the unfolding Trump-Ukraine scandal, and key economic releases this week (Consumer Confidence, Advance Trade Balance, GDP number, Durable Goods, and PCE Core). Which one of these could drive the markets which way is anybody’s guess, but our (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 09/20 – RESULTS

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 09/20 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – FRI 09/20

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan” will be posted around 9:00am EDT, every trading day. For the Outlook, Forecast, and Trading Plans published this morning, please click here For the last published Results of the Morning Trading Plans, please click here. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) With trade woes back to the forefront, (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for Today, FRI 09/20

No Bad News is Good News, For Now With the Fed in the rear view mirror(?), the trade dispute rhetoric appearing to be cooling off (could change with one tweet, though), and the geopolitical headlines not portending the sky falling off…markets are sporting a buoyant bias this morning.  In the absence of major macro drivers (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADING for THU 09/19

Results of Published Model Trades for THU 09/19 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for Today, THU 09/19

Spike in Overnight Funding Rates an Anomaly or the Tip of the Iceberg? The Fed has announced their operation in the overnight funding market today morning to arrest the spike in their rates – third time in as many days. The last time they had to do this was in 2008. Observers are scratching their (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADING for WED 09/18

Results of Published Model Trades for WED 09/18 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – WED 09/18

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan” will be posted around 9:00am EDT, every trading day. For the Outlook, Forecast, and Trading Plans published this morning, please click here For the last published Results of the Morning Trading Plans, please click here. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index closed the wild (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for Today, WED 09/18

Interest Rates and Powell to Trump Everything Else Today The geopolitical scenario hasn’t changed dramatically over the last couple of days, but the markets’ focus will be entirely on the FOMC rate decision and outlook today. While the 25 basis point cut is almost a given, the outlook for future rate cuts is going to (more…)