S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, WED 08/28

Do Not Rush Into Position Trading The geopolitical and economic situations and potential signals (yield curve, anyone?) are getting increasingly slippery and there could be a lot of false signals in these markets. Staying out of the markets can be much better than getting trapped on the wrong side. Agile and nimble trading is the (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for TUE 08/27

Results of Published Model Trades for TUE 08/27 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 – TUE 08/27

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”) Conflicting messages around the U.S. – China (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, TUE 08/27

When You Can Not See the Road Ahead When you can not see the road ahead far enough and/or clearly enough, it is prudent to slow down and be cautious. The whipsaw that bears got caught in on Friday’s melt down, and the dismay the bulls felt with the ease of the free fall…is likely (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 08/26

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”) Primarily driven by trade optimism, the S&P (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, MON 08/26

One Can’t Spin One’s Way Around Forever The flip-flop and the eventual spin about the China trade war from the White house has sent the world financial markets into a whipsaw fest overnight. With such knee-jerk comments and repeatedly conflicting stands and messages, the Trump administration may be eventually losing its credibility with the financial (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 08/23

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 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.  (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 08/23

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”) China’s retaliatory move of slapping additional tariffs (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, FRI 08/23 – INTRADAY UPDATE

INTRADAY UPDATE as of 11:50am EST The aggressive intraday models’ short position from 2918 and the medium-frequency models’ short position from 2894 are both manually closed out as the real time models indicate potential consolidation for now.  Both models are in an indeterminate state, pending analyses of further price action post Powell’s speech. For that (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, FRI 08/23

Horror Stories From the G7 and/or Jackson Hole Over the Weekend? Investors seem to be fretting over the potential for market horrors to unfold over the weekend involving unexpected headlines from the G7 summit or the Jackson Hole. Add to this the Friday options expiration plays and we have got a recipe for chaotic and (more…)