S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 7/22/24 As of Friday, 7/19/24, morning, we have negated our bullish bias, and adapted a bearish bias with the index closing at 5544.59 – just less than half a point below our critical level that we have been publishing for the last few weeks – in the (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 7/19/24 As of yesterday, Thursday, 7/18/24, our positional models’ guidance (as published) has been: “Since flipping to a bullish bias on the break of 5116, our models continue to be bullish. Models would carry this bullish bias while the index is above 5560 on a daily close (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 7/18/24 We reiterate what we published in our trading plans on Wednesday, 7/17: “Trump’s rhetoric on Taiwan apparently is jolting the markets out of the Trump Presidency 2.0 euphoria, bringing them into the realities of potential geopolitical reckoning and chaos a second Trump term can bring in. (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 7/17/24 Trump’s rhetoric on Taiwan apparently is jolting the markets out of the Trump Presidency 2.0 euphoria, bringing them into the realities of potential geopolitical reckoning and chaos a second Trump term can bring in. With this (sudden?) realization, investors seem to be going back to basics (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 7/16/24 With the sad and somber developments over the weekend in the nation’s politics, the financial markets appear, as of this morning, more resilient and focused on the earnings and the upcoming rate cuts, while also factoring in the increased odds of Trump Presidency 2.0. Last week’s (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 7/15/24 With the sad and somber developments over the weekend in the nation’s politics, the financial markets appear, as of this morning, more resilient and focused on the earnings and the upcoming rate cuts, while also factoring in the increased odds of Trump Presidency 2.0. Last week’s (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 7/12/24 This morning’s PPI numbers proved to be a non-event, and now the focus would be on the Q2 earnings season being earnestly kicked off by big banks. The earnings news coupled with the abating concerns on rate cuts uncertainty, the next question on most bulls’ minds (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 7/11/24 This morning’s CPI numbers almost confirmed the upcoming rate cuts. With that, the next question on most bulls’ minds seems to be: “Now that the news is out, should I sell or continue to hold? With 35+ record highs this year alone, does the market have (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 7/10/24 The break out to new highs over the holiday-thinned markets was confirmed this week so far with a follow through, albeit modest. It remains to be seen if Powell’s second day of testimony today would cement it as the beginning of a new leg up or (more…)
S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 7/9/24 The break out to new highs over the holiday-thinned markets was confirmed yesterday with a follow through, albeit modest. It remains to be seen if Powell’s testimony today and tomorrow would cement it as the beginning of a new leg up or if the new high (more…)
