S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 04/29

GDP Contraction, Gilead Elation… This morning’s headlines of GDP Contracting by more than the estimated is being trumped (at least for now) by a positive, promising results from Gilead’s Covid-19 potential treatment trials. The Fed is likely going to continue to assure investors this afternoon that it has their backs.Technically speaking, the 2830-50 level was (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 04/28

The Last Hurrah or the Next Leg up of the Bull? For the last couple of sessions we have been referring to the key 2830-2850 level for a breakout or rejection. We wrote, “A breakout above would have the bulls gunning for 2900 and then 2940, IF they can manage to close above the key (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 04/27

Key Levels Being Tested – Models Sitting Out Our models are not sporting any directional bias as they are watching the key 2830-2850 level for a breakout or rejection. A breakout above would have the bulls gunning for 2900 and then 2940, IF they can manage to close above the key levels today. Models caution (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 04/24

Key Levels Still Being Fought Our models are not sporting any directional bias as they are watching the key 2830-2850 level for a breakout or rejection. A breakout above would have the bulls gunning for 2900 and then 2940, IF they can manage to close above the key levels today. Models caution against shorting for (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 04/23

Expect a Dog Fight Around the Key Levels being Tested Our models are not sporting any directional bias as they are watching the key 2830-2850 level for a breakout or rejection today. A breakout above would have the bulls gunning for 2900 and then 2940, IF they can manage to close above the key levels (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 04/22

Directionality Still Brewing Our models have negated the bullish bias yesterday, but have not confirmed the downside yet, even though we got a daily close below 2755 level yesterday. Any directional bias in the markets still appears premature and our models are in an indeterminate state. Only tight, range trading is indicated while the directional (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 04/21

Inflection Point Confirmed to the Downside? With yesterday’s price action in the equity indexes (albeit apparently being driven by the dislocations in the oil markets) confirming the breakdown below the 2796 level that we have been pointing to in our morning trading plans for the last couple of weeks, our models have now negated the (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 04/20

Complacency and Imminent Inflection Point While the opening losses on the index is predominantly due to the oil price shock (front month futures down 36%!), the price action is at a critical inflection point. If broken above, we could be looking at 2930-40 level but if broke down from here we could be looking for (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 04/17

If Only It Was So Easy! With the futures markets already up significantly on the potential early good news about Gilead Science’s Covid-19 cure, the regular session might not have much room to squeeze any more juice out of it. While the index shows +2.xx% up, almost all of it occurs in the pre-market already, (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 04/16

The Ubiquitous Fibonacci Still In Play With more financial institutions’ earnings pointing to a potential wave of defaults and loan losses, and with the initial jobless claims surging by the week, there is an intensifying battle between the “the worse is over” and “the worst is yet to come” camps. It would be fascinating to (more…)