Fed to the Rescue? Investors are trying to calm down with the hopes that the Fed would come to the rescue of the markets, especially with the Feds’ hinting of brewing economic troubles. Whether these are self-inflicted wounds (trade war, anyone?) or not, monetary policy maneuvers (or, just the posturing) could stop some bleeding on (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 06/4” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index struggled for direction amid intensifying trade tensions and renewed concerns of regulatory and political risks on big tech giants. Broad-based sell-off in tech-heavy sectors negated a strong rebound in (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Monday 06/03 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month: NOTE: The index by itself is NOT tradable. The model plans here based on the S&P index level can be used to (more…)
Start-of-the-new-trading-month Factor to Trump Geopolitical Anxieties Today? Financial markets fell to new lows in the overnight futures market, but our models indicate potential for a bear-trap with the new-trading-month-start fund flows working to support the markets today (think 401-k, DRIPs, and other systematic/automatic investing fund flows). While the geopolitical situations are not getting any better (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Friday 05/31 Note that the choppiness of today’s market action has manifested itself in the excessive number of trades by our aggressive intraday models! Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Monday, 06/3” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Monday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index’s attempt to regain lost ground was negated after President Trump fueled trade uncertainty by threatening to slap tariffs on all Mexican goods, sending the index to March 11 lows. (more…)
Reckless Ignorant Amateurism or Masterful Strategic Dealmaking? Financial markets are getting spooked with Trump’s surprise Mexico tariffs threat overnight and the market technicals are severely damaged in the overnight futures action. Political populism works until it hurts the common man in the pocket, and when it does, it could get unforgiving for the players. Would (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Thursday 05/30 Note that the choppiness of today’s market action has manifested itself in the excessive number of trades by our aggressive intraday models! Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Friday, 05/31” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Friday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index struggled for direction but managed to rebound from a 12-week low, albeit with a choppy price action that was confined within key technical levels of 100 DMA and 200 (more…)
Can’t Snooze our Way Out of This Trade-war Escalation! The administration seems to be caught off guard with their naive approach to believing that they could just bulldoze their way through the trade negotiations with the world’s second largest economy! Hitting the snooze button does not reset the time-sensitivity for finding a way-out of the (more…)
