TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 05/20

  Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 05/21” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) With U.S. – China trade tensions simmering in the background, the S&P 500 index closed lower as investors continue to sell trade-sensitive stocks. Semiconductors and blue-chip technology stocks fell sharply after they (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for MON 05/20

  Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Monday 05/20 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…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 05/20

For the Markets, It’s China front-center-left-and-right…For Now While US-China trade talks have been at the center of the market moving headlines for the last week, it may as quickly be replaced by something else on a whim (FOMC meeting minutes this Wednesday). But, until then, expect China headlines to dominate the market sentiment “explanations”.  Caution (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 05/17

  Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Friday 05/17 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…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – FRI 05/17

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Monday, 05/20” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Monday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Snapping a 3-day winning streak, the S&P 500 index closed lower, albeit mostly recovering from the early week’s slump on escalating fears of a fully blown trade war between U.S. and China. Opening (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 05/17

Markets Running Out of the Benefit-of-doubt Bandwidth? Most of the supporters have been affording this administration a lot of benefit of doubt for every “strategic move” unveiled through Twitter on trade policy. But, when people’s wallets are hurting, their patience and willingness to forgive the roller coaster rides that ensue twitter tantrums will run out (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – THU 05/16

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Friday, 05/17” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Friday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Building on Wednesday’s rally, the S&P 500 index closed higher for the third straight session buoyed by better-than-expected economic data, coupled with strong earnings by Walmart Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. Brushing aside (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for THU 05/16

  Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Thursday 05/16 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…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 05/16

Bull-Bear Dog Fight to Continue With the bears out in the open and the bulls trying to defend their territory, expect a dog fight between the two sides until the market falls in one-side’s territory decisively. As of now, the market has gotten out of the bull’s territory but is not in the bear territory, (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for WED 05/15

Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Wednesday 05/15 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 trade (more…)