Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Wednesday, 01/16” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Wednesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) A fresh round of stimulus announced by China to abate an economic slowdown boosted investor confidence at the open. With easing of fears of an imminent global recession, the S&P 500 (more…)
Brexit Chaos and Draghi Speech Potentially to Eclipse Earnings Headlines today Geopolitical events (not involving China, for a change) today likely to cause chaos in the currency markets which would spill over into the equity markets today – UK parliament to vote on Theresa Mayer’s Brexit Plan. Added to that, ECB chair Draghi is slated (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 01/15” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Fears of a slowing global economy were revived following a surprise drop in China’s exports and imports for the month of December. China’s trade surplus with the U.S. hit a multi-year (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Mon 01/14 Our medium-term models stayed out of the market today with no trades triggered. Our aggressive intraday models realized a net loss of 11.68 index points on one short and one long trade. Below, you will find the detailed tracking of our models’ trading plans for (more…)
Earnings Kickoff! Key earnings season kicks off today, most likely moving the focus back to basics. The news from China about its economy slowing down is drawing increasing attention from investors. And, headlines about China’s record trade surplus with the US keeps the trade war jitters from fading anytime soon. Since Wed, 01/09, our models (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Monday, 01/14” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Monday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Taking a breather from its longest winning streak since September 2018, the S&P 500 index closed today’s session mostly flat as investors keenly await the start of the earnings season next (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Fri 01/11 Our medium-term models as well as the aggressive intraday models stayed out of the market today with no trades triggered. Below, you will find the detailed tracking of our models’ trading plans for today, as well as the results for the last month: Performance Results (more…)
Back to Basics Day? It’s About Time! Consumer Price Index and Hourly Wages releases this morning, and increasing talk about earnings (shortfall) likely to make the markets focus on the “financial” aspects of the financial markets today. The weekly options expiration would add its own push-and-pull around key levels today, resulting in sudden spikes in (more…)
Results of Published Model Entries and Exits for Thu 01/10 Our medium-term models stayed out of the market today with no trades triggered. Our aggressive intraday models booked a net profit of 10.89 index points. All this, simply by following mechanical entries and exits using the pre-defined levels as given in our trading plan published (more…)
Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Friday, 01/11” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Friday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Extending its best winning streak since September 2018, the S&P 500 index closed today’ session higher for the fifth straight session, albeit on a whipsaw price action as strength in the (more…)
