Crytal Ball in our Models? Not Really, But the New Battle for Territory Continues – Day 3 Our intraday models’ trading plan for Tue, 09/11, published before the markets opened, stated: “For today’s regular session, the medium term models indicate an “indeterminate” bias and waiting for a daily close above 2888 or below 2863 to (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKET – TUE 09/11
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Wednesday, 09/12” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Wednesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Surging oil prices ahead of a major hurricane that is expected to hit the Eastern coast led the S&P 500 index higher as investors brush aside trade related concerns for now. (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for TUE 09/11
Bulls Lost their Territory, Bears Yet to Gain It! It’s a New Battle! Our intraday models’ trading plan for Friday, 09/07, published before the markets opened, stated: “Our models did indeed pick up signals that the recent bullish trend might have been broken on Friday, and are waiting to determine if today’s (Mon, 09/10) market (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 09/10
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 09/11” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Rebounding from a four day Technology-led sell-off, the S&P 500 index closed today’s session with slight gains. Optimism, however, remained capped amid ongoing trade talks between the U.S. and Canada over (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 09/10
Bullish Trend Possibly Broken on Friday! Wait for Today’s Close to Confirm! Our intraday models’ trading plan for Friday, 09/07, published before the markets opened, stated: “the medium term models indicate an “indeterminate” bias and waiting to monitor the daily close today AND Monday to determine their next trading strategy” (click here to read the full (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKET – FRI 09/07
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Monday, 09/10” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Monday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Technology sector sell-off led the S&P 500 index lower this week, pulling back from record highs and registering a four day losing streak. Investor confidence remained capped this week with escalating (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 09/07
Bullish trend broken? Today’s post-JobsReport close to signal, and Monday’s close to confirm! Our intraday models’ trading plan for yesterday, Thu 09/06, published before the markets opened, stated: “The models would go long on a break above 2912, and go short below 2884 – both with a tight 6-point trailing stop” (click here to read (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKET – THU 09/06
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Friday, 09/07” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Friday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index extended its slide as Technology stocks weakened for the third consecutive day. Energy stocks led the index lower alongside a sharp fall in oil prices on concerns (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 09/06
Bull Consolidation Week? Day 3 Our S&P 500 Index intraday models’ indicated on Friday, 08/31, that they see bull consolidation ahead. And, the index indeed did not have much movement that day, and it closed just 0.39 points above previous day’s close. We reiterated that call for the new trading week yesterday, Tue, 09/04 – the (more…)
TODAY IN THE MARKET – WED 09/05
Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Thursday, 09/06” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Thursday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index extended its slide as the second round of trade talks between the U.S. and Canada remain in focus. Both the countries resumed their trade talks in an (more…)