Today’s Published Mechanical Trading Entries and Exits netted +23.00 index points and +18.00 index points
All this, simply by following mechanical entries and exits using the pre-defined levels as given in our trading plan published before the markets opened daily. Anyone can publicly verify and double check these entry and exit levels from the forecast articles and from the index price levels from any trading website (Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, or pick your own).
Below, you will find the detailed performance tracking of our models’ trading plans for today, as well as the results for the last month:
Performance Results of the Trading Plans Published for MON, 01/07:
Medium-term/long-term Models
Trading Plan/Forecast Published In the Morning: “For today, Monday 01/07, our medium-term models indicate trading off of the 2540-2520 band – going long on a cross above 2540 and going short on a cross below 2520, both with a 10-point trailing stop (during the regular market session, 9:30am-4:00pm EST). If going long above 2540, a profit target of 2558 is indicated” (click here to read the full forecast and/or verify this claim).
Trading Plan Results/Outcome:
Mon 01/07: Booked +18.00 index points in profits on one long
The index broke above the 2540 level around 10:30am, triggering a long position with a 10-point trailing stop. The long rode the index all the way to the profit target and closed at 2558 around 11:55am, with a profit of 18 points! The models then stayed flat for the rest of the session.
Past results this month:
Our medium-term models started the month of December with indeterminate state and stayed out of the markets throughout the first half of the month.
Mon 12/17: Booked +20 index points in profit on a short
Tue 12/18: Booked +9.25 index points in profit on a short
Fri 12/21: No trades
Mon 12/24: No trades
Wed 12/26: Booked +14.75 index points in profit on a short
Thu 12/27: Long entered at 2455, carried to Friday
Fri 12/28: Booked +28.75 index points in profit on a long
Mon 12/31: Booked +56 index points in profits on two shorts and two longs.
Wed 01/02: Booked +13.75 index points in profits on three longs and two shorts.
Thu 01/03: Booked +47.53 index points in profits on three shorts and two longs
Fri 01/04: Booked +9.70 index points in profits on one long
Aggressive, Short-term, Intraday, or Professional Traders
Trading Plan/Forecast Published In the Morning: “For today, Monday 01/07, our aggressive intraday models indicate trading off of the 2535-2525 band – going long on a cross above 2535 and going short on a cross below 2525 ( typo in the forecast article – NOT 2530 but 2525 as mentionned in the reference “2535-2525 band”), both with a 7-point trailing stop (during the regular market session, 9:30am-4:00pm EST). If going long above 2535, once above 2542, a profit target of 2558 is indicated” (click here to read the full forecast and/or verify this claim).
Tue 12/11: Booked +0.50 points in profit on a long
Wed 12/12: No trades
Fri 12/14: Booked +14.25 points in profit on a short
Mon 12/17: Booked +51.75 points in profit on a short
Thu 12/20: Booked +26.5 points in profit on two shorts
Booked -2.00 points in loss on two shorts
Mon 12/24: Booked +50 points in profit on two shorts
Wed 12/26: Booked +9.25 points in profit on a long
Thu 12/27: Booked +62.00 points in profit on three short trades and one long trade
Fri 12/28: Booked +10 points on profit one short and two longs
Mon 12/31: Booked +56 points in profits on two shorts and two longs.
Wed 01/02: Booked +14.75 points in profits on two longs and three shorts.
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