The Battle of 3855 (3854.90, to be precise)

The 20% down level for the S&P 500 Index from its all time high of 4818.62 comes in at 3854.90, which is yet to be breached. After testing the session low at 3858.87 (3855 on the e-mini futures) last Thursday, 05/12, the index rebounded from that level.

Positional Trading Models: Our positional models went long yesterday on Mon., 05/23, on the close at 3973.76, and are carrying it into today’s session. For today, our positional trading models indicate instituting at 70-point trailing stop. If closed out, models will stay flat for the rest of the session.

Intraday/Aggressive Models indicate the trading plans below for today:

Trading Plans for TUE 05/24:

Aggressive Intraday Models:  No trading plans indicated for today.

By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight – the models exit any open position at the open of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform’s bar timing convention).

To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) – depending on your risk tolerance and trading style – to determine the signals.

(WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please click here to see for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!) 

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