S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, FRI 08/30

The Bear Case is Back to Rest, for Now  China’s softening (?) stand – or, the spin of it – has put the last few days of growing bear case to rest, at least for now. Until the earnings come into focus, there does not appear to be any fodder in sight to feed the (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for THU 08/29

Results of Published Model Trades for THU 08/29 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month.  (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, THU 08/29

China’s “Calm Attitude” To Calm the Markets?  China’s words about it willing to resolve the trade dispute (war?) with a “calm attitude” seem to be settling the nerves of the markets this morning. Is it sustainable or just a tweet away from blowing up? We have to wait and see.    Read below for our (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, WED 08/28

Do Not Rush Into Position Trading The geopolitical and economic situations and potential signals (yield curve, anyone?) are getting increasingly slippery and there could be a lot of false signals in these markets. Staying out of the markets can be much better than getting trapped on the wrong side. Agile and nimble trading is the (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, TUE 08/27

When You Can Not See the Road Ahead When you can not see the road ahead far enough and/or clearly enough, it is prudent to slow down and be cautious. The whipsaw that bears got caught in on Friday’s melt down, and the dismay the bulls felt with the ease of the free fall…is likely (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, MON 08/26

One Can’t Spin One’s Way Around Forever The flip-flop and the eventual spin about the China trade war from the White house has sent the world financial markets into a whipsaw fest overnight. With such knee-jerk comments and repeatedly conflicting stands and messages, the Trump administration may be eventually losing its credibility with the financial (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 08/23

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 08/23 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month.  (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, FRI 08/23 – INTRADAY UPDATE

INTRADAY UPDATE as of 11:50am EST The aggressive intraday models’ short position from 2918 and the medium-frequency models’ short position from 2894 are both manually closed out as the real time models indicate potential consolidation for now.  Both models are in an indeterminate state, pending analyses of further price action post Powell’s speech. For that (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, WED 08/21

FOMC Meeting Minutes to Offer Help for Market Bulls? The early exuberance around retail earnings notwithstanding, FOMC meeting minutes release at 2:00pm EST is going to set the tone for the market’s mood for the rest of the week until Friday. Plummeting bond yields and the underlying recession concerns, or the skyrocketing retail earnings and the (more…)

S&P 500 TRADING PLANS for Today, TUE 08/20

Not Done Yet!  The roller coaster ride of the last few weeks does not seem to end any time soon, as neither the bulls nor the bears have any advantage here as of now. Hence, investors need to be nimbler and more agile than usual if want to trade in these markets. Or, have deep (more…)