S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 09/16

Not Going Anywhere Fast The market internals point to many divergences across different segments which makes for a rough ride for a while – regardless of whether you are a bull or a bear. If taking new positions, you might need wide stops to let those positions play out. If you don’t have enough capital (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 09/15

Our Positional Models Turning Short After selling a long and going flat, our positional models are going to take a short position on the open following the index’s close below 4445 yesterday which has been the published take-a-short level. As we wrote in our morning trading plans yesterday: “The pattern of early session gains followed (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 09/14

Caution Signals Emerging The price action last few days is causing our models to raise some early caution to the bulls. The pattern of early session gains followed by losses behooves the bulls to turn a bit more cautious against jumping in. Our models indicate no bullish bias while the index is below 4515 on (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 09/13

No Bull. No Bear. In our last trading plan – published on Thu 09/09 morning – we announced that our positional models went flat after selling an open long position, with a directional bias shift to neutral. Over the two sessions, markets slipped through some of the support levels we have been publishing, confirming our (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 09/09

Models Took Profits on the Longs and Went Flat In yesterday’s trading plans, we wrote: “Until there is a clear confirmation of a directional change, our positional models continue to sport a long bias – which could very well be occurring today if the daily close is going to be below 4515 (typo had it (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 09/08

A Potential Drift Lower Currently, the markets appear to be entering into an exhaustion phase, following a long string of record highs. However, there is no downside threat seen by our models, yet. Until there is a clear confirmation of a directional change, our positional models continue to sport a long bias – which could (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 09/07

No Catalysts Until Earnings With last Friday’s Jobs data disappointing and the COVID related headlines not very encouraging, the markets might take a pause until the earnings season kicks in. However, there is no downside threat seen by our models, yet. Until there is a clear confirmation of a directional change, our positional models continue (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 09/01

First Trading Day of the Month With the first-of-month flows likely supporting the index today (our regular readers recognize this bias in our trading plans), there may not be any meaningful pullback today even if there is some negative headlines, until the payroll data are released this Friday morning. Until there is a clear confirmation (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 08/31

Market Bull Ensconced in Its Territory With the first-of-month flows likely supporting the index tomorrow, there may not be any meaningful pullback – if at all it is in the offing – until the payroll data are relased this Friday morning. Until there is a clear confirmation of a directional change, our positional models continue to (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 08/30

The Precarious Climb to New Highs Continues While the end of the Market Goldilocks is likely coming in with the Fed’s tapering by the end of the year, markets seem giddy with the precarious ascents to new highs, for now. As we reiterated multiple times in our trading plans, whatever may be the rationale for (more…)