Trading Plans for WED. 4/17/24 – Geopolitical Tensions, Inflation Taking Investors Back to the Basics? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 4/17/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 4/16/24 – Geopolitical Tensions, Inflation Taking Investors Back to the Basics?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 4/16/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not (more…)

Trading Plans for MON. 4/15/24 – Key Levels Increasingly In Play

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 4/15/24 We started the month with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would determine (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 4/12/24 – Inflation Picture Muddying the Waters for the Bulls (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 4/12/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 4/11/24 – Inflation Picture Muddying the Waters for the Bulls

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 4/11/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 4/10/24 – Sticky Inflation Causing Heartache to the Bulls?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 4/10/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 4/9/24 – Waiting for the Inflation Numbers Tomorrow

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 4/9/24 We started last trading week with these words in our trading plans: “A daily close below 5170 is needed for the current bullish bias to be negated. This level appears poised to be tested this week sometime, and whether it rebounds from there or not would (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 3/22/24 – New Leg Up or Buy the Rumor, Sell the News? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 3/22/24 With the CPI, PPI, and the FOMC all out of the way, and Powell almost confirming that the Fed is at the “Peak” of the restrictive regime and the markets convinced that rate-cuts are on the horizon…some could be wondering “now, what?”. With new record targets (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 3/21/24 – New Leg Up or Buy the Rumor, Sell the News?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 3/21/24 With the CPI, PPI, and the FOMC all out of the way, and Powell almost confirming that the Fed is at the “Peak” of the restrictive regime and the markets convinced that rate-cuts are on the horizon…some could be wondering “now, what?”. With new record targets (more…)

No Trading Plans for TUE. 3/19/24 – Waiting for FOMC Event Tomorrow

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 3/19/24 Tomorrow’s FOMC decision may not hold any surprises, but the Powell press conference could set the tone for the next market leg. While the sticky inflation numbers last week could raise some concerns about the economy and the much-hoped-for soft landing, the cooling of the jobs (more…)