Trading Plans for THU. 06/15: Markets Calling the “Hawkish” Bluff of Powell?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 06/15 The potential bull trap cautioned about by our models continues to be in play, while the markets seem to be calling the bluff of Powell’s hawkish posturing in yesterday’s “hawkish pause” presser. Nevertheless, bears should be cautious of not jumping the gun but wait for confirmation (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 06/14: FOMC Decision – Hawkish Pause! Back to the Basics?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 06/14 Our trading plans published yesterday mentioned: “…our models are flashing potential for a bull trap ahead, possibly once the “fed pause” becomes official tomorrow”. Today’s FOMC decision is a “hawkish pause”, giving an open case to be made for both the bulls and the bears, as (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 06/13: Celebrating the Lowest High Inflation Numbers?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 06/13 With the post-CPI spike and the subsequent early session market action, our models are flashing potential for a bull trap ahead, possibly once the “fed pause” becomes official tomorrow. As we first stated to start this week, if you are a bull, it may be prudent (more…)

Daily Trading Plans for Mon. 06/12: Inflation, Yields, and FOMC in Focus This Week

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 06/12 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many with its lack of the breadth – the rally concentrated in just a handful of big-tech names. In the last trading plan – published on Thursday, 06/08 – we wrote: “If the rally does not (more…)

Last Hurrah of the Bull, or the Next Leg Up? Day 4

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 06/08 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many, with the lack of the breadth in the rally was concentrated in just a handful of big-tech names. With the major news cycles in the rear view mirror, that red hot bull could be losing (more…)

Last Hurrah of the Bull, or the Next Leg Up? Day 3

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 06/07 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many, with the lack of the breadth in the rally was concentrated in just a handful of big-tech names. With the major news cycles in the rear view mirror, that red hot bull could be losing (more…)

Last Hurrah of the Bull, or the Next Leg Up? Day 2

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 06/06 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many, with the lack of the breadth of the rally while it still managed to keep going up on the run up in just a handful of big-tech names. With the major news cycles in the (more…)

Last Hurrah of the Bull, or the Next Leg Up?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 06/05 The precarious rally of the last month has been baffling many, with the lack of the breadth of the rally while it still managed to keep going up on the run up in just a handful of big-tech names. With the major news cycles in (more…)

Pivoting to Jobs, Inflation, and Interest Rates?

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 06/02 We started last trading week with our trading plans on Monday titled: “Debt Ceiling Deadline Likely to Whipsaw the Markets”, and these words: “Expect the approaching debt ceiling deadline to attract both bulls and bears to heightened speculation, resulting in some whipsaw movements until the (more…)

Debt Ceiling Deal Euphoria – Rekindled

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 05/31 We started this trading week yesterday with these words: “Now that the Debt Ceiling drama is apparently over (“apparently” is the keyword there), can the markets continue to be intoxicated on the nVidia-A.I. exuberance and continue the bullish leg or get back to the macro-economic fundamentals (more…)