Trading Plans for THU. 9/12/24 – Visions (or, Pipedreams?) of Soft Landing and Goldilocks…

Trading Plans for THU. 9/12/24 – Visions (or, Pipedreams?) of Soft Landing and Goldilocks… This week’s CPI and PPI data seem to be adding to the non-farm payrolls data from last Friday in ramping up further the hopes of a Goldilocks scenario to continue on and of a successful soft landing from the Fed. As (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 9/11/24 – Visions of Soft Landing and Goldilocks…

Trading Plans for WED. 9/11/24 – Visions of Soft Landing and Goldilocks… This morning’s CPI data seems to be adding to the non-farm payrolls data from last Friday in ramping up further the hopes of a Goldilocks scenario to continue on and of a successful soft landing from the Fed. On Wed. 9/4/24, we published: (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 9/10/24

Trading Plans for TUE. 9/10/24 – Soft Landing or Not? (Day 2) The non-farm payrolls data last Friday ramped up the hopes of Goldilocks scenario to continue on until otherwise burst. Markets to focus on the inflation numbers to be released later this week to (re)assess their odds of the Fed’s ability to orchestrate a (more…)

Trading Plans for MON. 9/9/24

Trading Plans for MON. 9/9/24 – Soft Landing or Not ? The non-farm payrolls data last Friday ramped up the hopes of Goldilocks scenario to continue on until otherwise burst. Markets to focus on the inflation numbers to be released later this week to (re)assess their odds of the Fed’s ability to orchestrate a soft (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 9/6/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside? (Day 3)

Trading Plans for FRI. 9/6/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside? (Day 3) The non-farm payrolls data this morning ramps up the Goldilocks scenario to continue on until otherwise burst. On Wed. 9/4/24, we published: “With the SPX close of 5528.93 our models have negated the bullish bias (for a 200+ points gain since flipping (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 9/5/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside? (Day 2)

Trading Plans for THU. 9/5/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside? (Day 2) As of our published trading plans on Tue., 9/3/24: “With the close at 5319.31, models flipped to a bullish bias, and models indicate continuing this bullish bias while the index is above 5585 on a daily close basis. A daily close below (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 9/4/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside?

Trading Plans for WED. 9/4/24 – Range Breakout to the Downside? As of our published trading plans on Tue., 9/3/24: “With the close at 5319.31, models flipped to a bullish bias, and models indicate continuing this bullish bias while the index is above 5585 on a daily close basis. A daily close below 5575 will (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 9/3/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? (Day 3)

Trading Plans for TUE. 9/3/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? (Day 3) With last month’s PPI, CPI, and Retail Sales numbers, markets are trying to parse the various macroeconomic news to figure out whether the economy is in a Goldilocks scenario heading for a soft landing or if they might be drinking Koolaid. (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 8/30/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? (Day 2)

Trading Plans for FRI. 8/30/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? (Day 2) With this month’s PPI, CPI, and Retail Sales numbers, markets are trying to parse the various macroeconomic news to figure out whether the economy is in a Goldilocks scenario heading for a soft landing or if they might be drinking Koolaid. (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 8/29/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? 

Trading Plans for THU. 8/29/24 – Range Breakout Imminent In Either Direction? With this month’s PPI, CPI, and Retail Sales numbers, markets are trying to parse the various macroeconomic news to figure out whether the economy is in a Goldilocks scenario heading for a soft landing or if they might be drinking Koolaid. The answer (more…)