Trading Plans for FRI. 5/31/24 – Slow Grind Up or Swift Melt Down? (Day 4)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 5/31/24 Our trading plan published on Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Wednesday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia briefly drove the markets into a euphoric frenzy coupled (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 5/30/24 – Slow Grind Up or Swift Melt Down? (Day 3)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 5/30/24 Our trading plan published on Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Wednesday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia briefly drove the markets into a euphoric frenzy coupled (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 5/29/24 – Slow Grind Up or Swift Melt Down? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 5/29/24 Our trading plan published on Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Wednesday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia briefly drove the markets into a euphoric frenzy coupled (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 5/28/24 – Slow Grind Up or Sudden Melt Down?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 5/28/24 Our trading plan published on Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Wednesday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia briefly drove the markets into a euphoric frenzy coupled (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 5/24/24 – Nvidia Euphoria and FOMO the Market Drivers? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 5/24/24 Our trading plan published on Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Wednesday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia briefly drove the markets into a euphoric frenzy coupled (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 5/23/24 – Nvidia Euphoria and FOMO the Main Themes Today

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 5/23/24 Our last trading plan, published yesterday, Wed. 5/22/24, stated: “The new record high did indeed come, but the clarity of whether the move up is sustainable or not is yet to emerge”. Yesterday’s post-session blowout earnings from Nvidia are driving the markets into a euphoric frenzy (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 5/15/24 – Hotter PPI, Colder CPI! Inflation Cooling? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 5/16/24 Based on the futures market action pre-market, this morning’s cooler-than-expected CPI following the hotter-than-expected PPI yesterday does not seem to be of any concern to the market’s rally. Usually when something doesn’t add up clearly, the markets reaction would be to sell first and ask questions (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 5/15/24 – Hotter PPI, Colder CPI! Inflation Cooling?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 5/15/24 Based on the futures market action pre-market, this morning’s cooler-than-expected CPI following the hotter-than-expected PPI yesterday does not seem to be of any concern to the market’s rally. Usually when something doesn’t add up clearly, the markets reaction would be to sell first and ask questions (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 5/14/24 – Hotter PPI – Economic Fundamentals Not Matter for this Rally? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 5/14/24 Based on the futures market action pre-market, this morning’s hotter-than-expected PPI does not seem to be of any concern to the market’s rally. With the softer-than-feared May’s NFP release on the heels of the more-dovish-than-expected Powell’s tone during the post-FOMC presser, the rate cut hopes are (more…)

Trading Plans for MON. 5/13/24 – Can this Rate-cut-hopes-fueled Rally Print Another Record High?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 5/13/24 With the softer-than-feared May’s NFP release on the heels of the more-dovish-than-expected Powell’s tone during the post-FOMC presser, the rate cut hopes are now back in full swing, and our 5116 level was convincingly broken above, flipping our models to a bullish bias post-NFP. The markets (more…)