S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 01/27

  Good News, Bad News? – Day 2 As the earnings season is picking up the speed, markets seem to be buoyant on the sentiment that the worst is over. It may not take much for the market sentiment to turn the other way. But, until that happens, the momentum is to the upside. Positional (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 01/26

Good News Bad News? At the open, markets seem to be buoyant on the GDP and on Tesla earnings. It may not take much for the markets to interpret the good news on the GDP front as bad news on the interest rates. Our trading plans published yesterday, Tue. 01/24, stated: “With yesterday’s daily close (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 01/25

Roller Coaster Ride – Day 2 Our trading plans published yesterday, Tue. 01/24, stated: “With yesterday’s daily close above 3985, our models have flipped to a bullish bias and will remain bullish while the index is above 4000. Nevertheless, models indicate a rather choppy market while the index is below 4015”. As hypothesized, the market (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 01/24

Earnings Earnings Everywhere… With yesterday’s daily close above 3985, our models have flipped to a bullish bias and will remain bullish while the index is above 4000. Nevertheless, models indicate a rather choppy market while the index is below 4015. Positional Trading Models: Our positional trading models indicate going short on the close if the (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 01/23

Earnings Earnings Everywhere… The nature and the tone of this week’s earnings releases is likely to bring in some choppiness into the price action. According to the trading plans published on Friday, 01/20: “If the index closes above 3950 level, our models will switch from the cautiously bearish bias to a neutral bias. A daily (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 01/19

Upside Momentum Broken Down – Day 2 In our plans published Monday, 01/09, we stated: “The index is now approaching the resistance band in the range of 3960-4002, and the price action in this range determines the next leg”. The lower bounds of this range has been decisively broken down yesterday. Our models are adapting (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 01/18

Earnings, Inflation, and China Re-start In our trading plans published Monday, 01/09, we stated: “The index is now approaching the resistance band in the range of 3960-4002, and the price action in this range determines the next leg”. In our trading plans published yesterday, Tuesday 01/17, we wrote: “This range is still in effect for (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 01/17

Earnings Season Kickoff – Day 2 In our trading plans published on Friday, 01/13, we wrote: “With yesterday’s post-CPI spike in the markets and this morning’s early declines after the key bank earnings, the markets are sitting at a key inflection point. While today’s action looks like a consolidation and the probing of a major (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 01/13

Earnings Season Kickoff With yesterday’s post-CPI spike in the markets and this morning’s early declines after the key bank earnings, the markets are sitting at a key inflection point. While today’s action looks like a consolidation and the probing of a major resistance in the 200-DMA, the price action early next week could give us (more…)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 01/12

Inflation Numbers Good, but Not Great The CPI numbers and Initial Jobless Claims this morning have not really provided any directional thrust other than a huge whipsaw. As of nearly one hour into the release, there is really no directional catalyst on the radar for today. Our models indicate choppy trading while the index is (more…)