Trading Plans for FRI. 6/7/24 – Today, It’s the Flip Side of Bad News is Good News!

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 6/7/24 This morning’s Non-Farm Payrolls data indicates stronger-than-hoped-for job market, which appears to be stoking quashing the recent optimism about potential rate cuts. This is pushing the futures down, but it remains to be seen if this would be sustained once the regular session starts or if (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 6/6/24 – Main St Bad News Wall St Good News? (Day 2)

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 6/6/24 Wednesday’s private payrolls data indicates a weakening job market, which appears to be stoking optimism about potential rate cuts not being as far as feared. This is pushing the futures, but it remains to be seen if this would be sustained once the regular session starts (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 6/5/24 – Main Street Bad News Wall Street Good News?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 6/5/24 This morning’s private payrolls data indicates to a weakening job market, which appears to be stoking optimism about potential rate cuts not being as far as feared. This is pushing the futures, but it remains to be seen if this would be sustained once the regular (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 10/06 – Stronger-for-Longer Jobs Spooking the Markets?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 10/06 As we published in our trading plans yesterday, Thu. 10/05: “With JOLTS on Tuesday, Initial Jobless Claims Numbers this morning, and Non-Farm Payrolls tomorrow, this week is all about Jobs and Jobs. So far, there is no sign of any letting up in the strength of (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 09/01 – NFP Numbers and the Goldilocks

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 09/01 As we wrote in our trading plans published Mon. 08/28: “If we get a daily close above 4415 today then our models will flip to a moderately bullish bias. If not, they will continue to sport their bearish bias”. We got this confirmation with Monday’s close, (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 02/04

Hot Payrolls Number Pushing the Yields Up This week’s market action tracked our trading plans almost to the letter, especially on a day-to-day basis! We wrote in our trading plans published this Monday, 01/31: “…Any remaining strength of the bulls will be likely tested from Wednesday, 02/02”. And, on Wednesday we wrote: “Today is that (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 09/06

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 09/06 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month.  (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 08/02

Strong Jobs Numbers or Trade War Tariffs? In a normal world, the strong jobs numbers would actually make any rate cut expectations ludicrous; but, as we all know, there is nothing normal about our world as far as “political leadership” is concerned. Hence, there can be another factor – aka “the (self inflicted) Trade War (more…)