Trading Plans for MON. 09/18 – Pivotal Fed Meeting Week

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 09/18 While the interest rate decision of the Fed at this week’s meeting is a foregone conclusion, it is the semantic of Chair Powell’s every word that the markets are going to obsess over. And, for the right reasons, as any indications of the Fed potentially pivoting (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 09/15 – Approaching an Inflection Point

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 09/15 As of the latest trading plans we published yesterday, Wed. 09/13: “Our models indicate bearish bias for positional trades while the index is below 4470 on a daily close basis. The index has to close above 4507 for our models to abandon the bearish bias”. The (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 09/14 – PPI and Initial Jobless Claims

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 09/14 As of the latest trading plans we published yesterday, Wed. 09/13: “Our models indicate bearish bias for positional trades while the index is below 4470 on a daily close basis. The index has to close above 4507 for our models to abandon the bearish bias”. Just (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 08/18 – Key Support Levels Broken

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 08/18 To start the week, our trading plans published on Monday, 08/14, stated: “The level of 4495-4505 is now the immediate key level for both Support and Resistance. 4445-4452 is the next support level, a daily close below which will turn our models cautiously bearish”. On Wednesday, (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 08/17 – Key Support Level Being Tested

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 08/17 Our trading plans published on Monday, 08/14, stated: “The level of 4495-4505 is now the immediate key level for both Support and Resistance. 4445-4452 is the next support level, a daily close below which will turn our models cautiously bearish”. Yesterday, this level was breached. We (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 08/16: FOMC Meeting Minutes – Still Relevant to Push the Markets Up?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 08/16 Our trading plans published on Monday, 08/14, stated: “The level of 4495-4505 is now the immediate key level for both Support and Resistance. 4445-4452 is the next support level, a daily close below which will turn our models cautiously bearish”. This support level is tested on (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 08/15: Back to the Basics, and the Reality?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 08/15 Our trading plans published yesterday stated: “The level of 4495-4505 is now the immediate key level for both Support and Resistance. 4445-4452 is the next support level, a daily close below which will turn our models cautiously bearish”. This support level is tested on the index (more…)

Trading Plans for MON. 08/14 – Back To The Basics?

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON. 08/14 With the Fed’s interest rate policy, inflation, and the earnings almost in the rear view mirror, markets might be going back to the basics this week in search of a direction. Our trading plans published on Thu., 08/10 stated: “Our models continue to indicate choppy markets (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 08/11: PPI versus CPI – Which One to Go By?!

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 08/11 Our trading plans published yesterday stated: “Our models continue to indicate choppy markets until this resolves in either direction, notwithstanding this morning’s push up following the rising-not-so-fast inflation numbers”. Today’s PPI numbers have validated why we didn’t give too much weight to yesterday morning’s CPI numbers (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 07/14: Earnings Kickoff In Earnest

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 07/14 The big banks have kickstarted the earnings season with JP Morgan and Wells Fargo numbers coming in strong. Next week will give more insights into how earnings are shaping up in the wake of the sticky inflation. With a quarter-point rate increase almost a given, the (more…)