S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 06/24

Interim Bottom In. Target 3855 – Day 2 Our trading plans yesterday confirmed an interim bottom at 3636, and stated: “The price action that ensued indicate a potential interim bottom at that level, and there might be an attempt to retest the 3855 level from below in the coming days”. Today is Day 2 in (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 06/23

An Interim Low at Last Friday’s 3636.87 The 3855 level we focused on Friday, 06/10, was broken below and a new session low of 3636.87 was registered last Friday, 06/17. The price action that ensued indicate a potential interim bottom at that level, and there might be an attempt to retest the 3855 level from (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 06/14

Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread We brought the 3855 level back onto our readers radars on Friday, and on Monday that level was decisively broken with a daily close below it. We are now officially in a bear market, and it does NOT appear that the markets will bounce out of it (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 06/10

Next Leg to Retest the 3855 level? As we wrote in our trading plans yesterday morning, the “bear trap” has been broken and the bears are on the attack again. Both our positional trading models and our aggressive intraday models did very well yesterday, and are pointing to further downside to unfold in the coming (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 06/09

The Bear Trap We Cautioned on 05/20 Starting to Ease? In our trading plans published on Fri. 05/20, we wrote: <<< Our models need a daily close above 3935 for the pressure around this level to be eased. While the index is below that level on a daily close basis, the 3855 level battle is (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 05/20

The Battle of 3855 (3854.90, to be precise), Attempt 3? Despite a second attempt yesterday at cracking the 20% down level for the S&P 500 Index from its all time high of 4818.62 – which comes in at 3854.90 – is yet to be breached. If the index survives another attempt to breach it, then (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 05/19

The Battle of 3855 (3854.90, to be precise) The 20% down level for the S&P 500 Index from its all time high of 4818.62 comes in at 3854.90, which is yet to be breached. After testing the session low at 3858.87 (3855 on the e-mini futures) last Thursday, 05/12, the index rebounded from that level. (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 05/18

Interim Low In at 3855 In our last trading plans published on Thu., 05/12, we wrote: “If/when the S&P hits that level at 3855, our models expect an initial reaction of rebound. Whether that rebound would stave off the bear market or will be short lived is anybody’s guess”. Marktes hit that 3855 session low (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU., 05/12

Consolidation If/Once S&P Hits the 20% Down Mark With the markets’ relentless selling, the S&P 500 has come just about 2% away from the technical definition of a bear market (20% down from the peak). If/when the S&P hits that level at 3855, our models expect an initial reaction of rebound. Whether that rebound would (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED., 05/11

“Inflation Peaked” Narrative to Push the Markets Up? This mornings hotter than expected Inflation report could be slowly making the chatter of “inflation peaked” a bit louder and stronger. Whether that can really prop up the markets and make yesterday’s intraday low of 3958.17 the (interim) bottom remains to be seen. Our models continue to (more…)