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 THU. 08/10: Slow-growth of Inflation Good News, For Now

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 08/10 With the Fed and Interest Rates not burning issues anymore (at least for now), with major earnings mostly in the rear view mirror, markets are struggling to find a direction and a relevant factor to latch onto. Currently, there doesn’t appear to be any specific factor (more…)

Trading Plans for WED. 08/09: Markets Searching for a Direction – Day 2

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED. 08/09 With the Fed and Interest Rates not burning issues anymore (at least for now), with major earnings mostly in the rear view mirror, markets are struggling to find a direction and a relevant factor to latch onto. Currently, there doesn’t appear to be any specific factor (more…)

Trading Plans for TUE. 08/08: Markets Struggling to Find a Direction

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE. 08/08 With the Fed and Interest Rates not a burning issue anymore, with major earnings mostly in the rear view mirror, markets are struggling to find a direction and a relevant factor to latch onto. Currently, there doesn’t appear to be any specific factor driving the markets (more…)

Trading Plans for FRI. 08/04: The Precarious Rally Continues…

S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI. 08/04 As we published in our earlier trading plans: “The question on everybody’s mind – whether they are a bull or a bear or a bystander – is: “How long can this rally continue?”. And, nobody knows – or, can know – the answer, of course. But, (more…)

Trading Plans for THU. 08/03: The Precarious Rally Might be Stalling? Day 2

  S&P 500 INDEX MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU. 08/03 As we published in our earlier trading plans: “The question on everybody’s mind – whether they are a bull or a bear or a bystander – is: “How long can this rally continue?”. And, nobody knows – or, can know – the answer, of course. (more…)