Archive for July, 2009

ETF Trading – AGG, TIP

AGG and TIP look ready for a long entry point. Enter a long trade at the market close should AGG and/or TIP close lower today.

AGG: The iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the total United States investment grade bond market as defined by the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

TIP: The iShares Barclays Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Bond Fund seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the inflation-protected sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L).

Otherwise, we’re waiting to exit our trades on USO and SCO.

These trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading.

Disclaimer:The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s). The author may or may not have a position in any company or advertiser referenced above. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.

• ETF Trading - XLI, SIJ Looking at the stock market mid-day, a shorting opportunity arises with XLI. Short a starting position at the market close should the price close higher than yesterday's close. One note of caution - don't short XLI should it close above it's 200 day moving average. As an alternative, you can......
• 02/09 - ETF Trading - SPY, SSO Let's try this again! Put SPY on your watch list today. For a leveraged trade, consider SSO. Take your first position in the trade should these etfs move lower today. All trades are at the market close. You can follow the trades with this simple etf trading worksheet I created.......
• ETF Trading - AGG, EWT, EWC, GLD AGG moved higher yesterday, and you took your gains at the market close! EWT retreated yesterday. We'll patiently wait for our exit signal in order to take our gains. Among my "watch list" suggestions yesterday, EWC and GLD turned out to be the most promising. Perhaps you took your first......

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ETF Trading – USO, SCO

There are no new etf trading opportunities to suggest today. We’re patiently waiting for the stock market to change course and provide us with new stock trading opportunities.

We’re also patiently waiting to take our gains on USO and/or SCO. Take your gains when the closing price of USO closes below it’s 5 day moving average.  Eventhough the RSI(2) is high, do not enter any more short positions, as the etf has moved above it’s MA(200).

For SCO, you’ll take your gains when the stock price closes above it’s 5 day moving average.

Updated stock charts are posted:

These trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading.

Disclaimer:The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s). The author may or may not have a position in any company or advertiser referenced above. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.

• 06/02 - ETF Trading - Gains on FXI, FXP - USO, SCO Yes! Nice gains on the FXI short trade as our etf exit signal triggered at the close yesterday. We also took etf trading gains on FXP. Our gains were 3.15% for FXI and 6.07% for FXP, all in a 2 day trade. We're still waiting for our exit signals to......
• 06/24 - ETF Trading - FXI, FXP We continue to wait for our etf exit signals to trigger for FXI and FXP. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for the etf is lower than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain - when the RSI(2) is less than 30. We're using the......
• 03/17 - ETF Trading - Gains on GLD, UGL Nice gains on our trade! Markets closed higher and triggered our exit signals for GLD and UGL. We gained 2.11% on GLD and 4.11% on UGL. Our exit signals were triggered when the etf price moved higher than it's MA(5), or - for the larger gain - when the RSI(2)......

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ETF Trading – A Look at QQQQ

No stock trades here today.  We’re waiting on a pullback in oil and the effect on USO and SCO.  See my post from yesterday.

Just when you think a stock looks overbought, it goes higher still.  QQQQ defies logic.  And who says markets aren’t a reflection of emotion?!

Trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading.

Disclaimer:The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s). The author may or may not have a position in any company or advertiser referenced above. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.

• 02/02 - ETF Trading - EWH, EWZ, SPY, SSO Markets closed higher yesterday and triggered our exit signals for EWH and EWZ - unfortunately for us, at a loss. We still have full trading positions or SPY and/or SSO. Should the market move higher today, we will be able to take our gains! Our exit signals are triggered when......
• 11/17 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO Wow, nice one day gain on USO and UCO. We gained 2.99% on USO and 6.24% on UCO! We took our gains yesterday at the market close as the closing prices for these etfs moved higher than their 5 day moving average and the RSI(2) moved above 70. Recall that......
• 12/2 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. My stock screener is telling me that we have no etf trading opportunities today. Markets are moving toward an overbought condition. We'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new entry signals. Once we get an etf trading signal, we won't always take just one trading......

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