Archive for August, 2009

ETF Trading – No Trades Today

No etf trading today. We’ll wait for a market pull-back to trigger our entry signals.

All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. Get your copy today and be ready for the next trading session.

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 - FXI, SPY, SSO Ok - FXI closed lower yesterday, so we took our first long position in the etf. Should FXI close lower today, consider taking a second position; otherwise, take your trading gains on the exit signals. With such a large sell-off yesterday, many new trading signals fired! Today, we'll focus on......
• 9/17 - No Trades Today Markets remain overbought by our measures. We're still patiently waiting for a market pull-back to trigger our stock trading entry signals. From our watch list, EWJ moved higher yesterday, so we did not enter the trade. All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by......
• ETF Trading - USO, SCO, TIP, GLD, FXE Wow - nice gains on SCO! Shorting USO also produced gains when using the RSI exit strategy. TIP continued to pull back yesterday - we're into the second long unit. GLD and FXE also moved lower yesterday. You should be into your first long unit if you're trading these etfs.......

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ETF Trading – FXI, EWT

Our exit signals for FXI triggered yesterday, and we took our gains! A nice 3.76% for a few days of trading

New etf trading ideas to consider today include EWT. Take your first long position at the market close, should EWT move lower today.

The iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (EWT) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Taiwanese market, as measured by the MSCI Taiwan Index.

Have a nice weekend!

All of these trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. Get the details.

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.

• 04/14 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, EWT Good morning. USO moved lower yesterday and you took your second position in the etf trade. For the leveraged trade, UCO also moved lower and you took your second position in the trade. Should these etfs move lower today, take your third position in the trade. Otherwise, our etf exit......
• 04/20 - ETF Trading - IYR, URE, EWH The broader market rebounded yesterday. As such, our entry signals for SPY and SSO did not trigger. However, we still have our first trading position in IYR and/or URE from Friday. IYR closed higher but not enough to trigger our exit signals - ditto for URE. Updated charts are posted......
• 09/29 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market made modest gains yesterday, and is moving toward an oversold position (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the rising RSI(2) reading). We'll patiently wait for the markets to generate some new etf trading signals. Why trade etfs? John Nyaradi, in an article at TradingMarkets.com,......

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ETF Trading – FXI, SLV, AGQ

FXI moved higher still, yesterday. We’ll take our trading gains on the exit signals.

Some new etf trading ideas to consider today include SLV and/or AGQ. Take your first long position at the market close, should these move lower today.

The objective of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV)is for the value of the shares of the iShares Silver Trust to reflect, at any given time, the price of silver owned by the iShares Silver Trust at that time, less the iShares Silver Trust’s expenses and liabilities.

ProShares Ultra Silver (AGQ) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar fixing price for delivery in London.

All of these trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. Please trade responsibly!

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.

• 01/06 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. My stock screener is reporting that we have no etf trading opportunities today. Markets are in an overbought condition. We'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger new etf trading signals. Once we enter an etf trade, we won't always take just one trading position. There are......
• 05/11 - ETF Trading - Loss on EWH Our etf exit signals triggered for EWH. Unfortunately, we lost 4.12% on the trade. You win a lot of trades with high probability trading, but not all of them. All trades were at the market close. Updated charts are posted below. Here's a look at what we've done in previous......
• 06/09 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader stock market has worked off its over-sold condition with yesterday's rally, but not enough to trigger our etf trading signals. Our trading signals are now weighted toward shorting etfs since SPY and other index etfs are now trading below their 200 day moving averages. Why is that important?......

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ETF Trading – FXI, SPY

FXI moved higher yesterday. We’ll wait to take our trading gains on the exit signals.

We did not take a position in SPY yesterday as it moved higher. We’ll patiently wait for another market pull-back for new long positions.

All of 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.

• 01/07 - ETF Trading - Why Trade ETFs? No trades today. The broader market remains overbought - see the high RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY below. Some of the sector indices are starting to turn over. However, we'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger our etf trading signals. Why trade etfs? John Nyaradi, in......
• 02/12 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today I have no trades to suggest today today. The stock market has moved into an overbought position (see the chart of SPY I've posted - the RSI(2) has moved above 75). We'll patiently wait for the market to trigger our entry signals. In the meantime, get a quick lesson on......
• 04/07 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market remains overbought - see the high RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY. Even the sector etfs are overbought. Nothing we can do - we'll just patiently wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger our etf trading signals. Why trade etfs? John Nyaradi, in an article......

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ETF Trading – FXI, SPY, SSO

Ok – FXI closed lower yesterday, so we took our first long position in the etf. Should FXI close lower today, consider taking a second position; otherwise, take your trading gains on the exit signals.

With such a large sell-off yesterday, many new trading signals fired! Today, we’ll focus on SPY. Take your first long position should SPY close lower today.

You could also trade SSO. SSO seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice the daily performance of the S&P 500 index.  Please trade responsibly!

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.

• 04/25 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market closed higher last Thursday, leaving the S&P 500 in a over-bought condition (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the RSI 2 reading over 90). We'll make no trades today - a market sell-off will trigger some new etf trading signals. While we're waiting for......
• 10/07 - ETF Trading - FXI Good morning. We took a nice 2.98% gain as FXI moved higher still yesterday, exiting the trade on the RSI(2)>70 signal. Recall that we entered the position on 9/24 and then scaled-in to the trade over the past week - all for a nice gain! No other trades to suggest......
• ETF Trading - FXI, SLV, AGQ FXI moved higher still, yesterday. We'll take our trading gains on the exit signals. Some new etf trading ideas to consider today include SLV and/or AGQ. Take your first long position at the market close, should these move lower today. The objective of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV)is for the......

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