Archive for August, 2009

ETF Trading – FXI

Good morning. The futures are down this morning! A big stock market pull-back should give us some new trading opportunities this week.

Today we’ll look at FXI. FXI is the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund. This etf seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index.

You can trade your first long position, should FXI close lower today. All trades are at market close.

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.

• 12/28 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. I hope you had a nice Christmas and holiday break. The market drifted higher on lower volume last week - typical of holiday trading and a "Santa Claus" rally. However, the major indices remains overbought as shown in the chart of SPY I've posted. Notice the high RSI(2)......
• 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......
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ETF Trading – EWT, EWC, GLD

Three more winning trades! EWT, EWC and GLD all moved higher and we took our gains on our exit signals.

Personally, I like the RSI exit signal since it allows for a bigger gain in the trade. However, the RSI signal keeps you “in the trade” a bit longer than the MA(5) exit signal.

Learn more about these exit strategies in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading.

No new entry signals have triggered. Have a great weekend!

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.

• 09/23 - ETF Trading - IWM, TWM World markets are lower this morning and stock futures are pointing to a sell-off (as of 5:51 AM EDT). Perhaps today we'll get the etf exit signals for which we've been so patiently waiting. To review, we have a full short trading position in IWM which closed lower yesterday, but......
• 12/07 - ETF Trading - SPY, SH, SDS SPY closed higher yesterday (SH and SDS closed lower). We're waiting for our exit signals to trigger. Our short exit signals for SPY are triggered when the closing price for SPY is lower than its 5 day moving average, or - for a potentially larger gain - when the RSI......
• 05/25 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM closed lower yesterday, but not lower than our second entry price of last Thursday. Consequently, we're still waiting to take the third trading position in the etf trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in UWM. Our etf trading strategy is to scale in with up to three 3......

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ETF Trading – EWT, EWC, GLD

EWT retreated again. We’ll patiently wait for our exit signal in order to take our gains.

EWC and GLD both turned lower yesterday as well. If you’re trading these etfs, you took your second position at the market close yesterday.

There will be no update on Thursday. We’ll review the action on Friday morning.

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 - FXI Good morning. The futures are down this morning! A big stock market pull-back should give us some new trading opportunities this week. Today we'll look at FXI. FXI is the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund. This etf seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance,......
• 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......
• 02/04 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. My stock screener is telling me that we have no etf trading opportunities today. Markets are in transition. A stock market pull-back will trigger some new etf trading signals. Once we enter an etf trade, we won't always take just one trading position. There are times when we'll......

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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 long position in these at the market close.

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.

• ETF Trading - USO, UCO, EWH, IWM, UWM We closed three winning trades on Friday, making for a profitable holiday weekend! For EWH, we took our profits on Friday, at the market close, as the RSI(2) moved above 70. Our gains were 3.43% for this exit signal. For IWM and UWM, we took our profits on Friday, at......
• 11/2 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM, EWC, EWT, EWY You may have full trading positions for any or all of the etfs we've been following the past week - IWM, UWM, EWC, EWT and EWY. Now, we're just exercising some patience as we wait for the market to move higher from here. Futures are pointing higher this morning. Our......
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ETF Trading – EWT, AGG

EWT moved higher on Friday, but just 2 cents short of it’s MA(5). We’ll wait for our exit signal to trigger to take our gains.

AGG moved lower on Friday, providing an opportunity to add to our position. Perhaps you entered the second long position. Should it close lower still, you can enter a third position.

Other ETFs to put on your watch list today include the following:

• EWJ
• EWH
• EWC
• XLE
• GLD

Consider long positions in these should they move lower today.

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.

• 01/28 - ETF Trading - EWH, EWZ, SPY, SSO Just to reiterate, we have a full trading position in EWH and EWZ, and one trading position in SPY and SSO. Should SPY and/or SSO sell-off strongly and below the price of our initial trade, consider adding a second position. Otherwise, we're waiting for the markets to advance a bit......
• 02/08 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO Put USO on your watch list today; USO closed lower yesterday, generating an etf trading opportunity. Consider taking the first trading position in USO should the etf close lower today. For the leveraged trade, consider UCO. However, follow the etf trading signals for USO. UCO is a "double" etf -......
• 03/29 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO Put USO on your watch list today; USO closed lower yesterday, generating an etf trading opportunity. Consider taking the first trading position in USO should the etf close lower today. For the leveraged trade, consider UCO. However, follow the etf trading signals for USO. UCO is a "double" etf -......

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