Archive for September, 2009

9/30 – ETF Trading – FXI, USO, UCO

Good morning. We’re still in our etf trades with FXI, USO, and UCO.

Our etf trading strategy is to buy additional positions should any of these etfs move lower than our initial entry price. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

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

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading strategies for you to follow.

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 A nice 3.73% gain for UCO, if you exited on the (MA)5 signal given on Friday. Otherwise, we're still in the trade for USO and UCO and we'll take our gains on the RSI(2)>70 signal. All etf trades are at the market close. We took an initial position in EWH......
• 05/10 - ETF Trading - Blog is Up - EWH How prophetic - my etf trading blog crashed late last Monday and the markets soon followed! What a dramatic week to miss, too. Thanks for being patient while the site was down. To get caught up, We're into a full trading position for EWH, and down in the count. We're......
• 05/14 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market is now in neutral territory - see the RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY. Nothing we can do - we'll just patiently wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger our etf trading signals. Europe is down this morning which may trigger some selling here in......

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9/29 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. We took trading gains yesterday as half of our etf stock picks from last Thursday (9/24) triggered their exit signals. All of these etf trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. All trades are at the market close.

Here’s where you should be:

FXI, EWW – Country ETFs: These moved higher yesterday, and we took our gains on EWW – a nice 2.83% for sitting in the market for 2 days! We’ll patiently wait for FXI to make a move.

USO, UCO – Commodity ETFs: These both moved higher yesterday, but not enough to trigger our etf trading exit signals.

XLU, UPW – Sector ETFs: These both moved higher yesterday and we took our gains. We took only a small .76% gain for XLU, but it’s still a gain. For UPW, we took a gain of 1.76%. Again, these gains are for sitting in the market for just 2 days.

So we’re left with FXI, USO, and UCO. Our etf trading strategy is to buy additional positions should any of these etfs move lower than our initial entry price. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading strategies for you to follow.

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.

• 07/20 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM closed higher yesterday and you took a gain of 1.65% on the trade if you exited the trade on the 5 day moving average signal. The trade in UWM yielded 3.12%. Updated stock charts are posted below. Another exit signal for IWM, and one that offers a potentially bigger......
• ETF Trading - USO, UCO, EWH, IWM, UWM Tuesday's sell-off provided some opportunities to scale in to our current etf trades. Let's review the details. For those who were playing the USO / UCO trade, looking for the RSI(2)>70 signal, we're a bit behind in the count. Hopefully you scaled into a second position at the close yesterday.......
• 04/18 - ETF Trading - Gain on SPY, SSO We took a small gain on our S&P 500 etf trade - our exit signals for SPY triggered with Friday's rally and we took a gain of .43% at the close. The leveraged etf trade in SSO yielded a gain of .92% - all in a 3 day trade. We......

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9/28 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. Friday’s stock trading action gave us just a few opportunities to scale into our etf trades. Here’s where you should be:

You should be long in the first position for any of the following etfs that I listed last Thursday (9/24).

FXI, EWW – Country ETFs: These moved higher on Friday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. We’ll patiently wait for the market to make a move. (The highlighted bar in the charts shows today’s etf trading action.)

USO, UCO – Commodity ETFs: A bit of divergence here with USO moving a bit higher and UCO moving a bit lower. Per our rules, that means holding steady on USO and buying an additional position on UCO. However, in my own opinion, when there is divergence between an index etf and a leveraged copy of the index etf, I would follow the signals from the index etf – USO in this example. So, since USO moved higher on Friday, we’re invested only in the intial positions we took for USO and UCO on Thursday.

XLU, UPW – Sector ETFs: These moved lower on Friday. You should have added a second trading position in these etfs.

Our etf trading strategy is to buy additional positions should any of these etfs move lower than our initial entry price. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

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

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading strategies for you to follow.

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, SCO, DIA, QQQQ Oil continued to move higher yesterday and so did USO . Perhaps you took an initial short position. Short a second position at the end of the day should it close higher again. Otherwise, take your gains should the closing price move below it's 5 day moving average. As I......
• 10/06 - ETF Trading - FXI, SPY, SSO Good morning. Another winning etf trade as FXI moved higher yesterday. We took our gain as the price moved higher than the MA(5). SPY and SSO moved higher yesterday, so we did not enter the trades. We'll wait for the next market correction for new trading opportunities. All of these......
• 12/10 - ETF Trading - XLU, UPW XLU closed higher yesterday. As such, you did not take the second trading position in the etf trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in UPW. Updated charts are posted below. Our trading strategy is to scale in with up to three 3 trading positions, but we'll patiently wait for......

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9/25 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. Yesterday’s market sell-off gave us the etf buying signals we were looking for!

You should be long in the first position for any of the following etfs that I listed yesterday:

FXI, EWW – Country ETFs

USO, UCO – Commodity ETFs

XLU, UPW – Sector ETFs

Our etf trading strategy is to buy a second position should any of these etfs move lower today. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

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

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading strategies for you to follow.

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.

• 03/17 - ETF Trading - XLE, DIG Good morning - Happy St. Patrick's Day! XLE closed lower yesterday and you took your third and final position in the etf trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in DIG. Now, we'll just wait for our exit signals to trigger. Our etf exit signals are triggered when the etf......
• 10/23 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM, EWC, EWT, EWY We took our first trading position in IWM, UWM and EWC on Wednesday. Yesterday's rally pushed prices higher, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. Exit the trade at the market close when the etf price is greater than the MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain -......
• 07/11 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market closed lower on Friday, relieving the S&P 500 of its over-bought condition (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the RSI 2 dropping below 70). However, we'll make no trades today - another day or 2 of selling will trigger some new etf trading signals.......

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9/24 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. Yesterday’s market sell-off gave us some trading signals and possible  entry points.

Today we’ve got country etfs, commodity etfs and sector etfs to potentially trade. Per the strategies of High Probability ETF Trading, country etfs are the most consistent in results.

For country etfs, put FXI and EWW on your watch list today, and take an intial position should either one of these close lower.

The iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index.

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

For commodity etfs, put USO on your watch list today and take an initial position should it close lower. You can also trade the leveraged etf UCO.

USO seeks to reflect the performance, less expenses, of the spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light, sweet crude oil.

ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil (UCO) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones—UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index.

Finally, a sector etf to trade is XLU. Take an intial position should this close lower today. For a leveraged play, consider UPW.

The Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) invests primarily in companies that produce, generate, transmit or distribute electricity or natural gas.

ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities IndexSM.

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

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading ideas for you to follow.

• 11/20 - ETF Trading - EWH, SPY, SSO Good morning. Yesterday, EWH moved lower and you took your initial position in the trade. Should EWH move lower today, take a second position in the trade. Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the etf price is greater than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain -......
• 09/15 - ETF Trading - SPY, SH, SDS SPY closed higher yesterday, with an RSI 2 greater than 75, giving us a short trading opportunity. Should it close higher today, consider taking your first short position in the etf trade. SPY - The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF is a fund that, before expenses, generally corresponds to the price......
• 01/20 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM Put IWM on your watch list today.  IWM closed lower yesterday, generating an etf trading opportunity based on our etf trading signals. Consider taking a long position in IWM should the etf close lower today. For a leveraged trade, consider UWM. Use the etf trading signals for IWM to trade UWM. UWM......

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