Archive for September, 2009

9/16 – ETF Trading – EWJ

Put EWJ on your watch list today, and take an initial position should it close lower.

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ) seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).

From our watch list yesterday, USO and UCO closed higher, so we did not enter the trade.

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.

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.

• 03/12 - ETF Trading - GLD, UGL GLD closed higher yesterday. As such, you did not take the second position in the trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in UGL. 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 the market......
• 09/02 - ETF Trading - SPY, SH, SDS SPY closed lower yesterday (SH and SDS closed higher), nearly triggering our etf trading exit signals. Our short exit signals for SPY are triggered when the closing price for SPY is lower than it's 5 day moving average, or - for a potentially larger gain - when the RSI 2......
• 12/7 - ETF Trading - EWC, USO, UCO Good morning. Futures are down this morning, suggesting a market pull-back, and ideal for our etf trading set-ups. Put EWC and USO on your watch list. Take an initial position should these etfs move lower today. For a leveraged trade on USO, consider UCO. All trades are at the market......

• Part 5: Financial Spread Betting Versus Share Trading More information about Financial Spread Betting: Spread betting are leveraged, so with £1k margin, if you use, say, 10:1 gearing, you can gain the equivalent to £10k's worth of shares. Of course, then it only takes the shares to fall 10% to wipe out your margin. It's the same......
• GP 5 Things You Need To Look At When Trading ETFs Today, I am leaving the world of asset allocation to talk a little bit more about Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). This is probably one of the most popular investment products. Its popularity is soaring amongst smaller investors especially over the past 5 years. The purpose behind ETFs Wouldn’t you......
• Choosing a Great Investment Manager You know that past returns are not indicators of future performance, right? You've read that on a billion mutual prospectuses. Nonetheless people tend to use their past returns as their primary motivation for selecting new ventures and speculations. This is probably a combination of everyday human nature, the historical charts......

9/15 – ETF Trading – USO, UCO

It’s September 15 – your estimated taxes are due!

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I know I sound like a broken record, but the major markets remain overbought by our measures. We’re still patiently waiting for a market pull-back to trigger our stock trading entry signals.

Oil moved lower yesterday. Keep USO and UCO on your watch list today. You may take an initial position should it move lower today.

Of course, you can wait to trade the major indices on a stock market correction.

All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. The strategies have only a few rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. With easy to follow trading strategies, clear explanations, and years of tested results, there is no better place to start finding new trading edges than in 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.

• 02/16 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. My stock screener (stockfetcher.com) 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. An updated chart of SPY is posted below. Once we enter an etf trade, we won't always take......
• 10/20 - ETF Trading - EWJ, EWY Prices for EWJ and EWY moved higher yesterday. As such, our entry signal did not trigger and we did not enter the etf trade. We'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new entry signals. Updated stock charts are posted below. Want more information about how I trade......
• 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......

• Penny Stocks – Introduction and Investing Tips For those of you that are not familiar with a penny stock, it is a stock (or company share) that typically trades from .01 cent up to five dollars per share. In the investment world where people typically trade in stocks that are valued from $30 USD to $500 USD......
• Retirement Asset Correlations Asset correlation is a concept of critical importance to a retirement investors. I have spent a lot of my own time studying correlations as they pertain to our retirement portfolio. I have found a new online tool that makes this job easier. First, a brief refresher on the subject. "Asset......
• Preferred Stock Index Funds: The Future for High Yield Dividend Investors? Since Wall Street has thrown us such an unexpected curve ball and subsequently slammed the S&P 500 down ~35% (2008 YTD), most of us are justifiably thinking about readjusting our portfolios, reviewing our asset allocations, or even reducing our 401k / IRA contributions until this financial crisis is resolved. For......

9/14 – No Trades Today – Watch USO

Hope you had a nice weekend.

The stock markets are overbought by our measures. We’re still patiently waiting for a market pull-back to trigger our stock trading entry signals.

Oil sold off on Friday, so keep an eye on USO. We may have an entry signal in a day or two.

All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. The strategies have only a few rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. With easy to follow trading strategies, clear explanations, and years of tested results, there is no better place to start finding new trading edges than in 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.

• 12/13 - ETF Trading - Gain on XLU, UPW A small gain on our XLU trade: our etf exit signals triggered on Friday for XLU and UPW with the positive close on Friday. We gained .81% on XLU. For the leveraged trade in UPW, we gained 1.59%. We have made 32 winning trades out of 40 for the year.......
• 05/12 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader stock market remains nearly overbought (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the relatively high RSI(2) reading). As such, I have no etf trading suggestions for today. A stock market pull-back will trigger some new etf trading signals. How do we find the etf candidates to......
• 03/19 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. The broader market remains overbought (see the updated chart of SPY below). As such, I have no etf trading suggestions for today. A stock market pull-back will trigger some new etf trading signals. Once we take an etf trade, we won't always take just one trading position. There......

• No Investment Strategy Will Perfectly Align with Your Goals I read two recent articles from Registered Rep Magazine that reminded me that regardless of how well you plan, and strategize there is no perfect investment strategy.  It doesn’t matter if your investment goal is to mitigate taxes, or if the goal is to invest in all indexes because over......
• Congressional Insider Trading Is Not Illegal...YET Insider trading has been and always be a problem, however, I was shocked to find out that currently United States Congressional members are excluded from those rules that prohibit Wall Street professionals from insider trading!  Although that may come to an end according to an article in Advisor One......
• Buying Stocks Without A Full-Service Broker Especially in today's unstable and volatile market, investing can be a scary proposition. For many, a broker serves as a guide through the financial market jungle, and is an essential part of a solid investment strategy. For others, hiring a broker is simply the equivalent of handing money to a......

9/11 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

Please remember those who lost their lives on this date in 2001.

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The stock market indices remain overbought by our measures. We’ll patiently wait for a market pull-back to trigger our stock trading entry signals.

All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. The etf trading strategies are perfect for beginning or experienced traders.  And there is no need to sit at your computer terminal all day watching the tape.  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.

• 12/29 - ETF Trading - Scale In Strategies Good morning. My stock screener is telling me 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 entry signals. Once we enter an etf trade, we won't always take just one trading position. There are......
• 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......
• 07/26 - ETF Trading - Off for Vacation I'll not be following the market action this week. It's time for summer vacation. We'll pick up the action again on August 2. How do I find our etf trading candidates? I use a stock screener (stockfetcher.com) and plug in the formulas from High Probability ETF Trading. Then, every morning......

• ETF Investments - What You Need To Know Diversification is extremely important when developing or maintaining an investment portfolio. Typically, people have a mix of stocks, bonds and mutual funds when planning for their future, but now there is another product to add to the list of possibilities, etf investments. Exchange traded funds (etfs) were introduced in 1993......
• Social Bookmarking (Sharing) & Networking Buttons: Explained Many small business owners I speak to get confused about the difference between social networking buttons and social bookmarking (sharing) buttons. So here are the basics, starting with social networking buttons and moving onto social bookmarking buttons... Social Networking Buttons Where to find them Typically, social networking buttons can......
• Think You're Having A Hard Time Growing Traffic To Your Brand-new Internet Site? You'll find TONS of ways to build up your visitors. Here are some of the most widespread methods. Trade links with other internet sites - It's critical to obtain your site google cash monster name available. So trade links with several other internet sites, even your competitors! Men and women......

9/10 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

The markets are overbought by our measures. We’ll patiently wait for a market pull-back to trigger our stock trading entry signals.

All of the signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. The strategies have only a few rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. With easy to follow trading strategies, clear explanations, and years of tested results, there is no better place to start finding new trading edges than in High Probability ETF Trading. Get your copy today and be ready for the next trading session.

Join me every day as I offer new etf trading ideas 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.

• 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......
• 11/10 - ETF Trading - No Trading Today Is this a blow-off top or something more? The stock market has certainly become overbought (see the chart of SPY I've posted - notice the high RSI(2) value). We'll just wait and see what the market will do. So why not go short here? Our rules tell us to short......
• 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......

• Prosper Risk RGF in the Prosper forums just made the best post I have seen as an introduction to risk on Prosper.  I am reprinting the entire post.  Here is a link. I've seen a lot of comments about the high risk associated with lending on prosper and "only lend what you......
• How to be a Money Strategist to Reach Your Financial Goals (Part 2) How to be a Money Strategist In Part 1 of this article, I explained that I was a "money strategist."  Then, using the financial goals agreed on by me and my wife, I discussed how money strategies and money tactics work together in a personal financial plan to achieve those goals.   I then proposed that anyone can......
• How To Invest In Oil With Mutual Funds And Etfs Exchange-traded funds (ETF's) and mutual funds are two financial instruments that investors can use if they want to invest in oil. Oil is a commodity, such as natural gas, gold, silver, wheat and corn and investing in oil, like commodities in general, can be a good way for investors to......