Archive for September, 2009

9/22 – ETF Trading – EWJ, FXI

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

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).

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

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.

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.

• 10/08 - ETF Trading - EWY Today's new etf trading candidate to consider is EWY. Take your first long position at the market close, should EWY move lower today. The iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (EWY) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of......
• 11/24 - Happy Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the holiday with your family and friends. We'll pick up the trading on Monday. ----- Give yourself an early Christmas present and learn about all the trading signals used here. All of the etf trading signals and strategies I use are found in the book by Larry......
• ETF Trading - USO, UCO Oil retreated yesterday. Consider taking an initial position in USO if it closes lower today. All etf trades are at the market close. You may want to trade UCO, instead. ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil (UCO) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the......

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• Types Of Mutual Funds A mutual fund is quite simply an investment company where thousands of small individual investors can pool their resources and own a share of a diversified, professionally-managed investment portfolio that might otherwise be beyond their means.  Strictly speaking, there are two fundamental types of mutual funds:  open-ended mutual funds and......
• My New Dividend Investment Portfolio Early last month I learned that due to employer constraints I was going to be forced to alter  my beloved perpetual income machine, which was essentially a dividend investment account.  The point of the machine was to find undervalued (defined below) stocks which were part of the Dividend Aristocrat Index,......

9/21 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

Good morning. Our stock trading entry signals did not trigger for EWJ, XSD, and USD on Friday. As such, we did not enter the trades.

For this morning, futures are suggesting a stock market pull-back. Markets still remain overbought by our measures. But perhaps with a few days of selling, the markets will present us with the triggers to enter some new long etf trades. Patience, dear trader!

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.

• 08/05 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO USO closed just a penney lower yesterday. As such, we did not take a second short position in the etf trade. And since we're using the signals for USO to trade, we did not take a second trade in SCO, even though it closed a bit lower. Updated charts are......
• 06/21 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO, FXI, FXP We have a full short trading position in USO and/or FXI. If you're trading the inverse etfs, you have a full trading position in SCO and/or FXP. We're now just waiting for our etf exit signals to trigger. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for USO or......
• 10/13 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO A repeat of the previous day, USO closed lower yesterday. As such, we did not take a second short position in the etf trade. And using the signals for USO to trade SCO, we did not take a second trade in SCO. Updated charts are posted below. We may scale......

• 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......
• Award Winning OptionsXpress Discount Broker Review OptionsXPress is a well known online discount broker that has been around since the beginning of online discount brokers (way back in the 2000) providing services for options, stocks, futures, mutual funds and fixed income investments.  Online Discount Broker OptionsXPress Awards The amount of Awards won by OptionsXPress year after......
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9/18 – ETF Trading – EWJ, XSD, USD

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

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).

We’ll also take a look at the semiconductor etf sector today. Put XSD on your watch list today and consider taking an opening position should it close lower today. For a leveraged play, consider USD. Trading volumes on these low, so trade carefully.

XSD seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of an index derived from the Semiconductor segment of a U.S. total market composite index. The fund uses a passive management strategy designed to track the total return performance of the S&P Semiconductor Select Industry index.

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

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. 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.

• 09/08 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today We'll make no trades today. The broader market closed higher yesterday and is now moving toward an over-bought condition. Another day or 2 of higher closes will trigger our short etf trading signals. Our etf trading signals are now weighted toward shorting etfs since SPY and other index etfs are......
• 12/18 - ETF Trading - FXI, SPY Markets moved lower yesterday and so did FXI. We're into a full trading position, patiently waiting for our exit signals to trigger. Our etf exit signals are triggered when the etf price is greater than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain - when the RSI(2) is greater......
• 11/11 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today I have no trades to recommend today. The broader market closed higher yesterday and is now moving toward an over-bought condition. A few more days of market gains should trigger new short trading signals. Our etf trading signals are now weighted toward shorting etfs since SPY and other index etfs......

• I Share My Asset Allocation (as do 7 other Money Writers) The Money Writers is having a group writing project. Each of us have decided to share our asset allocation and performance from the first of the year to last Friday. You might want to put the children to sleep, this could get ugly. Asset Allocation I would like to say......
• Seasonal Investing Rule #1: How To Use the January Effect To Your Advantage What's "the January Effect"? It's a simple seasonal investing rule that goes something like this: "as goes January, so goes the rest of the year." Seasonal investing is not quite an investment style, but more like a strategy, for making trades that correspond to cyclical market trends around the year. ......
• Index Fund Investment FAQ I believe index funds should form the core of everybody's investment portfolio.  There is a time and place for actively-managed mutual funds, to be sure, but I believe they should play a supporting role to the index-fund-dominated lead.  The following index fund investment FAQ is meant get you acquainted with......