Archive for December, 2009

12/31 – Have a Happy New Year

No trades for today. However, the markets are starting to roll over.  We’ll take a fresh look at the trading signals “next year.”   See you on Jan 4.  Happy New Year!

In the meantime, get a quick lesson on how to become a high probability trader in this article by Larry Connors. In it, he talks about his TPS strategy. TPS stands for Time, Price and Scale-in and has been the backbone of our ETF trading. Discover all the details of TPS and other etf trading strategies 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.

• 9/23 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. Our stocktrading entry signals did not trigger for EWJ, and FXI yesterday. As such, we did not enter the trades. Markets seem to be on hold as we wait for the Fed to make a statement this afternoon. We'll just wait for the markets to present us with......
• 11/24 - ETF Trading - EWH, SPY, SSO We took our gains yesterday at the market close! What a nice way to kick-off the holiday weekend. We'll pick-up the etf trading activity again on Monday, November 30th. Have a great Thanksgiving! EWH gained 1.03% , SPY gained 1.27% , and SSO gained 2.59% as these etfs moved higher......
• 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)......

• Choosing Short Term Investments And Strategies Choosing the right short term investments and strategies depends upon the investor. After analyzing and determining the amount of the investment, the term and the risk that is tolerable, this process becomes easy. Once the investor knows what he or she wants it is simply a matter of comparing the......
• Tips for Investing Online The concept of doing your investing online through the use of an online web portal has truly revolutionized everything that financial trading is all about, especially in stock exchanges and in the FOREX market. Availability of resources like quick internet connectivity and portable laptop computers has made it even simpler......
• The Pros and Cons of Investing in ETFs In last decade, specialty ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) are probably the hottest thing to hit Wall Street since the rise of the discount brokers in the mid 1990s. Initially, ETFs were not very popular because they only tracked the performance of a few stock market indices. However, in today's investing......

12/30 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

Good morning. The markets were basically flat yesterday. SPY moved a bit lower, relieving some of the overbought condition of the index, while DIA remains overbought. We’ll wait for a bigger stock market pull-back to trigger new etf trading entry signals.

Updated charts of SPY and DIA are posted.

Get ready for the New Year and the next set of trading signals. Your New Year’s resolution is to learn all of the etf trading signals and strategies 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 signals, 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.

• 12/3 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today This market remains overbought - see the high RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY. We'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new trading entry signals. All of the signals and strategies I use for etf trading are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability......
• 04/29 - ETF Trading - EWH, XLF, UYG Stocks rebounded yesterday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. We have a full trading positions in EWH and our first trading position in XLF and/or UYG. Our etf entry signal for SPY / SSO did not trigger. For EWH, we'll patiently wait for our etf exit signals to......
• 08/02 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Glad to be back from vacation. Let's get back to etf trading. The broader market looks to be a bit oversold (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the low RSI(2) reading). And since the broader market is below its 200 day moving average, we'll patiently wait for......

• Dividend Investing 101: An Introduction to Dividend Stocks A dividend is the profit that shareholders are paid by the company they are a part owners of; profits depend upon how successful the company is doing or the results of investment activities done by the company. Dividend investing is when a shareholder buys dividend stocks for its dividend. Why......
• Lessons in Personal Finance The past few years have been especially tumultuous for many people as far as personal finance is concerned. There are a number of lessons that can be gleaned from this, and if you can take these lessons away from the past few years of losses, you may be able to......
• Gartman Gives Up On Commodities Today's guest post is by Brian McMorris of Get Wealth-Ed. This morning (Wednesday, August 6) I was stunned by comments from Dennis Gartman as I watched Squawkbox on CNBC. Dennis Gartman is one of the most vocal commodity bulls of our time. He has been on the long side of......

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 times when we’ll scale in to the trade – sometimes up to 3 to 4 additional positions. And each position gets a bit larger than the previous position. Larry Connors has a great summary of these strategies which you can review – I think you’ll enjoy it.

Here’s an updated chart for SPY showing the overbought condition of the market.

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.

• 05/25 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM closed lower yesterday and we took our first position in the etf trade. Take a second and final trading position should IWM close lower still and the RSI 2 is less than 6. Follow these signals for trading UWM, as well. Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the closing......
• 07/19 - ETF Trading - A Gain and a Loss A small gain on our S&P trade: our etf exit signals triggered on Friday for SPY and SDS with the large market sell-off. We gained 1.12% shorting SPY. For the leveraged trade in SDS, we gained 1.92%. Our etf exit signals triggered for XLU on Friday as well. We had......
• 06/03 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO Markets rebounded yesterday and so did oil. We're still waiting for our etf exit signals to trigger for our short trade in USO. The inverse, leveraged etf trade is in SCO. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for USO is lower than it's MA(5), or - for......

• Trading Stocks Guide Many people have heard about online stock trading and how some people have earned extra money from it. However, many of you are hesitant in trying it out since you heard of the risks but it is probably due more on the scarcity of information for beginners. Stock trading......
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• Easy Ways to Increase Organic Visitors to Your Corporate Blog In many people’s opinion, organic traffic is the best. It’s free, it’s targeted and nine times out of ten, you’ll get a much better response, whether it’s for a company promotion, getting readers to your blog and building up solid relationships. Let’s take a look at just a few easy......