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.

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• 02/10 - ETF Trading - Rats! Rats! - we should have taken the trade on Monday! Prices for SPY and SSO moved higher yesterday. As such, our entry signal did not trigger and we did not enter the etf trade. Patience, dear Trader - we'll just have to wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger......
• 12/16 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, FXI The major market indices moved lower yesterday and so did FXI. Add a third trading position should FXI close lower today. Our exit signal is triggered when the RSI(2) of the closing price is greater than 70. Despite the lackluster market yesterday, USO (and UCO) moved higher with the closing......
• 10/13 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Good morning. This market remains overbought as shown in the chart of SPY I've posted. Note the high RSI(2) value. We'll just have to wait for a stock market sell-off to trigger some new long entry signals. We want to buy when the RSI(2) drops below 25. Subscribe to ETF......

• How To Invest in the Indian Stock Market The Indian Stock Market has giving spectacular returns in the past 12 months.[Its doubled in the past 24 months.]Unfortunately, people who live in America or Canadia aren't allowed to invest directly in Indian Stocks. However there are a few Mutual Funds that are allowed to invest and through them we......
• Learn to Invest Money: Free Global Market Opportunities Technology Stock Picks (April 19 2006) Looking for some tech stocks to add to your portfolio? Here are three technology stocks that are well positioned for the remainder of FY2006.TKO: AMEXTelkonet, Inc. (TKO) is a small cap company that develops and sells proprietary equipment that enables the transmission of voice, video, and data communications over......
• Guess Who's Betting On Inflation! If you've been reading the popular press for the past 6 months, there's been a slew of articles talking about deflation. I've been somewhat skeptical of the long term probability of deflation and have been investing in gold and commodities in anticipation of inflation. Looks like I was a little......

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......
• 12/11 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, FXI We're into a full trading position for USO, and/or UCO. FXI moved a bit lower yesterday, and we scaled into a second trading position. Take a third trading position if FXI closes lower still. Otherwise, we'll wait for the market to move higher from here. Our exit signals are triggered......
• 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 Key to Blogging for Profit In the last two blog posts, we talked about identifying and banking on your strengths, and identifying and banking on your sources of traffic. Any time that you find a significant source for blog or website traffic, there are almost always going to be ways that you can build even......
• Making the leap into single stocks -- a recap I chose January of 2008 to begin investing in single stocks for the first time ever. I put about $4600 into them over the year, investing a minimum of $200 each month plus several random lump sums now and then when I had extra money. As of year end my......
• 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......