Archive for February, 2010

02/12 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

I have no trades to suggest today today. The stock market has moved into an overbought position (see the chart of SPY I’ve posted – the RSI(2) has moved above 75). We’ll patiently wait for the market to trigger our entry signals.

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. His etf trading strategies have only a few rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. Take your ETF trading to the next level in High Probability ETF Trading. This new strategy book, complete with exact trading rules, is backed by over a decade of statistical results.

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.

• 03/31 - ETF Trading - XLF, UYG Put XLF on your watch list today. Should it move lower today, take your first etf trading position at the market close. We may take up to 3 trading positions over the next several days. For a leveraged trade, consider UYG. Take your first trading position in UYG should it......
• 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......
• 01/20 - ETF Trading - EWH, EWZ Nice rally yesterday. We have 2 trading positions for EWH and one trading position for EWZ. We're just waiting for the market to move higher from here; we got a good start yesterday. Our exit signals are triggered when the etf price is greater than it's MA(5), or - for......

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02/11 – ETF Trading – Stock Screening

The market is in neutral territory. See the updated chart of SPY below. Let’s wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new etf trading signals.

How do I find etf trading candidates? I use a simple stock screener (stockfetcher.com) and plug in the formulas from High Probability ETF Trading. Then, every morning, I run the stock screener to give me the etf trading candidates for the day.

What are the signals and strategies I plug into the stock screener? They’re found in High Probability ETF Trading: now in paperback at a really great price. The strategies are easy-to-follow, and have years of tested results. Get your copy today and learn all of the etf tradings signals used here at ETF STock Trading.

You can also join me everyday to follow the etf trading signals.

Updated chart for SPY:

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 - AGG, EWT, EWC, GLD AGG moved higher yesterday, and you took your gains at the market close! EWT retreated yesterday. We'll patiently wait for our exit signal in order to take our gains. Among my "watch list" suggestions yesterday, EWC and GLD turned out to be the most promising. Perhaps you took your first......
• 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......

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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 some new entry signals – and then be able to recognize the signals!

An updated stock chart for SPY is posted below.

Want more information about how I trade etfs? Discover the etf trading strategies and entry signals I use. They’re found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. I think I’ll re-read Chapter 8: An Introduction to TPS. You can get and read it here.

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.

• 05/26 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM closed higher yesterday, but not enough to trigger our etf exit signals. Take a second and final trading position should IWM close lower than our entry price and the RSI 2 falls below 6. Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for IWM is higher than......
• 12/10 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, FXI With yesterday's close lower, we're into a full trading position for USO (and UCO). We've scaled into three trading positions over the past several trading days. From our watch list yesterday, FXI moved lower, and we scaled-into our first trading position. Take a second position in FXI should it move......
• 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......

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02/09 – ETF Trading – SPY, SSO

Let’s try this again! Put SPY on your watch list today. For a leveraged trade, consider SSO. Take your first position in the trade should these etfs move lower today.

All trades are at the market close. You can follow the trades with this simple etf trading worksheet I created. Please trade responsibly!

SPY – The investment seeks to correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500 Index.

SSO – The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice the daily performance of the S&P 500 index.

Join me everyday to follow the etf trading strategies of Larry Connors as detailed in his book: High Probability ETF Trading. With easy to follow etf 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.

• 04/07 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market remains overbought - see the high RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY. Even the sector etfs are overbought. Nothing we can do - we'll just patiently wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger our etf trading signals. Why trade etfs? John Nyaradi, in an article......
• 12/15 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Our etf trading signals are in hibernation with the cold weather. We'll make no trades today. The broader market closed higher yesterday. The chart for SPY shows just how over-bought the market is (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the very high RSI(2) reading). We'll wait for......
• 08/16 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today We'll make no etf trades today. Currently SPY is moving to an over-bought condition, as indicated by the RSI 2 moving above 70. And now that SPY is below it's 200 day moving average, we may have some shorting opportunities in the days ahead. Why trade etfs? John Nyaradi, in......

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02/08 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today

Good morning. The market snapped back late Friday afternoon, denying us the opportunity to buy our etf watch list candidates.

We’ll wait for another stock market sell-off to trigger some new etf trading signals. An updated chart of SPY is posted below.

All of the signals and etf trading strategies I use are found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading – now at a really great price with the release of the paperback edition! Get your copy today and be ready for the next etf 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.

• 12/15 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today Our etf trading signals are in hibernation with the cold weather. We'll make no trades today. The broader market closed higher yesterday. The chart for SPY shows just how over-bought the market is (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the very high RSI(2) reading). We'll wait for......
• 10/06 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today More buying pushed the broader market higher yesterday. SPY has moved into an over-bought area - see the RSI 2. And since the broader market is below its 200 day moving average, another day of buying should trigger our short etf trading signals. We want to take a short trade......
• 12/22 - ETF Trading - Gain on EWH A small gain on our EWH trade: our etf exit signals triggered yesterday with a positive close. We gained .80% on EWH We have made 33 winning trades out of 41 for the year. That’s a winning percentage of better than 80%. Our goal is to produce more winning trades......

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