ETF Trading – A Look at QQQQ

No stock trades here today.  We’re waiting on a pullback in oil and the effect on USO and SCO.  See my post from yesterday.

Just when you think a stock looks overbought, it goes higher still.  QQQQ defies logic.  And who says markets aren’t a reflection of emotion?!

Trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading.

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