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07/06 – ETF Trading – Gain on GLD, UGL

Chalk up another winning trade. Our exit signals for GLD triggered with yesterday’s rally and we took a gain of 1.68%. The leveraged etf trade in UGL yielded a gain of 3.20% – all in a 5 day trade.

I have no etf trading opportunities to suggest today. We’ll wait for a market correction to trigger new etf trading signals.

Learn how to make easy etf trades like this – get the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. His etf trading strategies have just a few simple rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. Get your copy today and be ready to make your own winning trades!

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.

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• 02/28 - ETF Trading - Gain on QQQQ, QLD We closed Friday with another winning trade. Our exit signals for QQQQ triggered with Friday's rally and we took a gain of 1.93%. The leveraged etf trade in QLD yielded a gain of 3.84% - all in a 2 day trade. We've now made 35 winning trades out of 42......
• 03/04 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today We'll make no trades today. With yesterday's strong rally, the broader market moves into an overbought condition. Notice the high RSI 2 reading for SPY in the updated chart below. So why not go short here? Our rules tell us to short an etf only when the etf price is......
• 11/17 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO Wow, nice one day gain on USO and UCO. We gained 2.99% on USO and 6.24% on UCO! We took our gains yesterday at the market close as the closing prices for these etfs moved higher than their 5 day moving average and the RSI(2) moved above 70. Recall that......

• Vanguard Brokerage Services To Offer Free ETF Trades On May 4, 2010 the Vanguard Group announced a dramatically new pricing plan for its Vanguard Brokerage Services wing, which until now had been incredibly uncompetitive and was recommended by almost nobody.  In a move to become more competitive with online discount brokers such as Tradeking and Zecco, Vanguard has......
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• What is the Fear Trade? Much like everyone else, Wall Street experiences the same basic emotions that all (or most) of us feel when news of an impending disaster (real or fearmongering) strikes. Why? Because there are real life human beings pushing the mouse buttons that execute the buy or sell orders during every......

07/05 – ETF Trading – GLD, UGL

Good morning. For those trading on the RSI 2 > 70 exit signal, GLD closed lower on Friday and you took your second position in the etf trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in UGL.

Should GLD close lower today, take your third and final position in the trade. Otherwise, our etf exit signals are triggered when when the RSI 2 is greater than 70 at the close.

Follow the signals for GLD when trading UGL. Updated charts are posted below. All trades are at the market close. Please trade responsibly!

Join me everyday to follow these etf trading signals. All of the signals and strategies I use for etf trading are found 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. 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.

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• 11/09 - ETF Trading - XLF, SKF XLF closed lower yesterday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. Updated charts are posted below. To review, we have a short trade in XLF in progress. Our exit signals for the trade are triggered when the etf price is less than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially......
• 06/02 - ETF Trading - Gains on FXI, FXP - USO, SCO Yes! Nice gains on the FXI short trade as our etf exit signal triggered at the close yesterday. We also took etf trading gains on FXP. Our gains were 3.15% for FXI and 6.07% for FXP, all in a 2 day trade. We're still waiting for our exit signals to......
• 11/12 - ETF Trading - XLF, SKF XLF closed lower yesterday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. Asia, Europe and S&P futures are all lower this morning. Perhaps today will be the day we can exit our trade. Updated charts are posted below. To review, we have a short trade in XLF in progress. Our......

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07/01 – ETF Trading – GLD, UGL

GLD closed lower yesterday but not enough to trigger taking a second trading position. We’re still in the trade because we’re waiting to exit the trade when the RSI 2 for the closing price of GLD moves above 70. If you followed the 5 day moving average exit signal, you exited the trade with a gain.

Take a second trading position should GLD close lower than 145.73.

Trade UGL on the signals for GLD.

All trades are at the market close. Please trade responsibly. Have a great holiday weekend!

Learn more about our etf trading strategies in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. His etf trading strategies have just a few simple rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. Get your copy today and be ready for the next trading session.

Updated charts:

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.

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• ETF Trading - XLI, SIJ Looking at the stock market mid-day, a shorting opportunity arises with XLI. Short a starting position at the market close should the price close higher than yesterday's close. One note of caution - don't short XLI should it close above it's 200 day moving average. As an alternative, you can......
• 03/10 - ETF Trading - GLD, UGL Good morning. Not a whole lot is flashing on my stock screener; however, I do have a suggestion for today. Put GLD on your watch list. Take an initial position should this etf close lower today. GLD has been down 4 days in a row, and looks ready for a......
• 05/14 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market is now in neutral territory - see the RSI(2) value on the chart for SPY. Nothing we can do - we'll just patiently wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger our etf trading signals. Europe is down this morning which may trigger some selling here in......

• Piqqem: Crowdsourcing Stock Picks Last week, I was contacted by Piqqem. Then wanted to tell me about their service and get my thoughts. I have to admit that I didn't find the Piqqem site that interesting. I love the idea of crowdsourcing, but it seems to me that the stock market is already and......
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• What Does it Mean When an ETF Jumps the Track I was reading Investment Advisor Magazine the other day when I saw an article titled, “Despite Growth, More ETFs ‘Jump the Track’” and I thought to myself how could an ETF jump the track? Is that like jumping the shark?  Well, as it turns out the term, jump the......

06/30 – ETF Trading – GLD, UGL

GLD closed higher yesterday and you took your profit if you exited the trade on the 5 day moving average exit signal. Otherwise, we’re waiting to exit the trade when the RSI 2 for the closing price of GLD moves above 70.

Take a second trading position should GLD close lower than 145.73.

Trade UGL on the signals for GLD.

All trades are at the market close. Please trade responsibly.

Learn more about our etf trading strategies in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. His etf trading strategies have just a few simple rules and you’ll be able to back-test and apply the strategies to the next trading day. Get your copy today and be ready for the next trading session.

Updated charts:

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.

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• ETF Trading - USO, SCO There are no new etf trading opportunities to suggest today. We're patiently waiting for the stock market to change course and provide us with new stock trading opportunities. We're also patiently waiting to take our gains on USO and/or SCO. Take your gains when the closing price of USO closes......
• 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......
• 09/12 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The stock selling continued on Friday and the broader market moved into an oversold position - see the low RSI 2 in the chart for SPY below. We'll just patiently wait for this market to snap back for some new short etf trading signals. We're not taking any long trades......

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06/29 – ETF Trading – GLD, UGL

GLD closed higher yesterday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. An updated chart is posted below.

We may take up to a total of 3 trading positions over the next couple of days. To review, our first position is 1/6 of our total trading amount. Our second position is 1/3 of our total trading amount. Our third trading position is 1/2 of our total trading amount.

Take a second trading position should GLD close lower than 145.73. Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for GLD is higher than it’s 5 day moving average, or – for a potentially larger gain – when the RSI 2 is greater than 70. Follow these trading signals for leveraged trade in UGL.

All trades are at the market close. Please trade responsibly.

Join me every day as I offer new etf stock trading ideas for you to follow.

Updated charts:

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.

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• 10/26 - ETF Trading - EWZ EWZ closed higher yesterday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. Likewise, we did not take a second short position in the etf trade. An updated chart is posted below. We may take up to a total of 3 trading positions over the next couple of days. To review,......
• 11/12 - ETF Trading - No ETF Trades Today No change with the market - it remains overbought. We'll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new etf trading signals. What are the signals and strategies I use for etf trading? They're found in High Probability ETF Trading, the book by Larry Connors. With easy-to-follow trading strategies,......
• 02/22 - ETF Trading - Gains on FXI, FXP On Friday, our etf exit signals triggered for FXI and FXP. We shorted FXI and gained 1.71%. We bought FXP and gained 3.09%. Not bad for one-day trades! All trades were at the market close. I have no etf trading opportunities to suggest for today. The broader market is over......

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