Posts Tagged ‘scale-in’

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.

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• 04/12 - ETF Trading - SPY, SSO On second thought, put SPY on your watch list today. Consider taking your first long position should the etf close lower today. Consider SSO for the leveraged trade. SPY - The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF is a fund that, before expenses, generally corresponds to the price and yield performance of......
• 12/17 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, FXI Oil moved higher yesterday, and so did our etf trades in USO (and UCO). Our exit signals were triggered as the RSI(2) of the closing price moved above 70. We had a gain of .75% in USO, excluding trading costs. UCO broke even. We took a third trading position in......
• 05/26 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM barely closed lower yesterday, but not lower than our second entry price of last Thursday. Consequently, we're still waiting to take the third trading position in the etf trade. Likewise for the leveraged etf trade in UWM. Our etf trading strategy is to scale in with up to three......

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11/18 – ETF Trading – No Trades Today – Scale-in Strategies

Good morning. My stock screener is telling me that we have no etf trading opportunities today. We’ll wait for a stock market pull-back to trigger some new entry signals.

We had a great one-day trade on USO and/or UCO – see yesterday’s post. We took only one position in the trade, yet there are times when we’ll want to scale-in to a trade – sometimes up to 3 to 4 additional positions. And each position is a bit larger than the previous position as the etf price moves lower. Larry Connors has a great summary of these strategies which you can review – I think you’ll enjoy it.

All of the signals and strategies I use are 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 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.

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• 07/07 - ETF Trading - XLU, SDP The S&P Utilities Sector ETF closed higher Friday yesterday, generating an etf shorting opportunity. Consider taking a short position in XLU should the etf close higher today. If you're unable to short XLU, consider taking the inverse etf - SDP. However, follow the etf trading signals for XLU. SDP is......
• 03/11 - ETF Trading - XLE, DIG So much chaos in the world - social unrest in the middle east, and now earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. I hope you're in a safe place today. XLE closed lower yesterday with the big sell-off in stocks. Accordingly, you took your second position in our etf trade. Likewise for......
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