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07/09 – ETF Trading – XLU, SDP, SPY, SDS

XLU closed higher yesterday, enough to trigger taking a second short position. Take a third and final short trading position only if the closing price of XLU moves higher from here. Follow the signals for XLU to make the third and final etf trade for SDP, as well.

SPY closed higher yesterday, triggering our first short position. Take a second short position if SPY closes higher today. If you’re trading the leveraged etf, you have your first position in SDS. Follow the signals for SPY to take a second trading position in SDS.

Otherwise, we’ll just wait for our etf exit signals to trigger. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for XLU or SPY is lower than it’s MA(5), or – for a potentially larger gain – when the RSI(2) is less than 30. We’re using the latter signal. You’ll exit the leveraged trades on these signals as well.

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

Learn more about 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. Have a great weekend.

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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• 06/21 - ETF Trading - No Trades Today The broader market closed higher yesterday, leaving the S&P 500 in a neutral condition, but moving closer to an overbought condition (see the updated chart for SPY below - notice the RSI 2). A market sell-off will trigger some new etf trading signals. While we're waiting for a market correction,......
• 04/28 - ETF Trading - EWH, XLF, UYG, SPY, SSO With yesterday's market sell-off, we now have 3 trading positions in EWH and our first trading positions in XLF and/or UYG. For EWH, we'll just wait for our etf exit signals to trigger. Our exit signals are triggered when the etf price is greater than its MA(5), or - for......
• 06/21 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO, FXI, FXP We have a full short trading position in USO and/or FXI. If you're trading the inverse etfs, you have a full trading position in SCO and/or FXP. We're now just waiting for our etf exit signals to trigger. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for USO or......

• Are ETFs a Good Way to Create Secondary Streams of Income? ETFs, or Exchange Traded Funds, are all the rage in the investment world, but so far, they really don’t have much of a track record. This is a fairly new method for investing and the long term data just isn’t there to determine how effective these investments can be over......
• Vanguard Now Offering Free Trades on In-House ETFs Not to be outdone by low cost ETF competitors like Charles Schwab, Vanguard customers now have the option to trade Vanguard ETFs commission free, as well as benefit from online discount broker like commissions on individual stock trades. Commission-free ETF transactions. Vanguard brokerage clients may make commission-free transactions in Vanguard’s......
• Choosing a Great Investment Manager You know that past returns are not indicators of future performance, right? You've read that on a billion mutual prospectuses. Nonetheless people tend to use their past returns as their primary motivation for selecting new ventures and speculations. This is probably a combination of everyday human nature, the historical charts......

07/08 – ETF Trading – XLU, SDP, SPY, SDS

Wow, what a rebound yesterday. XLU closed higher yesterday and you took your first short position in the etf trade. For the leveraged etf trade, you took your first position in SDP. Updated charts are posted below.

As mentioned yesterday, we’ll scale in with up to three 3 positions. So, take a second trading position should XLU close higher today – the same for SDP. Otherwise, our exit signals for XLU are triggered when the etf price is less than it’s MA(5), or – for a potentially larger gain – when the RSI(2) is less than 30 – we’ll use the latter. Trade SDP on the signals for XLU.

With all the strong buying, short trading signals triggered for many etfs. Put SPY on your etf watch list. Take an initial short position should this etf close higher today. For a leveraged trade, consider SDS. We may take up to 3 trading positions.

SPY – The SPDR® S&P 500® ETF is a fund that, before expenses, generally corresponds to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index.

SDS – ProShares UltraShort S&P500 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P500® Index.

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

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

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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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• 07/16 - ETF Trading - XLU, SDP, SPY, SDS The broader market ended flat yet again yesterday and is severely over-bought on a short term basis. Notice the high RSI(2) values for XLU and SPY in the charts below. There is no change in our positions. We have a full short trading position in XLU and we're just waiting......
• 07/12 - ETF Trading - XLU, SDP, SPY, SDS XLU closed higher on Friday, enough to trigger taking a third and final short position. The higher closing price for XLU also triggered a third and final etf trading position for SDP. We'll watch for our etf exit signals now. SPY also closed higher on Friday, triggering a second short......
• 06/11 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO, FXI, FXP You took your first short position at the market close yesterday in either USO and/or FXI. For the leveraged trade you took your first position in SCO and/or FXP. These are double inverse etfs. Take a second short trading position should USO or FXI close higher. Use these same etf......

• Traders Winning Secrets We often hear that 95% of people who try trading for a living fail within the first year. These are not very good odds and it is natural for new traders to wonder if they have what it takes. In this issue, I give you a list of 20......
• Seasonal Investing ETF and Seasonal Investing Strategies from Brooke Thackray Earlier this year I wrote an article explaining seasonal investing for those new to this particular stock investing strategy.  My attention is turned once again to the topic of seasonal investing now that Horizons BetaPro has launched a new seasonal investing ETF. Moreover, the new AlphaPro Seasonal Rotation ETF (TSX:......
• Protecting Your Investments In Times of Economic Crisis The United States economy is currently experiencing a serious financial shake up. No one really understands just how deep or how far reaching the damage is going to be, but what we do know is that there is going to be damage, and that we are going to be at......

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 a double inverse etf – please trade carefully.

XLU – The Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund, before expenses, seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the Utilities Select Sector Index.

SDP – ProShares UltraShort Utilities seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index.

We may take up to 3 trading positions over the next couple of days. 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. All trades are at the market close. Please trade responsibly.

Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for USO is lower than it’s MA(5), or – for a potentially larger gain – when the RSI(2) is less than 30.

Learn why utilities are now a good short etf trading opportunity 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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• 08/05 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO USO closed just a penney lower yesterday. As such, we did not take a second short position in the etf trade. And since we're using the signals for USO to trade, we did not take a second trade in SCO, even though it closed a bit lower. Updated charts are......
• 09/30 - ETF Trading - USO, SCO Let's take another look at oil; USO closed higher yesterday, generating an etf shorting opportunity. Consider taking a short position in USO should the etf close higher today. If you're unable to short USO, consider taking the inverse etf - SCO. However, follow the etf trading signals for USO. SCO......
• 02/08 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO Put USO on your watch list today; USO closed lower yesterday, generating an etf trading opportunity. Consider taking the first trading position in USO should the etf close lower today. For the leveraged trade, consider UCO. However, follow the etf trading signals for USO. UCO is a "double" etf -......

• Vanguard Now Offering Free Trades on In-House ETFs Not to be outdone by low cost ETF competitors like Charles Schwab, Vanguard customers now have the option to trade Vanguard ETFs commission free, as well as benefit from online discount broker like commissions on individual stock trades. Commission-free ETF transactions. Vanguard brokerage clients may make commission-free transactions in Vanguard’s......
• Closing Out JRCC In an earlier post on investing on news, I had sold puts on JRCC.Well JRCC was up sharply in the past few trading sessions. I closed out my position by buying back my naked puts and netted a 38% profit (sold the puts for 1.95 and bought them back for......
• Choosing a Great Investment Manager You know that past returns are not indicators of future performance, right? You've read that on a billion mutual prospectuses. Nonetheless people tend to use their past returns as their primary motivation for selecting new ventures and speculations. This is probably a combination of everyday human nature, the historical charts......

9/29 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. We took trading gains yesterday as half of our etf stock picks from last Thursday (9/24) triggered their exit signals. All of these etf trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. All trades are at the market close.

Here’s where you should be:

FXI, EWW – Country ETFs: These moved higher yesterday, and we took our gains on EWW – a nice 2.83% for sitting in the market for 2 days! We’ll patiently wait for FXI to make a move.

USO, UCO – Commodity ETFs: These both moved higher yesterday, but not enough to trigger our etf trading exit signals.

XLU, UPW – Sector ETFs: These both moved higher yesterday and we took our gains. We took only a small .76% gain for XLU, but it’s still a gain. For UPW, we took a gain of 1.76%. Again, these gains are for sitting in the market for just 2 days.

So we’re left with FXI, USO, and UCO. Our etf trading strategy is to buy additional positions should any of these etfs move lower than our initial entry price. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

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

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.

• 04/14 - ETF Trading - USO, UCO, EWT Good morning. USO moved lower yesterday and you took your second position in the etf trade. For the leveraged trade, UCO also moved lower and you took your second position in the trade. Should these etfs move lower today, take your third position in the trade. Otherwise, our etf exit......
• 07/20 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM IWM closed higher yesterday and you took a gain of 1.65% on the trade if you exited the trade on the 5 day moving average signal. The trade in UWM yielded 3.12%. Updated stock charts are posted below. Another exit signal for IWM, and one that offers a potentially bigger......
• ETF Trading - SLV, AGQ, EWY, XLI, SIJ If you took the intraday stock trade on SLV or AGQ on Monday, you should have exited the trade at the market close yesterday. Each etf closed above it's 5 day moving average for nice gains. We did not get into EWY yesterday, as it did not close lower than......

• Vanguard Now Offering Free Trades on In-House ETFs Not to be outdone by low cost ETF competitors like Charles Schwab, Vanguard customers now have the option to trade Vanguard ETFs commission free, as well as benefit from online discount broker like commissions on individual stock trades. Commission-free ETF transactions. Vanguard brokerage clients may make commission-free transactions in Vanguard’s......
• Buying and Selling Stocks 101 When it comes to investing in stocks, most people predominantly rely on mutual funds. Mutual funds are a type of professionally managed investment pool that allows you to cast your lot along with thousands of other investors at the same time. Mutual funds are a truly wonderful way for you......
• The Pros and Cons of Investing in ETFs In last decade, specialty ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) are probably the hottest thing to hit Wall Street since the rise of the discount brokers in the mid 1990s. Initially, ETFs were not very popular because they only tracked the performance of a few stock market indices. However, in today's investing......

9/28 – ETF Trading – FXI, EWW, USO, UCO, XLU, UPW

Good morning. Friday’s stock trading action gave us just a few opportunities to scale into our etf trades. Here’s where you should be:

You should be long in the first position for any of the following etfs that I listed last Thursday (9/24).

FXI, EWW – Country ETFs: These moved higher on Friday, but not enough to trigger our exit signals. We’ll patiently wait for the market to make a move. (The highlighted bar in the charts shows today’s etf trading action.)

USO, UCO – Commodity ETFs: A bit of divergence here with USO moving a bit higher and UCO moving a bit lower. Per our rules, that means holding steady on USO and buying an additional position on UCO. However, in my own opinion, when there is divergence between an index etf and a leveraged copy of the index etf, I would follow the signals from the index etf – USO in this example. So, since USO moved higher on Friday, we’re invested only in the intial positions we took for USO and UCO on Thursday.

XLU, UPW – Sector ETFs: These moved lower on Friday. You should have added a second trading position in these etfs.

Our etf trading strategy is to buy additional positions should any of these etfs move lower than our initial entry price. Otherwise, our exit signals are a closing price greater than MA(5) or the RSI(2)>70. It’s your call on which exit signal to use.

All of these trades are based on the strategies found in the book by Larry Connors: High Probability ETF Trading. All trades are at the market close.

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

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.

• 09/16 - ETF Trading - IWM, TWM We're patiently waiting for our etf exit signals to trigger. IWM closed a bit higher yesterday. Be patient, dear trader. This etf trade has been exceptionally long. Our exit signals are triggered when the closing price for IWM is lower than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain......
• 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......
• 01/15 - ETF Trading - EWH, EWZ Good morning. Yesterday, EWH moved lower and you took your initial position in the trade. Should EWH move lower today, take a second position in the trade. Otherwise, our exit signals are triggered when the etf price is greater than it's MA(5), or - for a potentially larger gain -......

• 5 Reasons To Avoid Index Funds? I just saw an interesting article on Investopedia.com titled, "5 Reasons To Avoid Index Funds" Well, I thought it was interesting because of the title. Much of the blogosphere and many professional investors recommend index funds for the average investor, so why avoid them? Here's a break down of......
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