Today’s Trading Plan: Going For Six Straight Weeks
Home»Finance»Today’s Trading Plan: Going For Six Straight Weeks
Technical Outlook:
SPX rallied on Friday for a third straight day following the FOMC Statement.
The downtrend off of the November highs has been tested but not broken. A minor rally today would lead to a break of that downtrend.
Russell broke out of its bull flag pattern after lagging the market early on last week.
Biotech stocks continue to show notable weakness which has held the Nasdaq back some.
The DIA ETF for the Dow Jones Industrial has been by far the most impressive, rallying 8 straight days and 13 out of the last 14 days.
VIX is quickly approaching a range between 11 – 13’s that leads to a bit more choppiness in price action.
T2108 (% of stocks trading above their 40-day moving average) is now at 87.13% – the last time it closed this high was in February of 2012.
The last time that SPX moved down more than 10% and then finished in the green for the quarter was 1933. Obviously, what has been seen so far in 2016 has never been seen by anyone currently trading.
SPX rallied for a 5th straight week, and in excess of 1% each time – not seen since the bottom of March 2009 was hit.
Volume has increased each of the past four trading sessions but still below recent averages.
The biggest issue surrounding this market at this time is that reward with long setups is just on par with risk.
30 minute chart of SPX still holding strong but well overextended in the short-term.
My Trades:
Did not add any new swing-trades yesterday.
Did not close out any swing-trades on Friday.
Currently 100% Cash
Careful to add long exposure considering that the market is as overbought as has been in years. A pullback, not necessarily a major one is in order here.
Chart for SPX:
Author: Travis Esquivel
Travis Esquivel is an engineer, passionate soccer player and full-time dad. He enjoys writing about innovation and technology from time to time.
As part of a new series, each week we typically conduct a DCF on one of the companies in our screens. This week we thought we’d take a look at …Read Full Post »
Image Source: Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of (). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:Company Description: McDonald’s Corporation is the largest fast-food restaurant company in the world, …Read Full Post »
December US manufacturing and industrial output data beat expectations and with upward revisions to November and lead surveys pointing to ongoing improvements there might finally be signs of a turn …Read Full Post »
In my daily analysis of the USD/CHF pair, I recognize that we are drifting a little bit lower but it’s probably worth noting that the market is in the midst …Read Full Post »
Industrial production, the now-deposed King of Coincident Indicators, rebounded strongly in December. I say “deposed” because before 2001 and especially before the Great Recession, any YoY decline in production *always* coincided …Read Full Post »