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Closing action in the S&P

The average overnight S&P move has been 12.8 times larger when the S&P closes in the bottom decile of the days range when compared to a random overni[...] read more »
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Opening price

The position of the days open relative to prior days range matters. In general an open that is in near proximity to the high of the prior days range [...] read more »
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Daily breakout candidates

Here is a list of stocks that meet the breakout trade setup criteria of a 10 day Bollinger band width in the bottom decile for a 200 day look back. ([...] read more »
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RSI the best indicator

Larry Connors did a nice write up today on Why RSI May Be One of the Best Short-Term Indicators . The conclusion is that stocks that are very oversol[...] read more »
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Treasury bonds a short

Today the 90 day T-bills hit a negative yield. The 30 year bond is grossly overbought, the ADX is extremely high @ 81, signs of bearish divergence in[...] read more »
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VIX Trading MODEL

This is a strategy to time the VIX the average annual return has been 259% since 1990 the Maximum peak to trough drawdown is -82%. The average trad[...] read more »
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Stocks poised to breakout

This is a list of stocks that are poised to break out. This breakout setup has averaged 55% annual returns since 1990. read more »
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Investor tool box

This is a list of useful websites that I use regularly as a resources when preparing for trading and research. read more »
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Trading system basics

This is an article on how and why to develop and trade a system. The article also goes into the anatomy of a trading system with a great example. read more »
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S&P 500 a short term buy for Monday

The S&P futures are currently overbought and the short term pattern is bearish if the S&P futures gap open above Fridays high 896. This pattern has p[...] read more »
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Pair Trades

A few closed end fund pair trade ideas with dividend yields of 20-30% and a proper hedge for any potential downside risk in the major indices. read more »
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Breakout trade

This strategy has a win rate of 51%, 277 wins out of 539 trades since 1990. There were only on average 29 trades per year and the average length of e[...] read more »
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ETF universe

This is a comprehensive list of all the ETF’s available, with a brief description, indices that they track, time they close and if there are options [...] read more »
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S&P 500 a short term buy for Monday

The S&P has a very bullish short term setup if the S&P happens to have a big gap down on Monday below 757 my short term system has a trade that will [...] read more »
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Best asset allocation

When constructing a portfolio for a balance of maximum reward and minimum risk its best to find the asset classes that have a low correlation to each[...] read more »
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