Market Analysis for Trading on 3/23/2017

Mish Schneider | March 22, 2017

The Writing on the Market’s Wall First and foremost, my sincere condolences to the families of the victims in today’s attack in London. Although I use the sky to represent the “wall”, the writing has a similar intention. “The writing …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/23/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: Stop Changes: ***KORS: Lowered back to original stop 34.74 ***KBH reports Thursday after the close. Will exit before if not trailed out. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Existing Position: Long EWZ at 37.90 ATR: .90 Name of Instrument: iShs MSCI Brazil Capped ETF …


Market Analysis for Trading on 3/22/2017

Mish Schneider | March 21, 2017

The Market Wrangles Crocodiles Wrangler has multiple meanings. The definitions range from one who is in charge of animals to one who engages in lengthy and complicated quarrels. Bluejeans and Jeeps use “wrangler” to connote durability. Which definition describes the …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/22/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: Days like today challenge an original trading plan. However, since we have very little at risk overall, the decision to stick to current sell stops remains. Stop Changes: ***IFN: Raise trailing stop to 23.04 ***KBH reports Thursday after the …


Market Analysis for Trading on 3/21/2017

Mish Schneider | March 20, 2017

A Rally That’s Curly and Rusty Are your long positions and bullish biases starting to resemble a garden of curly, rusty steel? Do you feel like after you enter a trade you risk getting screwed? Do you see initial momentum …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/21/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: Stop Changes: ***KORS: Since not stopped out breakeven, lower stop for Tuesday back to 35.84 ***KBH reports Thursday after the close. Raise trailing stop to 18.14 and keep profit target at 19.94. We will exit before the close Thursday …


Weekly Review for 3/19/2017

James Kimball |

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed up +0.77% on the week. The NASDAQ closed up +0.18%. The model lags the QQQ by about 3% year-to-date. After a strong move on Monday, NVidia (NVDA) spent most of the week putting …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Momentum in the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between -0.53% (Conservative) and +2.01% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.28% on the week. The SPY put in a sideways to marginally negative week. It was not able to hold the Wednesday intraday …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Momentum in the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The country models were up on the week on average about +0.6%. The benchmark was up +1.2%. Year-to-date, both county models are lagging the benchmark. The SPY put in a sideways to marginally negative week. It was not able to …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Momentum in the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +0.4% compared to the SPY which closed down -0.3%. Year-to-date, the Complete Portfolio is now lagging the SPY by about 2.7%. The SPY put in a sideways to marginally negative week. It …