Market Analysis for Trading on 3/8/2017

Mish Schneider | March 7, 2017

The Market of Dragons A huge fan of Game of Thrones, one of my favorite characters is Daenerys Targaryen, Mother of Dragons. After losing her husband and child, she helps hatch three dragons from their eggs. At times, although they …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/8/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: Sold DBA at 20.10 all gone-basic scratch. ***Sold ½ KBH at 18.17. Profit. ***Exited FSLR after confirmed return to Bearish Phase-ahead of original stop: All gone 32.62 ***Go back to original stops in CCJ, IFN. Raise stop in KBH …


Market Analysis for Trading on 3/7/2017

Mish Schneider | March 6, 2017

When the Market Gives You Bear Fangs, Make Crystal Pendants Lots of folks got bit by a bear fang on Sunday. With good reasons. The Fed has yet to confirm or deny an interest rate rise. Unsettling White House tweet …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/7/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: End of day stops: Since nothing was stopped out at the close, we go back to the stops we had over the weekend listed below +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Existing Position: FSLR: Long at 35.80 ATR: 2.09 Name of Instrument: First Solar …


Weekly Review for 3/5/2017

James Kimball | March 5, 2017

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed up +2.80% on the week. The NASDAQ closed up +0.60%. The model lags the QQQ by about 2% year-to-date. NVidia (NVDA) retreated back toward the prior week’s lows. It has lost significant strength …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Rolling Returns (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between +0.59% (Conservative) and +1.51% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.71% on the week. The SPY closed marginally higher on the week but almost a full percent off the mid-week high on Wednesday. …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Rolling Returns (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +0.9% compared to the SPY which closed up +0.7%. Year-to-date, the Complete Portfolio is now lagging the SPY by about 2%. The SPY closed marginally higher on the week but almost a …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Rolling Returns (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The country models were up on the week on average about +0.5%. The benchmark was up +0.6%. Year-to-date, both county models are lagging the benchmark within a few percent. The SPY closed marginally higher on the week but almost a …


Market Analysis for Trading on 3/6/2017

Mish Schneider |

Market Feeds Trader’s Their Just Dessert A favorite anadrome: Stressed Spelled Backwards is Desserts. Last week ended with the market giving stressed out traders their just desserts. Stressed out traders makes justifiable sense. After all, like the photo above, the …


Position Updates & Gauges as of Trading on 3/6/2017

Mish Schneider |

***Note: No stop changes +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Existing Position: FSLR: Long at 35.80 ATR: 2.09 Name of Instrument: First Solar Current Price: 34.61 Reason For Trade: A correction into support and above the 50 and 100 daily moving averages or Recovery Phase. …