Agricultural crops have always been strongly influenced by the vagaries of nature and weather. It is true that smaller acreages are producing bigger crops and the world has become smaller enabling easier food export-import. But, it is also true that the production, storage and consumption of agricultural products vary greatly by season. So it not surprising that the seasonal effect is visible in the price-action of…
The shake up in our Hi-Tech trades continue and the exit signals were generated for the remaining ETFs. Exit IGM at or around May 28th closing price of 92.38 for 1.5% gain Close out IYW near 93.72 for 4.2% gain Exit QLD at or near 105.81 for 2.9% gain This year the result was mixed for this strategy. Broader…
The exit window is open for Hi-Tech seasonal trades. At the close of May 19th, another ETF made use of the opening. Exit PNQI – PowerShares NASDAQ Internet – at or around 61.95, the close on May 19th So far, this year has not been too good for these Internet related trades. PNQI trade lost -12.3% in 67 days. On the positive note,…
The favorable period for Hi-Tech is coming to a close. We started these trades in mid-March and the exit signal is triggered for one ETF at the close of May 13th. Exit FDN – First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index – at or around 54.84, the close on May 13th This year has not been too good for these trades. FDN produced a…
The last one of our short listed-bond ETF trade for the summer is triggered by the close of May 12th, 2014. Go long BND – Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) – at or near 81.65, the close on May 12th The favorable period for this trade will end sometime in Oct-Nov. We will send alerts when our proprietary algorithm…
NatGas Trades May 9th closing price of ERX tells us that it is time to close all Natural-Gas / Energy trades that we entered in late January. Previous closes produced good profits – see here, here and here. Exit ERX – Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares ETF – at or around 105.90, the close on May 9th ERX was entered on Jan 24th…
Back on April 25th, we made a case for our “Sell in May” seasonal strategy. Based upon our proprietary entry-exit signal algorithm, the exit signals for broader market ETFs were generated in the week before that post. Since then we were on a lookout for the compendium set of trades using bond ETFs. The closing price…