September is usually a down month for the U.S. indices. The later part of the month is more so, especially, the week after the September options expiry on the third Friday, which is a triple-witch-day (or quadruple including single stock futures). The odds for first half of the week following expiry Friday to be down are…
In our Almanac Trader portfolio we look for bullish or bearish short-term biases based upon calendar events. Summer are usually slow trading days as many people take vacation. They start coming back after the Labor Day, which increases the volatility after that day. We have found that Russell 2000 index usually shows a bullish bias around Labor Day that…
In our last alert for Almanac Trader portfolio, we went long SDS and DXD. We will exit these position at the close today.
Our Almanac Trader portfolio looks for potential trading opportunities in the market based upon the calendar days. Due to a number of reasons, certain tendencies keep occurring around certain dates and calendar events. One such event is near the end of August when S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Averages have shown bearish propensities that could be traded.…
On August 5th we entered the long positions in our Almanac Portfolio for DDM, SSO and QLD. This short term trade usually triggers in early August and lasts for 5-7 days. If the three ultra ETFs for Dow Jones Industrial Averages, S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, close up for the day then we will exit this…
Three of our trades for the middle of August triggered at close on August 5th. Now is the time for UWM. Get ready to buy UWM if it closes below 77.75 on August 7th.
Three of our trades for the middle of August triggered at close on August 5th. If you have not done so then: Go long DDM at or near 113.90 Buy SSO at or near 114.14 Go long QLD at or near 115.03
On close of July 30th, we took a bearish position based upon our ‘Almanac Trader’ strategy for the beginning of August. August 5th close triggered the exit signal for three of those trades. Exit DXD, ProShares Ultra Short Dow 30, at or near 26.67 for a gain of 5.4% Exit SDS, ProShares Ultra Short S&P…
First few days of trading in August are usually bad for the US equities and this year was no exception. Our ‘Almanac Trader’ portfolio trade was quite successful. After that the scene improves briefly and generally the third week produces good returns for major US indices, consistent enough for us to develop a strategy to trade…
First few days of trading in August have been bad for the US equities. Whether it is the summer vacation or the heat but the major market indices decline during this time period. The bearish tendencies are strong enough to trade. We have applied our proprietary strategy for entry and exit to identify favorable time…