Trader’s Report 3-29-15

Good Day Traders,

Thanks for all the great comments about having Mike Trager join the Friday webinar.  Many of you picked up on the fact that Mike and I work very well together and complement each other’s trading style.  Mike will join us when he can going forward.  Please share the link to attend the “How to Make Money Trading Stocks” webinar show with your friends.  I would love it to have a few hundred folks joining or watching the recording each week.

Here’s the link for next Friday’s Show:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1147816837603964161

Secondly, the Mid-Week Market Sanity Check will be replaced with special training for Early Warning Alert Members this Wednesday. Our Topic: Using EWA for Longer Term Holdings


General Market Observation:   Each of the Indexes fell to support this past week and had a muted rebound Thursday and Friday.  As I discussed on Friday, the current Bull Market is going into its seventh year depending on exactly when one believes it started.  It seems that there is now a hair trigger to the downside and a heightened level of sensitivity to news or rumors.  Many prognosticators have been calling for a deep correction (greater than 10%) and then a new move into a super Bull—we shall see.

SPX:  I see the S&P potentially doing a couple of things next week.  First is a bounce into the end of the first Quarter.  This may carve out a new lower high followed by downside move to start April.  The Index may not move into a full blown correction even though that would probably be then healthiest outcome.  Moving back into a sideways range bound market could certainly be a strong potential like we saw during the beginning of 2015.  Support rest at 2039 which is the swing low from 3/11/15.  If this level is broken a visit below the 200 day moving average is a strong probability.  Note that a 10% correction from this year’s high would be at the 1907 level.  It seems that the downside provides the path of least resistance but at this point the uptrend is still intact!

 

NDX:   The NASDAQ 100 established a lower low intraday last week and this is often a clue of more downside to come.  A 10% correction from this year’s high corresponds to a drop of 300 points from current price levels.  If the NDX and COMP are topping the process could continue to play out over several more weeks and months.  Notice on the weekly chart how price action since September of last year has changed.  Notice the deeper pullbacks and slowing upward momentum.  The clues are not shouting get short but they are certainly showing that the upward movement is showing signs of aging.  Last week’s candlestick is very close to being a Bearish Engulfing which could foretell heading for lower levels of support.

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RUT:  With the exception of the one day plunge on Wednesday the Russell held up best compared to the other two Indexes used for tracking.  As we’ve seen over the past few weeks all news that predicts the hike in interest rates being pushed out has benefited the RUT and pushed it higher!  Currently the RUT is showing more strength that either the S&P or NASDAQ 100.  History has shown that the Russell typically will not support the weight of the whole market and at some point it will move with the other two indexes if they are falling.  When the Russell does let go it often lets go with a lot of momentum.

From a trading perspective both the SPY and IWM are great trading vehicles for option traders to the downside and much better than the inverse index ETF for either underlying entities.  In other words if the market does start to accelerate to the downside Puts on the non-leveraged ETF’s are a more solid trade.


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ATTS Returns for 2015 through March 27th

Margin Account = +0.7%

Early Warning Alerts = +2.7%

Active Trend Trading’s Yearly Objectives:
– Yearly Return of 40%
– 60% Winning Trades
For a complete view of specific trades closed visit the website at: https://activetrendtrading.com/current-positions/

Updated at the beginning of each month.


For our all Active Trend Trading Members here’s how we utilize our trading capital

Trading Capital Setup and Position Sizing: Every year we start the year off trading a $100K margin account make the math really easy for yearly returns.

  • Each trader must define their own trading capital in order to properly size trade positions to their own risk tolerance level!
  • The $100K account is split between up to 4 stocks and a leveraged Index ETF. Actual number of shares will vary of course depending on price of the entity traded. We have found that limiting open positions to only 5 entities greatly reduces the trade management time requirements for members. This goes back to our goals of providing a system designed for members who work full time.
  • Regardless of market conditions no more than 50% of available margin is used at any time.
  • Each Trade is split 50-50 between Income Generating & Capital Growth Objectives unless specified in the Order Alert
  • Naked Puts or short term options strategies will be used occasionally for Income Generating Positions
  • None of the trade setups are a recommendation to trade only notification of planned trades from set ups using the Active Trend Trading System. Each trader is responsible for establishing their own appropriate risk level on every trade.

Managing Existing Trades: The only open position is HABT.  The first profit target is set at T1= 34.00 with a stop loss at 28.50.  Currently the position is up 7.07%.

Pre-Earnings Trade:  Earnings start up the week of April 5th.  The noise coming from many market watchers is that earnings are going to be under a microscope this season and disappointments will be hammered even more than usual.  If there appears to be any slowing in overall earnings this could be a catalyst for a market downside reaction.

Potential Set Ups for this week:  I expect this week to be volatile with high potential for some upside on Monday and Tuesday.  There is a strong potential for downside action from Wednesday through Friday.  If the Market moves into a horizontal trading range expect a similar action with most stocks.  If this does take place trading will become more of a swing trade approach using horizontal support and resistance as triggers and profit targets.

There are a large number of stocks in the Toss Up category that could go either way depending on what the market does this week.

Upside:  Three stocks continue to look good to the upside including HABT, MBLY and CYBR.  HABT continues to respect the 8 day EMA. We may add to the position and bring it to a full sized position if we retest that level again.  Notice the intraday characteristic of this stock.  It sells off in the morning and then buyers show up in the afternoon.  If this behavior continues we will take advantage of the move.  CYBR is still below the down trending resistance line but held at the 8 day Friday.  A retest to the 50 day moving average would provide another opportunity for a potential entry or a strong move above the down trend line with volume.  For CYBR volume has been the missing ingredient!

Downside:   GMCR and TSLA confirmed to the downside last week.  A weak rebound towards the moving averages would provide a potential downside entry.  Other stocks looking like they are primed to move lower include, NFLX, ARRS, NOAH & SNDK.  Note on NOAH: price appears primed for a trading range consolidation. This stock may provide opportunity in both direction at support and resistance.

Toss Ups:  Big list of toss up stocks.  These stocks could move in either direction and include BIDU, FB, AMZN, AFSI, TWTR, BITA, VDSI, BABA, QIHU, YY and JUNO.

Leveraged Index ETFs:  Currently waiting for a reset of the Early Warning Alert trigger, a second chance long entry or a downside entry.  The latter two choices provide the most likely scenario for next week.


 

Comments and opinions written below this line of text may be provocative and only obliquely related to trading. Some may find these “Off the Wall” comments challenging to their outlook on life. I will not post any comments made on subject matter below this line, so if you disagree blast away.

OFF THE WALL

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Off the Wall:   We had the great pleasure of taking care of our 18 month old granddaughter Elani this weekend.  I find it somewhat intriguing that meal time can be a challenge because even at 18 months old she has already developed an opinion of what she likes and doesn’t like or at least thinks she doesn’t like.  How does she judge what’s on her plate?  By sight.  She tends to like meat (takes after her Papa there), and not like the green colored foods so much.  So if there are peas or yams or green beans on the plate those are typically not touched!  Because she thinks she won’t like them.  Thank goodness for kid’s vitamins to ensure she does get all the nutrition she needs.  

What’s very interesting is that there are these squeeze tube meals that contain things like peas, yams, green beans and other assorted veggies that she absolutely loves.  We give her a squeeze tube and she empties it in a few minutes and wants more.  What comes from the tube smells and taste the same as the veggies on the plate so what’s the difference?  May be part of the difference is the cool factor of squeezing the tube out to the last drop.  All I know is that if she sees the veggies she doesn’t want them but if they are hidden in the tube it’s great! 

So what does this little dining adventure tell us about human nature and how we learn to either like something or not based on what we see?  I know that making judgements based solely on what we think we see can get us into a lot of trouble in life and trading.  Because often times what we think we see may not be the truth.  This is why traders bottom fish and take trades at improper buy points.  In time my granddaughter will understand that what she loves in the tube is exactly what she is getting on her plate.  The same is true for traders who stay the course and learn to discern the truth about what they are seeing on the charts!

 

 

 

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