Friday’s Trading – 5/29/09

Make sure to take a look at Tony’s post on using the TICK to time trades. It’s an excellent indicator.

GDP came in worse than expected at -5.7 versus the -5.5 estimate and the futures dropped a couple of points, but are still green

127 Responses to “Friday’s Trading – 5/29/09”

  1. George says:

    Tony,

    THANKS!

  2. George says:

    Here’s my original chart with the constrictive trendlines of SP500:

    http://www.freestockcharts.com?emailChartID=399b73fe-786f-4da9-a76d-9d33ecd6ff3f

  3. whipitaround says:

    George – no prob, hope it helps.

  4. George says:

    Stringm,

    I’ve had no time to write up the trade method. A thumbnail is that it uses the 1,5,15min. When 1min MACD crosses, check the 5 and 15min to see if their MACD is positive OR their MACD trendlines are above the zero line. Swing each 1min and exit at the 1min MACD cross.

    The reason for my delay is because of the new indicator you gave me, the MACD with a trendline. Using this it changes the rules. I need to find my trading documents to find the settings and rules for the way I used this – or re-invent another method. Remember, I haven’t tweaked the MACD/with trend line yet. These two types of MACD are very different, however, as I recall, the one with the trendline is easier to program IF the trendline can be captured and used in the code. Check this out to see how different the MACD histogram signals are (not tweaked):

    http://www.freestockcharts.com?emailChartID=c7afffe4-52f7-4a6c-8cae-d779bed7cded

  5. MKB says:

    Tony:

    I checked out your post and found it helpful. Appreciate it!

  6. MKB says:

    The story is demand finally catching up to supply with oil/gas? I’ve waited a long time for this story.

  7. admin says:

    I just posted a picture of ThinkAI in action:

    http://www.trivisonno.com/thinkai-screenshot

    It correctly predicted SPY’s little bounce up over the last few minutes.

  8. Stringm says:

    George

    It looks like one MACD is calculated on simple MA and the other is on EXP. That makes a big difference it appears. So far I don’t find that option in SD, but I am looking.

    String

  9. Julie says:

    narrowminds,
    Did you get Glenn’s notice about releasing
    free NW info?

  10. K says:

    So… you resorted to a screenshot instead of sending me a robot? You seeing this George? !!! I got scammed…

    :P thanks for the ThinkAI Matt, I think i’ll have the option early next week when my account is fully funded.

  11. Julie says:

    Stringm,
    Hope your knee feels better…and you are
    on recovery road. When you have time
    go to…marketvolume.com…scroll down
    the page to see what it is all about. And
    at the bottom of the page sign-up for
    a free 30-day trial if you like what you
    saw.

  12. narrowminds says:

    No I did not?

  13. admin says:

    GLD is up over 2% and has blown through the 95.28 target that I mentioned yesterday.

  14. narrowminds says:

    Oh yes I did, I guess we cannot use nw in our discussions, only ew moving forward :(

  15. admin says:

    K’s moving up in the world. Soon the AI bots will show him respect.

  16. K says:

    K is back to messing with penny stocks.

  17. narrowminds says:

    Not a good trading day, no movements today, is it a pre cursor to a big move up or down? Sold my long RIMM, it does not look too happy today, 77.3 to 79.46

  18. K says:

    Obama will speak soon just FYI

  19. admin says:

    The Q’s ran up to within 9 cents of their rally high and have been pushed back, and may turn red. That could have been the test of the highs.

  20. Julie says:

    narrowminds,
    NeoWave sent out an e-mail this morning.
    Subject was “Unauthorized Distribution.”
    If you know of anyone giving out free
    NW info, they would like you to let them
    know.
    It was a very strange e-mail…could be one
    of the perverse ways they advertise.

  21. Julie says:

    narrowminds,
    EW…right on!!!

  22. Stringm says:

    Julie

    Knee is still broke, but it is not near as painful as yesterday. Thanks for the link I will check it out.

    String

  23. Charlie says:

    Hey Stringm.. sorry to hear you broke your knee. I can’t imagine how painful that is.

    Hope you get better soon!

  24. Charlie says:

    Matt..

    nice little trick using thinkAI there :)

  25. Julie says:

    SPX tested Wednesday’s high and failed
    so far. If that holds for the day, we will
    have a SPX double top at a lower high
    …if we get the double top, odds are 70%
    that this will kill the bear market rally…based
    on market action since 1920…but don’t
    count on it until it happens…use stops.

  26. Charlie says:

    This chop chop is beginning to tire me out. Up a little, down a little.

    Still up on both my SRS shares as well as the calls I sold as a hedge. No point in wasting money on commissions since my day trading skills are noobish.

    I hope you’re right Julie in that this is the beginning of the end of the bear market rally, if it is indeed one (which everyone knows to be true, but you never know). We’re pretty much at the limit in terms of duration for a typical bear market rally.

  27. Stringm says:

    Charlie

    I really did not break it, I hyper-extended it I believe. It’s just swollen and tender today. Yesterday was a different story.

    String

  28. Charlie says:

    okay.. I guess that is “better” technically.. still sounds painful though. :(

  29. Julie says:

    Charlie,
    You are 100% correct on the time factor.
    We are in week 12, and the prior SPX
    low-to-low’s took 16,17,18,19,16 weeks.
    Subtract 12 and you have the time
    window for the next SPX low.

  30. Julie says:

    Charlie,
    Only God knows when and where the next
    SPX low will be. But if it is in the 740 to
    750 area, it forms a large inverse SPX
    head and shoulders pattern with a target
    in the 1100 area if fully played out.

  31. Aaron says:

    Long time reader, first time commenter. Phil, how do you generate that accum/distrib chart?

  32. admin says:

    Aaron,

    He copies it from http://www.stocktiming.com, and they keep the formula secret, though I imagine it involves analyzing large block trades.

    Matt

  33. Julie says:

    More and more traders are telling us that a
    crash is coming. We don’t know if it is or not.
    The only crash indicator we know about is
    called the “Hindenburg Omen.” It was developed
    by one of my Mother’s friends Kennedy Gammage.
    Due to our trading style, we don’t use the
    indicator.

  34. K says:

    Julie, I would think monday or sometime next week something might happen

  35. Charlie says:

    Today is basically end of month goal tending. They won’t let the market fall and they also have a motive to keep the market up to dispel the “sell in May and go away” phrase.

    The bulltards need more people to buy into the rally to get it to continue. It is already weakening and hence more pigs need to be lured in. Imagine all those that bought up in 930.. some are still in the dip buying mode.

    On the other hand.. having read what is out on the blogasphere.. everyone seems very bearish and hence that is in essence very bullish… :)

  36. phil says:

    stringm……sorry to hear about your knee…did u have an anterior cruciate ligament tear on the mri????

  37. admin says:

    K,

    See Dr. Phil for a height reduction before its too late!

    Matt

  38. admin says:

    ThinkAI is frowning upon SPY’s pop over the past few minutes. However, breadth has been creeping up, and its usually not a good idea to get in front of that.

  39. admin says:

    The Q’s were “this close” to making a 9/36/15 cross-under, but turned around just in the nick of time. But they need to keep moving up, otherwise the averages will cross.

  40. admin says:

    The dollar is getting smashed today and the SPX can only inflate by 4 points?

    Memo to Dr. Bernanke: You call that inflation???

  41. admin says:

    Julie,

    The Hindenburg Omen was sending all kinds of sell-signals last summer. It worked very well. My compliments to Mr. Gammage.

    Matt

  42. junglegirl says:

    StockCharts seems to have fixed their fibs. Today they can be set on precise points, unlike in the past.

    Matt, that AI is interesting. Let’s see what it says on June 1st.

  43. Stringm says:

    phil

    I have not been to the Doc. I am from the old school of wait till you can’t stand it any longer before going. It’s a whole lot better today anyway. I couldn’t hardly get dressed yesterday, and today I could, so I am good to go!

    String

  44. admin says:

    SRS is making a move. That’s usually a bad omen for the market.

  45. admin says:

    ThinkAI 1, Matt 0

    ThinkAI was right back here. It’s Paul Bunyan being defeated by the chainsaw all over again.

    Matt

  46. Julie says:

    Thanks Matt. He’s teaching God today
    about crashes.

  47. Stringm says:

    Matt

    Be sure and clue us in if you detect one of those Hindenburg signals.

    String

  48. admin says:

    String,

    I don’t follow it myself, but some people were posting about it here last summer.

    Matt

  49. admin says:

    George said that he had a doctor’s appointment this morning. I hope they turn him loose soon.

  50. admin says:

    SRS got beat back, and now TradeStation is peppering me with bullish alerts.

  51. admin says:

    ThinkAI is, once again, not impressed with SPY’s latest pop. It has a 3:30pm target of 91.32.

  52. Julie says:

    String,
    Robert McHugh follows the Hindenburg omen
    indicator. He posts on safehaven.com from
    time-to-time…or you can sign-up for his
    service….do not know his latest prices.

    Julie

  53. Julie says:

    String,
    Google Robert McHugh…go to his site
    and on the right side of the page you
    can sign-up for a free 30-day subscription.

    Julie

  54. admin says:

    ThinkAI has been saying essentially, “don’t chase, up or down” all day, and it has been dead-on. I’m starting to really like this thing, the only drawback so far is that it doesn’t work with the futures. But since SPY tracks along with the futures, you can use it during the day. Overnight, you are your own.

  55. admin says:

    ThinkAI just turned bearish! SPY target lowered to 90.92.

  56. Stringm says:

    Julie, Larry

    Thanks for the info. I am not too concerned about the indicator. I am sure something like a Hindenburg event would show up on the charts. For one the 20DMA would start declining right Julie.

    String

  57. George says:

    Have I missed much? No breakout yet on SPX daily.

  58. MKB says:

    We’re on the right wing of the “BAT” look for 903 support – I just made that up but it sounds nice.

    Mitch

  59. MKB says:

    On the SPX 5 minute.

  60. Julie says:

    Check…http://sjlendam.blogspot.com...
    He is 100% correct about the big traders
    making a ton of money on market crashes
    …down and then up. Even small traders
    can make a ton of money…just follow the
    big traders.

  61. admin says:

    ThinkAI SPY target lowered again to 90.59.

  62. Julie says:

    Right String.

  63. admin says:

    George,

    No breakout yet, but you might have made it back just in time.

    Matt

  64. K says:

    don’t you mean breakout for SKF? :P

  65. George says:

    K,

    Either would be sweet but SKF would be sweeter.

  66. George says:

    Stringm,

    How’s your knee?

  67. junglegirl says:

    Julie,

    Could there be a typo in your post? I copied/pasted it, but was told the site doesn’t exist. TIA.

  68. Julie says:

    Junglegirl,
    There may be. I’ll check.

  69. George says:

    I’m watching for false breakouts.

  70. admin says:

    ThinkAI is predicting an un-eventful close with SPY right where it’s at now.

  71. junglegirl says:

    EOM, so that makes sense. Looking for a surfable wave coming Monday.

  72. George says:

    SKF both stocastics at bottom 1 and 5min.

  73. Julie says:

    Junglegirl,
    Try this. google…sjlendam.blogspot.com…
    Let me know if it works.

    Julie

  74. Stringm says:

    george

    Knee is much better today, just swollen and tender, but usable.

    String

  75. junglegirl says:

    Julie,

    sjlendman.blogspot.com. Thanks. I’ll read it this weekend.

  76. George says:

    Stringm,

    Good, glad it’s getting better.

  77. admin says:

    The Q’s are very close to a 9/36/15 cross-under.

  78. Dressguard says:

    I don’t believe in artificial intelligence. From my experience there is much more artificial stupidity. :mrgreen:

  79. George says:

    Junglegirl just became Surfergirl.

  80. admin says:

    The Q’s are saved again, but the 9ma is only .02 above the 36ma.

  81. George says:

    Just enough green for window dressing.

  82. Julie says:

    Junglegirl,
    Keep in mind that manipulation is a game
    the big boys love to play. Always try to
    understand how it is being played…pump
    …create the buble and then dump. The
    big moves up during the 1930′s were not
    due to “real” economic data.

    Have a great weekend.

  83. K says:

    Julie and JG i couldn;t help but google online summarizer.

    in 2 sentences the latest blog there says this

    Market Rigging Mechanisms – The Plunge Protection TeamOn March 18, 1989, Ronald Reagan’s Executive Order 12631 created the Working Group on Financial Markets (WGFM) commonly known as the Plunge Protection Team (PPT).
    “The Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group (CRMPG)Established in 1999 in the wake of the Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) crisis, it manipulates markets to benefit giant Wall Street firms and high-level insiders.

  84. junglegirl says:

    Julie, thanks. You too.

    George, Yeehah! And I have 3 boards.

    Market chop is making me seasick. Wave count still valid as of a couple of minutes ago. New equations run out further show if we drop here and don’t get the IH&S, then the low may come in the mid-September to late October time-frame, with mid to late October getting the edge.

  85. admin says:

    Both the DAX and the FTSE finished with a mini slide into the close.

  86. MKB says:

    The market has done push-ups all day.

  87. admin says:

    Rally high for the Q’s is 35.34. So, they need to make about a 1% move in 15 minutes.

  88. Julie says:

    Junglegirl,
    During the last NASDAQ bubble, who do you
    think paid the experts to come on TV daily
    and tell the public that P/E’s of 200 should
    go higher???
    Always play the game, but put the money
    into your account.

    Julie

  89. admin says:

    The Q’s are making a spirited attempt at a new rally high, but NDX breadth is only +36 out of a possible 100. Probably not good enough.

  90. Julie says:

    Thanks K

  91. Charlie says:

    Just bought back my covered calls @ 35% profit. Will hold SRS shares over the weekend. Slightly in the red, but no biggie.

  92. admin says:

    Photo finish for the Q’s.

  93. Julie says:

    Charlie,
    Congrats!!!

  94. Dressguard says:

    Charlie the man with the balls made of American steel. :mrgreen:

  95. Charlie says:

    Thanks Julie :)

    BTW.. didn’t notice it till now, but the USD got slapped silly today.

  96. Charlie says:

    damn.. I keep violating my no holds over the weekend rule Dressguard :)

  97. admin says:

    Well, we have a new rally high for the Q’s, but not for SPY, IWM, DIA, or XLF.