Whipsaw's Account Talk

I HEAR YOU. I was hoping for a dead cat bounce today. At least that would be following a pattern. Hmmmmm. Well, it's still early.

If I see some upward movement before 8am MST, I'm jumping in 25% S, 25% I. I is total speculation.

Best of luck.

FS
 
Just read this post in Bloomberg. Worth sharing.

The S&P 500 is approaching the

Action is still negative with 27 minutes to make a decision on an IFT. Nothing really standing out in the way of positive news for C, S, or I. I think I'm still holding to G.

FS
 
Fairly modest up considering European indices are up a good bit. They have stayed in a narrow range because Euro was up, then went down, now it looks like it's going up again. Where it lands nobody knows.

Good to see RUT futures up (as "the war on RUT" was discussed yesterday in my account talk).

Futures are UP! :cool:

Interesting correlation with seasonality...
 
Another day or two like today and we'll be back to or above the May highs (what are the odds?)... at that point I may take profits and a breather! :1244:
 
Almost bailed... maybe this Greece thing will reach an agreement/solution and the market will shoot up, maybe. Will see what next week brings. More concerned about the Fast Track vote today, praying it doesn't pass. Called my congresscritter and said he should vote against it and TPP.
 
Almost bailed... maybe this Greece thing will reach an agreement/solution and the market will shoot up, maybe. Will see what next week brings. More concerned about the Fast Track vote today, praying it doesn't pass. Called my congresscritter and said he should vote against it and TPP.

Yep, came darn close to doing the same, but reconsidered after I saw the market down at the trading deadline. Prior to todays losses, the S Fund was just below the upper bollenger band, but now it has pulled back close to the 18 SMA. I'm not liking how the bollenger bands are contracting. That usually spells trouble until we can figure which way the market wants to go. With the Greece thing, I'm inclined to think down.

As for the I Fund, as of yesterdays close, that part had me at -0.94% (boo hiss) Bollenger bands are wide, but in a downward direction, closing price is below the 18 SMA and pointing down and MACD is negative. The only positive is that slow stochastics is still in a positive crossover.

With that said, I'm growing more nervous with each down day. I'm hoping Monday/Tuesday will be positive so I can bail to the G Fund. At present, I still have two IFT's for June and if I do get out, I can re-enter after the situation in Greece is resolved.

Best of luck to you and all those who are brave enough to be invested.
 
Yep, came darn close to doing the same, but reconsidered after I saw the market down at the trading deadline. Prior to todays losses, the S Fund was just below the upper bollenger band, but now it has pulled back close to the 18 SMA. I'm not liking how the bollenger bands are contracting. That usually spells trouble until we can figure which way the market wants to go. With the Greece thing, I'm inclined to think down.

As for the I Fund, as of yesterdays close, that part had me at -0.94% (boo hiss) Bollenger bands are wide, but in a downward direction, closing price is below the 18 SMA and pointing down and MACD is negative. The only positive is that slow stochastics is still in a positive crossover.

With that said, I'm growing more nervous with each down day. I'm hoping Monday/Tuesday will be positive so I can bail to the G Fund. At present, I still have two IFT's for June and if I do get out, I can re-enter after the situation in Greece is resolved.

Best of luck to you and all those who are brave enough to be invested.

I knew I should have just stayed out...BUT Noooooooooo.....

Fueled by the belief that somehow I could dance through this difficult month...

I jumped out this morning but still took a wack today....Guess I had it coming for not making the coffee this morning.

Best of Luck to all of you next week.

FS
 
I knew I should have just stayed out...BUT Noooooooooo.....

Fueled by the belief that somehow I could dance through this difficult month...

I jumped out this morning but still took a wack today....Guess I had it coming for not making the coffee this morning.

Best of Luck to all of you next week.

FS

SOP at the Ravens household; Check the futures and enjoy a hot cup of Kona coffee. Only way to start the day!:dance:
 
Looks like we're climing out from this morning's open... something happened? Holding position!
 
Looks like we're climing out from this morning's open... something happened? Holding position!

IMO you did right by waiting a bit more, perhaps tomorrow... ? Reason, uncerainty is still strong regarding Greece and the Fed. But we could be witnessing a short-covering rally for a couple of days. If we see that the Greek intransigence continues until Wednesday, without any positive action from Greece -- not even by Greece stating clearly that they are willing to meet Germany's offer to accept Greece's commitment and affirmative actions to comply with only one of the requirements for reform that other European nations have accepted, then I think Greece will have to take a leave of some sort from the Euro. The effects are hard to foretell, but Cramer thinks that the riskier position for Europe would be to underestimate the possibility that Grexit might really have a negative impact, and that the creditor banks could short Greek stocks to the point of causing a big downturn. If so, this could have an unwanted effect beyond Greek borders. Although I could be proven wrong by last minute concessions from the EU, the risks of a shake up starting in Europe are increasing. This is not an easy decision, but capital preservation is still one of the pillars of effective investing. As I see it, the Fed is better off holding rates as they are now, until later. Good luck to all!
 
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