Tag Archives: S&P 500 Futures

Risk On Bias

Long Aussie, Long Equities/Short Bonds are essentially all the same trade. So yes! You always pay for your stops. You sell a little out to play with house money once a trade starts going in your favor. The level in … Continue reading

SSO…SPU’s

“Pay for your stops just shy of 46 in this ETF”… Sell part of your longs to pay for your stop…. Futures traders…This level should line up with 1237-1243.  

Current Positions and Stops

We’re long TBT,SSO & AUD/USD. We’ve legged the spread via ETF’s…. LONG S&P 500 Futures/ Short 30 Yr. Bonds.. We are using intra day stops on new lows for today in these ETF’s. Tomorrow these will turn into GTC’s…Good Till … Continue reading

SSO…Risk On

We are buying a 25% position in the SSO @ the market. This is a Risk on scenario=Long S&P 500 Futures

Risk On Footing…Trade Alert…AUD/USD

We just bought the TBT… this = short Bond futures. This is a Risk On trade. We started with the side of the spread we thought had the most definable risk. WE are also buying! a 25% position in the … Continue reading

TBT…Long Term Investors

We’re buying a 25% position in the TBT @ the market Let’s see if the equities can find some footing.

A.M. Look 11/1/11

Whatever you decide to do, it’s always about risk management. I initially thought you’d see some Equity weakness and Bond strength last week after the big run up, sometime mid-week this week. I just didn’t think it would be this … Continue reading

Pattern #’s for the Equity Index Futures

1228 S&P 500 2332 Nasd 100 883590 Midcap 400 73510 Russell Closes are needed over these levels for Outside reversal patterns. This simply shows we can have a decent break with the underlying chart pattern remaining intact. The Yen crosses … Continue reading

A.M. Look 10/31/11

Last night was all about the Yen and the commensurate crosses. Once again the markets were wrong footed and the BOJ has shown how adept they’ve become with their intervention timing. The lemmings are running wild. AUD/JPY, usually a very … Continue reading

A.M. Look 10/28/11

Today we find the board in profit mode after yesterdays monster Risk On asset chase. Outside reversal months to the upside ? A partial list.. DJI,S&P,NASD, DIG,XLE,CVX,OXY,GOOG,CAT,GS,XLF,RKH,EEM,FXI, You get the picture…now the monthly pattern is showing confirmation of the bottom … Continue reading