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Mikey's Short Term Trading Rules

1) Make up a list of stocks, commodities or ETF's to trade. This list should be names that have good earnings and high relative strength.
2) Monitor this list and throw out the weaker names
3) Buy only stocks or ETF's that are intermediate and daily up (green) and the market is Daily and intermediate term up (green)
4) Buy pullbacks on these stocks to the 20 and 50 day averages
Usually you get 4 to 6 20 day pullback buys and 2 or 3 50 day pullback buys in an intermediate term trend
5) More agressive traders can buy the 7 day average in the first 3 to 8 weeks of the uptrend.
6) Buy pullbacks not runups. A buy should not be easy or exciting but difficult and somewhat scary. DO NOT CHASE
7) Place stop at 5% below the buy price. Do not remove
8) Sell 3 to 5 days after the stock price takes out its most recent 2 week high with at least 15% gains
9) Uptrends that are 12 weeks or more may be ripe for a correction. The first 2 pullbacks to the 50 day are usually safe.
Intermediate term uptrends and downtrends generally last from 8 to 16 weeks with 12 weeks being the norm.
10) Shorting is a viable strategy in downtrends for experienced traders only. In general, reverse the above rules
11) Tweet Mikey @themarketshadow with questions or ideas

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Feds pull another rabbit out of their aaaa well....hat; Let me connect the dots for you

Closing Prices

US Stocks
DJIA 12050 -59.87 S/P 500 1283.50 -3.64
NYSE Comp 8054.08 -47.76 NASDAQ 2686.75 +17.56
S/P Midcap 953.64 -.29 Russell 2000 802.68 +2.81
DJT 5302.63 +14.43 DJU 423.43 -3.94
US bonds and interest rates
US Gov rates: 6 mo .0763%  2 yr .3493% 10 yr 2.94 30 yr 4.18
IEF(US10 yr) 97.64 +.51 TLT (USLT) 97.37 +.72
MUB (NatlMuni) 103.69 -.07 CalMuni (NCA)8.90 +.02
HYG (High Yield) 89.90 +.02 PFF(Preferred) 39.24 -.03
BND (Total Bond Mkt) 81.99 +.22
Commodities
Commodities Indexes (DBC) 28.60 -.62 (USCI )63.87 -.85
Gold 1520.50 -32.40  Silver 35.01 -1.72 Copper 4.03 -.06
Platinum 1694.50 -57.90  Nickel (JJN) 32.50 +.02
Oil 91.02 -4.39  RBOB 2.84 -.12 Nat Gas 4.19 -.12
Grains (JJG)49.56 -.22 Livestock (COW) 30.08 -.06 
Cotton (BAL) 75.05 -.43 Agg complex(JJA)59.58 -.04
US Dollar Index and World Currencies
Aussie 105.47 -.0051  Euro 1.4207 -.0097 Pound 1.5902 -.0055
Yen 1.2258 -.0027 Can$ 1.0165 -.0053 USD Index 75.90 +71
World Debt markets
BWX(Intl Treas) 61.60 -.35 PCY(EmerMkt) 27.00 -.02
IBND(Intl Corp) 34.75 -.23
All Markets Current Trends

World debt markets
US Bonds4-15 current trend up
US Natl Muni Markets: : 2-18 current trend up
Intl Treas Bonds 5-27 current trend neutral
Intl Corp Bonds 5-27 current trend neutral
Emerging Markets Debt: ..3-24 current trend up
US High Yield 6-1 current trend down
US Preferred Stocks 6-13 current trend down

Commodities
Commodity index (Broad based) 5-5 current trend down
Gold: .2-18.  current trend up
Silver: 6-3 current trend down
Copper 6-1 current trend down
Platinum 5-27 current trend down
Palladium 5-27  current trend neutral
Nickel  5-6 current trend down
Grain complex 6-6 current trend down 
Sugar 2-23 currevt trend up
Cotton `4-25 current trend down
Livestock 6-21 current trend neutral
Coffee 5-11 current trend down
Lumber  3-29 current trend down
Agg complex 5-2 current trend down
Oil :5-6. current trend down
Gasoline 5-16 current trend down
Natural Gas 5-27 current trend down

World Stock markets
US Stocks: 6-1 current trend down
Europe 6-6 current trend up
China: 6-3 current trend down
Brazil 5-4 current trend down
Japan 5-13 current trend down
India 3-29 current trend down
Russia 5-4 current trend down
Emerging Markets: .6-6 current trend down
Total world markets 6-3 current trend down

Currencies markets
US Dollar Index 6-6 current trend neutral
Aussie Dollar 6-10 current trend neutral
Euro 6-6  current trend down
Brit Pd 6-6 current trend down
Jap Yen 4-26  current trend up 
Canadian Dollar 5-13 current trend down
Mexican Peso 6-6 current trend down
Brazilian Real 5-27 current trend neutral
Indian Rupe 5-16 current trend neutral

Trend changes:
Currencies
World stock markets:  
Commodities:
World Debt markets: International corp to neutral, International Sovrneign to neutral
US Stock Market Trends
Mikey Short term down 6-1  
Mikey Intermediate Trend: Up 09/03/10 10477
Mikey Long term trend: UP 10/13/10 11052
Mikey current trend opinion: 
Mikey: 6-1 NYSE Current trend down 12290
Mikey: NASDAQ 6-1 Current trend down 2767
IBD : 6-1 Market in correction 12290

US markets short term  technical trading indicators:

VIX (OB 10 - OS 40) 19.29 VXZ 52.69 Mikey OB/OS index (80 OB 20 OS) .83
Put/Call Ratio(.6 OB 1.2 OS) 1.12  10 day average  .94
Ratio Put Premiums to Call Premium (..34 to 2.5) 1.02  10 day ave .98
Mutial Fund  Purchase/Redemptions ( 1.5 to .66)  1.19   
Williams %R 12 day 47.16 Weekly 81.12
Bulls 37.6   Bears 28  Bull/Bear ratio 1.34
Mikey Thrust indicator: Daily 5 Weekly 2 (1 low, 10 max)7,3
DJIA MACD -103.54 Rising /Positive cross 6-21
Weekly MACD +182.93 Falling/ Negative cross 5-16
NYSE New Highs 29 (12/7 429)  New Lows (1-14 152 )60
NASDAQ New Highs 45 (12-7 352) New Lows (6-10 162) 74
Advance/Declines
Daily NYSE Advance-Decline -480  NASDAQ  Advance-Decline +185
Daily Mikey A/D line NYSE (5-31 33958)+28906
Daily Mikey A/D line NASDAQ (2-18 10095) (6-13 -2188) -804
5 day AD NYSE +2975  NASDAQ +1296 NYSE..(OB +4000 OS -4000)  
10 day AD NYSE +438 (6000 OB -6000 OS)
 % above 200 day ave (6-13 47%) 52 %
 below 50% indicates intermediate trend may be changing
Days to option expiration 18
DJI Moving Averages
5 day 12066  Flat/Price below
20 day 12135  Falling/ Price below
50 day 12382  Falling/Price below
90 day 12289  Flat /Price below
200 day 11769 Rising/Price above
20 week 12294 Rising/Price below
50 week 11509 Rising/ Price above
90 week 10994 Rising/Price above
200 week 10802 Flat Price above

Comments:
5-18 Put options killing rally
5-19 Ditto yesterday
5-20 Option expire Mikey buys VXZ 51.76
5-23 Dollar breaks out end of the world coming for Stocks a little late
5-24 Mikey calls DJI 12356 in downtrend
5-27 Dollar reverses down assets reverse up
5-31 IBD and Mikey current trend up
6-1 Whipsaw selloff 10 yr rates 2.96, 30 year to 4.15 6 month lows. Economic weakness story being told for the first time High Yield falling apart indicates credit quality problems coming
Mikey and IBD current trend down
6-3 Bad jobs number story turns decidedly negative
6-6 All world markets now in downtrends Fed remains quiet Mikey Shorts COH@ 60.32, SPG@ 114.92   EWZ @73.22,Buys DZZ@ 6.53, Buys EDZ @18.54 
6-7 Bernanke says economy is weaker says nothing about what the Fed will do. The Dallas Feds Fisher says the Fed has done enough it is now up to the government to make the right fiscal policies.
6-8 Bull bear comes in at 1.86 to 1 bulls after a 800 point decline. Mikey Nasdaq A/D line goes negative for the first time since last August. New lows for this index are higher than March and also the highest since August or pre QE2. In other words the Nasdaq has given up everything it gained on QE2. Put calls are starting to run hot at 1.15 and there is a week and 2 days until expiration. End of Qtr is approaching and the tone is getting negative.
6-9 oversold rally 5 Day was at -4000 for both the NAS and DJI and after today it is at -3300 and -3200 with the Put call at 1.01 and .95 on 10 day more rally may be needed.
6-10 Dollar up strongly to its 50 day ave. market breaks down 172
6-13 Precious metals hit. According to IBD 47% of the stocks are now above their 200 day average the lowest reading of the year. Preferred stocks trend  to down. Keeping my eye on National and Calif Muni markets as they are weakening. The trend is toward quality and away from risk.
Bought BZQ today @ 16.18
6-14 Going into this week put buying was heavy and now....options expiration are just 3 days away poof there go the puts up in smoke with the rally. Like I said 80% of options expire worthless and these counter trend rallies are the reason.
6-15 Dollar back above the 50 day and making a run at reversing trend. Euro and Pd tank. Oil drops 4.49 Platinum now in downtrend only Gold remains up. When it breaks the signal for deflation and economic weakness will be given. Bull/Bear now 36 to 27 or 1.42 bullish 10 day, NYSE AD line at oversold -5788
6-16 Dollar on verge of blowing up Options expire triple witch tomorrow
They talk about Greece but the truth is ( I hate to even deal with reality) the world economy is sinking fast along with the commodities. All the major currencies are falling now against the dollar the Aussie is the strongest and the last to go below 10523 should get someones attention, it does mine.
6-17 Dollar pushed down into expiration
6-20 Working off oversold.
6-21 Greece vote. Market is not oversold now.
6-22 Fed say economy weak will not be a QE 3..Look out!!!
6-23 Bernanke says high oil prices hurting economy. Last year he said it did not hurt economy. So guess what the US will sell oil from reserves. How convenient. That will make you think about which way they are going with the dollar.


You can't make this stuff up. Bernanke tells us the economy is weak but he really doesn't know what the cause is. He thinks high energy prices and the earthquake in Japan hurt  are hurting the economy. He did not mention the housing market or all the folks out of work. So presto, the next day oil is released from the strategic oil reserve. The markets really do not know what is going on now and what to make of this last move. This is a feeble attempt to bring down commodity prices other than by letting the dollar strengthen. This guy is either a flat out wimp or he is scared to death of the pandoras box he has created.

The markets were down but not out and closed by running up 150 points in the last 1 and 1/2 hr of trading. The dollar did not reverse today but closed up near the reversal price of 76.25 at 75.91.  This guy is going to have to bite the bullet at some point but he chose another way out today. I believe that the markets were on their way to crash city and once again the Fed intervened. They want commodity prices lower but do not want the deflationary crash that happen last time so my guess it that they will try to let the air out in stages and contain any large declines in the present. It only prolongs the agony and drags out the problem but that is the nature of this Fed chairman.

Mikey


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