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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

Friday, October 26, 2012

DJI hovers just above 200 day average 20 day about to cross 50 day

The DJI is at an interesting position, for the second consecutive day the DJI hovered just above the 200 day average. This is the support area for the intermediate term uptrend and the breakout area that was made in July. This is an important area and the Puppet master is not tipping his hand just yet.

I have seen that the Aussie is being supported and may be turning back up. The negativity is now prevalent in the market and the earnings are coming in bad for the big names. It is a little too pat for me right now.

The 20 day average is about to cross down through the 50 day.  This can be a negative development. It depend upon the degree that is falls below the 50 day. If there is a gap  created with the spread of the 20 below the 50 then that would be a negative. It would also set up a strong snap back rally and would cross back above the 50 day. The following cross below the 50 would signal a lasting top.

I am going to take a wait  and see attitude for now and let the price tell me what to do. There appears to be a rolling correction going on and it really has not shown up yet in the DJI. The DJI has only corrected 5% while most stocks have corrected in the 15% range. The Fed, I would think, feels good about the recent declines in commodities especially oil. Some air has been let out of the balloon and this may be enough for them for now.

The level of Corporate cash is at record levels and is over a trillion dollars in just the S&P 500 alone. Jamie Dimon ,Chase CEO, says the big corporation  heads he is talking to are starting to cut and gear down for the Fiscal cliff that is coming early next year.  They want to protect that cash hoard that they have stolen from the US Treasury.

The battle is over spending cuts and tax increases both things that corporations, that are living in this corporate welfare state, do not want. They see the handwriting on the wall and are making plans to cut back. This may be a reason to drop stock prices in the next 3 months and it will take center stage after the election.  Keep this in mind and do not trade against the trends.


Mikey 
     
    DJI Trend Summary
    Daily Downtrend 13344 on 10-23 4 days
    Intermediate Uptrend  at 12400 on 6-7 19 weeks old
    Long Term Uptrend 11315 on 11-1-10 2 years old
    Last high 9-14 13653  Last Low  10-25 13039
    20 day average rallies since downtrend began  0
    50 day averge rallies since uptrend  began 0
    IBD Market in correction 10-13 13344
     Long Term UP/ Intermediate Term Up/ Daily Trend Down/Short Term up
    DJI Close 13112.78 +9.10
    Step up range: 13295- 13653
    Current trading range 12966 - 13344
    Step down support range 12300-12966

    Average watch
    50 Hour Ave: 13246 Price below
    20 Day Ave: 13394 Price below
    50 Day Ave: 13348 Price below(do not be long if this line is red)
    20 Week Ave: 13143 Price below
    50 Week Ave: 12823 Price above
    200 Week Ave 11031 Price above

    Overbought/Oversold Oscillator(Mikey reading) +150  to -150
    Take profits  at +150 readings  buy or cover at -150 readings
    3 day +31 N  7 day -72 N 20 day +14 N  50 day +55 N

    MACD Readings
    MACD Crosses: Negative cross = consolidation/correction Positive cross=uptrend
    Short term (50 hour) , down  (39 Hrs) signal 10-19
    MACD Hourly -39.91
    Daily trend (50 day) Down 4 days 10-23-12
    MACD Daily -63.82 Negative cross 9-26
    Intermediate trend (50 week) Up (19 weeks).signal 6-7 12400
    MACD Weekly (+188.98) Negative cross  10-23-12
    Long term trend (200 week) Up (22 months)...signal 12/1/10 11577
    MACD Monthly (+559.50) Positive Cross 9-1-09

    Volume Readings
    Volume (Millions) NYSE 3251 NASDAQ 1805
    Advance/Decline NYSE + 509  NASDAQ -276
    Mikey NYSE A/D line +64341  Mikey NASDAQ A/D line -15606
    Trader Psychology
    Put/Call day .90 10 day .87 Put Prem/Call Prem 1.1210 day .97
    Bull/Bear Ratio 1.50 Bulls41.5 %, Bears 27.7%
    Mutial Funds Buy/Redeem ratio 1.15
    VIX 18.05 VXZ 31.53 Trin 1.58 10 day ave 1.53
    Mikey Fear  88 (20 high, 80 low)
    New Highs NYSE 78  NASDAQ 43 New Lows NYSE 44 NASDAQ 61
    % Stocks above 200 day ave 59% (above 50% intermediate term uptrend)

    Closing Prices
    86.28 +.23
    US Stocks
    DJIA 13112,78 +9.10 S/P 500 1412.46 -.51 NASDAQ 2988.76 +2.64
    DJT 5051.34 +16.05 DJU 475.30 -.50
    US Debt Markets
    US Gov rates: 6 mo .1522 % 2 yr .3127% 5 yr .8155% 10 yr 1.75% 30 yr  2.91
    IEF (US 7-10 yr) 107.45 +.68 TLT (20 yr) 122.64 +1.78 High Yield 92.48 -.22
    MUB(NatMuni) 112.00 +.14 Cal Muni(NCA)10.49 -.02
    BND Total Bnd Ind 84.74 +.18
    Commodities 
    CRB Commodities Index 296.84 -.90
    Gold  1711.90 -1.10  Silver 32.03 -.04 Copper 3.55 - Platinum 1546.00 -22.80
    Oil 86.05 +.23  RBOB 2.70 +.02 Nat Gas 3.40 -03
    US Dollar Index and World Currencies
    Euro 1.2847 -.0011 Pound 1.5925 +.0037 Swiss Franc 1.0523 -.0012
    Yen .012326 +00104 Aussie 1.0387 +.0009 Canadian Dollar  .9966 -.0037
    Dollar Index 80.15 +.03
     
    All Market Trends:

    Commodities
    Gold:      LongTerm/ Intermediate Term  Daily Trend// Short term
    Silver:    Long Term / Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Copper  :Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Oil:         Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Gasoline Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/  Short term
    Nat Gas :Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    CRB        Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Bond Markets
    US Bonds LT Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/  Short term
    Intl  Treas       Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend /Short term
    Intl Corp          Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ / Short term
    US Muni        Long Term/ Intermediate TermDaily Trend   Short Trend
    High Yield     Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ / Short term
    Currencies
    Aussie DollarLong Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ / Short term
    Brit PD         Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Euro             Long Term/Intermediate Term/Daily Trend Short term
    Yen               Long Term/ Intermediate Term/Daily Trend/  Short term
    Swiss            Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Can Dollar   Long term/ Intermediate Term Daily Trend/ Short term
    US Dollar   Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend / Short term
    Stocks
    US      Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/  Short term

    Europe Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ Short term
    Germany Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ Short term
    China     Long Term/ Intermediate Term Daily Trend/ / Short term
    Brazil    Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ Short term
    India   Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ Short term
    Emerg Mkts   Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/Short term
    Japan Long Term/ Intermediate Term/ Daily Trend/ Short term
     

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