The Low Risk Pairs Trade on the S&P 500 Passes Its First Test

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on January 16, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) On December 1, 2013, I wrote a piece called “A Potentially Low Risk Pairs Trade Opportunity Using The S&P 500” where I used PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility (SPLV) and PowerShares … Read more

T2108 Update (February 14, 2014) – No Love for the Bears Even As Overbought Conditions Loom

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more

The Problem With the January Barometer

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on February 1, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) CNBC’s “By the Numbers” recently reviewed the predictive power of the January Barometer with the following observations: “The January barometer has been right in 62 of the last 85 years, or … Read more

T2108 Update (February 11, 2014) – Bears In Retreat

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more

T2108 Update (February 6, 2014) – Signs of Bottoming Ahead of January Jobs Report (And Chart Reviews for GMCR, DATA, DDD, AKAM, TWTR, IBM, AAPL)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more