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SPX Model Trading Plans for THU. 02/23Event Risks Resolving Downwards? Our trading plans published yesterday stated: "Unless some major upside surprise, our models indicate current downtrend to pick up momentum. Longs need to be wary of the loss of upside momentum and wait for a while before dipping their toes into the longs". The FOMC-Minutes and GDP-Release events yesterday and this morning seem to be resolving to the downside, for now, after an initial pop in the markets. If the index closes in the red today, we can expect a continued down push tomorrow and into the next week. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are indicating to stay on the sidelines for the day. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for THU. 02/23: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4001, 3993 or 3950 with a 9-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 3998, 3988, 3967, or 3940 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 3972 or 3945, and explicit long exits on a break below 3947. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 11:36am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #fomcminutes #gdp
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
SPX Model Trading Plans for WED. 02/22FOMC Minutes and GDP To Set the Near Term Tone Yesterday's Range Breakdown to be tested today with the FOMC minutes at 2pm EST, followed by GDP release tomorrow at 8:30am EST. Unless some major upside surprise, our models indicate current downtrend to pick up momentum. Longs need to be wary of the loss of upside momentum and wait for a while before dipping their toes into the longs. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are wary of the potential volatility spikes this afternoon and tomorrow morning due to the major economic releases as mentioned above, and are indicating to stay on the sidelines for the day. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for WED. 02/22: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 3941, 3993, 4020, or 4055 with a 9-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4051, 4014, 3988, 3983, 3967, or 3938 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 3972 or 3955, and explicit long exits on a break below 4067. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 12:31pm ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #fomcminutes
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
SPX Model Trading Plans for TUE. 02/21Range Break Downward Confirmed On the Day 10 of the consolidation theme, our trading plans published on Friday, 02/17 stated: "Today's closing action needs to stay below 4088 to confirm this bearish turn. If it is not confirmed, our models point to the risk of an upward spike, trapping the shorts. If going short, beware of a potential bear trap". We got that confirmation with a close at 4079.09 on Friday. As forecast, the index followed with a deep fall today in the morning session today - how the price action develops throughout the day and into the closing is yet to be seen, and that will determine the forecast for further price action. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are wary of today's price action and are indicating to stay on the sidelines for the day. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for TUE. 02/21: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4036 or 4011, with a 10-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4008, 4033, or 4060 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 3998. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 11:45am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
SPX - Big Picture...Very BigWhere do we go from here? Ask a hundred people...get a hundred different opinions. Here's mine for whatever it's worth. The decline off the January '22 top left the door open for many corrective scenarios. You have the 2000/2008 "crashers" and you have the "correction is over" and we're on a Nirvanic journey into the stratosphere. There's little doubt in my mind we are at an historic turning point relative to the environment we experienced over the past 13 years. The easy money era is over...anyone and everyone made money using the "buy the dip" approach. What's likely based on my view of the big picture is that we'll have a large trading range corrective environment for years... tracing out a large flat wave 4. This fits into the rule of alternation between big picture wave 2 and my perceived wave 4 we've just begun. Shorter term...I think the corrective range we are currently in could include a nominal new high along with sharp but contained corrections to chop up both long and short players. Don't get me wrong... there will be good money to be made but the "buy and hold" strategy is over along with "2008 is here" again. It's time to work for your money:) My $.02
SP:SPX
by oliverrathbun
4
SPX in a BEAR Market? Retracement before a BULL TrapIn this Elliott Wave paradigm, I'm assuming that SPX have completed a BULL Cycle with large wave 3 and that a possible Zig Zag correction is currently unfolding. If that's the case then, we shouldn't expect any BULL Market or wave 5 before 2024. However, the AI hype could boost the markets during the end of the year with a test of the 61.8% and maybe above that price level. The PERFECT BULL TRAP will be in play if this case were to play out. Of course, we could already assumed that wave B has already finished but I take DURATION into consideration and other macro economics factors. I'm expecting a correction of of nearly 50% in the short term (next couple of months) to then see a rally up until the end of the year. Maybe November.
SP:SPXShort
by Lord_Of_Dax_
2
SPX Model Trading Plans for FRI. 02/17Range Broken Downward? On the Day 9 of the consolidation theme, our trading plans yesterday published: "If the index closes below 4150 today, our models indicate continued choppy trading until some unexpectedly positive macro development shows up. There is no bearish concerns as long as the index is above 4095". The index closed below that 4095 level yesterday, leading our models to turn bearish, and our positional models to go short. Today's closing action needs to stay below 4088 to confirm this bearish turn. If it is not confirmed, our models point to the risk of an upward spike, trapping the shorts. If going short, beware of a potential bear trap. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models opened a short on the close yesterday at 4090.42, with a take-profit on a cross above 4065, and a trailing stop of 33 points. The index crossed the 4065 at 9:42am, closing the short on the open of the next 1-minute bar at 4065.38, for a profit of 25.04 points. For today, the models indicate going long on a cross above 4072 with a trailing stop of 12 points. Models also indicate going long at the daily close if above 4100 with a trailing stop of 10 points. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for FRI. 02/17: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4072 or 4060, with a 9-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4088, 4068, or 4055 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 4093. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 12:01pm ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
SPX: First Down Then UpIt looks like the SPX has topped out temporarily. This woudn't be too farfetched as the previous couple uptrends lasted for 34, 36, 21, 23, 40, and 33 days. Right now, we're looking at a top which has been formed after 28 days. From the looks of it, its trying to form a falling channel. The properties of this pattern are: - Declining parralel support and resistance lines - Price oscilating between the support and resistance lines - Bottom at an important support zone - Going sideways after hitting the bottom, preferibly with a daily bullish divergence I'm still bullish on the SPX for 2023, but for now i'm expecting a small correction.
SP:SPXShort
by FetchTeam
1
SPY SPX weekly chart thesisPlaying devil's advocate here if we start to sell off and the bears begin to celebrate creating FOMO short. I am longer term bullish looking at this weekly chart even if we get a wick down to the 21ema at our favorite 395 area, however I will not hesitate to flip bearish if we get a candle close under the 21. Technical supports for my thesis: #1. The most obvious is the clear break out of this bearish down trend line. #2. For the first time since ATH more than a year ago we have touched the top of the upper Bollinger band. Note how many times we touched the bottom Bollinger band throughout the carnage. I count 16 weekly candles! #3. Our beloved 9&21EMAs have finally crossed, a corrective orderly pullback back to the moving averages is healthy for continuation. Yes I do think we get a pullback perhaps tomorrow, maybe next week, who knows? I want a pullback, but we have to keep those candles closed above the 21ema IMO.
AMEX:SPYLong
by MIGHTYMIKEE
SPX Model Trading Plans for THU. 02/16Range Bound Consolidation - Day 9 The Post-CPI whipsaw action in the index is a continuation of the consolidation theme that's been playing out on the markets for a few days now. If the index closes below 4150 today, our models indicate continued choppy trading until some unexpectedly positive macro development shows up. There is no bearish concerns as long as the index is above 4095. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are flat for now. Models indicate going short on a daily close below 4100, with a take-profit on a cross above 4065, and a trailing stop of 33 points. Models also indicate going long on a daily close above 4155 with a trailing stop of 35 points. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for THU. 02/16: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4140, 4126, or 4102 with a 10-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4134, 4119, or 4095 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 4080. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 11:30am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
1
SP500 for a new recent high? 🦐The S&P 500 has been in an uptrend, characterized by higher highs and higher lows. This suggests that there is a bullish bias in the market, as buyers are willing to pay higher prices for the index. The index recently experienced a retracement to the 50% Fibonacci level, which is a common technical analysis tool used to identify potential support and resistance levels in the market. Fibonacci retracements are based on the idea that markets tend to move in waves, and that retracements to certain levels (such as the 50% level) can provide potential buying opportunities for traders who believe the trend will continue. Currently, the S&P 500 is trading below a weekly resistance level, which means that there is a barrier to further upside momentum. A resistance level is a price level where sellers tend to become more active, which can lead to a pause or reversal in the uptrend. If the price were to break above the weekly resistance level, it could be seen as a bullish signal that could provide a new opportunity for a long order according to the MTB strategy. In conclusion, it appears that the S&P 500 has been in an uptrend, but is currently facing resistance at a key level. If the price were to break above this level, it could provide a new opportunity for traders to enter long positions. However, it's important to approach the market with caution and always be prepared for unexpected developments that may impact your trades.
OANDA:SPX500USD
by InkyGrip
Disinflation – Fact or Fiction?CME: S&P Technology Select Sector ( CME_MINI:XAK1! ) The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.5% in January and +6.4% year over year, reported the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Tuesday. Excluding food and energy, Core CPI increased 0.4% monthly and 5.6% yearly. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected the headline CPI to grow 0.4% monthly and 6.2% yearly. Expectations for core CPI changes were 0.3% and 5.5%, respectively. On Tuesday, US stocks fell at open in response to the hotter-than-expected CPI report. But major indexes recovered somewhat at the close of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 156 points, or -0.46%, after initially losing over 300 points. The S&P 500 was flat at 4,136 (-0.03%), and the Nasdaq 100 gained 68 points to 11,960. US Treasury yields ticked higher. 2-year yield went up 94 ticks to 4.628%, while 10-year yield lifted 36 points to 3.755%. Bond investors widely expected the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 25 basis points to the 4.75%-5.00% range in March. Mega Trend in US Inflation While we usually focus on the percentage changes in inflation, CPI data are constructed as indexes, each using 1982-84 price data as a baseline at 100. January CPI reading of 299.170 is 0.8% above December of 296.797. It is up 6.4% from 281.148 in January 2022 (Data in this section is from Table 1 in the January CPI release). Interpretation: Today, the average price of goods and services in the U.S. is about 3 times as high as the price level from nearly four decades ago. This translates into a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.93% for the past 38 years. Insights: Long-run inflation rate is almost one percentage point higher than the Fed policy target. With less restrictive monetary policy on one hand, but more expansive fiscal policy on the other, the 2% goal appears to be far fetching. Barring a major recession, I expect the US inflation to stay above its 3% historical average in the foreseeable future. In the past four decades, cost of many consumer goods tripled in price, including Food (+219%), Energy (+183) and Core CPI (+202%). But there are noticeable outliners: • Tobacco and smoking products, +1289% • Motor vehicle insurance, +559% • Medical care services, +502% • New vehicle, +77% • Apparel, +28% January CPI Readings Before diving into the data, we should know that when BLS releases CPI data in February, it readjusts the weighting to account for the latest changes in the cost of living. For 2023, CPI weights are updated annually based on a single calendar year of consumer expenditure data. This reflects a change from prior practice of updating weights biennially. The changes of weighting by product and service category in the January report: CPI Category Old Weight New Weight Change Housing 46.40% 44.40% +2.0% Entertainment 5.70% 5.40% +0.3% Food 14.50% 14.40% +0.1% Clothing 2.50% 2.50% 0.0% Other 2.60% 2.70% -0.1% Medical 7.70% 8.10% -0.4% Education 5.20% 5.80% -0.6% Transport 15.30% 16.70% -1.4% Rising shelter costs accounted for nearly half the monthly price increase. The component accounts for more than one-third of the index and rose 0.7% on the month and was up 7.9% from a year ago. Energy also was a significant contributor, up 2% month over month (M/M) and 8.7% annually, while food costs rose 0.5% M/M and 10.1% annually. Food: Up 0.5% M/M in January from 0.1% in December. Annualized inflation is 10.1%. Energy: Up 2.0% M/M in January from -3.1% in December. Annualized gain is 8.7%, of which, gasoline (+1.9%), diesel (+27.7%), electricity (+11.9%), and natural gas (+26.7%). Shelter: Up 0.7% M/M in January from 0.8% in December. Up 7.9% Y/Y. Transportation: Up 0.9% M/M in January from 0.6% in December. Up 14.6% Y/Y. While the headline CPI ticks down from 6.5% to 6.4% on an annualized basis, January price increase of 0.5% is significantly higher than the December reading of +0.1%. Overall inflation level is undoubtedly on the way down, but price increases from food, shelter and transportation are very sticky and don’t normally go down once moving up. Is disinflation a fact or fiction? I think we are somewhere in between, in the Twilight Zone. The US Stock Market Narratives In the past three years, the stock market narratives have changed several times: • After the initial pandemic hit in March 2020, US stocks staged a very impressive bull run. Growth drivers were US companies innovating with new products and services and catering for “work-from-home” employees and “play-at-home” consumers. • 2022 started with a major geopolitical crisis, pushing stocks sharply down. Fed rate hikes from March 2022 dragged major stock indexes into bear market territory. • Since inflation peaked in July and the Core CPI reading confirmed it in October 2022, US stock market began to rebound, centering on the notion of “Fed Pivot”. More recently, investors are caught by conflicting economic data. • Unemployment at 50-year low vs. Big Techs pushing rounds of massive lay-offs; • Lower inflation rate vs. “Eggflation” and “Shrinkflation” that consumers experience; • Whether the Fed is hawkish or dovish depends on the next dataset. While investors try to make sense of all these, stock market moves sideways. The 30-day returns for Dow and the S&P are -0.83% and +3.20%, respectively. Are we at the beginning of a new bull market? Or is it a bear relief, a temporary rebound from a bear market? To make an assessment, you need to know how many more rate hikes could be (pick a number between 1 and 4), and what the terminal rate would be (5.0%, 5.25%, 5.5%, 5.75%, or 6.0%)? I have no idea. When uncertainty becomes the dominant narrative, it’s time to explore opportunities that promise more certainties. AI - New Engine for Economic Growth One visible exception is Nasdaq 100, which gained 8.9% in the past month. S&P Technology Select Sector Index (XAK) had an even higher return at 9.5%. Most Big Tech companies were vastly overstaffed during the pandemic years. With stock prices cutting by two thirds or more, they are forced to live within their cash flow. Cutting off unprofitable divisions and laying off redundant staff help them survive in leaner years. This is certainly very painful for the tech workers and their families. To investors, Big Tech may have transformed itself from lofty Growth Stock to reasonably priced Value Stock. For Nasdaq 100, its trailing 12-month price/earnings ratio was 34 one year ago. It is 23.63 as of February 10th, according to Birinyi Associates. Technological breakthroughs have always powered the US economy to growth for the long run. Personal computers in the 1980s, Internet for the 1990s, smart phones and mobile internet in the 2000s, and electric vehicles in the 2010s, just to name a few. In my opinion, Artificial Intelligence will be our economic growth engine in 2023. While AI is nothing new, the viral success of ChatGPT has sensationally changed the game. Its popularity among mainstream consumers helps form strong support for all publicly traded companies in the AI sector, not just for OpenAI and its parent Microsoft. While writing this report, I asked ChatGPT one question: “Please show me the top-10 publicly traded stocks in the AI field.” Below is his/her/its answer: 1. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - Google's parent company, which has been investing heavily in AI technology and applications. 2. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) - A leading company in graphics processing units (GPUs), which are commonly used in AI training and inferencing. 3. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) - A company that has been developing AI technologies for several years and has a range of products and services, including the Watson AI platform. 4. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) - Microsoft has invested heavily in AI technologies, and its Azure platform provides a range of AI tools and services. 5. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) - Amazon's AI capabilities are used in a variety of products and services, including the Alexa voice assistant and its recommendation algorithms. 6. Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) - A Chinese company that has been investing heavily in AI technologies, including natural language processing and autonomous driving. 7. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) - A Chinese company that has also invested heavily in AI technologies and has been developing AI applications for e-commerce, logistics, and finance. 8. Intel Corporation (INTC) - A company that has been developing hardware specifically for AI, including custom processors and FPGA chips. 9. Twilio Inc. (TWLO) - A company that provides cloud-based communication services and has been investing in AI technologies to improve its services. 10. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) - A company that develops CPUs and GPUs for AI applications and has been investing heavily in machine learning and other AI technologies. This is very impressive. ChatGPT not only gives me a list of the companies, but also highlights each company’s involvement in the AI field. Since ChatGPT doesn’t have data beyond 2021, we come back to our trusty TradingView to pull out 1-year return charts. What a brutal year! Only Microsoft manages to gain 5.3%. The rest in the list had negative returns from -10% to 40%. Twilio is the loss leader, yielding -66.8% in the last 12 months. This drives home the two major risks in new technology investing: Firstly, at an early stage, you have no idea which technology will win out at the end. Is it direct current (DC) or alternative current (AC)? Airship or Aircraft? VHS or Betamax? Cable TV or satellite TV? And TDMA or GSM for cellular signal? Secondly, you do not know which company will become a leader in a winner-take-all market. If you go back in time and invest in the new automobile industry in 1908, you have a 99% chance of losing money, unless you luckily picked Ford, General Motors, or Chrysler out of the 253 publicly traded automakers. Likewise, if you invested in mobile phone companies in early 2000, you likely picked Motorola, Blackberry, Ericsson, or Nokia. However, when an outsider Apple launch a breakthrough product, iPhone 1 in 2007, it knocked out all leading cellphone markers and became the ultimate winner. Right now, I predict that most electric vehicle makers will go out of business in five years, except for Tesla, and maybe BYD. The Case for S&P Technology Select Sector Index Consistently picking winners in emerging technologies is extremely difficult. Even the smartest stock picker could not beat the market. Take Cathy Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) as an example, its cumulative returns comparing to the Nasdaq 100 were: • 1-year: -42.8% vs. -12.4%; • 5-year: -2.1% vs. +85.1%; • Since Inception (8-year): +100.3% vs. +203.5%. Diversification is a very powerful concept in investing, notably in times of uncertainty. Concentrating on stock picking, many active managers tend to cloud objective assessment with their own conviction and lose sight of potential market leaders amid emerging mega trends. Passive investment via index futures focusing on the high-tech sector allows us to express our conviction and capture emerging trends. XAK is one of the 11 sector indexes in the S&P 500. Its top holdings are Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco (CSCO), and Adobe (ADBE). My research shows that S&P Technology Select Sector (XAK) outperformed many Big Tech stocks and ETFs in both short-term and long-term. According to Fact Sheet published by S&P, as of January 31st, the annualized historical returns are -15.22% (1Y), 13.82% (3Y), 16.22% (5Y) and 18.48% (10Y). Total returns since inception are 6,425.9%. You may invest in one of the technology sector ETFs, such as SPDR XLK, iShare IYW, and Vanguard VGT. But CME E-Mini S&P Technology Select Sector Index Futures (XAK) has distinguished features over ETFs. Firstly, XAK has five quarterly contracts to choose from: March, June, September, December and March 2024. This allows us to evaluate strategies focusing on expected future value of the index, up to 1 year ahead. Secondly, you could place either Long or Short position, allowing both bullish and bearish strategies to implement. Thirdly, initial margin of placing 1 contract is approximately 35% of the notional value. This built-in leverage could enhance the returns if market moves in the right direction. Finally, by holding a long position on the quarterly futures contract and rolling it each quarter, investors could replicate the strategy of holding the stocks or the ETFs. Happy Trading. Disclaimers *Trade ideas cited above are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management under the market scenarios being discussed. They shall not be construed as investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. CME Real-time Market Data help identify trade set-ups and express my market views. If you have futures in your trading portfolio, check out on CME Group data plans in TradingView that suit your trading needs www.tradingview.com
CME_MINI:XAK1!Long
by JimHuangChicago
3
SPX Model Trading Plans for WED. 02/15Range Bound Consolidation - Day 8 The Post-CPI whipsaw action in the index is a continuation of the consolidation theme that's been playing out on the markets for a few days now. If the index closes below 4150 today, our models indicate continued choppy trading until some unexpectedly positive macro development shows up. There is no bearish concerns as long as the index is above 4095. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are flat for now. Models indicate going short on a daily close below 4100, with a take-profit on a cross above 4065, and a trailing stop of 33 points. Models also indicate going long on a daily close above 4155 with a trailing stop of 35 points. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for WED. 02/15: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4140, 4120, or 4102 with a 10-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4134, 4118, or 4095 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit short exits on a break above 4080. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 10:50am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
MARKET STRUCTURE IN US_500 (SP_500)The S&P 500 index is currently in a bullish trend, forming higher highs and higher lows. However, it recently created a series of equal highs, followed by a lower low. If the index breaks below the recent low, it could be an indication that the trend is turning bearish. On the other hand, if it breaks above the equal highs, the bullish trend is likely to continue. Traders should keep a close eye on these key levels and use them as potential points in their trades. Happy trading!
U
by arpitjain11
SPX Model Trading Plans for TUE. 02/14Consolidation Ahead? Day 7 The Post-CPI whipsaw action in the index is a continuation of the consolidation theme that's been playing out on the markets for a few days now. If the index closes below 4150 today, our models indicate continued downward drift until some unexpectedly positive macro development shows up. If the index closes between 4100-4150 today then we expect the choppy consolidation to continue into the next week. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are flat for now. Models indicate going short on a daily close below 4100, with a take-profit on a cross above 4065, and a trailing stop of 33 points. Models also indicate going long on a daily close above 4155 with a trailing stop of 35 points. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for TUE. 02/14: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4155, 4120 or 4102 with a 10-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4150, 4118, 4095, or 4080 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit long exits on a break below 4116. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 11:30am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom
S&P 500 Are we about to drop it like it's hot?Tracking our wave count for the S&P 500 we could be about to drop hard this week, with CPI reports due out on Tuesday and the Fed due to deliver another hawkish statement on Wednesday we could be entering into the wave 3 of C which will be a very sharp move and will demolish a lot of wealth in a very short space of time. We will move away from the narrative of inflation peaking and into a new narrative of inflation not dissapating as quickly as hoped. In turn the Fed will have to keep interest rates higher for longer than anticipated (which they have signalled in the past few meetings). This is likely to scare investors out of stocks and into cash, namely the dollar. The 'bullish' move up that topped on the 1st of December was just a counter trend rally (completing wave 2 of C) and was designed as such to convice traders/investors that the bottom is in and we are heading to new highs, drawing in the bulls only to swing rapidly to lows not seen since the covid crash. We feel a conservative target for this wave 3 of C would be circa 3200, a very nice 750 points of profit from current prices.
CME_MINI:ES1!Short
by RAA_Trading
Amazon - Feb - Daily AnalysisBasing Candle with closing below the previous trend line which indicates - Short position. However we need to wait & watch for the next candle for DBR or DBD. Reasons to Go Short: 1. MACD cross over is awaiting. 2. Super trend indicates short 3. Candle closing below the previous break out line 4. Weak Demand zones 5. If 13-Feb closes below 97, then Drop based Drop is confirmed else next candle should be strong green to consider it as a drop based Rally. Strong supply Area Its tested once with 1:4 risk reward ratio from 114 to 97 Weak Demand Area Might give 1:1, if this level breaks our then the target is 83.
NASDAQ:AMZN
by sam669999999999
2
S&P500 IN BULLISH WEDGE TO RETEST H4 BULLISH ORDER CANDLE!After the short term bullish rally above 4180, S&P500 then fell into corrective mode forming H4 bullish wedge in the process. Will this correction stays this simple "WXY" or develop into a more complex outlook in the future? For now, price is likely to retest the bullish order candle & if this is found to be strong enough, then the simple structure stands else, we might see the index decline further 39K as projected in our post of 23/01/23 shown below... N.B! - S&P500 price might not follow drawn lines . Actual price movement may likely differ from the forecast. - Let emotions and sentiments work for you - ALWAYS Use Proper Risk Management In Your Trades #s&p500 #spx500 #spx
FX:SPX500Long
by BullBearMkt
A little ugly coming our wayThis past week the bar was caught between the previous bar values which is typical of an adjustment to prices. The result was a close for the week in the lower 40% of the bar which adjusted the previous bar to a close in the mid section of the bar, or ~41.64% of the previous weeks range. This indicated indecision of a bearish nature. A potential test of 4007.23 - 3867.02, of which the lower section is testing the mid-December range of 3389.82 - 3746.49 Tighten your stops-losses to just below (by about .002%) this weeks low bar on anything you are trading if you have anything in profit. This will lock your profit in and should provide you with a potential discount to buy back in after the the test completes itself. The sectors look like as noted below: Discretionary - Bearish Info Tech - Neutral-Bull Telecom - Bearish Real Estate - Bearish Materials - Bearish Financials - Neutral-Bear Industrials -Neutral Staples - Bearish Health Care - Bearish Utilities - Bearish Energy - Bullish Keep you stop-losses tight -PriceProphet
SP:SPXShort
by priceprophet
SPX Model Trading Plans for FRI. 02/10Consolidation Ahead? Day 5 On the fourth day since we first published "the surge from post-FOMC last week could be consolidating a bit in the near term, unless some unexpectedly bullish macro developments take place", the index has clearly confirmed that its bullish momentum has dissipated, and our positional models have turned bearish with a short position opened. Unless the index closes above 4100 today, our models indicate continued downward drift until some unexpectedly positive macro development shows up. If the index closes above 4100 today, then we expect the choppy consolidation to continue into the next week. Positional Trading Models: Our positional models are flat for now. Models indicate going short on a daily close below 4100, with a take-profit on a cross above 4065, and a trailing stop of 33 points. Models also indicate going long on a daily close above 4180 with a trailing stop of 35 points. By definition, positional trading models may carry the positions overnight and over multiple days, and hence assume trading an instrument that trades beyond the regular session, with the trailing stops - if any - being active in the overnight session. Intraday/Aggressive Models: Our aggressive, intraday models indicate the trading plans below for today. Trading Plans for FRI. 02/09: Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4113, 4103, 4083, or 4071 with a 9-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4090, 4080, or 4068 with a 9-point trailing stop.  Models indicate explicit long exits on a break below 4109 or 4098, and short exit on a break above 4093 for today. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 10:01am ET or later. By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight - the models exit any open position at the close of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform's bar timing convention). To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) - depending on your risk tolerance and trading style - to determine the signals. (WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY and the PERFORMANCE OF OUR MODEL TRADING PLANS over the LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR? Please check for yourself how our pre-published model trades have performed so far! Seeing is believing!)  NOTES - HOW TO INTERPRET/USE THESE TRADING PLANS: (i) The trading levels identified are derived from our A.I. Powered Quant Models. Depending on the market conditions, these may or may not correspond to any specific indicator(s). (ii) These trading plans may be used to trade in any instrument that tracks the S&P 500 Index (e.g., ETFs such as SPY, derivatives such as futures and options on futures, and SPX options), triggered by the price levels in the Index. The results of these indicated trades would vary widely depending on the timeframe you use (tick chart, 1 minute, or 5 minute, or 15 minute or 60 minute etc.), the quality of your broker's execution, any slippages, your trading commissions and many other factors. (iii) These are NOT trading recommendations for any individual(s) and may or may not be suitable to your own financial objectives and risk tolerance - USE these ONLY as educational tools to inform and educate your own trading decisions, at your own risk. #spx #spx500 #spy #sp500 #esmini #indextrading #daytrading #models #tradingplans #outlook #economy #bear #yields #fomc #fed #newhigh #stocks #futures #inflation #powell #interestrates #earnings #earningsseason #chinareopen
SP:SPX
by TradersAIDotCom