Trade Setup + Market Update 061419
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I was just stewing over my recent ETF option trade performance, which seemed less satisfactory than last year’s. (I had just made $65,000 in profits in the past 30 days in my ETF trading after a dismal January/February, so I wasn’t too disconsolate!)I ran the numbers and found that my average profit the past few …
For years traders have been bombarded by “experts” on the psychology of trading. If only you could learn to manage your emotional tendencies, you could improve your trading results, and live happily ever after. Phooey. If you had a perfect trading system, that always generated profits with rarely a drawdown, would you really need to …
Nine (9) years ago when I started trading the “mean reversion” strategies that I use today, I was very unfamiliar with them, and they seemed awkward. Today I call this methodology “Reversion to the Trend” — and not only has it become second nature, it has consistently made me solid profits, trade after trade, month …
Why mess around with options trading? Last year I posted a blog on the “Our Blog” Page on my website titled “The Smallest Hedge Fund in the World.” (https://etfswingtrader.net/blog/smallest-hedge-fund-world/) It showed the transactions page from an account where I had $30,000 at my disposal for about six weeks. I decided to trade all my ETF …
Since GDX has been below its MA(200) [200 day moving average] this month I was looking for a bounce in order to take an inverse position. I determined this ETF was “overbought” when its RSI(2) [top panel] moved above 70 several days ago. When GDX was overbought for two days, I opened my initial position …
Finally the SPY appears to be appreciating the low oxygen at the heights to which it has climbed, and has begun a retreat. Big or small, I can’t say, but a retreat none the less. Just what we need for some swing trades. The official strategy rules for a Long SPY trade is 2 days …
December Cometh with a Flurry… …of activity. Closed a trade today, opened a couple of new ones, and took profits on an option trade. IWM / TNA After my early morning comments about the Russell 2000, the IWM magically proceeded to roll over — so far, that I was forced to take a position. I …