02 Jul 2020
While the model has done well since early 2019, and outperformed from early 2016 to early 2018, it had difficulty for much of 2018. Please explain.
... 2015, they were down in 2015, 2016, and 2018 while roughly flat in 2017 and only up 7.6% in 2019. In these challenging years, the Market ... important is we make sure our members know that markets change so their strategies must also adapt. The FAQ section ...
21 Jun 2011
2011 has been [June 21, 2011 as of this writing] the most frustrating market ever in my 10+ years of trading. When will things get easier?
... been for the most part a trendless choppy market wrought by cross currents of quantitative easing that prop the markets, and headline news ( ... hammers the market. The key to trading in such challenging environments is to always obey your stops so your losses ...
07 Jun 2020
When using the 50-day moving average as one's selling using under the 7-week rule, the 50-day moving average sometimes seems so far from where the stock is trading, so it would have to have a serious drop to trigger a violation of the 50-day moving average.
... the stock drops back into its base, general market conditions become bearish, or the stock behaves in ... the stock will not violate its 50dma and move higher after bouncing off its 50dma ... appear to be well above its 50dma, so it seems like if it were to drop ...
25 Jul 2012
Could you please give me an idea of how often open windows seem to occur? Do you find them on both the downside and upside?
... imagine losses for these trend following wizards have worsened. This speaks to the highly unusual and challenging market environment that has so far been prevalent ...
10 Jun 2016
The market is too volatile so I will sign up for your service when things calm down.
... strictly use the signals issued by the market direction model with a 1-times ETF ... a trend will last, and when the market will become volatile again. So over the years, I ... realize that when it comes to the market direction model ...
05 Apr 2012
Does the fact that Stochastics for the general market (eg. SPY and QQQQ) are approaching oversold concern you?
In trending markets, overbought becomes more overbought, so selling or reducing just because the market is overbought is a conservative approach ... at least less than stellar returns. In a sideways market, this type of strategy can work, but the homeruns ...
17 Jun 2011
I receive the Market Lab Reports and Newsletters but have not received the email updates on stocks and ETFs that are indicated. Please adivse.
Members receive the updates and reports via email in real-time so they can choose whether or not to act on them. ... Non-members can look through the archived reports and webinars ...
05 Apr 2021
Have we hit a market top? BTC and other major leaders like LINK, SNX, and AAVE seem to be struggling.
... , we have not hit a major market top, but a minor top within a ... expirations, major mining pool activity, Coinbase premiums, and futures funding rates as well as the flow ... of bitcoin, ethereum, and USDT onto and off of major exchanges, all of which ...
17 Jan 2016
Do you ever compare past markets to current markets? For example, The Shanghai Index in 2014-15 looks very similar to the NASDAQ in 1999.
... and the initial collapse that has followed since it peaked middle of last year. I am sure even the most ... so far the duration of each move in these ... 2016 to the NASDAQ in 2000 ignores the fact that the Chinese market only recently broke out in March of 2015 ...
03 Nov 2011
I was looking over the history of the MDM. It seems the model has given nearly twice as many signals in the last 12 months compared to most other periods.
... nowhere, more or less trendless market environment, the most challenging of environments for position traders and trend followers. Fortunately, the ... 3-times ETFs using our Market Direction Model are around triple digit percentage gains so far in 2011. Due to ...