GMI since inception; introducing the WPM; on analyst earnings estimates; IBD 100 rockets
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I thought I would begin by looking over the changes in the GMI the last few weeks. 
After falling to +3, the GMI has remained at +6 since July 8 when this rally began. It took only one day for the GMI to go from +3 to +6. This is an example of how bad it is to marry a scenario. When the instruments tell me the market is reversing direction, I must act on it and not fight it. I am comfortable now being long and having no shorts. The rally has now completed its 6th day. (Click on chart to enlarge.)……………………………
I am introducing a new chart, the WishingWealth Pulse of the Market (WPM), which I will update periodically. I thought it was important to track how various types of stock indexes are performing. 
The WPM looks at the Dow 30, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, S&P 400 (mid-cap) and S&P 600 stock (small-cap) indexes and their component stocks. The short term trend measures focus on whether the index closed above its 30 day average and the percentage of the component stocks that closed above that average. The longer term trend measures focus on the 30 week averages. Why 30 day and 30 week? Over my 40+ years of trading, I have found that these are the best trend indicators for market movement. I must admit it was Stan Weinstein’s classic book (see Weinstein’s book at right) that alerted me to the usefulness of the 30 week average. The reversal in the QQQQ’s 30 week average in 2000, and 2003 alerted me to get out of the market in 2000 and to get back in, in 2003. Check it out! As for the 30 day average–I have found it to be the most reliable indicator of the short term trend.
The current WPM is quite bullish. All indexes closed above their 30 week and 30 day averages. The weakest indicator is the Dow 30 stocks, where only 63% closed above their 30 day averages and 53% above their 30 week averages. Let me know what you think of the WPM and how often you think I should post it………………………
This is earnings season. Have you ever noticed how the media report earnings in such a way as to maximize volatility and emotional reactions? It all focuses on whether a company beats analysts’ expectations. So, some group polls the analysts that follow a stock and then highlight the average of their estimates. Now, consider the following hypothetical per share estimates from 5 analysts: (.25, .30, .20, .20, .30). The average is .25 per share. Now say the company reports .21 per share. The media would report that the company missed earnings estimates by 4 cents (.21 instead of the predicted average of .25) even though the company actually beat the estimates of two analysts (who predicted .20 each). So everyone sells and the stock dives, not because missing the estimate is so bad–the company made a profit–but because everyone fears that the other person will sell. And so the hysteria continues. If the media and financial community wanted to report earnings responsibly, they would report the range of the analyst estimates. In this example, they would have said that analysts expected anywhere from (.20-.30 per share) and that the actual earnings were within the predicted range. I think this would take a lot of the hype out of investing. (I suspect, however, that someone would report that the earnings fell at the bottom of the predicted range–and provide another excuse for selling.) Darvas was right when he said Wall St. was a big casino. …………………………………….
Here is a list of stocks from the IBD 100 that had triple digit earnings increases last quarter and look to me to be rockets: CNXS, BMHC, CPSI, LUFK, HANS, SNHY. (Also, AFFX, PTC and CTO have year-over-year growth in earnings of 100% or more.) This is a list worth researching…………………………………….
Gary–I lost your email and could not reply to you. I appreciate your inquiry into why I did not post Thursday’s report on time–just sleepy. Thanks for your feedback.
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Please remember that the stock market is a risky place, especially now. I am not providing recommendations for you to follow. My goal is to share tools and methods that I have used over the past 40 years of trading, so that you may learn from them and adapt them to your trading style and needs. While I do my best, I do not guarantee the accuracy of any statistics computed or any resources linked to my blog. Please consult with your financial adviser and a mental health practitioner before you enter the stock market, and please do not take unaffordable risks in the current market environment. See the About section for more statements designed to protect you (and me) as you navigate this market. Past performance does not guarantee future results, but I would rather learn from a former winner than a loser.
GMI: +6; CME and GOOG end weak
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Indexes in up-trends but note that CME and GOOG could not hold their gains today.
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GMI:+6; GDW; Shame on you, Cramer
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I was out late tonight and will not write extensively. Suffice it to say that the GMI held steady at +6, but there were only 265 new highs.
Only about one half of the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 stocks rose, compared to 80% of the Dow 30 stocks. The rally ebbs and flows. Note that GDW, one of the consistent long time winners I have talked about hit a new high today………………
Tonight I heard Cramer make the distinction between the short term trader and the investor. Traders should cut their losses at 8% but investors who know the "true value" of stocks can buy on the way down. What a prescription for disaster! No one should average down and no one should let their losses on a purchase exceed 8%. One could have bought Enron all the way down by being a true believer in the accounting statistics and the repeated optimistic company announcements. By the time we outsiders learn the facts, the insiders and people in the know have already sold at much higher prices. No amount of "homework" or research can protect us. That is why one must react to the stock’s behavior as seen in its price chart, not to the corporate propaganda. Shame on you, Cramer.
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Another good day; GMI: +6; Stocks to watch
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Another good day, but weaker than yesterday. There were 495 new highs, down from 629. Only 60% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks advanced, compared to 52% of the S&P 500 and 47% of the Dow 30 stocks. 
The GMI remains at +6. If you look at the chart of the Growth Mutual Fund Index in IBD, you will see that growth mutual funds are doing well now. The Index is well above its 50 day average, and rising. 84% of the stocks in my universe of 4,000 stocks closed above their 10 week averages and 65% of all of the stocks are in a short term up trend, up from 42% just 6 days ago. If we can’t generate profits in this market something is wrong with our trading technique…………………………..
Still, there were a few warning signs today. BOOM could not hold its gains today and NTRI and SHLD also retreated from their highs today. On the other hand, there was renewed life in CME and NDAQ and LDG today. SWN, BBY, MW and HANS are still consistent climbers. (I own some of these.) ………………………………..
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A hot market; GMI: +6; more rockets; covered calls on GOOG
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This is one hot market! There were 629 new highs (16%) in my universe of 4,000 stocks today. 
The GMI remains at +6 and 83% of the stocks closed above their 10 week averages. I changed the criterion for the 10 day new high index to be positive if there were 100 successful stocks or at least 50% of the stocks that hit a new high 10 days ago closed higher today than 10 days ago. There were only 95 new highs 10 days ago, so the indicator would have had to be negative (less than 100) the way I originally defined the index. So today, 76/95 stocks or 80% qualified as successful 10 day new highs. 60% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks are in a short term up trend and 73% to 78% of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow 30 stocks rose today. These advancing percentages are lower than yesterday’s, but still very respectable……………………………………………
I received a lot of nice reader feedback today–thank you!! I will address many of the issues you raised, in coming weeks………………………………………
I found a really neat description of a market scan used by a successful newsletter, Coolcat. Many of the stocks listed are those I have spotted. Note this scan for finding great microcaps uses some of the types of technical criteria I (and Nicolas Darvas) use to define rockets–new highs and huge price appreciation. As I wrote in my strategy posts on 4/23 and 4/30 (check the archive), to find a stock that will double, find one that has already doubled.
My rocket scan found loads of promising stocks today. All of these had triple digit earnings increases last quarter and are at new price peaks: CNXS, LUB, BOOM, NDAQ, TS, NTRI, BMHC, CPSI, LUFK, HANS, RIV, KOSP, SPTN, RTI, TU, PTRY, SNHY, HOLX, SE, WCG, TUG, PCO, VDSI, BEBE, SMTS. Check them out. When I buy strong momentum stocks like this, I make a small pilot buy and put a stop loss order in below support or below a moving average where it has found support. I then wait to see if it moves up and I slowly add more on the way up, as long as the GMI is strong……………………………..
Ever write a covered call in your IRA account? Today, I bought 100 shares of GOOG at 295.74. I then immediately sold a call for someone to buy my 100 shares from me at 300 per share, good through expiration on August 19. In return for the right to buy my GOOG from me at 300 during this period I was paid 15.80 per share, or $1580. What this means is that by option expiration in August, if GOOG is selling above $300, the option will be exercised and the stock will be called away from me for $300 per share. My profit (excluding commissions would be 30,000-29,574= +426 + 1580= $2006 or 7% in about 6 weeks. I am giving up the right to make anymore than this no matter how much above 300 that GOOG may climb during this period. On the other hand, if GOOG should decline during this period I would not have a loss until it fell to 279.94 (295.74-15.80). The option premium of 15.84 per share is mine to keep and protects me from a loss on my purchase down to 279.94. As long as GOOG closes above 279.94 by the August expiration I will have a profit. If GOOG closes below $300 in August, the option expires worthless and I can write a new call on the same shares for September or later. If the stock falls a lot more than 15.80, I could have a large loss.
Covered call writing is really a very conservative strategy. I only sell calls on stocks that I think will rise and which are so volatile that the option premium (amount someone will pay me for the option) is considerable. I do not want to buy GOOG without the protection of the covered call, so I do not care if the stock goes way above 300 by August. Check out covered call writing in the CBOE learning center. Many people of the "buy and hold" mentality could have limited their losses in 2000-2002 if they simply had written calls on their stocks as they declined. If you use a full service broker and s/he did not tell you about covered calls as your portfolio shrunk, you should liquidate your broker instead of your account.
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Pundits blind to market strength; QQQQ vs. Comp; GMI: +6; Stocks I like
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I watched some of the Cost of Freedom shows on Fox on Saturday and was struck by the focus on terrorism. Imagine wasting viewers’ time by asking the financial pundits what American policy about terrorism should be! The fact that the market held Thursday and Friday did not garner much attention. 
I may be wrong, but the strong market last week after the events in London made me really bullish. The GMI is even back to +6. The market was very strong on Friday. There were 151 successful 10 day highs–84% of the 181 stocks that hit a new high 10 days ago closed higher on Friday than 10 days earlier. There were a stunning 478 new highs in my universe of 4,000 stocks and only 6 new lows. More than half (53%) of the 4,000 stocks are in a short term up-trend and 79% of them closed above their 10 week average. On Friday, 85-93% of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow 30 stocks advanced. We are now in day 1 (U-1) of an up-trend. So, why aren’t the media pundits more bullish–it must be a conundrum……………………………
I noticed a divergence between the Nasdaq Composite index and the Nasdaq 100 index, which I have been keying on. Between 6/2-7/7, the QQQQ (which tracks the Nasdaq 100) declined 4.1%, while the Comp Index declined just 1.0%. If I had been focusing on the Comp instead of the QQQQ, the GMI would have held up much better and kept me more bullish. What is the difference between the Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) index and the Comp? The QQQQ tracks "all the stocks in the Nasdaq-100 Index, which consists of the largest nonfinancial securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. " The stocks that are excluded from the QQQQ must be outperforming the tech stocks in the QQQQ–that is why the Comp performed better during the decline. I have therefore been thinking about restructuring the GMI to include/replace the Comp. Any suggestions?…………………………………….
How long will this rise last? You know better than to ask– the truth is no one knows. But I am placing my bets on the long side, in case we have a follow through rally as earnings come out the next few weeks. I like lots of companies, including MW, BBY, HANS, KOMG, FTO, HITK, IVGN, GME, WFMI, GDW, DSL, NDAQ, NTRI–many of which I own.
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Please remember that the stock market is a risky place, especially now. I am not providing recommendations for you to follow. My goal is to share tools and methods that I have used over the past 40 years of trading, so that you may learn from them and adapt them to your trading style and needs. While I do my best, I do not guarantee the accuracy of any statistics computed or any resources linked to my blog. Please consult with your financial adviser and a mental health practitioner before you enter the stock market, and please do not take unaffordable risks in the current market environment. See the About section for more statements designed to protect you (and me) as you navigate this market. Past performance does not guarantee future results, but I would rather learn from a former winner than a loser.
A surprising show of strength; GMI: +3; Sectors with many new highs
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Who would ever have believed that a market in a confirmed down trend could withstand a terrorist attack and actually hold its own? Today, 50-56% of the stocks in the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow 30 indexes actually advanced, far above yesterday’s performance. In fact, only 7% of Dow 30 stocks rose on Wednesday, compared to 50% on Thursday. 
There were 173 new yearly highs in my universe of 4,000 stocks and only 28 new lows. Yes, we are in day 9 (D-9) of the QQQQ decline, but 55% of its stocks advanced today. And 109 of the 186 stocks that hit a new high 10 days ago closed higher today than they closed 10 days ago. So there is a lot of strength under the surface………………………………
So where was the strength today? I looked at the industries represented among the 173 stocks that hit a new high today. I found that 7 stocks in the apparel industry hit new highs: ANF,DBRN,SCVL,STGS,CHS,MW,CHRS. There were 13 stocks in the independent oil and gas sector: ECA,NXY,UPL,SFY,TLM,PTF,CNQ,SWN, SM,APC,XTXI,DVN,PVX. Oil and gas equipment services had 11: BHI,NGS,SOSA,PAA,PPX,WMB,TMG,KMP,HOC,TNT,PCZ. While not as many, the investment brokerage stocks were also strong: TRAD,SCH,ET,LM,AGE. It would seem to me that the sectors that have a lot of new highs on a day like this are sending signals of future strength. As for me, I added to some of my positions that rose today. While the markets are in a down trend, it appears that the stocks that will report good earnings will buck the trend, at least until their earnings come out. If stocks were going to decline more near term, I think the market had the perfect excuse to do so today–and it did not.
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The decline continues; GMI: +3; No new purchases
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The down trend in the SPY reasserted itself today and we are in the 8th day of decline (D-8) in the QQQQ. 
I might add that the Dow 30, as measured by the DIA, also remains in a consistent decline. The Nasdaq 100 fared better today than the other indexes, with 36% of its stocks advancing. This compares with 23% of the S&P 500 stocks and only 7% (2) of the Dow 30 stocks. There were 360 new 52 week highs in my universe of 4,000 stocks and only 13 new lows. Still, we had 109/170 stocks that hit a new high 10 days ago and closed higher today than they did 10 days ago. Buying new highs has continued to pay off…………………………………………
I think this remains a good time to be short or in cash. The stocks on which I own put options (KRI and LXK) fell today, giving me a profit. Some of the stocks I still own (BBY, MW, WFMI) held their own today. Still, the odds now favor a decline and I will not make any new stock purchases until the GMI strengthens.
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Please remember that the stock market is a risky place, especially now. I am not providing recommendations for you to follow. My goal is to share tools and methods that I have used over the past 40 years of trading, so that you may learn from them and adapt them to your trading style and needs. While I do my best, I do not guarantee the accuracy of any statistics computed or any resources linked to my blog. Please consult with your financial adviser and a mental health practitioner before you enter the stock market, and please do not take unaffordable risks in the current market environment. See the About section for more statements designed to protect you (and me) as you navigate this market. Past performance does not guarantee future results, but I would rather learn from a former winner than a loser.
SPY reversing? GMI: +3; Buying some stocks and keeping puts
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The market is now very divided. My QQQQ daily and weekly indicators are still 
negative and in declines. The daily SPY index, however, is close to turning positive. Over 400 stocks in my universe of 4,000 stocks hit new highs today, the most since I began this blog. Between 74%-77% of the stocks in the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow 30 indexes rose today. The GMI remains at +3 and the QQQQ is in its 7th day of the decline (D-7). Tomorrow is a critical day. We will learn whether the SPY turns positive and whether the QQQQ will follow its lead. I suspect this is the typical earnings release rally……………………………………….
I sold out my puts on the SPY at a loss, and then I immediately went long stocks. (I told you yesterday that if I find myself on the wrong side of the trend I have no problem turning on a dime. It is suicide to marry a scenario that is at odds with the market’s action.) I found so many rockets rising that I could not resist nibbling at such powerful stocks as FTO, BBY, HITK, LCAV, WFMI, HANS and MW. Of course, I put stops in on all of them in case this rally fades. I would still be much more confident if the QQQQ and SPY were in synch, but sometimes different market sectors behave in an uncorrelated fashion. Just in case, I have kept my put options on some of the weakest stocks.
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The trend is our friend; GMI: +3; Interest rates rising; a short list of stocks
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You may ask, why do I continually talk about the GMI? It is because the majority of stocks follow the trend of the general market averages. It is exemplified by the "M" in CANSLIM. It is said that about 70% of stocks follow the market trend. If this is true, then why not trade with the odds in our favor? This is one of the hardest lessons to learn. In the past, I would lose all of my hard earned trading profits and more, when I kept buying break-out stocks in the inevitable decline that followed a bull move. According to my analyses, the QQQQ is in day 6 (D-6) of a decline. Using the TC2005 technical analysis program, I can count how many of the Nasdaq 100 stocks rose over the past 6 days– 38%. Thus, if I bought a Nasdaq 100 stock on 6/24 and held it through Friday, 7/1, I had a 38/100 chance of having a profitable position. On the other hand, if I had shorted a stock on 6/24, I had a 62% chance of having a winner. As they say, the trend is our friend……………………………..
The GMI closed Friday at +3. 
The Spy and QQQQ indicators continue to be weak. IBD still maintains that the market is in a "confirmed rally." And S&P thinks we are in for a great second half of the year. I am not so sure. I added a new indicator to the GMI box, Stocks in a Short Term Up-trend. This indicator shows that 42% of the 4,000 stocks in my universe are in an up-trend, down from 55% when this decline began. Furthermore, only 39% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks rose on Friday, compared to 63% of the S&P 500 stocks and 67% of the Dow 30. The Dow 30 stocks look terrible to me with the following 20 stocks in a down trend: UTX, INTC, MO, CAT, JNJ, PG, C, AXP, GE, MSFT, HD, DIS, KO, VZ, MMM, MCD, PFE, DD, AA, MRK. Get the picture? Two thirds of the Dow 30 stocks look technically weak to me. It never fails to amaze me how these market analysts presume to predict the direction of stocks based on their interpretations of the economy. Don’t they understand that the market always predicts the economy. We typically find out the economic reasons for a market decline or a rise after it has occurred. Maybe I should buy puts on the Dow ETF–DIA………………………………………….
It is also curious to me how the pundits cling to a bullish scenario in the face of an aggressive Fed. I think that it is well known that the market has an up-hill battle when rates are rising (Marty Zweig was a master at using Fed actions to time the market) and there is no ambiguity here. 
The short term interest rate indicator has hit yet another new high. It looks to me like the Fed will over-tighten, yet again, and push the economy off the cliff. Even if they don’t, rising oil prices and heating bills may kill the economy next winter. When we read all of their market predictions, we must remember that market pundits tend to be overly optimistic–they need someone to buy their stocks from them. It is rare that a commentator will advise the public to go to cash or to take the short side. The wise speculators trade both sides of the market and embrace a trend, regardless of its direction. Don’t take my word for it–read the classics listed on the right………………………………………….
I told you before that I have been successful in avoiding the bulk of market declines since 1998. I exited the market completely in October, 2000 and got back in after it bottomed. So, now I sit in cash or short and wait for the trend to develop. If I am wrong about this decline, I can always reverse direction in an instant. There is plenty of time to climb aboard a rising market if it is a sustained multi-month uptrend–the only kind in which I can make big money………………………………..
I am beginning to look for stocks to short. I ran a scan of the market to find stocks in consistent declines (falling rockets). One industry that came up a lot was steel and iron mining stocks: TONS, ROCK, WPSC, AKS, GNA, RESC, CGA. Another sector that came up often was Telecom services-foreign: DT, KPN, PT, TCP, SCM, CTC. Should I add them to my short list?
Happy July 4th holiday to all.
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Please remember that the stock market is a risky place, especially now. I am not providing recommendations for you to follow. My goal is to share tools and methods that I have used over the past 40 years of trading, so that you may learn from them and adapt them to your trading style and needs. While I do my best, I do not guarantee the accuracy of any statistics computed or any resources linked to my blog. Please consult with your financial adviser and a mental health practitioner before you enter the stock market, and please do not take unaffordable risks in the current market environment. See the About section for more statements designed to protect you (and me) as you navigate this market. Past performance does not guarantee future results, but I would rather learn from a former winner than a loser.
