The QQQ short term up-trend could end with a weak day on Wednesday. While the GMI buy signal remains in effect, I do not like the action of the market and IBD has now declared a correction. The QQQ has now closed below its important 10 week average. I can rarely make money when this is so. There will be plenty of time to be invested once we get through the debt limit and government shut-down. However, I remain invested in mutual funds in my university pension where I cannot trade often. The Worden T2108 is at 42%, in neutral territory. The major indexes are not in extreme over-sold territory— yet.
Dr. Wish
23rd day of QQQ short term up-trend
Indicators are beginning to weaken. Getting more defensive. Green line break-outs not holding.
GMI back to 6; 4 green line break-out stocks from last week and 2 prior winners–FLT and TSLA
The GMI is back to 6 (of 6). I have to “fly by instrument” and stay invested long in spite of my emotions from the news. My university pension has remained 100% invested in mutual funds. My trading accounts are now holding long positions. (Long means I am expecting the equity to rise.)
I did a lot of work the past few days looking for green line break-outs.Check out my TC2000 webinar from December 2012, link posted to the right of my blog page. for an explanation of my green line strategy. I like to buy green line break-outs and to place my sell stop somewhere below the green line. A lot of stocks break above the green line and then re-test it before resuming their advance. Because one never knows if the advance will resume, I sell when the stock closes below the green line and may buy back if it rises above it again. In an IRA, I am not concerned with wash sales tax rules. Here are a few weekly charts of stocks that broke above their green line tops last week or the prior week and had recent earnings up at least 100%. These stocks (TPLM, URI, EEFT, GENT) are well worth researching.
FB has continued to rise after its green line break-out. (I own it.) Ignore the annotations from my class.
Lest you think that buying at a green line break-out is too late, feast your eyes on FLT. You may also want to see what TSLA has done since breaking its green line last April around $40. Of course not all green line break-outs perform this way. The challenge is to ride those that do and quickly abandon those that do not.
And TSLA:
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