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Friday, August 24, 2012
Big Wave Trading Portfolio Update And Top Current Holdings
The Big Wave Trading Portfolio remains under a weak BUY signal, following a week of constructive price action in the overall market. We continue to keep positions relatively small as volume continues to be completely absent in the stock market right now. Traders are still on vacation and there has not been a single what we deem “perfect” or “near perfect” signal since the BUY signal has been triggered. We will continue to operate on a small level until volume returns to above average daily or weekly levels in the overall market or a strong “perfect or near perfect” signal is generated.
As for our opinions on the future direction of the market. We do not have any. However, in analyzing the current situation we find similar parallels to the price action in the summer of 2000. Obviously, this time it is much different as it is not coming from a post-bubble pop. However, as someone that follows history, this must be taken into consideration. A low volume rally is always suspect to heavier volume selling and with another week of August still left it is possible that the low volume rally will continue until Labor Day.
If that is the case, that is when/where it then gets interesting. Will wall street come back post-Labor Day and see the gains on small volume and begin dumping shares? Or will wall street come back post-Labor Day, see the melt up on low volume, then see the 5-year high of the NYSE short interest ratio at 19.92 (MarketSmith numbers), and then squeeze the shorts to death? There is not one person out there that can answer that question. We must let price be our guide.
If volume was heavier on this leg up and NYSE short interest was increasing, then I would lean to a powerful possible rally coming into election season. However, with the volume being so low, a pullback can easily materialize here. We will continue to go with the flow of price and use options to allow us to generate outsized returns that was once attainable via stock purchases alone with margin before 2011.
The one extremely bright spot for us lately has been the earnings winners. Stocks gapping up on volume following earnings announcements have done brilliantly and those around in the morning taking the advice given from BWT traders have benefited greatly. Sadly, earning season is wrapping up and that means that we will have to wait 3 more months for these explosive moves that have given us an extremely high reward/risk right/wrong gain/pain ratio to come around again.
There are a lot of so-called bulls out there in the II and AAII survey. There are a lot of shorts out there according to the NYSE short interest ratio. Which one is right? It doesn’t matter. Right now, all that matters is price. Follow the price. It is the only thing that doesn’t lie.
Top Current Holdings – Percent Return – Date of Signal
AVD long – 97% – 1/10/12
BVSN short – 82% – 3/19/12
CLGX long – 39% – 6/19/12
STX long – 37% – 6/29/12
PRXI short – 36% – 3/30/12
PHMD short – 31% – 5/11/12
VRNM short – 30% – 4/10/12
MAGS short – 27% – 4/18/12
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Tame Core CPI Data Traps The Bears As Stocks Rally On Heavier Volume; The Incompetent Short Sellers Just Don't Get It
Stocks started Friday off just right as stocks gapped higher thanks to a tame core CPI. The CPI moved up .7% in May–the biggest since September 2005–but the core CPI was up only .1%. That was less than the .2% expected by economist. That also lowered the YOY core CPI to 2.2% which was the smallest in 14 months. The CPI data clearly gave investors the hope that the Fed will scrap its bias to raise rates as the recent economic numbers suggest steady economic growth with mild inflation. A sign that rates and economic growth are starting to come in-line can be seen in the yield curve. It has corrected itself and now has a very positive bullish slope to it compared to where it was just three months ago when the curve was inverted.
Other solid news from the economy came from the Labor Department’s production numbers. Industrial production was flat in May, better than the prior two readings of negative growth. Manufacturing production was up .1%, besting the recent levels. And capacity utilization was down showing a lot of capacity which has inflation easing pressure.
These reports were strong enough to get buyers hungry for stocks. And when you combine that with options expiration you had the perfect mix for big stock gains on big volume. When all was said-and-done, stocks climbed across the board, with the SP 600 up 1.2%, the Nasdaq rose 1.1% to six-year highs, the NYSE higher by .9%, the SP 500 was up .7%, and the DJIA rose .6%. This sent all stock indexes near all-time highs and gave the indexes their fifteenth straight positive Friday close. For the third day in-a-row the IBD 100 led the market, with a 1.5% gain. That can only be described as perfect action in a market making strong gains despite all the bearishness.
Volume was higher on both exchanges. On the NYSE volume was 41% higher and 27% higher on the Nasdaq. Despite the higher volume coming on the back of quadruple witching, the fact that volume was so much higher on the NYSE is a clear confirmation of the rally after last weeks and Tuesday’s selling.
As for the internals, they were rather strong, with advancers beating decliners on the NYSE by a 13-to-3 ratio and on the Nasdaq by a 2-to-1 ratio. The really strong reversal to the bullish side was the new highs and new lows. The amount of 52-week highs exploded to 609 and new 52-week lows were only 70, finally sending an end to the mixed message of this statistic.
A rough start to the week was quickly corrected as we came up to the positive retail sales report on Wednesday. For the week, the Nasdaq led the way higher with a 2.1% gain, the NYSE rose 1.9%, the SP 600, the SP 500 gained 1.7%, and the DJIA rose 1.6%. However, when comparing those gains to leading stocks, you can tell that the action was where it is supposed to be in strong markets. The IBD 100 rallied 4% for the week. When you have leading stocks leading a rally, there is NO reason to be looking for a top. I could understand the bearishness before when this index was not keeping up. But being bearish now shows just a complete lack of respect for history.
Leading stocks never really got whacked (unlike the Sopranos finally–what a load of crap) when the market pulled back. The action in those leading stocks was a clear signal that there were not real problems with this market. Granted, it could have gotten a lot worse, but those stocks normally break down well before a stock market is about to top. The fact that those current leading stocks held was proof enough to me that this was not the right time to be calling a top. AAPL and GOOG, besides the current leading stocks, are your tell. As long as these stocks are holding their 50 dma’s, there is NO reason to get bearish just because everyone else is. Crowd mentality is a disease and last time I checked you are supposed to stay away from diseases. Remember: going with the crowd (after you get out of HS) is what morons do. People that can not think for themselves go with the crowd. Those people do NOT make money in the stock market year in and year out. Stay away from this thinking.
The other clear obvious reason that nobody should have gotten full-on-bearish was that all the indexes rested right at their 50 day moving averages. After touching those averages, the indexes have done nothing but rally higher. This is exactly how you want to see strong markets act. They, seriously, don’t get much better than this.
The Nasdaq’s accumulation/distribution rating has risen to a C+ from a D- on Thursday. This is an amazing jump and also should confirm the rallies strength off the 50 dma. And when you take that with the NYSE short interest ratio being near an all-time high at 7.58, you have a clear scenario where you can see the smart money buying stocks (acc/dist rating) and the dumb money (hedge funds/retail) shorting stocks. The shorts are the ones who are wrong here. The price gains prove that. The one group of traders that have been right about this rally since it started–which happens to be where the bulls and bears crossed in the investors intelligence survey–has been the newsletter writers according to the investors intelligence survey. These guys have been bullish and continue to be bullish since they crossed in June. The current reading shows 56.7% are bulls; the five-year high is 62.9%.
What could be better? Volatility. The constant gains since March 2003 without a 10% decline on the DJIA is the reason why my top stocks only have so many up 100%. In normal bull markets, that start after a downtrend, where the VIX rises to above 25, I will be able to produce at least 5 stocks up over 300% and over 20 stocks up over 100% within six months. That clearly has not been the case with this rally as the VIX has not been over 20 since early 2004 and has not seen 30 since March 2003. This is why, in 2003, everything you touched went up 100% within months using the style I have. Right now, as you can see, 50% gains are like the 100% gains and the 100% gains are like the old 200% gains. Until this market sells off there is not going to be a “sh*t-load” of money to be made, unless you are quick with trading the China or solar stocks.
However, if you just stayed with leading stocks and have been long stocks in the Chemical-Fertilizer sector you would be sitting on a HUGE gain. These stocks have been leaders for the past six months and YTD they are up 91% blowing away another other sector when it comes to performance. This goes to show, once again, that leading stocks lead the market by a LONG shot. This compares to 10% gains in the NYSE and SP 600 or the 14% gain in the IBD 100 YTD. However, either way you look at it, investing in leading stocks is where the money is.
Where the money is not is in shorting this market. With that high NYSE short interest ratio and the market near all-time highs a further short-squeeze has to be expected at this point. The perma-bear traders like TraderTim, whom if you study about will find out is a depressed near-sadistic individual, are the perfect fuel this fire needs to keep burning. The hardest thing for most it seems is to actually believe the FACTS that are appearing right in front of your face with the indexes up near these all-time highs. Most people seem to want to believe the rants of delusional egotistical arrogant self-absorbed liars. If that is the game you want to play, be my guest. I will deal with the facts of the current market and continue to play the trend to the upside and make money.
Before I end this, there is one more thing that should be known that most traders don’t seem to understand. This market is a bit oversold with the 10-day moving average of the advance/decline line well under the zero level where this oscillator judges overbought and oversold. With that in mind, the amount of stocks above the 200-dma is only at 68% compared with 86% back in February and 84% back in April. Yet, here we are with the NYSE .5% away from an all time high and the Nasdaq already at a new 52-week high, yet the market has 20% less stocks above the 200-dma. That clearly shows that we have a lot of stocks that can join the rally, that can send the indexes even higher than they are now. Some may say that this is a sign of weakness. To that I only have to say really? Then why is the Nasdaq at a new 52-week high and why are the indexes only less than 1% away from an all-time high?
Facts are facts, folks. We have a stock market hitting new 52-week highs, on near all-time short interest, with a record setting economy, and a lot of bearish headlines on your late night biased-news networks. This can only mean one thing: stocks are going to move higher.
top holdings up this week - purchase date
TRCR 466% - 1/12
PTT 341% - 11/16
MA 218% - 8/2
OMTR 155% - 9/15
CCOI 135% - 9/27
KHDH 131% - 5/30/06
TTEC 131% - 8/25
AOI 127% - 11/9
ULTR 126% - 10/27
IHS 121% - 12/21/05
MFW 116% - 1/29
MOS 116% - 10/12
SVNT 112% - 8/24
MEH 112% - 8/30
CPA 108% - 9/15
HRZ 105% - 9/27
DECK 98% - 9/13
CRY 95% - 1/10
PRGX 92% - 1/12
CXW 92% - 5/19/06
EVEP 90% - 11/16
CNH 88% - 11/2
APLX 80% - 9/28
IGLD 80% - 10/26
HURN 78% - 9/13
VDSI 73% - 1/4
NTL 71% - 4/13
LTS 67% - 1/11
XRA 66% - 5/24
ZNH 65% - 12/26
MCZ 64% - 3/27
LFL 63% - 12/13
VSNT 61% - 2/5
NSH 58% - 12/19
TESO 56% - 2/16
AFSI 55% - 4/12
BMA 52% - 10/24
TSYS 50% - 1/26
TTG 50% - 11/30
Market Commentary At Big Wave Trading Bronze Level One
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New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
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MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
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Other solid news from the economy came from the Labor Department’s production numbers. Industrial production was flat in May, better than the prior two readings of negative growth. Manufacturing production was up .1%, besting the recent levels. And capacity utilization was down showing a lot of capacity which has inflation easing pressure.
These reports were strong enough to get buyers hungry for stocks. And when you combine that with options expiration you had the perfect mix for big stock gains on big volume. When all was said-and-done, stocks climbed across the board, with the SP 600 up 1.2%, the Nasdaq rose 1.1% to six-year highs, the NYSE higher by .9%, the SP 500 was up .7%, and the DJIA rose .6%. This sent all stock indexes near all-time highs and gave the indexes their fifteenth straight positive Friday close. For the third day in-a-row the IBD 100 led the market, with a 1.5% gain. That can only be described as perfect action in a market making strong gains despite all the bearishness.
Volume was higher on both exchanges. On the NYSE volume was 41% higher and 27% higher on the Nasdaq. Despite the higher volume coming on the back of quadruple witching, the fact that volume was so much higher on the NYSE is a clear confirmation of the rally after last weeks and Tuesday’s selling.
As for the internals, they were rather strong, with advancers beating decliners on the NYSE by a 13-to-3 ratio and on the Nasdaq by a 2-to-1 ratio. The really strong reversal to the bullish side was the new highs and new lows. The amount of 52-week highs exploded to 609 and new 52-week lows were only 70, finally sending an end to the mixed message of this statistic.
A rough start to the week was quickly corrected as we came up to the positive retail sales report on Wednesday. For the week, the Nasdaq led the way higher with a 2.1% gain, the NYSE rose 1.9%, the SP 600, the SP 500 gained 1.7%, and the DJIA rose 1.6%. However, when comparing those gains to leading stocks, you can tell that the action was where it is supposed to be in strong markets. The IBD 100 rallied 4% for the week. When you have leading stocks leading a rally, there is NO reason to be looking for a top. I could understand the bearishness before when this index was not keeping up. But being bearish now shows just a complete lack of respect for history.
Leading stocks never really got whacked (unlike the Sopranos finally–what a load of crap) when the market pulled back. The action in those leading stocks was a clear signal that there were not real problems with this market. Granted, it could have gotten a lot worse, but those stocks normally break down well before a stock market is about to top. The fact that those current leading stocks held was proof enough to me that this was not the right time to be calling a top. AAPL and GOOG, besides the current leading stocks, are your tell. As long as these stocks are holding their 50 dma’s, there is NO reason to get bearish just because everyone else is. Crowd mentality is a disease and last time I checked you are supposed to stay away from diseases. Remember: going with the crowd (after you get out of HS) is what morons do. People that can not think for themselves go with the crowd. Those people do NOT make money in the stock market year in and year out. Stay away from this thinking.
The other clear obvious reason that nobody should have gotten full-on-bearish was that all the indexes rested right at their 50 day moving averages. After touching those averages, the indexes have done nothing but rally higher. This is exactly how you want to see strong markets act. They, seriously, don’t get much better than this.
The Nasdaq’s accumulation/distribution rating has risen to a C+ from a D- on Thursday. This is an amazing jump and also should confirm the rallies strength off the 50 dma. And when you take that with the NYSE short interest ratio being near an all-time high at 7.58, you have a clear scenario where you can see the smart money buying stocks (acc/dist rating) and the dumb money (hedge funds/retail) shorting stocks. The shorts are the ones who are wrong here. The price gains prove that. The one group of traders that have been right about this rally since it started–which happens to be where the bulls and bears crossed in the investors intelligence survey–has been the newsletter writers according to the investors intelligence survey. These guys have been bullish and continue to be bullish since they crossed in June. The current reading shows 56.7% are bulls; the five-year high is 62.9%.
What could be better? Volatility. The constant gains since March 2003 without a 10% decline on the DJIA is the reason why my top stocks only have so many up 100%. In normal bull markets, that start after a downtrend, where the VIX rises to above 25, I will be able to produce at least 5 stocks up over 300% and over 20 stocks up over 100% within six months. That clearly has not been the case with this rally as the VIX has not been over 20 since early 2004 and has not seen 30 since March 2003. This is why, in 2003, everything you touched went up 100% within months using the style I have. Right now, as you can see, 50% gains are like the 100% gains and the 100% gains are like the old 200% gains. Until this market sells off there is not going to be a “sh*t-load” of money to be made, unless you are quick with trading the China or solar stocks.
However, if you just stayed with leading stocks and have been long stocks in the Chemical-Fertilizer sector you would be sitting on a HUGE gain. These stocks have been leaders for the past six months and YTD they are up 91% blowing away another other sector when it comes to performance. This goes to show, once again, that leading stocks lead the market by a LONG shot. This compares to 10% gains in the NYSE and SP 600 or the 14% gain in the IBD 100 YTD. However, either way you look at it, investing in leading stocks is where the money is.
Where the money is not is in shorting this market. With that high NYSE short interest ratio and the market near all-time highs a further short-squeeze has to be expected at this point. The perma-bear traders like TraderTim, whom if you study about will find out is a depressed near-sadistic individual, are the perfect fuel this fire needs to keep burning. The hardest thing for most it seems is to actually believe the FACTS that are appearing right in front of your face with the indexes up near these all-time highs. Most people seem to want to believe the rants of delusional egotistical arrogant self-absorbed liars. If that is the game you want to play, be my guest. I will deal with the facts of the current market and continue to play the trend to the upside and make money.
Before I end this, there is one more thing that should be known that most traders don’t seem to understand. This market is a bit oversold with the 10-day moving average of the advance/decline line well under the zero level where this oscillator judges overbought and oversold. With that in mind, the amount of stocks above the 200-dma is only at 68% compared with 86% back in February and 84% back in April. Yet, here we are with the NYSE .5% away from an all time high and the Nasdaq already at a new 52-week high, yet the market has 20% less stocks above the 200-dma. That clearly shows that we have a lot of stocks that can join the rally, that can send the indexes even higher than they are now. Some may say that this is a sign of weakness. To that I only have to say really? Then why is the Nasdaq at a new 52-week high and why are the indexes only less than 1% away from an all-time high?
Facts are facts, folks. We have a stock market hitting new 52-week highs, on near all-time short interest, with a record setting economy, and a lot of bearish headlines on your late night biased-news networks. This can only mean one thing: stocks are going to move higher.
top holdings up this week - purchase date
TRCR 466% - 1/12
PTT 341% - 11/16
MA 218% - 8/2
OMTR 155% - 9/15
CCOI 135% - 9/27
KHDH 131% - 5/30/06
TTEC 131% - 8/25
AOI 127% - 11/9
ULTR 126% - 10/27
IHS 121% - 12/21/05
MFW 116% - 1/29
MOS 116% - 10/12
SVNT 112% - 8/24
MEH 112% - 8/30
CPA 108% - 9/15
HRZ 105% - 9/27
DECK 98% - 9/13
CRY 95% - 1/10
PRGX 92% - 1/12
CXW 92% - 5/19/06
EVEP 90% - 11/16
CNH 88% - 11/2
APLX 80% - 9/28
IGLD 80% - 10/26
HURN 78% - 9/13
VDSI 73% - 1/4
NTL 71% - 4/13
LTS 67% - 1/11
XRA 66% - 5/24
ZNH 65% - 12/26
MCZ 64% - 3/27
LFL 63% - 12/13
VSNT 61% - 2/5
NSH 58% - 12/19
TESO 56% - 2/16
AFSI 55% - 4/12
BMA 52% - 10/24
TSYS 50% - 1/26
TTG 50% - 11/30
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New Swing Longs: Silver Level Two
New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
Complete Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
Partial Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Leading Stocks Lead The Way As A Very Bullish Week Comes To A Close; NYSE Short Interest At Five-Year Highs
A lot of strong economic data helped stocks finish higher, on Friday, but they were off from their early morning highs. However, the closes were still impressive and the DJIA even had a very strong final hour, even with the Shanghai market falling another 2.7% (still up 50% this year). At the close the SP 600 hit an all-time high rallying .8%, the NYSE hit an all time high rallying .6%, the SP 500 hit an all-time closing high rallying .4%, the Nasdaq hit 6 1/2 year highs rallying .4%, and the DJIA rallied .3% hitting another all-time high.
The most important action, came in the form of leading stocks. The IBD 100 gained 1%, marking the fifth session in a row that the IBD 100 has outperformed the broad market. Leading stocks leading the market tells you that this rally is strong and should have some real legs behind it. It has taken a long time for these stocks to establish a dominate role in this market, since the March 2003 - May 2006 period, but now they are taking the lead from the DJIA. Let’s hope this continues.
Volume was 19% lower on the Nasdaq and 11% lower on the NYSE, which kind of puts a damper on the gains. But the figures for the week confirm the markets strength. The SP 600 was the strongest performer with a 2.8% gain, the Nasdaq followed with a 2.2% gain, the NYSE gained 1.7%, the SP 500 rallied 1.4%, and the DJIA gained 1.2%. The IBD 100 blew away the competition, with a 3.9% gain. This is what you want to see. This is something we really have not seen since the bottom last July/August. Welcome back leading stocks!
There were two advancers for every stock that declined on the NYSE and there were three winners for every two losers on the Nasdaq. New highs finally picked up, with an impressive 799 new 52-week highs. This kind of expansion should give the doubters of this rally some reason to turn a bit more bullish. If that doesn’t work, they have the put/call ratio still up there around the .75 area. That is not high but it is not low either. The most important and telling internal is the amount of short sellers out there.
The NYSE short interest ratio is at its highest level in more than five years at 7.74. This shows major pessimism amongst short sellers and this should keep the market bullish. It is not a given but the high short interest ratio with a higher put/call ratio shows that the crowd is still on the wrong side, despite some surveys.
The AAII survey has come out with 45% bears and only 33% bulls, confirming that the retail crowd is shorting the upticks. One of the most dangerous, arrogant, and ego-driven trade you can possibly make in such a strong tape. Most of these traders are trying to “outsmart” the market. A play that has a very low success rate.
Other surveys, however, show the opposite. The Investors Intelligence survey still shows a very high amount of bulls and the realmoney.com most recent weekend poll is showing 57% of the readers bullish. However, by looking at the post on Rev Shark’s blog, it doesn’t seem that many are bullish on this tape. A lot of the realmoney.com readers leave much to the imagination, anyways. I don’t see too much talent around there.
The other clear fact that the actual trading is not bullish for the retail crowd is the fact that equity ETF’s saw outflows this week. You don’t see that at tops. You see extreme inflows into mutual funds and ETF’s. This shows that the crowd is skeptical on the current rise. Being emotional in the market and betting against the trend is an even worse double whammy that is sure to keep you from beating the market in the long run. If I wasn’t on margin I wouldn’t be beating the market this year. That tells me exactly how rough the current uptrend really is. It is not as easy as it looks–unless you are a daytrader, then I assume it is safe to say “it is easy.” Let’s see how long that last.
What does seem to not be lasting is the weak economy. On one of the busiest weeks I can remember this year, economic data came rolling in confirming what I have been saying all year long–this economy is on FIRE!!! Yes, GDP did come in at its lowest level in five years but it appears to be a short-term thing as the numbers this week confirmed that everything appears to be fine with the economy. That is confirmed by the banks finally getting a bid this week.
The strong economic data on Friday came from the payroll figures as jobs grew 157,000 in May above expectations. The core inflation reading came in at only .1% which was below expectations also. Overall a good report. Then the ISM manufacturing index climbed to 55 in May, showing expansion from April. A reading over 50 is bullish. These kind of economic numbers is why this market never goes down. The DJIA and SP 500 are now up 8 out of the last 9 weeks. An unbelievable run, to say the least.
This unbelievable run is allowing for a TON TON TON of breakouts. Everywhere I scan, I can find breakouts. So that confirms in my mind that this bull still has room to run. If we do reverse now, I can tell you it would be very significant because this many stocks breaking out of fresh bases should mean that the market is going to run. A reversal would be a fakeout breakout and would trap many longs. If I could, and if I was a billionaire or even a millionaire (I am still young and live on Maui, don’t forget that), I would be long 500 stocks right now. There are just that many nice charts. They are not all green and pretty but they are still there. Stocks like TLVT are easily passed with all the nice charts out there. However, a gain of 15% in three days shows that every breakout seems to be working here.
This market does require a lot of work to keep up with the gains in the NYSE, compared to other bull markets. This is in direct correlation with the VIX. Remember, a low VIX, means lower volatility and when stocks rise they will not go up as much when the VIX is at 12 than if the VIX was at 32. All the stocks you see up 100% would be up 300%, if this rally came right after a horrible bear market like the March 2003 was. Even though the gains aren’t as much, the duration is a lot longer. This makes it hard work and can really put a drain on you. I know it is me. I really want a pullback, I really need a pullback, and I just want some time to relax. I doubt I am going to get that.
What also confirms that I doubt I am going to get that? Well after eight out of nine weeks of gains, why should I expect anything else. And the 10-year yield is now confirming what I have been saying all year. The 10-year is now at its highest level in nine months, at 4.94%. The odds of a Fed cut this year fell to 16% from 100% a month ago. Remember, in the world of stocks it is the opposite of what you would think would work. A Fed raising rates tells us that the economy is on fire and they need to slow it down. A Fed cutting rates tells us the economy is in trouble and they need to fill it with cash. With the odds increasing of no rate cut, you can rest assure that this economy is doing just fine. This should be bullish for stocks.
To finish this weekends analysis off I want to state that I don’t think the USA is in a bubble AT ALL. China may be in a bubble but if anyone has IBD and can remember the chart comparing the seven year run-up to the DJIA 29 and Nassy 00 top, you can clearly see China could have a long way to run. Especially since the Nasdaq had a P/E over 200. I believe China is around 45-50.
I did see some bubble action in a lot of stocks last month. But they have either fallen and that money moved into other leaders or they are still holding up. Two personal longs that I saw go into OBVIOUS climax runs (TNH and ONT) were both sold and since then the move has looked like the correct one. TNH is still holding but ONT looks done. Either way those charts had climax runs. There aren’t too many out there like that. Heck, I can’t even find stocks to sell. I only had two partial sales and zero complete sells out of 240 longs (70 are major holdings, the rest are for rent money and fun). The day before there were also no complete sales. Stunning. Normally, even in bull markets, there is always one or two that needs to be cut. Not in this market.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Go Anaheim!!! Go Cleveland!!! Aloha and I will see you in the chat room.
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top holdings up this week - purchase date
KNOL 365% - 1/12/06
TRCR 350% - 1/12
PTT 240% - 11/16
MA 202% - 8/2
CCOI 152% - 9/27
TTEC 146% - 8/25
ULTR 122% - 10/27
HRZ 115% - 9/27
MFW 115% - 1/29
MEH 113% - 8/30
KHDH 108% - 5/30/06
IHS 106% - 12/21/05
CPA 104% - 9/15
MOS 104% - 10/12
CRY 103% - 1/10
NEXC 101% - 10/25
PRGX 96% - 1/12
CXW 92% - 5/19/06
IGLD 91% - 10/26
DECK 86% - 9/13
EVEP 83% - 11/16
JSDA 80% - 12/20
CNH 79% - 11/2
VDSI 78% - 1/4
APLX 77% - 9/28
HURN 77% - 9/13
MVIS 76% - 12/21
MCZ 74% - 3/27
IMMU 73% - 12/19
FTEK 67% - 10/6
TTG 64% - 11/30
NSH 61% - 12/19
LFL 61% - 12/13
BMA 56% - 10/24
TESO 54% - 2/16
NTL 50% - 4/13
SCI 50% - 10/10
Market Commentary At Big Wave Trading Bronze Level One
New Swing Longs: Silver Level Two
New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
Complete Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
Partial Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
Longs Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Shorts Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
The most important action, came in the form of leading stocks. The IBD 100 gained 1%, marking the fifth session in a row that the IBD 100 has outperformed the broad market. Leading stocks leading the market tells you that this rally is strong and should have some real legs behind it. It has taken a long time for these stocks to establish a dominate role in this market, since the March 2003 - May 2006 period, but now they are taking the lead from the DJIA. Let’s hope this continues.
Volume was 19% lower on the Nasdaq and 11% lower on the NYSE, which kind of puts a damper on the gains. But the figures for the week confirm the markets strength. The SP 600 was the strongest performer with a 2.8% gain, the Nasdaq followed with a 2.2% gain, the NYSE gained 1.7%, the SP 500 rallied 1.4%, and the DJIA gained 1.2%. The IBD 100 blew away the competition, with a 3.9% gain. This is what you want to see. This is something we really have not seen since the bottom last July/August. Welcome back leading stocks!
There were two advancers for every stock that declined on the NYSE and there were three winners for every two losers on the Nasdaq. New highs finally picked up, with an impressive 799 new 52-week highs. This kind of expansion should give the doubters of this rally some reason to turn a bit more bullish. If that doesn’t work, they have the put/call ratio still up there around the .75 area. That is not high but it is not low either. The most important and telling internal is the amount of short sellers out there.
The NYSE short interest ratio is at its highest level in more than five years at 7.74. This shows major pessimism amongst short sellers and this should keep the market bullish. It is not a given but the high short interest ratio with a higher put/call ratio shows that the crowd is still on the wrong side, despite some surveys.
The AAII survey has come out with 45% bears and only 33% bulls, confirming that the retail crowd is shorting the upticks. One of the most dangerous, arrogant, and ego-driven trade you can possibly make in such a strong tape. Most of these traders are trying to “outsmart” the market. A play that has a very low success rate.
Other surveys, however, show the opposite. The Investors Intelligence survey still shows a very high amount of bulls and the realmoney.com most recent weekend poll is showing 57% of the readers bullish. However, by looking at the post on Rev Shark’s blog, it doesn’t seem that many are bullish on this tape. A lot of the realmoney.com readers leave much to the imagination, anyways. I don’t see too much talent around there.
The other clear fact that the actual trading is not bullish for the retail crowd is the fact that equity ETF’s saw outflows this week. You don’t see that at tops. You see extreme inflows into mutual funds and ETF’s. This shows that the crowd is skeptical on the current rise. Being emotional in the market and betting against the trend is an even worse double whammy that is sure to keep you from beating the market in the long run. If I wasn’t on margin I wouldn’t be beating the market this year. That tells me exactly how rough the current uptrend really is. It is not as easy as it looks–unless you are a daytrader, then I assume it is safe to say “it is easy.” Let’s see how long that last.
What does seem to not be lasting is the weak economy. On one of the busiest weeks I can remember this year, economic data came rolling in confirming what I have been saying all year long–this economy is on FIRE!!! Yes, GDP did come in at its lowest level in five years but it appears to be a short-term thing as the numbers this week confirmed that everything appears to be fine with the economy. That is confirmed by the banks finally getting a bid this week.
The strong economic data on Friday came from the payroll figures as jobs grew 157,000 in May above expectations. The core inflation reading came in at only .1% which was below expectations also. Overall a good report. Then the ISM manufacturing index climbed to 55 in May, showing expansion from April. A reading over 50 is bullish. These kind of economic numbers is why this market never goes down. The DJIA and SP 500 are now up 8 out of the last 9 weeks. An unbelievable run, to say the least.
This unbelievable run is allowing for a TON TON TON of breakouts. Everywhere I scan, I can find breakouts. So that confirms in my mind that this bull still has room to run. If we do reverse now, I can tell you it would be very significant because this many stocks breaking out of fresh bases should mean that the market is going to run. A reversal would be a fakeout breakout and would trap many longs. If I could, and if I was a billionaire or even a millionaire (I am still young and live on Maui, don’t forget that), I would be long 500 stocks right now. There are just that many nice charts. They are not all green and pretty but they are still there. Stocks like TLVT are easily passed with all the nice charts out there. However, a gain of 15% in three days shows that every breakout seems to be working here.
This market does require a lot of work to keep up with the gains in the NYSE, compared to other bull markets. This is in direct correlation with the VIX. Remember, a low VIX, means lower volatility and when stocks rise they will not go up as much when the VIX is at 12 than if the VIX was at 32. All the stocks you see up 100% would be up 300%, if this rally came right after a horrible bear market like the March 2003 was. Even though the gains aren’t as much, the duration is a lot longer. This makes it hard work and can really put a drain on you. I know it is me. I really want a pullback, I really need a pullback, and I just want some time to relax. I doubt I am going to get that.
What also confirms that I doubt I am going to get that? Well after eight out of nine weeks of gains, why should I expect anything else. And the 10-year yield is now confirming what I have been saying all year. The 10-year is now at its highest level in nine months, at 4.94%. The odds of a Fed cut this year fell to 16% from 100% a month ago. Remember, in the world of stocks it is the opposite of what you would think would work. A Fed raising rates tells us that the economy is on fire and they need to slow it down. A Fed cutting rates tells us the economy is in trouble and they need to fill it with cash. With the odds increasing of no rate cut, you can rest assure that this economy is doing just fine. This should be bullish for stocks.
To finish this weekends analysis off I want to state that I don’t think the USA is in a bubble AT ALL. China may be in a bubble but if anyone has IBD and can remember the chart comparing the seven year run-up to the DJIA 29 and Nassy 00 top, you can clearly see China could have a long way to run. Especially since the Nasdaq had a P/E over 200. I believe China is around 45-50.
I did see some bubble action in a lot of stocks last month. But they have either fallen and that money moved into other leaders or they are still holding up. Two personal longs that I saw go into OBVIOUS climax runs (TNH and ONT) were both sold and since then the move has looked like the correct one. TNH is still holding but ONT looks done. Either way those charts had climax runs. There aren’t too many out there like that. Heck, I can’t even find stocks to sell. I only had two partial sales and zero complete sells out of 240 longs (70 are major holdings, the rest are for rent money and fun). The day before there were also no complete sales. Stunning. Normally, even in bull markets, there is always one or two that needs to be cut. Not in this market.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Go Anaheim!!! Go Cleveland!!! Aloha and I will see you in the chat room.
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top holdings up this week - purchase date
KNOL 365% - 1/12/06
TRCR 350% - 1/12
PTT 240% - 11/16
MA 202% - 8/2
CCOI 152% - 9/27
TTEC 146% - 8/25
ULTR 122% - 10/27
HRZ 115% - 9/27
MFW 115% - 1/29
MEH 113% - 8/30
KHDH 108% - 5/30/06
IHS 106% - 12/21/05
CPA 104% - 9/15
MOS 104% - 10/12
CRY 103% - 1/10
NEXC 101% - 10/25
PRGX 96% - 1/12
CXW 92% - 5/19/06
IGLD 91% - 10/26
DECK 86% - 9/13
EVEP 83% - 11/16
JSDA 80% - 12/20
CNH 79% - 11/2
VDSI 78% - 1/4
APLX 77% - 9/28
HURN 77% - 9/13
MVIS 76% - 12/21
MCZ 74% - 3/27
IMMU 73% - 12/19
FTEK 67% - 10/6
TTG 64% - 11/30
NSH 61% - 12/19
LFL 61% - 12/13
BMA 56% - 10/24
TESO 54% - 2/16
NTL 50% - 4/13
SCI 50% - 10/10
Market Commentary At Big Wave Trading Bronze Level One
New Swing Longs: Silver Level Two
New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
Complete Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
Partial Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
Longs Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Shorts Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
Stock Indexes Close Mixed And With Little Change, On Lower Volume; DJIA Up 19 Out Of Past 21 Sessions
Despite amazing earnings reports from BIDU, MSFT, VSEA, MFW, DV, TEX, MTD, NOV, VLCM, NTGR, and DRIV, stock indexes decided to focus on the early morning GDP report and opened flat to slightly lower. GDP growth came in at 1.3% in the most recent quarter, down from economist 1.8% expectations and a four-year low. The poor GDP reading and the fact that YOY inflation is running at 2.2% definitely had a slightly negative impact. This poor reading helped the Euro hit a record high against the US dollar. The poor numbers were enough to keep the market choppy most of the day but the DJIA still hit another all-time high.
At the close the DJIA and the Nasdaq led the way higher with .1% gains, the SP 500 finished flat, the NYSE fell .1%, the SP 600 fell .3%, and the SP 400 led the way lower with a .4% drop. Leading stocks, in the form of the IBD 100, did not lead to the upside but they did not lead to the downside either, falling .2%. A respectable showing.
The most impressive index out of the group continues to be the DJIA. The DJIA is now up 11 of the past 12 days and up 19 of the past 21 days. This is only the third time in the past 110 years that this index has closed up 19 of the past 21 days. The other two times? 1927 and 1929. How did that turn out? I think if you have done any research on your own, you know how it ends.
Volume was lower across the board, with volume coming in lower on the NYSE by about 12% and lower on the Nasdaq by about 14%. The most troubling of today’s action was breadth. Breadth was negative across the board and negative by a fair amount, despite the small gains and losses. Decliners beat advancers by a 4-to-3 margin on the NYSE and by an 8-to-5 margin on the Nasdaq. This negative divergence in breadth has been a constant theme all week long. New 52-week highs came in at only 388 but new 52-week lows were only at 68. So at least the new lows did not expand.
For the week, the DJIA and the Nasdaq led with 1.2% gains, the SP 500 and SP 400 followed with .7% gains, the SP 600 rallied .4%, and the NYSE gained .1%. The best news came from leading stocks. The IBD 100 gained 1.6% on the week, finally outpacing the broad market. This impressive week gave the indexes their fifth up week in the past six weeks and the fourth up week in-a-row. This market is clearly starting to enter a semi-crazy phase.
Despite the market not making much headways the past two days, there have been an insane amount of action in individual stocks during that time. Many stocks are gapping up and continuing to rally afterwards after reporting great earnings. Other stocks are going into climax runs which is starting to produce some substantial gains in a lot of the old leaders in metals and other steel related stocks. You can see a list of these climax runs on the Gold forums, if you are a subscriber. It is best to look at the stocks listed on an arithmetic chart going back to 2002. There you can clearly see that a lot of stocks are going on climax runs after years of strong gains. These kind of moves happen when too many people are shorting rising stocks. With the put/call still at .84 it is clear people are still betting against stocks even as they rally.
Another clear sign of out-of-control momentum can be found in China’s Shanghai index and the stocks in that index. A gold subscriber Randyy has posted an index chart and three charts of stocks clearly in parabolic rises. His charts are just as pretty as the charts in TC2007. I definitely recommend taking a look if and when you have a chance. You can clearly see it is getting down-right scary the mania that is going on in China.
The other thing about this insane rally is that the DJIA is clearly the leader now. The fact that after four plus years of gains that the DJIA is now leading clearly shows that we are near the end of this great bull market. The only positive to come with the DJIA gains is the fact that small cap stocks are still moving higher. As long as small caps and leading stocks can keep pace with the DJIA I doubt the top is going to happen tomorrow or very shortly. There is probably still plenty of time left for stocks to rally, even with the crowd getting more bullish and less bearish.
Since I go with the trend (ALWAYS) of the market, this market has been treating me very well recently as many of my top holdings representing significant portions of my account make substantial gains at this point in the rally. Still, back in 2003 when this rally started, people were bearish everywhere and I had charts breaking out of beautiful patterns on strong volume that made gains immediately. Despite being very long still, the recent buys simply don’t explode like they did when this whole thing started. The other clear thing about that rally was that everything was clicking on ALL cylinders. The only thing that was constant was the bearishness as stocks rose.
This time the crowd is very bullish and there are many warning signs that are starting to show up underneath the recent price gains. Some clear negative divergences that I am worried about are the relative strength of the Nasdaq and IBD 100 lagging well behind the SP 500, the moneystreams (technical indicator in tc2007) in the indexes are making lower highs with prices making higher highs, the amount of new 52-week highs keep decreasing on every new high in the markets (Nov-Jan-April), breadth is starting to be negative everyday even during the days when stocks rise, sentiment indicators are all bullish (realmoney, marketvane, investors intelligence, and AAII), GDP is trending down, and earnings growth is below 10% for the first time in four years. This is all troublesome. None of this existed during 2003 when this rally started.
The positive are few but still very important. The fact that the put/call is at .84 shows that the traders are still shorting this rally and the VIX is still not at new lows, despite the markets being at higher highs. There is more volatility in stocks right now which are producing better gains than the gains from August to late February. This is a positive but is typical of markets in speculative stages. This divergence however positive right now is actually bearish in the long-term as it shows the market is setting itself up for a dramatic move; that move would probably be lower, since the VIX is trending higher.
So to sum things up, this market is still trending higher and we must continue to be long here for some potential huge gains. But the fact that the DJIA is up 19 out of 21 and that hasn’t happened since 1929 is just showing you how insane this market has gotten. We are clearly in a very speculative stage and with all the breakouts I am still getting there should be more upside, but we must be ready for the eventual sell-off. When that happens it is probably going to be very ugly.
It is going to get ugly because everyone I know is long the stock market now and all the perma-bears that used to be around in all the chat rooms that I monitor are now virtually gone. There is also very few people talking about the possibility of the bubble popping. Instead I am starting to hear those famous words: it is different this time. Sure it is! Sure it is!
The one thing I want to make sure is that people that are thinking of going long DJIA stocks here should NOT move their portfolio into these stocks just because they are outperforming on the short term. Over the long-term it is clear that top stocks that breakout from sound chart patterns and that have great fundamentals via earnings, sales, ROE, and profit margin clearly outperform these stocks in the long run. Don’t forget, despite the DJIA beating the IBD 100 the past three months, since May 2, 2003 the IBD 100 index is up 164.5% compared to the SP 500’s 59.6% gain. It is clear where the big money is made: in top stocks.
There are more earnings and a lot of economic numbers coming up this week so traders are sure to have plenty of reasons to move stocks all over the place. Even though I don’t like all the negative divergences I have, as long as the trend is up I will keep riding it. Maybe the old axiom of sell in May and go away will come to fruition but until it the actual selling shows up it remains foolish to sell now. There is still a very high wall-of-worry out there for stocks to climb.
Aloha and I will see you in the chat room!!!
Market Commentary At Big Wave Trading Bronze Level One
New Swing Longs: Silver Level Two
New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
Complete Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
Partial Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
Longs Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Shorts Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Top Holdings Up This Week - Date Of Purchase
KNOL 353% - 1/12/06
TRCR 265% - 1/12
AKAM 191% - 9/30/05
TTEC 171% - 8/25
TNH 156% - 10/26
JSDA 155% - 12/20
MA 128% - 8/2
HRZ 115% - 9/27
MFW 109% - 1/29
ONT 105% - 12/21
MEH 102% - 8/30
IGLD 101% - 10/26
CPA 101% - 9/15
EVEP 98% - 11/16
ULTR 97% - 10/27
HMSY 94% - 6/23
ANO 94% - 2/14
PAE 90% - 3/22
CLRT 86% - 11/30
EPHC 85% - 12/20
LTS 85% - 1/11
BAM 83% - 11/17/05
MOS 82% - 10/12
KHDH 78% - 5/30
VDSI 72% - 1/4
CXW 71% - 5/19
PERY 65% - 10/4
CNH 64% - 11/2
DECK 62% - 9/13
IMKTA 61% - 8/28
XOMA 60% - 1/12
SLP 58% - 2/5
RKT 55% - 12/4
MNTG 55% - 11/9
TESO 51% - 2/16
At the close the DJIA and the Nasdaq led the way higher with .1% gains, the SP 500 finished flat, the NYSE fell .1%, the SP 600 fell .3%, and the SP 400 led the way lower with a .4% drop. Leading stocks, in the form of the IBD 100, did not lead to the upside but they did not lead to the downside either, falling .2%. A respectable showing.
The most impressive index out of the group continues to be the DJIA. The DJIA is now up 11 of the past 12 days and up 19 of the past 21 days. This is only the third time in the past 110 years that this index has closed up 19 of the past 21 days. The other two times? 1927 and 1929. How did that turn out? I think if you have done any research on your own, you know how it ends.
Volume was lower across the board, with volume coming in lower on the NYSE by about 12% and lower on the Nasdaq by about 14%. The most troubling of today’s action was breadth. Breadth was negative across the board and negative by a fair amount, despite the small gains and losses. Decliners beat advancers by a 4-to-3 margin on the NYSE and by an 8-to-5 margin on the Nasdaq. This negative divergence in breadth has been a constant theme all week long. New 52-week highs came in at only 388 but new 52-week lows were only at 68. So at least the new lows did not expand.
For the week, the DJIA and the Nasdaq led with 1.2% gains, the SP 500 and SP 400 followed with .7% gains, the SP 600 rallied .4%, and the NYSE gained .1%. The best news came from leading stocks. The IBD 100 gained 1.6% on the week, finally outpacing the broad market. This impressive week gave the indexes their fifth up week in the past six weeks and the fourth up week in-a-row. This market is clearly starting to enter a semi-crazy phase.
Despite the market not making much headways the past two days, there have been an insane amount of action in individual stocks during that time. Many stocks are gapping up and continuing to rally afterwards after reporting great earnings. Other stocks are going into climax runs which is starting to produce some substantial gains in a lot of the old leaders in metals and other steel related stocks. You can see a list of these climax runs on the Gold forums, if you are a subscriber. It is best to look at the stocks listed on an arithmetic chart going back to 2002. There you can clearly see that a lot of stocks are going on climax runs after years of strong gains. These kind of moves happen when too many people are shorting rising stocks. With the put/call still at .84 it is clear people are still betting against stocks even as they rally.
Another clear sign of out-of-control momentum can be found in China’s Shanghai index and the stocks in that index. A gold subscriber Randyy has posted an index chart and three charts of stocks clearly in parabolic rises. His charts are just as pretty as the charts in TC2007. I definitely recommend taking a look if and when you have a chance. You can clearly see it is getting down-right scary the mania that is going on in China.
The other thing about this insane rally is that the DJIA is clearly the leader now. The fact that after four plus years of gains that the DJIA is now leading clearly shows that we are near the end of this great bull market. The only positive to come with the DJIA gains is the fact that small cap stocks are still moving higher. As long as small caps and leading stocks can keep pace with the DJIA I doubt the top is going to happen tomorrow or very shortly. There is probably still plenty of time left for stocks to rally, even with the crowd getting more bullish and less bearish.
Since I go with the trend (ALWAYS) of the market, this market has been treating me very well recently as many of my top holdings representing significant portions of my account make substantial gains at this point in the rally. Still, back in 2003 when this rally started, people were bearish everywhere and I had charts breaking out of beautiful patterns on strong volume that made gains immediately. Despite being very long still, the recent buys simply don’t explode like they did when this whole thing started. The other clear thing about that rally was that everything was clicking on ALL cylinders. The only thing that was constant was the bearishness as stocks rose.
This time the crowd is very bullish and there are many warning signs that are starting to show up underneath the recent price gains. Some clear negative divergences that I am worried about are the relative strength of the Nasdaq and IBD 100 lagging well behind the SP 500, the moneystreams (technical indicator in tc2007) in the indexes are making lower highs with prices making higher highs, the amount of new 52-week highs keep decreasing on every new high in the markets (Nov-Jan-April), breadth is starting to be negative everyday even during the days when stocks rise, sentiment indicators are all bullish (realmoney, marketvane, investors intelligence, and AAII), GDP is trending down, and earnings growth is below 10% for the first time in four years. This is all troublesome. None of this existed during 2003 when this rally started.
The positive are few but still very important. The fact that the put/call is at .84 shows that the traders are still shorting this rally and the VIX is still not at new lows, despite the markets being at higher highs. There is more volatility in stocks right now which are producing better gains than the gains from August to late February. This is a positive but is typical of markets in speculative stages. This divergence however positive right now is actually bearish in the long-term as it shows the market is setting itself up for a dramatic move; that move would probably be lower, since the VIX is trending higher.
So to sum things up, this market is still trending higher and we must continue to be long here for some potential huge gains. But the fact that the DJIA is up 19 out of 21 and that hasn’t happened since 1929 is just showing you how insane this market has gotten. We are clearly in a very speculative stage and with all the breakouts I am still getting there should be more upside, but we must be ready for the eventual sell-off. When that happens it is probably going to be very ugly.
It is going to get ugly because everyone I know is long the stock market now and all the perma-bears that used to be around in all the chat rooms that I monitor are now virtually gone. There is also very few people talking about the possibility of the bubble popping. Instead I am starting to hear those famous words: it is different this time. Sure it is! Sure it is!
The one thing I want to make sure is that people that are thinking of going long DJIA stocks here should NOT move their portfolio into these stocks just because they are outperforming on the short term. Over the long-term it is clear that top stocks that breakout from sound chart patterns and that have great fundamentals via earnings, sales, ROE, and profit margin clearly outperform these stocks in the long run. Don’t forget, despite the DJIA beating the IBD 100 the past three months, since May 2, 2003 the IBD 100 index is up 164.5% compared to the SP 500’s 59.6% gain. It is clear where the big money is made: in top stocks.
There are more earnings and a lot of economic numbers coming up this week so traders are sure to have plenty of reasons to move stocks all over the place. Even though I don’t like all the negative divergences I have, as long as the trend is up I will keep riding it. Maybe the old axiom of sell in May and go away will come to fruition but until it the actual selling shows up it remains foolish to sell now. There is still a very high wall-of-worry out there for stocks to climb.
Aloha and I will see you in the chat room!!!
Market Commentary At Big Wave Trading Bronze Level One
New Swing Longs: Silver Level Two
New Swing Shorts: Silver Level Two
Stocks On My Watchlist: Gold Level Three
Complete Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
Partial Profits/Losses: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Forums: Gold Level Three
MauiTrader Chat Room: Gold Level Three
Longs Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Shorts Up On The Day: Gold Level Three
Top Holdings Up This Week - Date Of Purchase
KNOL 353% - 1/12/06
TRCR 265% - 1/12
AKAM 191% - 9/30/05
TTEC 171% - 8/25
TNH 156% - 10/26
JSDA 155% - 12/20
MA 128% - 8/2
HRZ 115% - 9/27
MFW 109% - 1/29
ONT 105% - 12/21
MEH 102% - 8/30
IGLD 101% - 10/26
CPA 101% - 9/15
EVEP 98% - 11/16
ULTR 97% - 10/27
HMSY 94% - 6/23
ANO 94% - 2/14
PAE 90% - 3/22
CLRT 86% - 11/30
EPHC 85% - 12/20
LTS 85% - 1/11
BAM 83% - 11/17/05
MOS 82% - 10/12
KHDH 78% - 5/30
VDSI 72% - 1/4
CXW 71% - 5/19
PERY 65% - 10/4
CNH 64% - 11/2
DECK 62% - 9/13
IMKTA 61% - 8/28
XOMA 60% - 1/12
SLP 58% - 2/5
RKT 55% - 12/4
MNTG 55% - 11/9
TESO 51% - 2/16
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