Lessons

1. If VIX is under 26, buy the dip. If VIX is over 26, sell the rip.

2. Always trade in the direction of the larger trend. Find the strongest trend in your time period.

3. Nothing as bearish as a failed breakout. Nothing as bullish as a failed break down.

4. Don't worry about the last dollar. Take your money and go to the beach!

5. No more than four positions at a time. Preferably 2-4. Scope out others. Pick the strongest.

6. Buy the strongest; sell (short) the weakest.

7. Nothing is guaranteed. Nothing.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Plan for Next Week

1. The U.S. indices are broken. I will look for a retrace to short with SPY Puts. Look at the big red candles on the daily. We could go down to 1110 or so in 2 weeks. First stop would be the 50 Day SMA at 165 or so. Look at the Copper chart for one. NYA down volume is indicating a correction. BSE (Bombay) is lining up for a classic 5 DMA short. BVSP (Brazil) is badly broken and so is Shanghai.

Basically, I am looking for 1-3 days of consolidation in the indices, with a range of 1175 to 1200, and then a fall apart. PC ratio spiked on Friday and 5 DMA of TRIN is also indicating a bounce. However, at this point (as indicated earlier), I think the bounce should be shorted. Silver and Gold should do what they can in the next week, after which it may be too late. I don't see Gold going much over 1225 (previous high) on this move.

2. Will hold Silver on a tight leash and expect to sell it within the next 2-4 days. Ideally, indices would go mildly higher in the next 2-3 days and Silver would rocket to 19.5 or so. If U.S. indices collapse to 1110, Silver cannot hold out. Fall/late summer may be the next time to buy PMs.

3. AUDUSD bull flag failure indicates that it may fall to long-term lower trend line. Holding a small long for now, but divided on this. Long-term, I am an AUDUSD bull. Short-term (2-3 days) I'm not sure. May cut it loose. Will update over the weekend.

4. EURUSD: looking for at least 1.3380 to short. The USD chart looks like it could be setting up for a nice, swing long, perhaps as a sell the news reaction when the Greek bailout news comes out.




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