Friday, September 10, 2010

9/13 Almanac

On Monday, Sept. 13: Treasury budget.

There are 5 days before the September options expire, 33 the October and 68 the November.

On the jump, market stats, econ reports, and the trading calendar . . .

Stats

Blue chip stocks (SPY) closed the latest regular session up 0.5% from the prior close. During the day SPY traversed 0.7% in a net move up of 0.3%.

The day's extremes: Open $111.12, high $111.61, low $110.87, close $111.48.

SPY closed above the DeMark. The next DeMark pivots are $111.18-$111.92.

In total, 2.4 billion shares were traded on the three major U.S. stock exchanges, 3% fewer than on the prior trading day.


Econ reports:

The Treasury reports on the national deficit at 2 p.m. Eastern.

Four major reports are scheduled during the week: Retail sales on Tuesday, industrial production on Wednesday, producer prices on Thursday and the consumer price index on Friday.


Trading Calendar:

By my rules, at this point in the cycle I can trade October covered calls, iron condors, and diagonal, butterfly, calendar and vertical spreads. Also, November straddles and single calls or puts. Shares, of course, are good anytime.

Enjoy the weekend!


Abbreviations:

  • psar - Parabolic Stop and Reverse
  • adx - Average Directional Index
  • pps - Person's Proprietary Signal
  • ma20 - 20-day moving average
  • macd - Moving Average Convergence-Divergence
  • sto - Fast Stochastic


About the glance: The colors indicate the state of each signal.

  • trend: Determined by the 5-day moving average, green for up, red for down, yellow for sideways
  • adx: orange for above 30-up, blue for 20-down, purple for in the middle. Red is most prone to whipsaws
  • psar, pps, macd: green for bull mode, red for bear
  • sto: green for overbought, red for oversold, yellow for the neutral zone.

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