Nat Gas Shines In Jan-Feb

Natural Gas in particular and energy sector in general has a seasonal tendencies to offer profitable trading opportunities in late January / early February. Stock Trader’s Almanac  has done an analysis and found that AmEx Natural Gas index, $XNG, usually rises between February and June. We have used our proprietary algorithm to find more profitable entry and exit points during this…

Shorts in The Wintry January

The market has been ripping higher and the trajectory of NASDAQ Composite in 2013 was from the lower left corner to the upper right corner in an almost straight line. In the month of December 2013, the index gained 6.5%. Still, it behooves to pay attention to the seasonal tendencies, which say that computer tech and internet stocks usually weaken during…

Trade Alert For March 18th, 2014

The seasonally favorable period for the Health Care sector is still continuing. The first batch of trades for this sector were triggered at the close of March 4th. Today the entry signal for one more ETF were triggered. Go long IHF – iShares US Healthcare Providers ETF – at or near 95.77 During the last six years, this trade…

Get Into Hi-Tech Gear – Trade Alert for March 12, 2014

On February 13th, we outlined our seasonal strategy for Hi-Tech sector during March-May timeframe. As of close on March 13th, the ETFs in this sector have generated entry signals. Our trade alerts are going long for: FDN – First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index – at or near 62.43, the close on Mar 13th IGM – iShares North American Tech – at…

Hi-Tech Push in March

October to April is generally a favorable time to own stocks but within this period lies another smaller period that provides even better odds for success for technology stocks. Our research – combined with others industry watchers including Stock Trader’s Almanac – have found seasonal tendencies within Technology sector that could be profitably traded towards the long side between March and…

Last Utility Trade Alert For March 2014

On February 10th, we outlined a favorable time-period for going long in Utility sector. So far we have entered trades for XLU, IDU and FXU. Now the entry signal is generated for the last ETF in this sector. Go long RYU – Guggenheim S&P 500 Eq Weight Utilities – at or near 66.17 During the last seven years, this trade had a win rate of 86%.…

Trades Alert For March 5th, 2014

Many trades kicked in at the close of March 4th. Utility Sector Trades This is a favorable time-period for going long in Utility sector. On Feb 28th, we had sent an alert for entry signals in XLU and IDU. Now one more entry signal is initiated. Go long FXU – First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX ETF – at or near 21.42…

Trade Alert – Utility Kicks In

On February 10th, we outlined our seasonal strategy for Utility sector during February. As of close on February 28th, two of the ETFs have generated entry signals. Go long XLU – Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF – at or near 40.45, the close on Feb 28th Go long IDU – iShares US Utilities ETF – at…

Time To Get Healthy

During late February to early June period, the Health Care sector shows seasonal tendencies that offer good profitable opportunities. Our proprietary algorithm generates favorable entry and exit signals that have produced very good results. Since 2000, our strategy has produced 41 trades with a winning rate of 85.4%. The average gain has been 11.9% for 107 calendar days holding period…

Principle Of Utility

The seasonal tendencies within the Utility sector quite demonstrably show the upward bias between late Feb and early May time period. We have applied our proprietary algorithm to generate favorable entry and exit signals for a variety of sector ETFs and the results are pretty good. Since 2000, our strategy has produced 40 trades with a winning…