04/20/2025

Parilia

A day of choppy stabilization, triggering a Cover Signal above 5292 and attempting to push higher but re-activating the Sell Signal below 5292 into the close (but only just - inconclusive).

Cover Signal above 5292
S/T SELL Signal reactivated below 5292.

Chart of S&P 500 for 21 April 2025

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Posted at 09:16 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/16/2025

Diet

A gap lower triggers a Cover Signal below 5344 and an S/T Sell Signal at 5320, recovering strongly to 5368 before dropping back and re-activating the Sell Signal.

Cover Signal below 5344 at 5330.
S/T SELL Signal at 5320.

Chart of S&P 500 for 17 April 2025

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Posted at 11:06 PM in S&P500 daily update, S&P500 signal |

04/15/2025

Engracia

A push up into 5450 is met with choppy profit-taking.

BUY Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 16 April 2025

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Posted at 10:30 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/14/2025

Serse

A gap up into 5460 is met with choppy selling back to breakeven before pushing higher.

BUY Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 15 April 2025

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Posted at 09:32 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/13/2025

Columbia

A volatile start but pushing strongly higher in afternoon action.

BUY Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 14 April 2025

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Posted at 09:04 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/10/2025

Antipas

More strong selling, triggering a Cover Signal below 5263 and an S/T Sell Signal below 5239 but recovering strongly to close back (just) above the Buy Signal line.

BUY Signal continues for now.

Chart of S&P 500 for 11 April 2025

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Posted at 11:12 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/09/2025

Comet

A huge thrust higher triggering a Cover Short Signal at 5150 and an S/T Buy Signal at 5200.

BUY Signal at 5200.

Chart of S&P 500 for 10 April 2025

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Posted at 10:48 PM in S&P500 daily update, S&P500 signal |

04/08/2025

Arras

A huge gap higher - briefly triggering a Cover Signal above 5252 - but dropping back and re-activating the Sell Signal below 5252, continuing lower with persistent selling.

SELL Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 09 April 2025

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Posted at 10:39 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/07/2025

Karak

Very strong buying from the deep low at the open is met with strong selling in an extremely volatile session.

SELL Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 08 April 2025

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Posted at 09:51 PM in S&P500 daily update |

04/04/2025

Codex

Another huge drop is met with persistent selling

SELL Signal continues.

Chart of S&P 500 for 07 April 2025

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Posted at 11:00 PM in S&P500 daily update |

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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
- Albert Einstein

“All of our days are numbered. We can not afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world; a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you can hold on to that flame, great things can be constructed around it; things that are massive and powerful and world changing. All held up by the tiniest of ideas.”
- Nick Cave, 20,000 days on Earth

STATUS

LONG TERM (Monthly): BEARISH
MEDIUM TERM (Weekly): BEARISH
SHORT TERM (Daily): S/T SELL SIGNAL

T VOLUME Osc: POSITIVE
OSC: POSITIVE

2025 POSITIONS

(All numbers refer to SPX)
S/T SELL Signal below 5320 on 16 April
COVER Signal at 5330 on 16 April
S/T BUY Signal at 5263 on 10 April
S/T SELL Signal active below 5639 on 10 April
COVER Signal below 5263 on 10 April
S/T BUY Signal at 5200 on 09 April
COVER Signal at 5150 on 09 April
S/T SELL Signal below 5614 on 01 April
COVER Signal below 5638 at 5480 on 03 April
S/T BUY Signal at 5657 on 02 April
COVER Signal above 5610 on 01 April
S/T SELL Signal below 5610 on 01 April
COVER Signal at 5610 on 31 March
S/T SELL Signal at 5671 on 28 March
COVER Signal at 5704 at 5704 on 27 March
S/T SELL Signal at 5680 on 27 March
COVER Signal below 5704 at 5680 on 27 March
S/T BUY Signal at 5644 on 19 March
COVER Signal at 5624 on 18 March
S/T SELL Signal at 5600 on 18 March
COVER Signal at 5624 on 18 March
S/T BUY Signal above 5625 on 14 March
COVER Signal at 5573 on 14 March
S/T SELL Signal below 5765 on 10 March
COVER Signal at 5782 on 07 March
S/T SELL Signal below 5823 on 03 March
COVER Signal at 5833 on 05 March
S/T SELL Signal at 5914 on 03 March
COVER Signal at 5938 on 03 March
S/T BUY Signal above 5967 on 03 March
COVER Signal at 5913 on 28 February
S/T SELL Signal at 6060 on 21 February
COVER Signal at 6101 on 21 February
S/T BUY Signal above 6043 on 12 February
S/T SELL Signal at 5967 at 6020 on 12 February
S/T BUY Signal at 6061 on 10 February
COVER Signal at 6041 on 07 February
S/T BUY Signal at 6049 on 05 February
COVER Signal at 5960 on 03 February
S/T SELL Signal below 5967 at 5960 on 03 February
COVER Signal at 6041 on 31 January
S/T BUY Signal at 6064 on 30 January
COVER Signal at 6039 on 29 January
S/T BUY Signal at 6062 on 28 January
COVER Signal below 6050 at 5965 on 27 January
S/T BUY Signal above 5878 at 5925 on 15 January
COVER Signal at 5835 on 14 January
S/T SELL Signal at 5811 on 14 January
COVER Signal at 5835 on 13 January
S/T SELL Signal below 5887 at 5875 on 10 January
S/T SELL Signal at 5891 on 08 January (Unconfirmed)
COVER Signal at 5915 on 08 January
S/T SELL Signal at 5891 on 08 January
S/T SELL Signal at 5901 on 07 January (Unconfirmed)
COVER Signal at 5925 on 07 January
S/T BUY Signal at 5928 on 03 January
COVER Signal above 5900 on 03 January

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MISSION

It has been my Mission to create a simple but effective method for investing in the stock market, so that I would always know what to do regardless of the circumstances.
The result is a rigorous system which allows the market to tell you what to do, when to Buy, when to Hold, when to Cover, and when to Sell, and it removes the need for you to have any opinion whatsoever.
And so, I present to you the diary of my personal trading system, and a record of the signals that it is producing. You are welcome to follow me along but please understand that the information posted here is for entertainment purposes only. No recommendations are being made to buy, or sell stocks, options or futures contracts. Please consult your own financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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CBOE Equity PUT/Call Ratio

CPC
CBOE Total PUT/Call Ratio

NYMO
NYSE McClellan Oscillator

VIX
Volatility Index

VVIX
Volatility of Volatility Index

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Bob Karrow: Stock Market Observations
A fantastic resource with great insights from Bob Karrow and includes an extensive archive of Terry Laundry T Theory observations

GUNNER24 Forecasts
Fascinating Gann based analysis

Finviz
Very useful portfolio and stock screener

Stockcharts
Fantastic Charting resource

RECOMMENDED READING

Martin Schwartz: Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trader
Martin Schwartz: Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trader

The first light really went on when reading Pit Bull by Marty Schwartz and if you haven’t read it I could not recommend it more highly. Marty Schwartz talks about Green Light / Red Light and Terry Laundry’s Magic T Theory - both very important concepts.

Jack D Schwager: Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders
Jack D Schwager: Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

"Market Wizards is one of the most fascinating books ever written about Wall Street. A few of the ′Wizards′ are my friends—and Jack Schwager has nailed their modus operandi on the head." – Martin W. Zweig, Ph.D., Editor, The Zweig Forecast

I thoroughly recommend all of Jack's books.

Victor Sperandeo: Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master
Victor Sperandeo: Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master

A really insightful book. Great section on economics.

"Victor Sperandeo is gifted with one of the finest minds I know. No wonder he′s compiled such an amazing record of success as a money manager. Every investor can benefit from the wisdom he offers in his new book. Don′t miss it!" - Paul Tudor Jones Tudor Investment Corporation

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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: Annotated Edition by Jon D. Markman
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: Annotated Edition by Jon D. Markman

With new commentary and Insights on the life and times of Jesse Livermore Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of perhaps the most famous financial speculator of all time–Jesse Livermore. This annotated edition bridges the gap between Edwin Lefevre′s fictionalized account of Livermore′s life and the actual, historical events, places, and people that populate the book. It also describes the variety of trading approaches Livermore used throughout his life and analyzes his psychological development as a trader and the lessons gained through hard experiences.

“In the end, I’m not interested in that which I fully understand. The words I have written over the years are just a veneer. There are truths that lie beneath the surface of the words... truths that rise up without warning, like the humps of a sea monster and then disappear. What performance and song is to me is finding a way to tempt the monster to the surface, to create a space, where the creature can break through what is real and what is known to us. This shimmering space where imagination and reality intersect... this is where all love and tears and joy exist. This is the place. This is where we live.”
- Nick Cave, 20,000 days on Earth

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”
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The mind is the Bullion Express and the blood on the tracks.
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The parking lot at the Mall of Fears.
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The real center of an empty sphere.”
- Jim Dodge, Stone Junction, 1990

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- George Orwell

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- The Gambler (2014), Dir. Rupert Wyatt

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