The 200 day SMA is a widely watched indicator of health for the U.S. Stock market. When price is trading above the 200 day SMA, most market participants can agree that a longer term up-trend is either in place or developing. When price is trading below the 200 day SMA, most people recognize that the […]
I’ve been doing a lot of writing about Momentum Based ETF Rotation Systems lately and for good reason. The systems are low maintenance and have historically provided a good return in a variety of market conditions. In this post we’re going to look at backtest results for the Schwab Commission Free ETF Rotation System. We’ll explore […]
As some of you know, I recently began trading two monthly ETF Rotation Systems. One is a Basic ETF Rotation system that trades a diverse group of markets and the other covers similar markets using Schwab Commission Free ETF’s. The Basic System is intended to take the place of the ETF Portion of the Donchian Channel System while […]
We’re almost through December and that means it’s time to update the Monthly ETF Rotation Systems. December proved to be a rocky month for both the Basic ETF Rotation System and the Schwab Commission Free Rotation System. Fortunately, it looks like both will end up in positive territory for the month and all of the […]
As investors move forward into 2015, many of them will make decisions about where to put their money. Some of them might use technical or fundamental information and many will attempt to use some combination. Others will become casualties of the media and actually act on the news. However, what we know is that most […]
A little background: As some of you know, I’m a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and work as a Tax Accountant by day. In other words, I spend most of my time at work either preparing tax returns, doing tax planning, or coming up with ways to do something market related (aka daydreaming). Sure, you can […]