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SECONDARY DELINEATOR

(SPY daily time scale, determines direction of trades identified by the Primary, all times Eastern)

 

Closing Read Jan 15, 2010

Primary Trend=Transitioning

Number of days=3

  

 

SW= -1305

SLOPE=  -40

CHANGE= -88

 

PM Update Jan 15:  The Secondary changed slope down today, losing 88 ticks to -40 and still transitioning.

 

AM Update Jan 15:  The Secondary is losing 34 ticks to +14 at the open.  To turn down, negative signal weight of -500 is needed.

 

PM Update Jan 14:  Signal weight spent most of the day between -300 and +550, the Secondary closing flat.

 

AM Update Jan 14:  The Secondary is losing 39 ticks to +11.  Negative signal weight of -540 turns the Secondary down.

 

PM Update Jan 13:  Signal weight rebounded after 1pm, the Secondary gaining 51 ticks to +50.  We really have to count the one down day as a termination of the prior uptrend.  So until the Secondary gets back to +75, it won't be a confirmed up cycle.

 

AM Update Jan 13:  At the open, the Secondary is back up as +340 signal weight turns the Slope positive.

 

PM Update Jan 12:  The Secondary closed down 97 ticks to -1.  It will be possible for the Secondary to flip up again tomorrow with positive signal weight.

 

AM Update Jan 12:  At the open, the Secondary is losing 104 ticks to -8.  At -1340 the Secondary turns down.  To establish a new down cycle, the Slope must exceed -75

 

PM Update Jan 11:  At the close, the Secondary lost 12 ticks to +87.  The current up cycle on the Secondary is now essentially 4 weeks old.  If we get strongly negative signal weight tomorrow, we could see it turn down.

 

AM Update Jan 11:  The Secondary is gaining 36 ticks to +135.  To turn down, negative signal weight of -1380 is needed.

 

 


 

PRIMARY DELINEATOR

(SPY 30 minute timeframe, identifies trades, all times Eastern)

 

Jan 15:  Closing Read

Signal weight closed at -1305, the Change +8.5.  Signal weight will need to become increasingly more negative on Tuesday otherwise the Change will turn sharply up and the process of the next slope change will begin anew.  With the Slope at -400, we should see the Primary at -4200 in a few bars.  Have a nice long weekend.

 

 Primary= -3000

 SW=  -1305

SLOPE= -410

CHANGE= +8.5

 

Jan 15:  3:00

Signal weight -1540, the Change now +0.59 already.  Wouldn't be surprised to see us recover back to 114 by the close unless signal weight exceeds -1600.

 

btw, anyone experiencing odd behavior of your program today?  The two incorrect emails went out near 2:30pm.

 

 Primary= -3460

 SW=  -1535

SLOPE= -429

CHANGE= +0.54

 

Jan 15:  1:30pm

Signal weight remains stongly negative at -1636, the Change -22.  The Primary's back into negative territory again at -1348.

 

 Primary= -1348

 SW=  -1636

SLOPE= -397

CHANGE= -22

 

 

Jan 15:  11am  Enter Short confirmed at 113.76

The enter short has confirmed at expected and I'm avoiding it because the Secondary is less than -75.  If you look at the Secondary and the yellow line (the Change), the negative divergence is quite apparent.  This suggests that the Secondary will confirm a new down cycle in the next few days.

 

 Primary= +329

 SW=  -1656

SLOPE= -203

CHANGE= -65

 

Jan 15:  10:30am   Exit Long Confirms, Early Enter Short signal issued

The exit long has confirmed, and an early exit short has been issued that will confirm at 11am if signal weight is greater than -380.

 Primary= +536

 SW=  -1623

SLOPE= -136

CHANGE= -75

 

 

Jan 15:  10am  Early Exit Long

Signal weight turned strongly negative during the last half of the last bar and an early exit long, early slope change down signal has been issued.  The Secondary is also down so a short signal is also likely.  As the Secondary is still transitioning, its slope less than +-75, I will be avoiding this signal as well.  The last two trading model trades did not make their targets.

 

 Primary= +692

 SW=  -1266

SLOPE= -41

CHANGE= -72

 

Jan 15:  Opening Read

Signal weight has opened weakly negative at -306, TTXSlope=2 bars at the current level of signal weight.  The Secondary turns down at -500.

 

 Primary= +784

 SW=  -306

SLOPE= +78

CHANGE= -35

 


 

Jan 14:  Closing Read

Signal weight spent most of the day between -300 and +550 and closed near the middle range of the day.  Again tomorrow the Secondary will be in a position to turn down on only modestly negative signal weight.  And this is a long weekend as the market will be closed on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 Primary= +706

 SW=  +390

SLOPE= +114

CHANGE= -0.04

 

 

Jan 14:  3pm

Signal weight modestly positive at +524, the Change +10, SPY near the highs for the day.

 

 Primary= +478

 SW=  +524

SLOPE= +109

CHANGE= +10

 

Jan 14:  2pm

Signal weight +257, the Change -2.3, still dull.

 

 Primary= +365

 SW=  +252

SLOPE= +94

CHANGE= -2.3

 

Jan 14:  12:50pm

Signal weight now weakly positive, pretty boring day thus far.

 

 Primary= +72

 SW=  +23

SLOPE= +108

CHANGE= -16

 

Jan 14:  11:30am

An early enter long email went out that was obviously in error and due to the feed disruption.  At 11:30, signal weight remains near zero, the Change -25.

 

 Primary= -162

 SW=  -35

SLOPE= +140

CHANGE= -23

 

Jan 14:  11:15

The Feed is back up.  Signal weight weakly negative again, the Change -35.  

 Primary= -307

 SW=  -192

SLOPE= +159

CHANGE= -35

 

Jan 14:  10:15am

Signal weight has turned weakly positive at +306, the Change -16.

 Primary= -897

 SW= +306

SLOPE= +250

CHANGE= -16

 

Jan 14:  Opening Read

Signal weight has opened weakly negative at -240, the Change -48 and TTXSlope=4.65 bars at this level of signal weight.

 

 Primary= -897

 SW= -240

SLOPE= +250

CHANGE= -48

 


Jan 13:  Closing Read

Signal weight in fact did return to strongly positive levels mid-day, the Primary generating a slope change up and confirmed a long signal at 1:30pm.  The trading model is long SPY at 114.40 and as the Secondary's Slope is less than +75, I wouldn't have taken this signal either.  I did take the signal however for X as described in the Advanced section.  The model lost .81 cents on the short trade which I am sure no one took.

 

 Primary= -1147

 SW= +1408

SLOPE= +300

CHANGE= +40

 

Jan 13:  10am

Signal weight now only +571, TTXSlope=3 bars.  This may take awhile unless signal weight returns to levels above +1000.

 

 Primary= -1762

 SW= +571

SLOPE= -240

CHANGE= +54

 

Jan 13:  Opening Read

Signal weight opened +1075, the Change +122, TTXSlope=2.48 bars.  The middle short signal is again out of confirmation obviously.  I will be leaving today very early as I have appointments all day away.  The 7am post will be the last until after the close.

 

 Primary= -1503

 SW= +1075

SLOPE= -304

CHANGE= +122


 

Jan 12:  Closing Read

Today's short signal went into and out of confirmation several times today (I even forgot to mention it was a middle short signal).  With signal weight closing at -1344 and the Change only -1.65, any moderation in signal weight will turn the Change up sharply and begin the process of the next slope change back up.

 

 Primary= -1197

 SW= -1344

SLOPE= -427

CHANGE= -1.65

 

Jan 12:  12:30pm  Enter Short Confirms at SPY 113.54 (corrected)

Just after the last posting, signal weight moved more negative.  The short signal has confirmed and the trading model is short at 113.54 with a gtc exit at 112.54.  As the value of the slope of the Secondary is not -75 at the time of the signal, I'm avoiding this signal.  We'll review this stragegy on March 31st. (the main reason I'm personally doing this is I'm trading a lot of X and don't need to trade anything else at the moment.)

 

NOTE:  my original post was incorrect because of a data lapse that occurred at 12:30 giving me an incorrect price.

 

 Primary= +1251

 SW= -1523

SLOPE= -337

CHANGE= -41

 

 

 

Jan 12:  12pm

Not much happening here.  Signal weight still under the level needed to turn the Secondary down.  We're still under an early enter short which will confirm at the conclusion of any bar if the signal weight is greater than -1325.

 

 Primary= +1602

 SW= -1191

SLOPE= -283

CHANGE= -33

 

Jan 12:  10am

The early enter short has not confirmed because signal weight has risen back above the level needed to turn the Secondary down.  The current unconfirmed down cycle on the Primary continues.  Since the value of the Slope now exceeds -75, if signal weight closes a bar greater than -1325, the short signal will confirm because the Secondary's slope will be negative (fractionally).

 

 Primary= +2522

 SW= -1185

SLOPE= -135

CHANGE= -61

 

 

Jan 12:  Opening Read  Dual Signals: Early Slope Change Down/Early Enter Short signals issued

Signal weight has opened strongly negative at -1576, enough to turn the Secondary down and generate an early enter short.  This year, we will track the signals as they come, but I'm planning on sticking to only taking signals when the Secondary's slope is greater than +-75 (on trading SPY).

 

 Primary= +2643

 SW= -1616

SLOPE= -88

CHANGE= -95

 

Jan 12:  Pre_Opening

SPY trading lower in the pre-market.  The little bug in the Delineator relating to the updating of signal weight in the morning will be seen today.  What will happen is the early slope change signal that was generated yesterday during the last half hour will confirm at the open because it takes 1 minute for the signal weight to update.  Hence, it will see the previous level at the close and issue the signal. Ignore it if it happens. This will be fixed shortly.

 


 

Jan 11:  Closing Read

Pretty dull all day as signal weight remained only weakly positive.  Tomorrow, a few minutes after the open, we'll know if this slope change will confirm or not.  

 

 Primary= +2731

 SW= +490

SLOPE= +6

CHANGE= +11

 

 

Jan 11:  3:30pm  Early Slope Change UP signal issued

Finally, an early slope change signal has been issued which cannot confirm today because signal cannot confirm at the close.  We'll just have to wait to see the level of signal weight in the morning.

  

 Primary= +2731

 SW= +490

SLOPE= +6

CHANGE= +11

 

 

 

Jan 11:  2:20pm

Virtually no change from the prior posting.  Signal weight flatlining at +300.

 

Jan 11:  12:15pm

Very close to an early slope change up.  Signal weight will really need to increase to make any signal viable.  I'm off to the gym early, back around 2pm.

 

 Primary= +2815

 SW= +340

SLOPE= -5

CHANGE= +4

 

 

Jan 11:  11am

Signal weight +461 any slope change is still bars away.

 

 

 Primary= +2820

 SW= +461

SLOPE= -21

CHANGE= +12

 

  

Jan 11:  10am

Signal weight now only +631, TTXSlope=1.56 bars.  Unless signal weight turns strongly positive, we won't get any long signal today even though we may get a slope change up.

 

 Primary= +2879

 SW= +631

SLOPE= -44

CHANGE= +25

 

 

Jan 11:  Opening Read

Signal weight has opened +1352, the Change +67 and we'll get an early slope change up next bar if signal weight continues to hold.  

 

 Primary= +2965

 SW= +1352

SLOPE= -27

CHANGE= +67

 


 

Jan 8:  Closing Read

Signal weight finally moved above +100 during the final half hour of the day.  Monday, we'll either see a continuation of the down cycle on the Primary or signal weight will open positive and another up cycle will begin.  Signal weight doesn't seem to be able to hold a negative level for very long.

 

 Primary= +2931

 SW= +647

SLOPE= -63

CHANGE= +31

 

 

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