The January Effect
The January Effect – is it a thing? Google ‘January effect’ in the news tab and you’ll see plenty of headlines, like this one: Jan 2, 2022: JPMorgan still expects a boost from “the January effect.” The phrase refers to the belief that the market’s best month tends to be the year’s first. Notice the […]
The Santa Rally
Is It A Thing? Popular stock market wisdom is that there is a ‘Santa Rally’ at the end of the year. As with all stock market sayings it’s a good idea to check out whether it really exists or not by looking at the actual data rather than rely on someone’s idea of what the […]
You Can’t See What You Can’t See!
And I didn’t. See it, I mean. When developing the strategy for the bear book, I saw that using the MACD as an additional indicator for the ITM bull strategy gave better results in a sideways market. It avoided being whipped in and out of trades, so I backtested on this basis. Later, I decided […]
Trading The Bear!
In The Money: Bear Trading Strategy The new book in the In The Money series has been published! It dovetails with the ITM Bull Market Strategy (the original book) and shows how you can use the bear market to increase your accounts rather dramatically. Learning to love the bear Usually people fear a bear market […]
And So It Goes On . .
And so it goes on . . ! The bull market, I mean. It’s not making new highs but its only 0.35% away from its all-time high on Monday. Interestingly, there is still a lack of euphoric headlines. Any headlines that mention a new high (and in recent weeks sometimes we have had a new […]
Giant Stock Market Crash!
Giant Stock Market Crash! Except it wasn’t. The SPY got over its recent wobble, and is making new highs again, closing at $459.25 on Friday – although you wouldn’t realize it from the financial press or, indeed, any other press. We may well be in euphoria, but it is the strangest euphoria I have encountered. […]