07/05/18

Good Evening, The market snapped back today on optimism that the EU and US will work out their differences on trade. As far as I’m concerned it’s just an up day in what is turning out to be a choppy summer. Hopefully we will have enough of these days to keep us in the game. The main issue is that the escalating trade war with China will continue to produce headwinds for the market. Until it is resolved the market will continue to thrash around. Nevertheless, as I have said before our goal is to remain in the market as long as possible in order to be in position when an agreement with China is finally reached. That agreement should provide the pop that we are waiting for.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +1.00%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.75%, the Nasdaq +1.12%, and the S&P 500 +0.86%. Praise God for another great day!

 

Wall Street rises on U.S.-EU trade relations optimism

The days action left us with following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Sell, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +5.88% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

07/04/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.757 17.8484 38.5267 51.7475 29.9149
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week +0.02% +0.09% -0.19% +0.57% -0.63%
% Change month +0.02% +0.09% -0.19% +0.57% -0.63%
% Change year +1.39% -1.47% +2.44% +6.77% -3.05%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.8046 27.2354 31.1494 33.9319 19.6664
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week -0.02% -0.05% -0.11% -0.13% -0.15%
% Change month -0.02% -0.05% -0.11% -0.13% -0.15%
% Change year +1.30% +1.28% +1.34% +1.35% +1.39%

 

 Now lets take a look at the charts. All signals are annotated with green circles. If you click on the charts they will become larger.
C Fund:
S Fund:
I Fund:
F Fund: The F Fund finally generated the buy signal it’s been working on when the 5 EMA passed back up through the 200 EMA. In our system, the 5 EMA must be higher than the 200 in order for a buy signal to be generated. Of course that is in addition to the other indicators, the PMO, MACD, and Wms%R which must be in positive configurations with an SCTR above 40. I know that’s a lot of stuff but we don’t take buy signals lightly.
I can’t complain at all. Our allocation is hanging in there nicely considering the recent volatility. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!
God bless, Scott 8-)
 
 ***Just a reminder that you can review the performance of our allocation at the Web Site TSPTALK.com in the autotracker section under the screen name KyFan1.
 
 
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Scott Grimes

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