For Wednesday, March 1st

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

THE PRICE LISTED IN THE SUBJECT LINE ABOVE ARE BASED ON THE LAST TRADED PRICE BEFORE THE EVENING BRIEFING IS SENT OUT, THE ACTUAL SETTLEMENT PRICE MAY BE DIFFERENT. THESE POSITIONS ARE THE POSITIONS BASED ON THE VP SIGNALS AND NOT THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO.

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The VP map tells you everything you need to know, consult the map daily... knowing the map and the two key trading rules will make you a much more savvy trader, so it is extremely important to be familiar with the VP map...

Secondary Vertical Prices (SVP) are for the aggressive trader who is looking for an additional edge on additional exhaustion points... you will notice that the market responds as well to the SVP as to the standard VP points and are traded the same, but for now the main model will use only the standard VP points for official main model signals...SP MARCH mini VP PRICES

The main model is short the March SP at 3996.50 as of 2/24/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4090.52 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 3967.50
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

The above price map is listed in descending order of all currently active vertical prices above and below the market... today's closing price is also included to provide you with a GPS type reading of where the market currently is in relation to all VP points on both sides of the market...

PLEASE NOTE: It is vitally important to know where the market is on this map at all times, the main model buy and sell signals are generated only from this VP map... the trade rules, which you probably already know by now, are very simple and are explained below...

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1843.40 as of 2/22/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1833.80

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

The above is a price map in descending order of all currently active vertical prices above and below the market... today's closing price is also included to provide you with a GPS type reading of where the market currently is in relation to all VP points on both sides of the market...

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

CHECK OUT THE NEW $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX ON PAGE 2 OF THE ATTACHMENT!!!ALSO, CHECK OUT TWO ADDITIONAL WEIGHTED $VIX INDICATOR ON PAGE 3 OF THE ATTACHMENT!!!THESE NEW INDICATORS ARE IDEAL FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LONGER TERM TREND POSITIONS WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THE DAY TO DAY ZIGZAGS OF THE MARKET!!!ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW TO USE THEM, JUST ASK ME...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken since 2016 is found on page 4 of the attachment under Trend Index (TIX)... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 398.54...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.53 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.31, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

RULES ON HOW TO USE THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO (OP) ARE FOUND IN THE TUTORIAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EVENING BRIEFING
If you're having difficulty trading the near term VP model, then take a serious look at the optimized portfolio, you will definitely make money, it is easy to follow, tried and proven, and with no stress, I use it myself primarily... if you have any questions on how to use it, then email me and we can arrange a time to review your personal trading strategy...

THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED SP SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

TOTAL 72 closed trades 1099.30To follow the optimized portfolio, there is no thinking required!!! If you're having difficulty following the fast moving VP signals, then you should consider following the optimized portfolio...

+199.45 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +4.576% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 132.64 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ANY MARKET NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE PORTFOLIO BUY AND/OR EXIT PRICE WOULD BE, THEN JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE SYMBOL(S)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	short	4209.50	4124.25	3973.25	…	4052.75	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		326.55
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		53.28
SPY	flat	416.59	408.16					11.11		396.26
SPXL	flat	78.83	74.00					5.91		67.13
UPRO	flat	41.56	38.97					2.31		35.33
QQQ	flat	311.13	304.81					21.76		293.56
TQQQ	flat	26.79	25.08					4.06		22.13
TNA	flat	44.44	41.67					3.83		38.46
SOXL	flat	18.00	16.82					2.57		14.65
IWM	flat	196.48	192.45					7.71		188.18
MDY	flat	493.15	483.19					18.17		474.75
IYT	flat	243.60	238.63					-5.23		231.06
SOXX	flat	435.66	426.85					33.16		409.83
USD	flat	25.70	24.57					3.31		23.32
							TOTAL	99.94

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1882.60
GLD	flat	175.62	172.01					21.01		169.78
UGL	flat	58.69	55.07					11.96		54.65
SLV	flat	20.78	20.26					2.28		19.22
GLL	long	…	30.46	29.67				0.00		31.27
ZSL	long	…	22.84	21.35				-0.93		25.33
GDX	flat	31.10	30.38					5.65		27.48
GDXJ	flat	37.81	36.95					7.23		33.79
NUGT	flat	39.61	37.93					12.59		30.78
JNUG	flat	39.71	38.02					12.79		31.58
DUST	long	…	14.32	13.14				0.00		15.60
JDST	long	…	7.85	7.48				0.00		8.63
QLD	long	47.24	45.25					5.47		41.73
SDS	long	…	41.22	42.16				-1.35		43.14
SOXS	flat	24.19	22.64					-2.44		21.94



							TOTAL	74.26
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	106.72	104.59					-0.45		101.71
TMF	flat	9.31	8.65					-0.34		7.9
TBT	long	…	29.65	29.55				-1.39		31.12
TMV	long	…	118.35	113.53				-8.16		126.13
VCLT	flat	80.85	79.13					0.20		76.5
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	68.90	67.42					-1.54		65
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.82	80.62				-1.70		80.34
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	92.39	86.75					-6.47		81.52
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		143.35
							TOTAL	-15.14
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		109.91
XLE	flat	90.77	88.85					-3.30		83.69
UCO	flat	30.33	28.41					-1.87		27.45
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.22
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	73.39	71.82					-2.28		66.45
TSLA	long	…	191.68	136.73				0.00		205.71
XLY	flat	154.03	150.85					11.72		145.54
V	flat	232.58	227.83					-9.36		219.94
							TOTAL	0.08
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.35	47.26					-0.27		46.52
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	501.50	491.37					0.00		475.94
CURE	flat	108.11	105.85					0.00		91.83
XLV	flat	134.11	131.33					0.00		127.17
LABU	flat	8.76	8.13					0.17		6.57
IDNA	flat	27.23	2.59					-1.93		24.08
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.96	28.16				0.00		28.42
UDN	flat	18.80	18.32					0.91		18.30
YCS	long	…	56.14	53.47				0.00		58.48
GBTC	flat	12.78	12.42					2.90		11.54
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	60.07	56.37					9.46		41.85
INDA	flat	40.75	39.84					-0.96		38.80
EEM	flat	41.10	40.18					1.53		38.23
EWG	flat	28.68	28.01					1.40		27.29
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	156.43	153.20					7.57		147.41
SQ	flat	84.39	82.60					-4.67		76.73
NVDA	long	…	225.88	230.59				47.35		232.16
LIT	flat	70.84	69.32					5.52		63.76
XBI	flat	88.51	86.64					2.24		82.85
							TOTAL	58.01
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	20.06	20.25				-0.32		20.19
DBC	flat	24.54	23.95					-0.60		23.76
WOOD	flat	77.31	75.66					-1.67		73.69
GCC	flat	18.28	17.81					-0.27		17.68
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	199.45
							%YTD	4.576%

For Tuesday, February 28th

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 3996.50 as of 2/24/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 3986.75
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1843.40 as of 2/22/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1823.20

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 398.54...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.31 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.22, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+199.45 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +4.576% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 132.64 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	short	4209.50	4124.25	3973.25	…	4052.75	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		329.06
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		54.50
SPY	flat	418.41	409.94					11.11		397.73
SPXL	flat	80.02	75.12					5.91		67.87
UPRO	flat	42.19	39.56					2.31		35.73
QQQ	flat	313.78	307.40					21.76		293.94
TQQQ	flat	27.55	25.8					4.06		22.24
TNA	flat	46.43	43.54					3.83		38.53
SOXL	flat	18.50	17.29					2.57		14.50
IWM	flat	199.36	195.27					7.71		188.17
MDY	flat	499.58	489.49					18.17		475.79
IYT	flat	247.96	242.90					-5.23		232.94
SOXX	flat	438.21	429.35					33.16		408.43
USD	flat	25.85	24.72					3.31		23.27
							TOTAL	99.94

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1882.60
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		169.01
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		54.07
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		18.93
GLL	long	…	29.06	29.67				0.00		31.58
ZSL	long	…	21.73	21.35				-0.93		26.17
GDX	flat	33.04	32.28					5.65		27.2
GDXJ	flat	40.37	39.46					7.23		33.25
NUGT	flat	44.94	43.04					12.59		30.2
JNUG	flat	45.52	43.60					12.79		30.59
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		15.93
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.91
QLD	long	48.11	46.09					5.47		41.87
SDS	long	…	41.22	42.16				-1.35		42.78
SOXS	flat	25.83	24.18					-2.44		22.09



							TOTAL	74.26
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		101.25
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		7.81
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		31.38
TMV	long	…	109.29	113.53				-8.16		128.07
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		76.43
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		66.16
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.82	80.62				-1.70		80.70
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	92.39	86.75					-6.47		81.26
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		142.16
							TOTAL	-15.14
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		110.55
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		84.91
UCO	flat	31.70	29.70					-1.87		26.71
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.93
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	75.87	74.25					-2.28		66.51
TSLA	long	…	187.51	136.73				0.00		207.63
XLY	flat	158.13	154.87					11.72		145.64
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		220.35
							TOTAL	0.08
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.02	47.94					-0.27		46.84
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		483.32
CURE	flat	110.64	103.90					0.00		94.36
XLV	flat	134.91	132.11					0.00		128.12
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		6.40
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		23.94
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.61	28.16				0.00		28.34
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.35
YCS	long	…	53.26	53.47				0.00		58.46
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.47
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		43.35
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		38.99
EEM	flat	42.13	41.19					1.53		38.5
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		27.48
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	157.48	154.23					7.57		147.92
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		75.14
NVDA	long	…	225.88	230.59				47.35		235.01
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		63.62
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		82.13
							TOTAL	58.01
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.89	20.25				-0.32		20.24
DBC	flat	24.97	24.37					-0.60		23.69
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		73.37
GCC	flat	18.67	18.20					-0.27		17.63
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	199.45
							%YTD	4.576%

For Monday, February 27th

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 3996.50 as of 2/24/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 3973.75
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1843.40 as of 2/22/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1818.20

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 398.54...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.22 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.13, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+199.45 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +4.576% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 132.64 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	short	4209.50	4124.25	3973.25	…	4052.75	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		328.12
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		54.11
SPY	flat	418.41	409.94					11.11		396.38
SPXL	flat	80.02	75.12					5.91		67.23
UPRO	flat	42.19	39.56					2.31		35.39
QQQ	flat	313.78	307.40					21.76		291.85
TQQQ	flat	27.55	25.8					4.06		21.77
TNA	flat	46.43	43.54					3.83		38.10
SOXL	flat	18.50	17.29					2.57		14.31
IWM	flat	199.36	195.27					7.71		187.51
MDY	flat	499.58	489.49					18.17		474.59
IYT	flat	247.96	242.90					-5.23		228.08
SOXX	flat	438.21	429.35					33.16		406.28
USD	flat	25.85	24.72					3.31		22.99
							TOTAL	99.94

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1884.50
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		168.35
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		53.68
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		19.09
GLL	long	…	29.06	29.67				0.00		31.81
ZSL	long	…	21.73	21.35				-0.93		25.79
GDX	flat	33.04	32.28					5.65		26.99
GDXJ	flat	40.37	39.46					7.23		33.03
NUGT	flat	44.94	43.04					12.59		29.75
JNUG	flat	45.52	43.60					12.79		30.23
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		16.14
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		9.03
QLD	long	48.11	46.09					5.47		41.26
SDS	long	…	41.22	42.16				-1.35		43.05
SOXS	flat	25.83	24.18					-2.44		22.43



							TOTAL	74.26
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		100.97
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		7.75
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		31.56
TMV	long	…	109.29	113.53				-8.16		128.88
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		76.57
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		66.61
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.82	80.62				-1.70		80.58
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	92.39	86.75					-6.47		81.2
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		140.93
							TOTAL	-15.14
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		110.75
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		84.66
UCO	flat	31.70	29.70					-1.87		27.42
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.27
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	75.87	74.25					-2.28		66.45
TSLA	long	…	187.51	136.73				0.00		196.88
XLY	flat	158.13	154.87					11.72		143.86
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		219.55
							TOTAL	0.08
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.02	47.94					-0.27		46.74
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		484.33
CURE	flat	110.64	103.90					0.00		94.92
XLV	flat	134.91	132.11					0.00		128.51
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		6.26
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		23.82
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.61	28.16				0.00		28.49
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.26
YCS	long	…	53.26	53.47				0.00		58.59
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.48
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		41.69
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		39.00
EEM	flat	42.13	41.19					1.53		38.3
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		27.04
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	157.48	154.23					7.57		146.71
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		77.36
NVDA	long	…	225.88	230.59				47.35		232.86
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		62.81
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		81.47
							TOTAL	58.01
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.89	20.25				-0.32		20.26
DBC	flat	24.97	24.37					-0.60		23.67
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		72.59
GCC	flat	18.67	18.20					-0.27		17.61
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	199.45
							%YTD	4.576%

For Friday, February 24th

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 3987.50 as of 2/22/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4020.50
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1843.40 as of 2/22/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1830.50

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 398.54...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.13 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.05, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+199.45 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +4.576% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 132.64 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Technology (NVDA)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	flat	4209.50	4124.25	…	3973.25	4052.75	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		331.67
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		55.88
SPY	flat	418.41	409.94					11.11		400.66
SPXL	flat	80.02	75.12					5.91		69.48
UPRO	flat	42.19	39.56					2.31		36.57
QQQ	flat	313.78	307.40					21.76		296.82
TQQQ	flat	27.55	25.8					4.06		22.93
TNA	flat	46.43	43.54					3.83		39.25
SOXL	flat	18.50	17.29					2.57		15.11
IWM	flat	199.36	195.27					7.71		189.28
MDY	flat	499.58	489.49					18.17		477.48
IYT	flat	247.96	242.90					-5.23		229.43
SOXX	flat	438.21	429.35					33.16		413.69
USD	flat	25.85	24.72					3.31		23.73
							TOTAL	99.94

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1903.30
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		169.56
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		54.50
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		19.63
GLL	long	…	29.06	29.67				0.00		31.38
ZSL	long	…	21.73	21.35				-0.93		24.32
GDX	flat	33.04	32.28					5.65		27.3
GDXJ	flat	40.37	39.46					7.23		33.35
NUGT	flat	44.94	43.04					12.59		30.5
JNUG	flat	45.52	43.60					12.79		30.70
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		15.76
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.88
QLD	long	48.11	46.09					5.47		42.73
SDS	long	…	41.22	42.16				-1.35		42.12
SOXS	flat	25.83	24.18					-2.44		21.31



							TOTAL	74.26
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		102.3
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.06
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		30.74
TMV	long	…	109.29	113.53				-8.16		123.99
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		77.31
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		66.59
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.82	80.62				-1.70		81.06
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	92.39	86.75					-6.47		81.15
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		139.67
							TOTAL	-15.14
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		110.74
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		84.77
UCO	flat	31.70	29.70					-1.87		26.83
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.84
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	75.87	74.25					-2.28		67.74
TSLA	long	…	187.51	136.73				0.00		202.07
XLY	flat	158.13	154.87					11.72		146.16
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		221.13
							TOTAL	0.08
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.02	47.94					-0.27		47.06
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		491.69
CURE	flat	110.64	103.90					0.00		98.68
XLV	flat	134.91	132.11					0.00		130.19
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		6.74
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		24.73
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.61	28.16				0.00		28.28
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.38
YCS	long	…	53.26	53.47				0.00		57.14
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.85
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		46.02
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		39.39
EEM	flat	42.13	41.19					1.53		39.18
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		27.79
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	157.48	154.23					7.57		149.4
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		74.15
NVDA	long	…	225.88	230.59				47.35		236.64
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		64.09
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		83.47
							TOTAL	58.01
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.89	20.25				-0.32		20.56
DBC	flat	24.97	24.37					-0.60		23.75
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		73.55
GCC	flat	18.67	18.20					-0.27		17.78
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	199.45
							%YTD	4.576%

For Thursday, February 23rd

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 3987.50 as of 2/22/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 3995.50
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1843.40 as of 2/22/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1841.90

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 398.54...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.05 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +0.29, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+199.45 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +4.576% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 132.64 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	flat	4209.50	4124.25	…	3962.25	4042.50	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		330.52
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		55.38
SPY	flat	418.41	409.94					11.11		398.54
SPXL	flat	80.02	75.12					5.91		68.50
UPRO	flat	42.19	39.56					2.31		36.07
QQQ	flat	313.78	307.40					21.76		294.25
TQQQ	flat	27.55	25.8					4.06		22.37
TNA	flat	46.43	43.54					3.83		38.49
SOXL	flat	18.50	17.29					2.57		13.83
IWM	flat	199.36	195.27					7.71		187.94
MDY	flat	499.58	489.49					18.17		475.45
IYT	flat	247.96	242.90					-5.23		226.47
SOXX	flat	438.21	429.35					33.16		400.52
USD	flat	25.85	24.72					3.31		21.61
							TOTAL	99.94

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1903.30
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		169.66
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		54.63
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		19.75
GLL	long	…	29.06	29.67				0.00		31.3
ZSL	long	…	21.73	21.35				-0.93		24.01
GDX	flat	33.04	32.28					5.65		27.45
GDXJ	flat	40.37	39.46					7.23		33.44
NUGT	flat	44.94	43.04					12.59		30.85
JNUG	flat	45.52	43.60					12.79		30.98
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		15.57
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.8
QLD	long	48.11	46.09					5.47		42
SDS	long	…	41.22	42.16				-1.35		42.53
SOXS	flat	25.83	24.18					-2.44		23.65



							TOTAL	74.26
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		101.31
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		7.84
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		31.3
TMV	long	…	109.29	113.53				-8.16		127.47
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		76.43
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		66.94
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.82	80.62				-1.70		81.03
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	92.39	86.75					-6.47		80.87
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		138.56
							TOTAL	-15.14
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		109.73
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		83.51
UCO	flat	31.70	29.70					-1.87		25.76
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		26.97
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	75.87	74.25					-2.28		68.23
TSLA	long	…	187.51	136.73				0.00		200.86
XLY	flat	158.13	154.87					11.72		146.28
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		220.02
							TOTAL	0.08
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.02	47.94					-0.27		46.72
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		488.89
CURE	flat	110.64	103.90					0.00		98.00
XLV	flat	134.91	132.11					0.00		129.84
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		6.79
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.06
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.61	28.16				0.00		28.27
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.38
YCS	long	…	53.26	53.47				0.00		57.38
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.58
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		46.78
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		39.35
EEM	flat	42.13	41.19					1.53		39.01
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		27.55
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	157.48	154.23					7.57		148.91
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		72.94
NVDA	flat	230.59	225.88					47.35		207.54
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		63.63
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		83.63
							TOTAL	58.01
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.89	20.25				-0.32		20.58
DBC	flat	24.97	24.37					-0.60		23.57
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		73.49
GCC	flat	18.67	18.20					-0.27		17.79
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	199.45
							%YTD	4.576%

For Tuesday, February 21st

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4161.25 as of 2/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4086.50
MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4050.61 exp 4/22/23

NEWminor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3996.31 exp 4/22/23

NEWMAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1835.10 as of 2/15/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1851.90

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +0.90 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.12, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 1 trade 23.50

TOTAL 117 closed trades 1876.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+13.10 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.301% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	flat	4209.50	4124.25	…	3962.25	4042.50	117 trades	*1876.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		338.29
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		59.47
SPY	long	…	402.25	393.80				0.00		407.26
SPXL	long	…	71.13	67.45				0.00		73.20
UPRO	long	…	37.42	35.65				0.00		38.54
QQQ	long	…	292.20	275.39				0.00		301.16
TQQQ	long	…	22.26	19.06				0.00		24.04
TNA	long	…	38.62	35.14				0.00		41.80
SOXL	long	…	14.58	12.37				0.00		15.50
IWM	long	…	188.43	180.72				0.00		193.13
MDY	long	…	477.39	459.22				0.00		486.42
IYT	long	…	231.52	234.44				-4.10		234.86
SOXX	long	…	405.22	378.89				0.00		415.92
USD	long	…	21.96	19.34				0.00		23.21
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1903.30
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		171.26
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		55.71
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.01
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30.69
ZSL	long	…	21.03	21.35				-0.93		23.47
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		28.41
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		34.59
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		33.04
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		33.29
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		14.60
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.2
QLD	long	…	41.69	37.42				0.00		44.03
SDS	flat	43.54	42.57					-1.35		40.76
SOXS	flat	26.52	24.83					-2.44		21.21



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		102.38
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.09
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		30.69
TMV	long	…	107.88	113.53				-8.16		123.77
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		77.58
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		68.48
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.47	80.62				-1.70		81.87
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.46	86.40				-4.53		86.51
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		142.24
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		111.28
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		84.49
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		27.39
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.42
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		71.23
TSLA	long	…	169.83	136.73				0.00		208.31
XLY	long	…	146.85	135.13				0.00		150.57
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		223.56
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.82	47.74					-0.27		47.67
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		499.08
CURE	flat	111.73	104.93					0.00		103.11
XLV	flat	135.22	132.42					0.00		131.99
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.59
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.68
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.50	28.16				0.00		28.09
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.48
YCS	long	…	53.13	53.47				0.00		56.63
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		12.20
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		49.69
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		40.32
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		39.68
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		28.15
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	147.73	138.71				-2.84		152.55
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		75.02
NVDA	long	…	207.76	160.66				0.00		213.88
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		65.89
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		86.8
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.80	20.25				-0.32		20.48
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		23.85
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		74.90
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.89
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	13.10
							%YTD	0.301%

For Friday, February 17th

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4161.25 as of 2/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4097.50
minor - - 4090.52 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1835.10 as of 2/15/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1847.00

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.12 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.30, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+13.10 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.301% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Currencies (UUP)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4059.75	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		337.39
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		58.80
SPY	long	…	402.25	393.80				0.00		408.28
SPXL	long	…	71.13	67.45				0.00		73.85
UPRO	long	…	37.42	35.65				0.00		38.86
QQQ	long	…	292.20	275.39				0.00		303.30
TQQQ	long	…	22.26	19.06				0.00		24.57
TNA	long	…	38.62	35.14				0.00		41.56
SOXL	long	…	14.58	12.37				0.00		16.28
IWM	long	…	188.43	180.72				0.00		192.6
MDY	long	…	477.39	459.22				0.00		487.06
IYT	long	…	231.52	234.44				-4.10		235.59
SOXX	long	…	405.22	378.89				0.00		422.5
USD	long	…	21.96	19.34				0.00		24.07
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		170.75
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		55.35
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		19.84
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30.86
ZSL	long	…	21.03	21.35				-0.93		23.83
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		28.67
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		34.69
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		33.78
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		33.39
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		14.26
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.16
QLD	long	…	41.69	37.42				0.00		44.67
SDS	flat	43.54	42.57					-1.35		40.54
SOXS	flat	26.52	24.83					-2.44		20.23



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		101.59
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		7.96
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		31.14
TMV	long	…	107.88	113.53				-8.16		126.47
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		77.15
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		67.75
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.47	80.62				-1.70		81.61
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.46	86.40				-4.53		86.56
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		141.82
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		115.73
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		87.61
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		28.61
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		24.38
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		70.97
TSLA	long	…	169.83	136.73				0.00		202.04
XLY	long	…	146.85	135.13				0.00		150.54
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		225.83
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.82	47.74					-0.27		47.6
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		487.35
CURE	flat	111.73	104.93					0.00		100.49
XLV	flat	135.22	132.42					0.00		130.82
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.15
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.45
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	long	…	27.50	28.16				0.00		28.11
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.45
YCS	long	…	53.13	53.47				0.00		56.37
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.89
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		53.01
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		40.46
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.12
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		28.05
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	147.73	138.71				-2.84		153.71
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		78.63
NVDA	long	…	207.76	160.66				0.00		220.02
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		68.61
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		84.77
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.80	20.25				-0.32		20.38
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.03
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		75.12
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.94
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	13.10
							%YTD	0.301%

For Thursday, February 16th

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4090.50 as of 2/13/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4160.00
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4090.52 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1835.10 as of 2/15/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1847.50

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.30 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.39, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+13.10 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.301% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Energy (XOM)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4059.75	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		341.66
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		61.10
SPY	long	…	402.25	393.80				0.00		413.99
SPXL	long	…	71.13	67.45				0.00		77.06
UPRO	long	…	37.42	35.65				0.00		40.56
QQQ	long	…	292.20	275.39				0.00		309.10
TQQQ	long	…	22.26	19.06				0.00		26.06
TNA	long	…	38.62	35.14				0.00		42.84
SOXL	long	…	14.58	12.37				0.00		17.57
IWM	long	…	188.43	180.72				0.00		194.46
MDY	long	…	477.39	459.22				0.00		490.53
IYT	long	…	231.52	234.44				-4.10		238.44
SOXX	long	…	405.22	378.89				0.00		433.12
USD	long	…	21.96	19.34				0.00		25.45
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		170.89
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		55.51
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		19.89
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30.79
ZSL	long	…	21.03	21.35				-0.93		23.61
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		28.79
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		34.83
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		34.03
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		33.66
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		14.15
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		8.1
QLD	long	…	41.69	37.42				0.00		46.49
SDS	flat	43.54	42.57					-1.35		39.41
SOXS	flat	26.52	24.83					-2.44		18.85



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		103.05
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.3
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		30.26
TMV	long	…	107.88	113.53				-8.16		121.18
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		78.18
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	70.23	68.73					-1.54		68.24
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	79.47	80.62				-1.70		82.14
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.46	86.40				-4.53		89.5
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		143.8
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	119.73	117.24					-9.50		116.08
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		88.48
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		29.1
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		23.97
							TOTAL	-14.67
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		72.1
TSLA	long	…	169.83	136.73				0.00		214.24
XLY	long	…	146.85	135.13				0.00		153.89
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		228.96
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.82	47.74					-0.27		47.93
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	505.60	495.39					0.00		491.23
CURE	flat	111.73	104.93					0.00		103.73
XLV	flat	135.22	132.42					0.00		132.13
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.47
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.9
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.16	27.50					0.00		28.07
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.49
YCS	long	…	53.13	53.47				0.00		56.54
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		12.14
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		52.82
INDA	flat	42.36	41.41					-0.96		40.44
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.11
EWG	flat	29.01	28.33					1.40		28.17
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	147.73	138.71				-2.84		155.33
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		82.69
NVDA	long	…	207.76	160.66				0.00		227.64
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		69.06
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		86.06
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.80	20.25				-0.32		20.29
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.1
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		76.03
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.95
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	13.10
							%YTD	0.301%

For Wednesday, February 15th

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4090.50 as of 2/13/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4141.25
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4090.52 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1885.30 as of 2/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1865.40

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.39 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.33, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+15.56 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.357% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4047.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		341.70
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		61.15
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		413.46
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		76.80
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		40.44
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		307.21
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		25.62
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		41.90
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		17.47
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		193.06
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		488.13
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		237.84
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		432.3
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		25.22
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		172.52
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		56.48
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.14
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30.25
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		23.08
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		29.64
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		35.65
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		35.99
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		35.30
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		13.41
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		7.75
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		45.92
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		39.48
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		18.94



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		103.94
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.51
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		29.74
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		118.41
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		78.72
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		67.96
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		81.93
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		89.64
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		143.5
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	long	…	115.42	117.88				-7.04		116.65
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		90.19
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		29.36
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		23.77
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		70.47
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		208.84
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		152.19
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		230.06
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		48
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		493.74
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		105.98
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		133.16
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.52
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.81
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.89
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.60
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		55.68
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		10.88
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		54.46
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.09
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.48
EWG	flat	…						1.40		28.14
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		153.39
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		78.69
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		229.67
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		68.91
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		86.23
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.45
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.36
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		76.66
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		18.07
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	15.56
							%YTD	0.357%

For Tuesday, February 14th

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4090.50 as of 2/13/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4098.75
minor - - 4090.52 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1885.30 as of 2/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1864.40

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.33 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.38, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+15.56 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.357% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4006.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		342.55
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		61.62
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		412.83
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		76.45
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		40.25
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		304.50
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		24.95
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		41.63
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		16.42
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		192.6
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		487.11
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		236.45
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		423.67
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		24.06
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		172.46
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		56.43
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.20
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30.23
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.90
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		29.58
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		35.38
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		36.07
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		34.91
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		13.40
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		7.84
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		45.14
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		39.61
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		20.19



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		104.26
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.58
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		29.56
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		117.11
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		78.82
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		68.12
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		81.37
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		90.41
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		142.57
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	long	…	115.42	117.88				-7.04		117.80
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		89.98
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		29.45
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		23.66
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		70.49
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		194.64
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		150.34
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		228.88
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		48.07
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		495.35
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		107.09
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		133.59
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.37
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.92
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.9
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.58
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		54.99
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		10.46
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		55.84
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.08
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.52
EWG	flat	…						1.40		28.03
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		153.85
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		76.82
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		217.88
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		68.85
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		85.55
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.30
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.28
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		76.57
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		18.02
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	15.56
							%YTD	0.357%

For Monday, February 13th

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4061.25 as of 2/8/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23
minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1885.30 as of 2/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1875.00

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.38 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.58, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+15.56 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.357% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Interest Rates (TBT), Energy (XOM)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Foreign Markets (EWG), Technology (SQ)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4006.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		338.73
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		59.65
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		408.04
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		73.86
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		38.91
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		299.70
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		23.82
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		40.18
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		15.76
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		190.31
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		481.34
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		234.77
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		417.53
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		23.28
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		173.38
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		57.09
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.24
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		29.95
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.79
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		29.62
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		35.64
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		36.03
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		35.31
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		13.41
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		7.75
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		43.73
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		40.52
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		21.10



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		103.39
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.38
TBT	long	…	28.27	29.55				-1.39		30.05
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		119.98
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		78.32
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		67.71
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		80.75
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		87.59
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		141.04
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	long	…	115.42	117.88				-7.04		119.20
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		90.21
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		29.78
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		23.46
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		68.86
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		196.89
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		148.15
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		227.2
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		47.55
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		494.25
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		104.60
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		132.49
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.34
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.77
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.98
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.52
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		54.35
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		10.67
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		53.22
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.32
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.2
EWG	flat	…						1.40		27.75
							TOTAL	11.43
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		151.01
SQ	flat	90.07	88.17					-4.67		75.23
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		212.65
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		68.12
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		85.62
							TOTAL	0.25
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.18
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.33
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		75.38
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		18.05
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	15.56
							%YTD	0.357%

For Friday, February 10th

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4161.25 as of 2/8/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4089.00

MAJOR - - 4051.57 exp 4/23/23

NEWminor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1885.30 as of 2/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1872.80

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.58 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.81, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+15.79 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.362% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Precious Metals (DUST, JDST)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Banking and Finance (JPM), Health Care (LABU), Technology (XBI)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4006.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		337.08
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		58.85
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		407.09
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		73.46
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		38.68
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		301.68
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		24.32
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		39.99
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		16.58
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		189.93
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		480.24
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		236.68
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		424.28
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		24.24
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	short	1976.20	1935.60	1872.20	…	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		173.03
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		56.95
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.18
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		30
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.91
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		29.76
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		36.01
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		36.44
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		36.10
DUST	long	…	12.25	13.14				0.00		13.28
JDST	long	…	7.23	7.48				0.00		7.58
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		44.29
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		40.71
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		20.08



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		104.56
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.69
TBT	flat	29.55	28.27					-1.39		29.34
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		115.89
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		79.07
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		66.39
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		80.13
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		86.6
JPM	flat	144.44	141.45					-8.67		140.42
							TOTAL	-13.20
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		114.35
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		86.81
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		28.22
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		24.76
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		69.51
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		207.32
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		149.89
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		229.36
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		47.3
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		485.73
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		101.39
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		131.24
LABU	flat	9.50	8.83					0.17		7.49
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		25.98
							TOTAL	-1.76
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.88
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.59
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		54.41
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		10.59
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		58.33
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.27
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.58
EWG	long	…	27.66	26.26				0.00		28.13
							TOTAL	10.03
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		150.87
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		76.18
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		223.37
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		69.44
XBI	flat	92.70	90.75					2.24		86.09
							TOTAL	1.88
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.00
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		23.99
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		76.45
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.94
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	15.79
							%YTD	0.362%

For Thursday, February 9th

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4161.25 as of 2/8/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4128.25minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1880.90 as of 2/6/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1887.70

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.81 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.91, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+16.35 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.375% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Commodities (WOOD), Currencies (GBTC)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	4006.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		338.91
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		59.93
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		410.37
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		75.28
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		39.64
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		304.10
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		24.92
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		41.71
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		16.43
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		192.55
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		485.49
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		241.38
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		422.52
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		24.28
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	flat	1976.20	1935.60	…	1872.20	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		174.43
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		57.85
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.49
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		29.44
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.21
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		30.4
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		36.91
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		38.02
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		37.90
DUST	flat	13.14	12.25					0.00		12.74
JDST	flat	7.48	7.23					0.00		7.23
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		45.04
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		40.03
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		20.29



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		105.15
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.84
TBT	flat	29.55	28.27					-1.39		29.02
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		113.98
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		79.95
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		67.2
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		80.49
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		89.9
JPM	long	…	140.62	143.59				-5.70		142.79
							TOTAL	-10.23
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		114.10
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		87.57
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		28.78
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		24.26
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		70.77
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		200.39
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		149.92
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		230.17
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		47.44
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		482.95
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		106.10
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		132.31
LABU	long	…	7.60	7.43				0.00		7.83
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		26.7
							TOTAL	-1.93
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.92
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.56
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		54.07
GBTC	flat	13.40	13.03					2.90		11.74
							TOTAL	3.81
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		54.90
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.48
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.35
EWG	long	…	27.66	26.26				0.00		28.06
							TOTAL	10.03
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		151.64
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		81.63
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		220.85
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		69.35
XBI	long	…	86.43	84.19				0.00		87.32
							TOTAL	-0.36
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.13
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.17
WOOD	flat	80.51	78.80					-1.67		76.60
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.99
							TOTAL	-2.86

							YTD	16.35
							%YTD	0.375%

For Wednesday, February 8th

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4117.25 as of 2/6/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4177.25
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1880.90 as of 2/6/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1882.70

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.91 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.89, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+13.49 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.309% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Interest Rates (TMV), Currencies (YCS), Banking and Finance (JPM)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Health Care (IDNA), Technology (LIT), Interest Rates (TLT, TMF, VCLT)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	3962.25	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		341.52
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		61.24
SPY	long	…	400.18	393.80				0.00		415.19
SPXL	long	…	70.14	67.45				0.00		78.00
UPRO	long	…	36.91	35.65				0.00		41.1
QQQ	long	…	289.79	275.39				0.00		309.88
TQQQ	long	…	21.75	19.06				0.00		26.41
TNA	long	…	38.27	35.14				0.00		43.75
SOXL	long	…	13.54	12.37				0.00		17.59
IWM	long	…	186.73	180.72				0.00		195.58
MDY	long	…	472.03	459.22				0.00		491.92
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		242.60
SOXX	long	…	395.05	378.89				0.00		432.5
USD	long	…	20.85	19.34				0.00		25.33
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	flat	1976.20	1935.60	…	1872.20	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		173.98
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		57.63
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.38
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		29.7
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.45
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		30.63
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		37.2
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		38.55
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		38.61
DUST	flat	13.14	12.25					0.00		12.53
JDST	flat	7.48	7.23					0.00		7.13
QLD	long	…	41.04	37.42				0.00		46.83
SDS	flat	45.00	44.00					-1.35		39.12
SOXS	flat	31.54	29.55					-2.44		19.00



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	109.46	107.17					-0.45		105.06
TMF	flat	10.06	9.36					-0.34		8.83
TBT	flat	29.55	28.27					-1.39		29.04
TMV	long	…	106.62	113.53				-8.16		114.3
VCLT	flat	83.32	81.55					0.20		80.05
							TOTAL	-10.14
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	71.64	70.11					-1.54		68.46
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.94	80.62				-1.70		81.12
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	84.23	86.40				-4.53		91.41
JPM	long	…	140.62	143.59				-5.70		143.65
							TOTAL	-10.23
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		114.92
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		88.35
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		28.1
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		24.89
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	67.89	67.62				-2.85		71.79
TSLA	long	…	162.68	136.73				0.00		196.81
XLY	long	…	145.15	135.13				0.00		151.48
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		231.32
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	49.04	47.96					-0.27		47.92
							TOTAL	-0.27
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		476.88
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		105.43
XLV	flat	135.96	133.14					0.00		132.80
LABU	long	…	7.60	7.43				0.00		8.68
IDNA	flat	28.16	27.50					-1.93		27.18
							TOTAL	-1.93
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.11	27.45					0.00		27.9
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.57
YCS	long	…	50.16	53.47				0.00		53.91
GBTC	long	…	11.75	8.85				0.00		12.15
							TOTAL	0.91
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		57.47
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		39.94
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.45
EWG	long	…	27.66	26.26				0.00		28.13
							TOTAL	10.03
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	141.22	138.71				-2.84		154.65
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		83.18
NVDA	long	…	189.40	160.66				0.00		221.73
LIT	flat	72.87	71.31					5.52		69.47
XBI	long	…	86.43	84.19				0.00		90.32
							TOTAL	-0.36
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.06
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.13
WOOD	long	…	76.81	76.85				-1.63		78.09
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		18.06
							TOTAL	-2.82

							YTD	13.49
							%YTD	0.309%

For Tuesday, February 7th

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4117.25 as of 2/6/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4124.25minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long April gold at 1880.90 as of 2/6/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1882.10

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

CHECK OUT THE NEW $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX ON PAGE 2 OF THE ATTACHMENT!!!ALSO, CHECK OUT THREE ADDITIONAL WEIGHTED $VIX INDICATOR ON PAGE 3 OF THE ATTACHMENT!!!THESE NEW INDICATORS ARE IDEAL FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LONGER TERM TREND POSITIONS WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THE DAY TO DAY ZIGZAGS OF THE MARKET!!!ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW TO USE THEM, JUST ASK ME...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS +1.89 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.87, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+9.48 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.217% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Currencies (UDN)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	3962.25	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		338.68
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		59.74
SPY	long	…	387.16	393.80				0.00		409.7
SPXL	long	…	64.34	67.45				0.00		75.02
UPRO	long	…	33.57	35.65				0.00		39.52
QQQ	long	…	273.79	275.39				0.00		303.31
TQQQ	long	…	18.48	19.06				0.00		24.80
TNA	long	…	34.82	35.14				0.00		42.70
SOXL	long	…	11.53	12.37				0.00		16.10
IWM	long	…	180.68	180.72				0.00		193.95
MDY	long	…	456.56	459.22				0.00		488.06
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		241.18
SOXX	long	…	372.52	378.89				0.00		419.41
USD	long	…	18.47	19.34				0.00		23.79
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	flat	1976.20	1935.60	…	1872.20	1910.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		173.82
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		57.39
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.45
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		29.8
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.30
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		30.22
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		36.74
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		37.58
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		37.56
DUST	flat	13.30	12.40					0.00		12.87
JDST	flat	7.79	7.22					0.00		7.31
QLD	long	…	37.25	37.42				0.00		44.88
SDS	flat	46.97	45.93					-1.35		40.19
SOXS	flat	39.70	37.22					-2.44		21.01



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	long	…	105.29	106.03				0.00		105.97
TMF	long	…	8.79	9.22				0.00		9.05
TBT	flat	30.70	29.37					-1.39		28.56
TMV	flat	127.31	119.57					-8.16		111.41
VCLT	long	…	80.30	80.10				0.00		80.56
							TOTAL	-9.55
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	72.37	70.82					-1.54		68.49
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.91	80.62				-1.70		80.28
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	81.12	86.40				-4.53		88.2
JPM	flat	143.59	140.62					-5.70		142
							TOTAL	-10.23
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		111.78
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		85.59
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		26.32
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		26.71
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	66.17	67.62				-2.85		72.03
TSLA	long	…	133.90	136.73				0.00		194.32
XLY	long	…	135.22	135.13				0.00		150.92
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		229.29
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	long	…	47.62	47.89				0.00		47.74
							TOTAL	0.00
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		475.12
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		103.75
XLV	flat	136.14	133.32					0.00		131.96
LABU	long	…	7.27	7.43				0.00		8.51
IDNA	long	…	26.86	27.51				-1.28		26.98
							TOTAL	-1.28
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.43	27.76					0.00		27.96
UDN	flat	19.08	18.60					0.91		18.52
YCS	flat	56.10	52.63					0.00		55.2
GBTC	long	…	10.44	8.85				0.00		11.98
							TOTAL	0.91
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		56.08
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		39.97
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.28
EWG	long	…	27.29	26.26				0.00		28.07
							TOTAL	10.03
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	135.84	138.71				-2.84		151.47
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		82.63
NVDA	long	…	168.15	160.66				0.00		211
LIT	long	…	64.30	63.29				0.00		69.09
XBI	long	…	84.89	84.19				0.00		89.54
							TOTAL	-5.88
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.01
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		23.68
WOOD	long	…	75.21	76.85				-1.63		77.49
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.80
							TOTAL	-2.82

							YTD	9.48
							%YTD	0.217%
IF YOU SEE AN ERROR IN TODAY'S LISTING, JUST LET ME KNOW, THANKS…

For Monday, February 6th

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the March SP at 4161.25 as of 2/3/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4147.25minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

APRIL GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short April gold at 1926.80 as of 2/3/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

nothing above the market for now

minor - - 1926.765 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.90 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1910.886 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1906.01 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.27 exp 4/15/23

MAJOR - - 1885.25 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1880.927 exp 4/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1877.70

MAJOR - - 1843.35 exp 4/15/23

minor - - 1835.196 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1800.61 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1796.278 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1779.39 exp 4/23/23

MAJOR - - 1731.02 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1724.96 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1707.801 exp 4/25/23

MAJOR - - 1633.69 exp 4/23/23

minor - - 1622.27 exp 4/23/23
MAJOR - - 14481.60 exp 6/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS 1.87 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.77, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 1 trade 148.00

+8.57 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +0.197% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Precious Metals (GLL, ZSL)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (GLD, UGL, GDX, NUGT). Foreign Markets (YINN, EEM), Commodities (GCC), Consumer Discretionary (V)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	3962.25	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		338.98
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		59.96
SPY	long	…	387.16	393.80				0.00		412.35
SPXL	long	…	64.34	67.45				0.00		76.53
UPRO	long	…	33.57	35.65				0.00		40.3
QQQ	long	…	273.79	275.39				0.00		306.18
TQQQ	long	…	18.48	19.06				0.00		25.52
TNA	long	…	34.82	35.14				0.00		44.76
SOXL	long	…	11.53	12.37				0.00		16.93
IWM	long	…	180.68	180.72				0.00		196.99
MDY	long	…	456.56	459.22				0.00		493.92
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		243.28
SOXX	long	…	372.52	378.89				0.00		426.09
USD	long	…	18.47	19.34				0.00		24.38
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
April	flat	1976.20	1935.60	…	1850.60	1888.70
GLD	flat	181.83	178.09					21.01		173.46
UGL	flat	63.12	59.23					11.96		57.24
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		20.57
GLL	long	…	27.79	29.67				0.00		29.81
ZSL	long	…	19.97	21.35				-0.93		22.06
GDX	flat	33.43	32.66					5.65		30.32
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		36.86
NUGT	flat	46.14	43.27					12.59		37.95
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		37.95
DUST	flat	13.30	12.40					0.00		12.76
JDST	flat	7.79	7.22					0.00		7.22
QLD	long	…	37.25	37.42				0.00		45.72
SDS	flat	46.97	45.93					-1.35		39.64
SOXS	flat	39.70	37.22					-2.44		20.02



							TOTAL	68.79
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	long	…	105.29	106.03				0.00		106.7
TMF	long	…	8.79	9.22				0.00		9.24
TBT	flat	30.70	29.37					-1.39		28.13
TMV	flat	127.31	119.57					-8.16		108.95
VCLT	long	…	80.30	80.10				0.00		81.24
							TOTAL	-9.55
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	72.37	70.82					-1.54		67.91
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.91	80.62				-1.70		80.25
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	81.12	86.40				-4.53		88.65
JPM	flat	143.59	140.62					-5.70		141.09
							TOTAL	-10.23
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		111.92
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		85.96
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		25.53
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		27.54
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	66.17	67.62				-2.85		73.56
TSLA	long	…	133.90	136.73				0.00		189.98
XLY	long	…	135.22	135.13				0.00		151.35
V	flat	234.40	229.61					-9.36		230.13
							TOTAL	-12.21
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	long	…	47.62	47.89				0.00		47.9
							TOTAL	0.00
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		472.02
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		105.43
XLV	flat	136.14	133.32					0.00		132.69
LABU	long	…	7.27	7.43				0.00		8.75
IDNA	long	…	26.86	27.51				-1.28		27.34
							TOTAL	-1.28
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.43	27.76					0.00		27.79
UDN	long	…	18.60	17.69				0.00		18.61
YCS	flat	56.10	52.63					0.00		53.93
GBTC	long	…	10.44	8.85				0.00		12.31
							TOTAL	0.00
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	73.65	69.13					9.46		58.82
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.06
EEM	flat	42.63	41.68					1.53		40.88
EWG	long	…	27.29	26.26				0.00		28.42
							TOTAL	10.03
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	135.84	138.71				-2.84		154.5
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		84.71
NVDA	long	…	168.15	160.66				0.00		211
LIT	long	…	64.30	63.29				0.00		70.38
XBI	long	…	84.89	84.19				0.00		90.39
							TOTAL	-5.88
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.06
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		23.62
WOOD	long	…	75.21	76.85				-1.63		78.93
GCC	flat	18.79	18.31					-0.27		17.81
							TOTAL	-2.82

							YTD	8.57
							%YTD	0.197%

For Friday, February 3rd

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Ground Zero

How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?

* * * Steven Wright

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!!

THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the March SP at 4161.00 as of 2/2/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4380.29 exp 8/15/23minor - - 4211.62 exp 8/15/23
MAJOR - - 4161.23 exp 4/15/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4172.00minor - - 4117.41 exp 4/15/23
MAJOR - - 4103.69 exp 3/28
minor - - 4046.13 exp 3/28/23
MAJOR - - 3987.65 exp 3/3/23
minor - - 3930.89 3/3/23minor - - 3926.76 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 3880.24 exp 3/23/23MAJOR - - 3825.82 exp 1/23/24
MAJOR - - 3818.46 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3802.06 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3794.08 exp 2/23/23MAJOR - - 3743.99 exp 2/23/23minor - - 3728.21 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3709.12 exp 3/23/23minor - - 3633.72 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3548.13 exp 1/23/24minor - - 3483.61 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3415.98 exp 1/23/24MAJOR - - 3206.03 exp 1/23/24

FEBRUARY GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long February gold at 1842.00 as of 1/5/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2301.14 exp 6/23/25

minor - - 2105.02 exp 6/23/25

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1911.20

MAJOR - - 1901.88 exp 3/15/23

minor - - 1895.03 exp 3/23/23

MAJOR - - 1892.38 exp 3/25/23

minor - - 1874.57 exp 3/25/23

MAJOR - - 1873.20 exp 3/23/23

minor - - 1819.54 exp 3/15/23

minor - - 1618.95 exp 2/23/23
MAJOR - - 1537.66 exp 2/23/23

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken over the past 4 years is found on page 2 of the attachment... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 34 completed trades for a total of 97.93 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 386.21...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS 1.77 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +1.53, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.75

TOTAL 115 closed trades 1854.50THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trade 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trade -163.20

TOTAL 71 closed trades 951.30To follow the optimized portfolio, there is no thinking required!!! If you're having difficulty following the fast moving VP signals, then you should consider following the optimized portfolio...

-48.60 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of -1.115% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 442.23 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Precious Metals (SLV), Consumer Discretionary (V), Health Care (IDNA), Commodities (DBA)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (SLV) in and out...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
March SP	long	…	3954.50	4036.25	…	…	116 trades	*1854.50
								*not included
DIA	flat	343.59	336.62					-6.89		340.42
UDOW	flat	62.87	59.00					-1.84		60.74
SPY	long	…	387.16	393.80				0.00		416.78
SPXL	long	…	64.34	67.45				0.00		79.03
UPRO	long	…	33.57	35.65				0.00		41.63
QQQ	long	…	273.79	275.39				0.00		311.72
TQQQ	long	…	18.48	19.06				0.00		26.91
TNA	long	…	34.82	35.14				0.00		45.75
SOXL	long	…	11.53	12.37				0.00		17.92
IWM	long	…	180.68	180.72				0.00		198.32
MDY	long	…	456.56	459.22				0.00		497.23
IYT	long	…	229.65	234.44				-4.10		244.70
SOXX	long	…	372.52	378.89				0.00		434.57
USD	long	…	18.47	19.34				0.00		25.32
							TOTAL	-12.83

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
Februrary	long	…	1899.60	1751.60	…	…
GLD	long	…	177.68	156.67				0.00		177.87
UGL	long	…	59.76	47.80				0.00		60.36
SLV	flat	22.62	22.07					2.28		21.57
GLL	flat	29.67	27.79					0.00		28.39
ZSL	flat	21.35	19.97					-0.93		20.13
GDX	long	…	31.15	25.50				0.00		31.72
GDXJ	flat	41.26	40.33					7.23		38.68
NUGT	long	…	40.31	27.72				0.00		41.51
JNUG	flat	47.66	45.65					12.79		41.92
DUST	flat	13.30	12.40					0.00		11.77
JDST	flat	7.79	7.22					0.00		6.61
QLD	long	…	37.25	37.42				0.00		47.43
SDS	flat	46.97	45.93					-1.35		38.79
SOXS	flat	39.70	37.22					-2.44		18.99



							TOTAL	17.58
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	long	…	105.29	106.03				0.00		108.32
TMF	long	…	8.79	9.22				0.00		9.68
TBT	flat	30.70	29.37					-1.39		27.34
TMV	flat	127.31	119.57					-8.16		104.35
VCLT	long	…	80.30	80.10				0.00		82.39
							TOTAL	-9.55
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	72.37	70.82					-1.54		69.36
							TOTAL	-1.54
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	long	…	78.91	80.62				-1.70		80.69
							TOTAL	-1.70
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	long	…	81.12	86.40				-4.53		89.02
JPM	flat	143.59	140.62					-5.70		138.94
							TOTAL	-10.23
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XOM	flat	117.88	115.42					-7.04		111.15
XLE	flat	93.25	91.29					-3.30		86.15
UCO	flat	32.18	30.15					-1.87		27.28
SCO	flat	28.17	26.38					0.00		25.89
							TOTAL	-12.21
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	…	66.17	67.62				-2.85		74.47
TSLA	long	…	133.90	136.73				0.00		188.27
XLY	long	…	135.22	135.13				0.00		156.16
V	long	…	228.18	232.94				-4.60		229.56
							TOTAL	-7.45
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	long	…	47.62	47.89				0.00		48.66
							TOTAL	0.00
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	509.60	499.31					0.00		470.83
CURE	flat	114.17	107.22					0.00		106.50
XLV	flat	136.14	133.32					0.00		133.08
LABU	long	…	7.27	7.43				0.00		9.20
IDNA	long	…	26.86	27.51				-1.28		27.87
							TOTAL	-1.28
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UUP	flat	28.43	27.76					0.00		27.43
UDN	long	…	18.60	17.69				0.00		18.85
YCS	flat	56.10	52.63					0.00		51.99
GBTC	long	…	10.44	8.85				0.00		12.87
							TOTAL	0.00
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	long	…	61.45	51.99				0.00		63.66
INDA	flat	42.95	41.99					-0.96		40.18
EEM	long	…	40.84	39.31				0.00		41.61
EWG	long	…	27.29	26.26				0.00		28.86
							TOTAL	-0.96
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	135.84	138.71				-2.84		150.82
SQ	long	…	74.69	76.32				-3.04		88.41
NVDA	long	…	168.15	160.66				0.00		217.09
LIT	long	…	64.30	63.29				0.00		72.17
XBI	long	…	84.89	84.19				0.00		91.97
							TOTAL	-5.88
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
DBA	long	…	19.75	20.25				-0.32		20.17
DBC	flat	25.32	24.71					-0.60		24.22
WOOD	long	…	75.21	76.85				-1.63		79.95
GCC	long	…	18.18	18.45				0.00		18.26
							TOTAL	-2.55

							YTD	-48.60
							%YTD	-1.115%

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