For Monday, August 22nd

"Money is the root of all wealth."

* * * Anonymous

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 SEPTEMBER mini VP PRICES

The main model is long the September SP at 4226.50 as of 8/19/22 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)

MEGA MAJOR - - 5387.96 exp - 3/15/2024

MEGA minor - - 4889.506 exp - 3/15/2024

MAJOR - - 4489.34 NEW exp - 1/30/2023

MAJOR - - 4313.60

minor - - 4296.89

MAJOR - - 4272.05

MAJOR - - 4247.05

minor - - 4246.99 exp - 1/30/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4229.50

Major - - 4226.50

minor - - 4215.88

MAJOR - - 4208.90

minor - - 4194.15

MAJOR - - 4181.47

minor - - 4178.93

minor - - 4152.69

minor - - 4122.43

minor - - 4096.79

minor - - 4095.971

minor - - 4073.09

MAJOR - - 4068.88

minor - -4066.06

MAJOR - - 4060.44

MAJOR - - 4057.48

MAJOR - - 4033.17

minor - - 4024.29

MAJOR - - 4023.257

MAJOR - - 4014.48

MAJOR - - 4003.683

minor - - 3965.44

MAJOR- - 3948.02

minor - - 3937.72

minor - - 3894.29

minor - - 3858.99

minor - - 3847.66

MAJOR - - 3793.46

minor - - 3777.17

minor - - 3726.99

MAJOR - - 3705.19

minor - - 3700.84

minor - - 3697.61

MAJOR - - 3649.72

MAJOR - - 3639.12

minor - - 3614.99

MAJOR - - 3607.63

MAJOR - - 3574.38

MAJOR - - 3480.05

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...

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1796.40 as of 8/15/22 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 - - 2298.74 exp - 1/20/2023

minor - - 2196.28 exp - 1/20/2023

MAJOR - - 2002.46 exp - 11/22

minor - - 1915.13 exp - 11/22

MAJOR - - 1943.72 exp - 10/28

MAJOR - - 1902.59 exp - 10/20

MAJOR - - 1945.28 exp - 11/4

minor - - 1873.14 exp - 10/28

minor - - 1874.26 exp - 11/4

minor - - 1843.74 exp - 10/20

minor - - 1766.19

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1760.30

MAJOR - - 1742.91

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...

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 33 completed trades for a total of 86.00 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A BUY AS OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022, THE SPY WAS BOUGHT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 383.25...
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 +3.27 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS +3.43, 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 76.00
2019 12 trades 378.15
2020 19 trades 636.70
2021 11 trades 104.75
2022 2 trades -105.50

TOTAL 112 closed trades 1762.75

THE 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 7 trade -164.00

TOTAL 70 closed trades 950.50

To 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...

-101.39 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2022!!!

This is already a gain of -2.326% so far on closed positions in 2022!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 714.46 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

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: Interest Rates (TBT, TMV), Currencies (UUP)...

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

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Commodities (DBA), Technology (LIT), Foreign Markets (EEM, EWG)...

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
Sept ES long 4112.00 3951.00 112 trades *1762.75
*not included
DIA long 327.09 318.85 -7.56 337.04
UDOW long 57.89 54.39 -8.59 63.55
SPY long 410.12 393.26 -6.11 422.14
SPXL long 83.00 74.54 -6.17 90.08
UPRO long 44.01 39.65 -7.49 47.85
QQQ long 315.32 296.68 -6.76 322.86
TQQQ long 33.09 28.60 -9.47 35.35
TNA long 44.51 38.21 -11.08 48.22
SOXL long 16.81 16.68 -9.84 19.17
IWM long 189.06 178.25 -10.98 194.65
MDY long 454.41 433.17 -26.50 470.46
IYT long 236.70 222.64 -8.31 243.15
SOXX long 388.42 378.56 -30.53 406.9
USD long 22.89 22.34 -1.66 24.81
TOTAL -151.05
PRECIOUS METALS BUY STOP EXIT STOP ENTERED AT SHORT STOP EXIT STOP
December flat 1825.60 1788.00 1726.00 1761.60
GLD flat 168.08 164.62 -3.96 162.73
UGL flat 55.89 53.55 -3.78 52.23
SLV flat 19.32 18.83 -0.78 17.55
GLL flat 35.25 33.74 3.47 33.77
ZSL flat 39.12 37.46 6.48 35.02
GDX flat 27.68 27.03 2.60 25.25
GDXJ flat 35.36 34.55 1.73 31.33
NUGT flat 34.32 32.85 0.34 28.62
JNUG flat 39.70 38.01 8.61 31.11
DUST flat 25.97 24.83 12.07 23.78
JDST flat 15.44 14.72 2.31 13.7
QLD long 53.37 55.70 -0.11 54.22
SDS flat 47.00 45.02 -1.66 39.87
SOXS flat 48.82 45.79 -2.33 37.49
TOTAL 24.99
INTEREST RATES BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
TLT flat 120.79 118.27 -3.66 113.04
TMF flat 14.58 13.61 -1.62 11.77
TBT long 24.94 26.08 5.51 26.46
TMV long 93.90 100.00 14.77 102.57
VCLT flat 85.99 84.17 -3.10 82.21
TOTAL 11.90
UTILITIES BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
XLU long 74.42 72.08 5.30 77.7
TOTAL 5.30
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
PPA long 73.36 71.33 -0.54 75.26
TOTAL -0.54
FINANCE AND BANKING BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
FAS long 75.67 72.01 -5.15 84.54
JPM long 114.27 116.60 -5.89 118.63
TOTAL -11.04
ENERGY BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
XOM flat 97.62 95.57 0.34 94.04
XLE long 77.08 78.76 1.45 79.46
UCO flat 41.30 39.55 43.27 35.32
SCO flat 27.25 25.52 -9.32 24.25
TOTAL 35.74
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
XRT long 66.25 66.14 -4.78 69.41
TSLA long 837.96 765.04 84.76 890
XLY long 161.36 148.67 -5.47 167.52
V flat 218.17 213.71 -28.19 212.82
TOTAL 46.32
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF long 48.09 47.52 0.08 49.24
TOTAL 0.08
HEALTHCARE BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
UNH long 529.57 534.15 -1.97 548.32
CURE long 108.90 112.60 -7.51 113.15
XLV long 130.95 132.14 -3.77 132.92
LABU long 9.74 10.31 -4.61 10.00
IDNA flat 34.76 33.96 -1.48 31.06
TOTAL -19.34
CURRENCIES BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
UUP long 28.12 28.8 1.09 28.93
UDN flat 18.53 18.06 -0.88 17.82
YCS flat 58.67 56.22 2.17 57.98
GBTC flat 16.03 15.61 -2.28 13.20
TOTAL 0.10
FOREIGN MARKETS BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
YINN flat 81.45 76.46 -17.65 60.99
INDA long 42.81 40.57 -0.18 43.26
EEM flat 41.30 40.37 -4.62 39.9
EWG flat 24.31 23.72 -2.03 23
TOTAL -24.48
TECHNOLOGY BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
AAPL long 163.15 148.55 15.71 171.52
SQ flat 93.29 91.32 -9.47 74.36
NVDA flat 192.84 188.88 -4.11 178.49
LIT flat 82.28 80.53 -6.78 76.65
XBI long 86.03 86.51 -10.98 87.27
TOTAL -15.63
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES BUY STOP EXIT STOP BOUGHT AT
DBA flat 20.76 20.24 -1.46 20.10
DBC flat 26.72 26.09 3.12 25.96
WOOD long 78.12 79.82 -7.81 80.23
GCC flat 23.60 23.03 2.41 22.78
TOTAL -3.74
YTD -101.39
%YTD -2.326%
IF YOU SEE AN ERROR IN TODAY'S LISTING, JUST LET ME KNOW, THANKS…

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