Monday, July 16, 2012

Market Update #2 7-16-12

So the market said “whatever” to all the negative data that came out today.  Retail sales were lower than expected and the Empire State Survey new orders were down. The IMF also lowered its forecast for global growth and for U.S. growth.  Despite all this data the market was on fire today and I was able to take profits on my DNKN trade that’s been lagging for over a week.  I also saw the opportunity on WMT when it did a classic pullback to support levels from yesterday.  I drew my trend line in and waited for it to pullback to it.  After the green candlesticks starting showing up I pulled the trigger and got in.  I rode it all the way up to the top until it started leveling off sideways.  Once it tested the resistance level twice I decided to take profits rather than wait for another rally and boy was I glad I did that.  It’s off the highs of the day now and has flat-lined.  It may go up but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Plus I get to go workout early today. 

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