As expected, the market bounced today. I stated yesterday how DIA was near historic short-term oversold levels which typically signals a short-term bounce. I have to admit I am somewhat hesitant to step in at this juncture. Charles Kirk (www.thekirkreport.com) said it best today, "when in doubt, stay out." Everything tells me to jump in here, but I think I will wait to see if the market settles lower after the obvious jump today. I am certainly not in a hurry (i never am) to take a position and I plan on patiently waiting until another highly probable set-up rolls around. Stay patient and disciplined and always think in probabilities! Mark Douglas, author of Trading in the Zone states it best, "the best traders/investors stay in the flow because they don't try to get anything from the market; they simply make themselves available so they can take advantage of whatever the market is offering at any given moment". That pretty much sums up our ETF Extremes strategy and the performance speaks for itself.
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Overbought/Oversold levels for February 27, 2007
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SPY - 26.7 (oversold)
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DIA - 23.8 (oversold)
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IWM - 29.2 (oversold)
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QQQQ - 24.4 (oversold)
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OIH - 39.8 (neutral)
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GLD - 49.2 (neutral)
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