JTH

The last month of the trading year is my favorite. For myself, it’s a time of reflection of the year’s past and preparation for our next year’s future. Good or bad, it’s when we lock in our yearly performance, and if we’re lucky, we get to apply those learned lesson, and carry them forward.

Statistically speaking, December is an awesome month to be invested, with both the SPX & W4500 recording both strong winning ratios and average returns. For SPX, 17% of the year’s average monthly ...

Finishing out the third week of November, week 46 showed gains for SPX/W4500/AGG, and while this wasn’t enough of a gain to offset the previous week 45’s loss, it was a good start for building momentum as we head into week 47.

Month-to-Date: SPX is up .47%, W4500 is up .17%, and AGG is down -1.18%

Previous Week 46: SPX closed up 3.27%, W4500 up 2.46%, and AGG up .06%

Weekly: Looking ahead to week 47, SPX has very strong historical stats, W4500 shows significant ...

Yes, it was a rough week, and statistically speaking it's not over just yet.

MONTHLY: SPX is down -2.71%, W4500 is down -2.23%, and AGG is down -1,25%

WEEKLY: Finishing out the second week of November, week 45 showed a substantial loss for SPX & W4500, with AGG giving us a bounce. SPX closed down -3.63%, W4500 down -3.93%, and AGG up .28%

To give us some perspective, for SPX, over the past 66 years, this was the 5^th worst week 45 and for W4500, over ...

For those of you who read my account talk thread, you know I moved to Europe this week. Along with the spotty internet connection from the hotel, the time zone change has wreaked havoc on my mental ability to analyze the markets from this side of the pond. For some reason (jet lag) it is very strange to watch the markets from home (after getting off work) but I am optimistic that once I’ve settled into a routine, I’ll be an even better version of myself (as a trader) than I was before.
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