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  1. Trading the Stats: January's Review

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    I'm not gonna lie, that was a rough month to trade, the volatility has been extreme, this is a day trader's dream, and some folks made a boat load of cash this month, unfortunately, I wasn't one of them. But considering the circumstances, key levels held and it could have been significantly worse than the end result of what we're stuck with

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    Examining unrealized potential


    • If you started the year in the F-Fund
    • Then started in the S-Fund
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    Updated 02-01-2015 at 11:19 PM by JTH

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  2. The swings continue


    It's been a heck of a start to 2015 as we have seen wild swings in both directions, and yesterday's (Thursday) swing was up. The Dow gained 225-points, and these triple digit moves seem commonplace these days. Of course a triple digit move in the Dow isn't what it used to be since at 17,000 plus, it takes 170-points to move the Dow 1%.

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  3. Misc: Breaking Even

    I wrote "February's Historical Performance" blog last week and have not posted it because some of this analysis is dependent on January's close.

    In last weekend's blog...

    "I don't want to underscore the importance of this last week. "So goes January, so goes the year" and we have strong statistical evidence to back up that statement. My personal belief is that we will close both the week and the month up, it is a must! Over the past 64 Januaries 61% or 39 of 64 closed
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    Updated 01-30-2015 at 01:10 AM by JTH

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  4. BEINVENIDOS! JANUARY 2015

    Bienvenidos! Posicion100% Fondo – S February 4th, 2015 Cierre del dia Febrero 4th, 2015.
    Enero fue un mes dificil. El primer dia fue negativo, laprimera semana termino positive y el resto del mes se mantuvo en subidas ybajadas. Practicamente hubieron dos buenas oportunidades para ganar bastantepero tuve la mala suerte de enfermarme con la gripe. Las alergias no me hanayudado. Espero que el mes de Febrero sea mejor y el resto del año nos permitanganar mucho. El 4th de Febrero es Luna Llena ...
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  5. Early rally fizzles after the Fed


    The day started out with some promise as the big earnings reports from Apple and Yahoo saw the pre-market futures sharply higher and for the most part, although choppy, we saw some decent gains in the first few hours of trading. But after the Fed policy statement was announced, investors saw it as a reason to take profits, and then to outright sell. The Dow ended the day down 196-points, erasing an early morning gain of nearly 100-points.

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