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IFT'd to 100F this morning.

Conditions that affect the F Fund make it ripe for a bounce. Between that and the fact the equity funds should be hitting resistance at the hands of Eurasia and it now...

I'm tinkering with a new system to help determine targets at which to increase or decrease risk. The system involves daily target revisions, so the first target seen will definitely not be a solid...

S&P/C Fund quietly accelerated from a flat morning to a moderate gain to a new high. This is typically a point where one group starts to peel back their risk exposure. I'm not part of that group this...

VIX is pretty high already, but its ADX suggests that it could go higher still before it's ready to drop.
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It's amazing that the S&P can get to +0.8% after the markets opened, only to fall...

Friday's close was lower than I expected. In fact, it hit all of my primary "Buy" targets - price at 50D average, RSI < 40, and Histogram < -0.05. This morning's open looked like it was going up, but...

I'm thinking the same thing. As I just noted in my account thread, Micros are continuing to lag on a daily basis now, and S Fund's strength is alternating between value vs growth. With Small Caps...

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Micros are continuing to lag, and now the strength today is in value stocks across the board. Each trading day seems to be...

I definitely can't keep up with what everybody else is posting on a regular basis, but I'll definitely do what I can to keep those of you who are interested apprised of my own thoughts.

With that...

Mild to moderate gains in all indexes this morning.

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Micros and Growth stocks are weakest, which tells me the gains we...

I really don't like the current/10-day spread for the C, S, and I Funds right now. The gaps are too large, in my opinion. This is a very inviting time for technical/day-traders to look for any excuse...

I read earlier that Japan's markets were closed today for a holiday. I also saw info that regulatory action in Italy was negatively affecting their Utilities stocks. I think that combo - in addition...

Japan Bank action and PMI report beating expectations (66.2 act vs 60 est) definitely intrigued me to the point I used October IFT#2 this morning on a move from 50G/50S to 25G/10C/15S/50I. I think I...

Bad news: I rode 100S all the way to the very bottom from the very top. I locked in profits from S and I Funds in late August, then succumbed to peer pressure and went back to 100S in early September...

I didn't want to hijack the Balance/Age thread with a response to the following post, since my response wouldn't have anything to do with Balance/Age.



This is exactly one of my biggest...

Too many bad economic reports have been coming out on the international front. The I Fund has been in a downward trend since it peaked in late June. A 3+ month bear trend = clear evidence of...

C Fund looks like a moderate risk buy right now. RSI of 48.8 is far too high for me to recommend buying into it despite the fact it appears to have bounced off the 50DMA.

S Fund appeared to be a...

I've often found that the C and S Funds won't normally fall below RSI-30 before they bounce. While it does occasionally happen, anything below RSI-40 is a better buy signal for me. I consider...

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According to the link above, the military TSP didn't become available until 10/9/2001. This makes sense because I hired on in 2000 and I know...

I just IFT'd from 50S/50I to 100S. I knew I was picking a horrible time to IFT to 50S/50I at the beginning of this month. There was too much risk and the odds of a good reward of +2.0% or better were...

FYI, the way he got that number is by multiplying -2% (0.98) by +2% (1.02), which comes out to 0.9996, or -0.04%.

I really hate to jump back in on days when the markets are up, but there are too many bull flags to ignore now. I just IFT'd to 50S/50I after both ISM reports came in with excellent numbers. Talk of...

Do you have a goal balance for when you retire yet? $845K is definitely a respectable amount.

I ended up doing an IFT to 80G/10S/10I this morning. I just wasn't getting a good enough vibe about the short-term health of the markets. The announcement about England elevating its terror threat...

Tomorrow is the last trading day of the month, so there's a really good chance I will "combat reload" my IFTs by moving heavily toward the G Fund tomorrow. It's been a good month anyway. Even after...

I'll give you some numbers that might make it sound like that extra $100K will be easier to get to. $510K/410K = 24% total gain. Without another dime of contributions and factoring in compounding...