Today’s Trading Plan: Historically, A Good Month To Trade

Technical Outlook:

• A respectable dose of selling yesterday that saw SPX pullback to support as noted in the chart below. 
• For the month, SPX managed to finish 1.05 points higher – a move of 0.05%. Essentially the market spent the past month doing nothing. 
• SPX pulled back perfectly to the 20-day moving average as well as the 10-day moving average while breaking down and below the 5-day moving averages. 
• First day of the month can often times see significant moves take place in either direction. December, historically, is a very positive month for the market and I’ll look for the that to hold true this year as well. 
• Volume came back yesterday as the market traded at average levels. 
• SPX 30 minute chart is starting to show some distribution tendencies in the market. Today’s gap up will need to hold and ultimately break out of the seven-day narrow trading the range the market has been in. 
• VIX popped yesterday 6.7% and back over 16 to settle at 16.13. Ultimately, I don’t see this market seeing any heavy selling until it gets into the 11-12 range on VIX. 
• T2108 (% of stocks trading above their 40-day moving average) has shown very little movement of late, dropping 3% yesterday to settle in at 52%. 
• I am still expecting at some point for there to be a break to the upside to challenge the rally highs and ultimately SPX’s all-time highs. 
• The rising trend-line off of the September lows should be a strong support level for the market should this market breakdown. Its current support level rests at 2062. 
• Declining resistance off of the May highs on SPX still rests at 2116. 
• SPY is essentially sitting in the middle of the range that has plagued the market all year long, outside of the August/September sell-off. 
• A massive inverse head and shoulders pattern is forming on SPX that is worth following. A move above 2116 area would confirm the pattern. 
• For twelve years straight, the market over the course of the last 30 trading days of the calendar year, has yielded a net positive gain, and thus reinforcing the concept of the “Santa Rally”.
• A rate hike is expected out of December’s Fed meeting. However, I still would not be surprised if the Fed backed out of raising rates yet again. They’ve been doing just that for years now. 

My Trades:

• Sold TSO yesterday at $115.44 for a 1.7% gain. 
• Sold FB yesterday at $104.10 for a -0.7% loss. 
• Added two new swing-trades to the portfolio yesterday.
• Will consider adding one to two new long position to the portfolio today, while also managing the profits on existing positions. 
• 60% Long / 40% Cash
• Remain long: A at $39.66, AMZN at $673.85, MDRX at $14.85, ETN at $58.12 and two other positions. 
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Chart for SPX: