TradeProphet Weekly Report 5/17/2014

 

For the week ,the S&P500 index opened at 1,880.03 and closed at 1,877.86 making ,again, almost no movement (down about 0.1%).

Looking at the support resistance picture (below)

 
S&P500 index support resistance picture

Again, once the 1870 level was broken, the S&P500 held its ground above it, which is a good sign the sellers are willing to buy at a higher price.
From a technical perspective, we actually see higher lows and highs above the 1,870 level.

As far as the triggers from TradeProphet system for the market, this is how it looks:
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Ticker	Position	Profit/Loss Ratio	Max. Draw Down	Sharpe	Std. Deviation	Alpha	Beta	Order Date
S&P500	Long	5.65	5.00%	12.40	0.08	18.79%	0.75	16/05/2014
DOW30	Close Long	8.27	8.00%	16.22	0.04	13.83%	1.59	16/05/2014
DOW30	Long	6.04	4.00%	12.12	0.07	15.96%	1.67	16/05/2014
Nasdaq100	Long	5.19	17.00%	16.18	0.07	24.91%	8.01	16/05/2014
Short S&P500	Close Long	6.34	1.00%	12.82	0.05	12.04%	-1.67	11/04/2014
VIX	Close Long	7.41	7.00%	17.53	0.16	55.44%	-5.27	16/05/2014

TradeProphet Triggers

This week the picture is a little bit more blurry than last week, All three major indices still have a "long" trigger, The DOW  received yet one more trigger to close the long position.
The Short ETF (SH) has a "close long" trigger (which, of course, is a good sign). So despite the move on Wednesday and Thursday, the recommendation is for the long position.

Growth Model Portfolio

Lets now look at the Growth portfolio,  TradeProphet system issued the triggers below for the growth portfolio :
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Ticker	Position	Profit/Loss Ratio	Max. Draw Down	Sharpe	Std. Deviation	Alpha	Beta	Order Date
LOCK	Long	20.43	0.00%	22.12	0.04	17.46%	0.27	12/05/2014

TradeProphet Triggers

The only suggestion for the growth model portfolio is LOCK.

Value Model Portfolio

Any good triggers in the Value portfolio? Let's look at the issued triggers:

Ticker	Position	Profit/Loss Ratio	Max. Draw Down	Sharpe	Std. Deviation	Alpha	Beta	Order Date
HLF	Long	442.59	0.00%	13.63	0.18	47.34%	3.52	16/05/2014
KLIC	Long	17.84	21.00%	12.39	0.37	88.33%	7.32	29/04/2014

TradeProphet Triggers

Both HLF, and KLIC are a very risky play which I don’t think is a wise move regarding current high levels .I would avoid both moves.

Best undervalued Sectors (And best picks within that sector)

Ticker	Position	Profit/Loss Ratio	Max. Draw Down	Sharpe	Std. Deviation	Alpha	Beta	Order Date
XSW	Long	43.08	1.00%	24.22	0.03	14.57%	0.83	24/03/2014

TradeProphet Triggers

Best sector for the week is the Software & Services sector as reflected by the XSW ETF. Best Pick is ADP with following ratings:

Ticker	Position	Profit/Loss Ratio	Max. Draw Down	Sharpe	Std. Deviation	Alpha	Beta	Order Date
ADP	Long	10.62	9.00%	19.37	0.06	21.33%	2.66	16/05/2014

TradeProphet Triggers

Conclusion time – Last week we gave the long signal, and the market moved wildly up and then down, the fact that it technically remained above the 1,870 level is a good sign for us to be cautiously optimistic.

Happy trading,
The TradeProphet team.