Our list of Ultimate Stocks, those high momentum stocks selected by our Ultimate Stock Trading System, made sizable gains again today, while the overall stock market was flat. FDG, WLT, CMP, SID and JRCC all had big percentage gains today.  
In the commodity markets, the energies remained strong, while the rest of the sectors were weak.  The interest rate futures […]

Friday was a breakout day for the stock market, making three month highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  The other major averages also rose significantly and are testing their three month highs.  This was the second strong up day this week, indicating strong follow through.  This is in the face of continued new highs […]

Interest rate futures continued their recent sell-off as earnings news and recent economic releases suggest the economy may not be as weak as feared in recent weeks.  Stocks ended the day relatively flat on the day, trading within a narrow range. 
For the time being, earnings reports will likely have a greater impact on stock prices […]

U.S. stocks rose over 2% on Wednesday after earnings reports from Intel and a couple banks suggested corporate profits will not suffer as much from the weak U.S. economy.  The markets opened strongly and rallied into the close.  This rally was also in the face of a weak Beige book report detailing significant weakness throughout […]

Most commodity markets rallied on Tuesday, lead by strong gains in the energies, which gapped up significantly at the open and held their gains.  The soft commodities also had nice rallies, as did the meats.  The grain markets and metals were mixed. 
Prior to the open, the PPI report on wholesale inflation came in strong at […]

One of the reported bases of the success of the Turtle trading system was the simple money management algorithm, which at the time of its development in the early 1980’s, was actually somewhat revolutionary. 
In this analysis of the short term Turtle System, instead of trading a single contract per market, I based the testing upon […]

I have completed testing of Turtle System 1, which is the short term trend following system originally taught to the Turtles by Richard Dennis.  The test results did NOT include any slippage or rollover expenses, just a $25 commission rate.  The results reflect the trading of 1 contract in each of 21 markets. 
It is clear […]

The following stocks have met our Ultimate Stock Trading System criteria and broken out to the upside in recent weeks:
CMP, WLT, JRCC, AXYS, FDG
We are watching the following stocks for future breakouts.  These meet our criteria and need to break to new highs.
SID, NFLX

The bear market reared its ugly head again Friday as GE reported a shortfall in earnings due mainly to its weak financial services businesses.  The stock market opened lower and continued weak all day.  All of the major indexes except for the Transports were down over 2%, indicating that the recent rally off of the […]

The stock market had a modest sell-off today in the face of rising commodity prices, and some weak economic data from the housing market.  Housing inventories continue to rise, which will keep pressure on prices.  However, it was not until the release of crude oil inventory data that stocks sold off in earnest.  Crude inventories […]