It was a turbulent second half of the week with FOMC and big tech earnings. The markets were more challenging this week. There have been times when we considered not trading on FOMC or not trading on FOMC week. Recent data shows that we should trade, but any given day or week could be a down day or week. The Fed did not re-assure the market that there would be a rate cut in December. There are so many reasons the market should have a healthy pullback, but the contrarian bid remains strong and determined and really chops up any attempt at a normal distribution day in the stock indexes. It is as if there is a human element that takes it personally.
Next week we start November. The government partial shutdown continues.
Silver Portfolio 16 hit new equity peaks. The Two System Portfolio NQ was up slightly on the day. The other portfolios were down on the day.
Hypothetical Trading System Portfolio Signals and Results:
Two System Portfolio NQ = +$795
50K Portfolio = -$103 on Micros, or -$131 when mapping Minis to Micros
Stock Index Portfolio 18 = -$3,615
Stock Index Portfolio 37 = -$967.50
Diversified Portfolio 57 = -$1,192.50
Silver Portfolio = +$3,925