Live Trading System Signals on 04/24/2025

The stock indexes have been strong since Monday's lows and traded through the April 9th high, the day when the market surged on tariff news. It will be interesting to see what the market does tomorrow - sideways, down, or up. The animal spirits seem to be developing some momentum based on the perception of the news cycle.

The VIX has supported 25 since early April and may be setup to settle below 25 soon. The market seems to be driven by sentiment and psychology more than technicals or fundamentals. There is a constant "hovering" over the next news release that will generate a euphoric moment for the bulls. This seems to be the trend since the pandemic turnaround and massive stimulus back in 2020. As long as there is enough "leftover" liquidity to support it, then the bulls can generate the melt up price action. How much leftover liquidity is left and when will the next stimulus event take place is the big question.

The One Million MNS was up 1.8% today while the 250K Portfolio was up $4,500 to go positive on the week and on the month. The market drove higher most of the day in a strong trend. It was nice to see some gains take place during the day session instead of the night session. We were out of sync with the Sibilance NQ v24 with a major and extended power outage and a transition to battery backup. The transformer in front of my home office was hit by a lightning storm and had to be replaced. Sometimes when you login to your dedicated server from a different screen the Tradestation platform crashes. (using a laptop and ISP on a battery backup) All in all, we are behind the hypotheticals on the week by about 0.3% or 3,000 on the One Million MNS.

One of the top strategies this week has been Open Range NQ. It went through a series of losers coming into this week, with two big gains on Monday and Thursday this week. V-Reversal has had a challenging week after surging to equity peaks last week. These two strategies have complemented each other well with diversity the last two weeks.

Open Range NQ Trades for the Week

The hypothetical results for the Portfolios are listed below with $25 round turn slippage and commission. 1/10th for the Micros.

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| Portfolio Combined Daily P/L

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| Sibilance NQ v24 (1 E-mini) $24,435.00

| Stock Index Portfolio 11 $12,515.00

| 50K Portfolio $4,650.00

| EMINI NQ 2 System Portfolio -$1,570.00

| EMINI NQ 3 System Portfolio II -$395.00

| EMINI NQ 4 System Portfolio -$645.00

| EMINI NQ 5 System Portfolio $10,695.00

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