Notes From The Editor

My first efforts at trading were almost laughable. I had no training, no plan and no method - just a brand-new brokerage account and a good feeling about Caterpillar stock. To this day I don't know why the yellow industrial equipment maker was so appealing. Maybe the life size construction toys resonated with my inner child. Whatever the attraction, it's clear now that I was trading on pure emotion.

Fortunately CAT slowly meandered up and down for a few weeks, so there wasn't much harm done to my trading account. The real damage would come a couple of years later when I thought I had learned everything I needed to know. Yes sir, no doubt about it. I really knew how to trade!

A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, and occasionally an important lesson will bubble to the top. A few have arrived in the form of humorous stories, which along with their entertainment value offer an interesting view of how we humans think and act when it comes to our money skills.

For example, a friend once told me about a married couple who went to Vegas for a week of fun. The husband was an "experienced" gambler, while his wife had no interest in wagering. Upon checking into the hotel, the fellow suggested that his wife relax in front of the TV while he went down to the casino. She was happy with that, so he spent the next hour placing bets at the tables.

Upon returning to the room, the wife asked, "How did you do in the casino, honey?" He glumly told her that he had lost $400. She said, "Don't worry, you'll win it back before you know it!" He then sat down on the sofa, took off his shoes, and was soon relaxing in front of the TV.

Seeing that her husband was back to his usual self, the woman told him that she was going to take a stroll down to the casino. He smiled and told her to enjoy herself.

An hour later she returned to the room. She told her husband she had been playing the slot machines. He asked, "How did you do?" She replied, "I lost $35." He frowned and said, "Thirty-five dollars?" She responded, "Well, you lost $400." He looked at her with amazement and said, "Yeah, but I know how to gamble!"

Sound familiar? Sure, this guy "knew" how to gamble - just like I knew how to trade when I first started. Since then I've learned so much that I now consider myself a permanent student of trading.

"He who thinks he knows, doesn't know. He who knows that he doesn't know, knows." ~ Lao Tse

Enjoy the weekend!

~ Thomas Sutton, Editor

Quick List

    
Stock     11/10     11/10      Buy      Short   Trailing Stops     Gain 
Symbol    Price      +/-      Entry     Entry   Initial/Tighten   Amount 
------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------------  --------

RCKY      21.88     -0.25     22.22     20.71        1.51/0.76      1.38
OLLI      78.66      0.80     79.71                  5.63/2.82      4.64
UPST      20.87     -0.25      21.6     19.24        2.36/1.18      3.38
BLTE      39.34      0.34      40.3                  2.93/1.47      4.38
ED        89.35      0.09     91.05                  4.85/2.43      3.48

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Market Summary

The week closed with a surprising surge in US stocks, marking the S&P 500's highest levels since late September. The unexpected rally, rising up to 1.6%, defied a lack of positive news or data. The S&P 500 surpassed the 4,400 level, with a broad-based rally, and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) showed a 10% increase since its closing low on October 26.

Key sectors, particularly Technology (XLK), Communication (XLC), and Consumer Discretionary (XLY), which have been consistently strong throughout the year, led the charge once again. Technology surged by 2.5%, Communication rose by 1.4%, and Consumer Discretionary increased by 1.5%. Despite the overall positive trend, some sectors, such as Utilities (XLU), Consumer Staples (XLP), Healthcare (XLV), REITs (XLRE), and Energy (XLE), remained in negative territory for the year.

Big tech companies witnessed substantial gains in the past two weeks, exemplified by NVIDIA's recovery from an 18% drawdown to being just 2% away from an all-time closing high. AMD extended its gains, rising above $119, marking a 21% increase since October 31. Microsoft demonstrated remarkable strength, reaching new all-time highs. Despite this positive market reaction, Nasdaq breadth has reached all-time lows, with only a few companies pushing the index higher.

                      Friday                 On The Week      
                  --------------------   --------------------
Dow                 34,283.10   391.16      +221.78     0.65%
Nasdaq              13,798.11   276.66      +319.83     2.37%
S&P 500              4,415.24    67.89        +56.9     1.31%

NYSE Volume                      3.67B                       
NYSE Advancers                   2,095                       
NYSE Decliners                     755                       

Nasdaq Volume                    4.73B                       
Nasdaq Advancers                 2,593                       
Nasdaq Decliners                 1,645                       

                                 New Highs/Lows

                   11/03  11/06  11/07  11/08  11/09  11/10
                 --------------------------------------------
NYSE New Highs        82     36     30     38     44     44
NYSE New Lows         18     24     54     66     92    105
Nasdaq New Highs      63     45     48     50     46     60
Nasdaq New Lows       91    112    145    205    319    353
   

TRADER'S TIP: "Measuring Opinion"

The largely unpredictable nature of the market is due to the ever-changing consensus of opinion among investors and traders. Every trader should have some specific means of determining when it is likely that the consensus of opinion has changed within their chosen time frame. Technical Analysis can be very helpful in this area.

The Technical Analyst

For help with this chart, be sure to read "Understanding The Importance Of Support And Resistance"
and "Improve Your Trading With Moving Averages".

S&P 500 - 4415.24 November 10, 2023

52-Week High: 4607.07
52-Week Low: 3764.49
Daily Trend: UP
Weekly trend: DOWN
Weekly Pivot Levels
Resistance 3: 4540.58
Resistance 2: 4466.49
Resistance 1: 4440.86
Pivot: 4392.40
Support 1: 4366.77
Support 2: 4318.31
Support 3: 4244.22

NASDAQ Composite - 13798.11 November 10, 2023

52-Week High: 14446.55
52-Week Low: 10207.47
Daily Trend: UP
Weekly trend: DOWN
Weekly Pivot Levels
Resistance 3: 14411.95
Resistance 2: 14045.41
Resistance 1: 13921.76
Pivot: 13678.87
Support 1: 13555.22
Support 2: 13312.33
Support 3: 12945.79
        
Dow Industrials - 34283.10 November 10, 2023

52-Week High: 35679.13
52-Week Low: 31429.82
Daily Trend: UP
Weekly trend: DOWN
Weekly Pivot Levels
Resistance 3: 35052.25
Resistance 2: 34601.66
Resistance 1: 34442.38
Pivot: 34151.07
Support 1: 33991.79
Support 2: 33700.48
Support 3: 33249.89
 

Market Calendar

ECONOMIC REPORTS AND EVENTS (all times are Eastern):    

MONDAY, NOV. 13					
2:00 pm	Monthly U.S. federal budget	

TUESDAY, NOV. 14					
6:00 am	NFIB optimism index			
8:30 am	Consumer price index	
8:30 am	Core CPI	
8:30 am	CPI year over year			
8:30 am	Core CPI year over year			
12:45 pm	Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks
				
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15					
8:30 am	Producer price index	Oct.		
8"30 am	Core PPI	
8:30 am	PPI year over year			
8:30 am	Core PPI year over year			
8:30 am	U.S. retail sales	
8:30 am	Retail sales minus autos	
8:30 am	Empire State manufacturing survey	
10:00 am	Business inventories	

THURSDAY, NOV. 16					
8:30 am	Initial jobless claims	
8:30 am	Import price index	
8:30 am	Import price index minus fuel
8:30 am	Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey	
9:15 am	Industrial production	
9:15 am	Capacity utilization	
9:25 am	New York Fed President John Williams speaks				
10:00 am	Home builder confidence index	

FRIDAY, NOV. 17					
8:30 am	Housing starts	
8:30 am	Building permits	
9:45 am	Chicago Fed President Goolsbee speaks				
10:00 am	San Francisco Fed President Daly speaks		
For a chart of typical Up or Down market reactions to specific major US economic reports 
go to:  Economic Indicator Effects

TRADER'S TIP: "Average Down?"

"While most investors buy stocks that have performed well, investors who already own a stock are more likely to buy additional shares if the price is lower than their original purchase price."

~University of California at Davis -Odean Study (1998)

Question: Should I average down?

Answer: Buying more shares just because the price has dropped usually isn't a good idea. As a rule of thumb, only add shares to an existing position when the trade has moved in your favor.

Stocks Covered in This Issue

CONSUMER CYCLICAL SECTOR

Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY: Consumer Cyclical/Footwear & Accessories) - SQUEEZE PLAY. The struggle between buyers and sellers has resulted in RCKY's narrowest trading range of the past seven sessions. With neither group able to take complete control on Friday, the stock's short term destiny is up for grabs. You can capitalize on this unusually tight condition by placing both a BUY order at 22.22 and a SELL order at 20.71. Regardless of which order is triggered, cancel the other one and follow your entry with a 1.51 trailing stop. Tighten the stop to 0.76 once you have a 1.38 gain. RCKY closed Friday at 21.88. Earnings Report Date: N/A. Beta: 1.31. Market-Cap: 161.172M. Not Optionable.

CONSUMER DEFENSIVE SECTOR

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (OLLI: Consumer Defensive/Discount Stores) - NEW HIGH DIP. New highs always reflect stocks that are doing exceptionally well. This is the case with OLLI, which has pulled back a bit after setting a new 52-week high just a few days ago. Friday's bounce from Moving Average support tells us this stock may be ready to move back up to blue sky territory. OLLI now rests at 78.66, and we're anticipating a move up to our BUY trigger at 79.71. Be ready to buy shares at that point and follow your entry with a 5.63 trailing stop. Decrease the stop to 2.82 on a 4.64 gain. Earnings Report Date: Dec 05, 2023. Beta: 0.96. Market-Cap: 4.854B. Optionable.

FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (UPST: Financial Services/Credit Services) - SQUEEZE PLAY. Trader indecision has put UPST squarely in the center of a Bull versus Bear standoff. This tight spot should soon give way to a clear winner in the short-term, and we want to be in position for the move. To do that we've set a BUY entry at 21.6 and a SELL short entry at 19.24. Now it's up to UPST to show us which entry will be filled. Once the trade is underway place a 2.36 trailing stop, which can be tightened to 1.18 after you achieve a 3.38 profit. UPST closed on Friday at 20.87. Earnings Report Date: N/A. Beta: 2.09. Market-Cap: 1.775B. Optionable.

HEALTHCARE SECTOR

Belite Bio, Inc (BLTE: Healthcare/Biotechnology) - BULLISH BOUNCE. BLTE has charted an upward weekly trend until recently when sellers showed up to push prices lower. On Friday the selling ran into solid support. A potential bounce up from this level should attract buyers and likely return BLTE to the previously established uptrend. The Bullish Bounce set-up is the basis for our BUY entry, so be ready to go long on a rise to our trigger at 40.3. Set a trailing stop of 2.93, tightening to 1.47 on a 4.38 profit. BLTE closed at 39.34 on Friday. Earnings Report Date: N/A. Beta: N/A. Market-Cap: 1.071B. Not Optionable.

UTILITIES SECTOR

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED: Utilities/Utilities - Regulated Electric) - BULLISH BOUNCE. This trader-friendly setup turns repetitive stock behavior into real profits. Based on the tendency for up-trending stocks to drop briefly and then resume the up-trend, the Bullish Bounce places traders into excellent stocks when conditions are primed for more skyward movement. ED's current price action near moving average support signals a potential BUY entry at 91.05, followed by a 4.85 trailing stop which can be tightened to 2.43 upon earning 3.48. ED closed Friday at 89.35. Earnings Report Date: N/A. Beta: 0.38. Market-Cap: 30.845B. Optionable.

IMPORTANT: Before entering any positions, always use the Risk Control System to determine the level of acceptable risk and the maximum number of shares to buy. Use Gap Adjusted Entries to reset the Entry Price for stocks that gap beyond recommended entry levels.

Stock Splits

Below are the stocks that have announced splits and have recently executed or will execute soon. There is generally a return to normal price behavior in the weeks following a split announcement in what we call a "Dormancy Phase." As the stock nears its split execution date (Effective Date) it often moves into the "Pre-Split Run" stage where quick and sometimes dramatic gains can occur.

                             Announce     Eff.       Split
Company Name     (Symbol)      Date       Date       Ratio   Options  
---------------- -------     --------    -------     ------  -------   

NOTE: The number of stock split announcments goes up during Bull markets, 
and goes down during Bear market cycles. There are currently no upcoming 
stock splits that meet RightLine's proprietary criteria for split ratio, 
trading volume and price action.      

Split details are also available online at the RightLine Online Stock Split Calendar. For a detailed look at the different stages of a Stock Split, Click Here.

Trader's Corner

"Frequency of Trading is Critical"

By Chuck LeBeau

When building or evaluating trading systems the many benefits of systems that trade very frequently are often overlooked. A system that trades frequently has many advantages over less active systems that appear to be more desirable because they have better performance ratios.

If a strategy is profitable the more it trades the more money we should make. I apologize for stating what should be obvious but you would be surprised at how often I hear discussions about selecting systems with the highest level of "expectancy" or highest "profit factor" without relating these measurements to the system's trading frequency.

Simply stated, our goal should be to show the most profit with the least amount of risk and trading frequency plays a critical role in maximizing profitability and controlling our risk.

Trading frequency represents opportunity for profit. The more opportunities we can find the more profit we should expect.

For example, a strategy that has a very high profit factor of 4 (profit factor is total profits divided by total losses) may not produce as much profit as a more active system that has a profit factor of only 2. Since the strategy with the lower profit factor is profitable and it has many more opportunities it may easily produce more total profit than the system with the much higher profit factor.

Active systems should give us a higher confidence level when analyzing our test data. In addition to increasing total profits, a very active system gives us much more data to analyze when doing our preliminary research.

If we have a long-term trend-following strategy that produces only 50 trades over five years of data our positive results may not be nearly as reliable as the results from analyzing a more active strategy that produced 1000 trades over the same data sample. I would be willing to bet that the system with the larger sample of trades is more likely to produce profitable results in the future because our level of confidence must relate to the number of samples in our testing.

Active systems should produce more reliable results and a smoother equity curve. If we flip a coin only ten times our odds of having 50% heads and 50% tails are not very good. However if we flip the coin one thousand times we are likely to come much closer to obtaining 50% heads and 50% tails.

The same logic applies to our real-time trading. If we have a large sample of real trades then our results should come closer to our expectations than if we only have one or two trades. The active system will approach our expectations much quicker than the system that trades infrequently.

If we have 50 or more trades per month with a good system we might reasonably expect to be profitable every month. However if we have a system that is only producing two or three trades per month then our monthly results will less predictable and inconsistent.

The infrequent trading system might be expected to produce a profit every year but it would not be realistic to expect it to show a profit every month because the sample size in a month will be very small.

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This article is part of a larger work of the same title. The author - Chuck LeBeau - also co-wrote the book "Computer Analysis of the Futures Market." Chuck traded the markets for many years. He specialized in trading system development and related research.

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