$SPY spent 2014 primarily range bound before its recent break out. The 5 day ema has been end of day support for the past 12 days. The 50 day sma has been support since late April. $SPY has broken and closed above the 70 RSI for the second time since year. $SPY is up […]
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@GeorgeManiereg @SJosephBurns my proctologist won’t let me trade 3x leverage — martin pfaender (@bigcoveranch) June 6, 2014 @SJosephBurns well maybe I’ll see one in my life time, I have my doubts at this point but who knows. — TraderVA (@NACuser) June 6, 2014 Never fight the Fed or your portfolio turns red $$ —
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With all the perma bull fan fair we are sitting on a 4.33% return in 2014 for $SPY and it has been a choppy ride up with plenty of whip saws. I know many swing traders and day traders that are out performing buy and holders and trend followers. The 50 day sma has
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