Thursday, October 3, 2019

High Probability Set Up In Stocks - Short Term Rebound Expected 10/3/19

SPY has closed below its lower bollinger band for 3 days straight.  That itself produces a robust signal with high probability of short term skew to the upside in stocks in coming days.

Factoring an uptrending market into it improves the signal.

Also as of today we are seeing some extreme readings in the put call ratios.  I have looked at these readings coupled with a variety of other combinations of data from today's session, and there consistently is a high probability of a higher close in coming days.

There is approximately 90% probability of a high close than today's close within the next 5 days.  Including any losers, the average trade return is quite good - depending on the scan combination, around 1% expected value or higher.

Most of the scan combinations I looked at had higher expected values by holding for either 2 consecutive higher closes OR two higher closes within the next 5 days.  This strategy dropped the win percentage down to the 80%+ range but produced a higher expected value on most criteria combinations.

In summary, I expected some chop and volatility into next week, possibly with lower closes yet to come, but the odds appear to be high for a higher close above Thursday's close within the next week.