Jeff Pietsch, Author at TraderPlanet

RYDEX fee structure negates model

Here’s a final look at the RYDEX model before we discard it onto the dust heap of failed good ideas. What you’re not seeing is the 4% drawdown metric during the life of the model, an exceeding low and exceedingly...

Strong Resistance

ETFs

Volume was light but the market ignored poor housing report, weak consumer sentiment, and a Spanish debt downgrade to finish near the highs. This is the fifth positive day of the last six for the S&P 500, but the technical...

05.29.12 – Breakout Attempt (Nearly) Foiled

ETFs

The pattern of the morning pop followed by the afternoon fade remains in tact, but as long as we have higher lows and highs…. SPY $132.75 is holding for now with resistance about a dollar...