http://www.etftrends.com/forum/ Keeping a grip on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) en Sat, 26 May 2012 14:53:30 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/forum/topic/when-to-invest-now#post-335 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:00 +0000 Donato 335@http://www.etftrends.com/forum/ <p>Hey Jim . . .<br /> I'm cool with being lucky!</p> <p>Pull up a chart of SPY. As long as the price stays above the low of last Friday (2-5-10), you can start making small bullish plays now.</p> <p>For a fun read, check out <a href="https://www.bsp-capital.com/documents/turtlerules.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.bsp-capital.com/documents/turtlerules.pdf</a></p> <p>Don't get hung up on all the calculations, they are for risk management in the futures market. But you can learn a lot from the book. Not just risk management, but a simple and cool method for entering a trade to catch a big move; you'll have to change the number since you'll be trading stocks or ETF's, but it's simplicity and ease of use (with proper risk management) makes it oh so cool.</p> <p>Good Luck </p> http://www.etftrends.com/forum/topic/when-to-invest-now#post-334 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:46:40 +0000 jallenaz 334@http://www.etftrends.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the reply. I'm all for risk management now. I'm not too worried about missing out on a big up move soon. Not like March of last year when I had pulled out in a panic the end of 08. Got back in at just the right time, but only by good luck. Now I want to have a better plan. Looks like everything I'm looking at might get below their 200 ema. Some are already. So I can just wait for them to start to move up. </p> http://www.etftrends.com/forum/topic/when-to-invest-now#post-333 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:55:58 +0000 Donato 333@http://www.etftrends.com/forum/ <p>Hi Jim . . .<br /> There are probably two schools of thought going on currently. The first is that this is a beginning of a new trend down. The second is that we will be continuing the trend up after this sell off.</p> <p>Since nobody knows the future, if you want to get into the market now, risk (money) management is the key to success. That is what you should study now.</p> <p>I guess there might be a third school of thought: That Fridays low and the high's in early January will define the next trading range.</p> <p>For me personally, I opened a couple of small long positons on Friday to test the waters. If I'm wrong, my stops will protect me.</p> <p>Good Luck </p> http://www.etftrends.com/forum/topic/when-to-invest-now#post-332 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:22:28 +0000 jallenaz 332@http://www.etftrends.com/forum/ <p>I had our money in mostly mutual funds until recently. The market started down and I set an 8% loss from the recent high as a sell point. Last week I ended up mostly out of the market by Friday night. Now I want to start with ETFs and trends. Most everything is above the 200 day moving average. They might not get that low, or they might go a lot lower. I'm trying to decide when I should get back into the market. Maybe when they get above the 50 day moving average? I tried that with one ETF and lost money. Looking for ideas. I think the market is going down in the not too distant future. Maybe I should just be patient. Keeping an eye out for ETFs that are under their 200 day average.</p> <p>Any ideas appreciated,</p> <p>Jim </p>