ES Journal - 2023/2024

Outside Days appear to be in vogue lately.

1st trading day of September today. Statistically, there's a slight down bias for that day if history means anything, so this morning's failure above yesterday's high was a good low risk short with NQ leading lower.

As for September, it's historically the weakest month of the year with an average change of - 1,52 % since 2000.

Doesn't mean this one will be, but it certainly should warn against pressing the long side with too much confidence.

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So, are you perma bulls ready to lose your ass come September? :)

Tuesday after Labor Day:

Negative net change 10 out of the last 15 years with 9 out of 15 having the main move down.

So, no doubt a down bias for tomorrow.

Looking at September as a whole:

2022: Flat/up the first week with a sell for the remainder of month approx. 300 points down.

2021: Flat for the first week with a sell/trading range for the remainder of the month. Approx. 240 points down.

2020: Approx. 300 points down with the sell starting the first week grinding lower for the remainder.

2019: Going slightly higher with a trading range at the highs before a small drop going into month end closing around + 50 points on the month.

2018: Green month, but not closing at top of the range with a slight dip going into end of month.

2017: Green month closing at top of the range.

2016: Slightly red. Trading range.

Personally, I'm not good enough (or stupid enough?) to make a prediction for an entire month ahead, but I will use history as a guide to prepare me mentally for a correction or a pullback lower if that should happen.

There's a few juicy gaps below at 4300 / 4200, so if the market loses momentum on this recent leg higher that's where we might be headed.

And if so, it will usually be a rocky road with sweet rips higher on the way. So, no need to get perma anything in the short term.

Of course, one have to be mentally prepared for continuation higher as well if that's what's going to happen. Best to stay flexible, but nobody reading this should be surprised by a correction lower. :)

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So, are you perma bulls ready to lose your ass come September? :)

Tuesday after Labor Day:

Negative net change 10 out of the last 15 years with 9 out of 15 having the main move down.

So, no doubt a down bias for tomorrow.

Looking at September as a whole:

2022: Flat/up the first week with a sell for the remainder of month approx. 300 points down.

2021: Flat for the first week with a sell/trading range for the remainder of the month. Approx. 240 points down.

2020: Approx. 300 points down with the sell starting the first week grinding lower for the remainder.

2019: Going slightly higher with a trading range at the highs before a small drop going into month end closing around + 50 points on the month.

2018: Green month, but not closing at top of the range with a slight dip going into end of month.

2017: Green month closing at top of the range.

2016: Slightly red. Trading range.


It's called the "September Effect".

Here's some propaganda from Chase Wealth Mgmt...
https://www.chase.com/personal/inve...hould-i-be-worried-about-the-september-effect

Historically, the market’s three leading indexes lagged in September, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) having an average decline of 0.8% in September between 1950 and 2022, while the S&P 500 averaged a 0.7% decline during this timeframe.1 Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite has fallen an average of 0.9% in September since it was first established in 1971.

However, the September Effect has dissipated in recent years, and frequent declines have not occurred in September as often as they did before 1990.

Moreover, September’s historical data is not predictive and could not provide any useful investing strategy. For example, if an individual made a bet against September between 1928 and 2020, that investor would have made a profit. But if that same individual only bet against September in 2017, 2018 or 2019, that investor would have lost money since the S&P 500 gained 1.9%, 0.4%% and 1.7%, respectively, during September those years.
 
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