Quote from steveosborne:
Going from oversold directly to overbought very seldom happens in my view because emotional mass is such that it will either make prices bounce for an extended period below or for an extend period above a trend that I derive from my calculations about the market's dominant target prices or, talking about masses, its gravitational level. Stocks will probably go down next week once the front month options expired.
Well, this is true, markets do not travel in a straight line. I have the current SPX PE at 20, and with a 5% long term bond, that makes them still cheap. Next week? Lets see what develops going into next week
I agree and I also think that financial markets are much fairer than the job market. Being a programmer, I get laid off on average once a year and end up having to scavenge my trading accounts because medical insurance and housing for a whole family is pretty darn expensive. My goal, my BIG ambition is to keep a well paid job for two years straight so that I would have enough time to save money to trade again (this part is done) and then, <b>based on my current performance</b> with trading the Dow, make enough profit in that amount of time to become independent.
I wish you the best in your endeavor
