Neutral. Closed short hedge pre-market flat. Closed long near the high for loss a few minutes ago.
My summation signal is down.
My composite trend signal is down.
My positions are all closed, and I am starting the weekend now as far as equities are concerned.
The profit on shorts closed yesterday offset the loss on longs closed today. So, I managed to end the campaign with a profit.
Nonetheless, the discipline breakdown violating my stop some days ago cost me a chunk. Leakage is a bitch.
I think there is more upside in equities into next week (could be wrong), but I really needed to close out those trapped longs.
They have been weighing on me psychologically, and the position was outside my setups and against my signals.
I can now approach next week fresh.
Next week could be very interesting.
Seems like folks are taking the poor jobs report to mean more QE and less taper.
Could be. Janet speaks on Tuesday (I think) and perhaps she will tell us.
However, given all the QE so far, the results this morning suggest maybe they should think up a plan B...