Losses Today, but some Glossy Gains

All of our positions went down today except for Gold and Silver, which were up strongly.

Three futures positions were closed out today, the Canadian Dollar (with a gain), Gold (with a gain), and Natural Gas (with a big loss). However, the Gold ETF did not get stopped out. The Gold ETF stop moves up to 111.10. Note that we have one futures position, Platinum, with no ETF. This is the exact opposite case.

The U.S. is beginning to negotiate with China on a variety of issues. The Chinese currency being fixed in price relative to the U.S. Dollar gives China a big unfair trade advantage. Also, the U.S. is trying to get China to go along with sanctions against Iran. These negotiations will undoubtedly affect the value of the Dollar to some extent.

There are no new signals for tomorrow.

Here are the open positions for Portfolio 1

Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit Days
Long Cotton CTK10 70.34 78.40 80.98 $5,320 63
Long Cotton BAL 34.02 37.61 38.85 14.2% 63
Long Russell TFM10 608.50 660.70 697.20 $8,870 51
Long Russell IWM 61.66 66.24 69.90 13.4% 51
Long Platinum PLJ10 1534.90 1623.80 1711.50 $8,830 42
Long Copper HGK10 341.15 353.15 359.75 $4,650 10
Long Copper JJC 47.49 47.89 48.78 2.7% 10
Long Aussie ADM10 90.90 91.16 91.92 $1,020 9
Long Aussie FXA 92.24 92.07 92.84 0.7% 9
Long Crude Oil CLJ10 82.50 85.29 85.64 $3,140 9
Long Crude Oil OIL 26.38 27.39 27.50 4.2% 9

And here are the open positions for Portfolio 2

Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit Days
Long British BPM10 149.75 150.06 152.34 $1,619 9
Long British FXB 150.46 149.63 151.90 1.0% 9
Long Heating Oil HOK10 221.67 223.24 224.39 $1,142 4
Long Heating Oil UHN 28.73 28.44 28.59 -0.5% 4
Long Gold GLD 110.56 111.099046 112.49 1.7% 4
Long Silver SIK10 18.10 17.15 17.93 -$820 2
Long Silver SLV 17.69 16.99 17.77 0.5% 2


These postions were closed out:

Closed Positions Symbol Entry Out Profit Days

Long Gold GCM10 1126.10 1132.40 630.00 4
Long Natural Gas NGK10 4.28 4.03 -2500.00 3
Long Natural Gas UNG 7.56 7.24 -4.2% 3
Long Canadian CDM10 99.13 99.53 $400 6



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