Signal History for 2020 - Trading the Line

S/T SHORT TERM SIGNALS

Open Date	Type	Signal	In. Stop	Close	Close Date	Gain
12/06/2019	S/T BUY	3140	3108	3309	01/24/2020	169 *
01/29/2020	S/T BUY	3292	3275	3275	01/29/2020	-17
01/31/2020	S/T SELL	3264	3280	3290	02/04/2020	-26
02/04/2020	S/T BUY	3290	3250	3356	02/21/2020	+66
02/24/2020	S/T SELL	3316	3329	3080	02/03/2020	(+236 **)
03/02/2020	S/T BUY	3080	3064	3064	03/03/2020	-16
03/03/2020	S/T BUY	3086	3070	3070	03/03/2020	-16 #
03/03/2020	S/T SELL	3055	3070	3065	04/03/2020	-20 #
04/03/2020	S/T SELL	3045	3061	3061	04/03/2020	-16 #
04/03/2020	S/T BUY	3061	3045	3045	04/03/2020	-16 #
04/03/2020	S/T BUY	3061	3045	3056	05/03/2020	-5 #
03/04/2020	S/T SELL	3056	3071	3056	03/04/2020	0 #
03/04/2020	S/T BUY	3071	3056	3071	03/04/2020	0 #
03/05/2020	S/T SELL	3056	3071	2710	03/13/2020	+346
03/16/2020	S/T SELL	~2500	2718	2368	03/24/2020	(+132***)
03/24/2020	S/T BUY	2368	2356	2500	04/01/2020	+132
04/01/2020	S/T SELL	~2500	2537	2523	04/02/2020	(-23 **)
04/03/2020	S/T BUY	2536	2522	2522	04/03/2020	-14
04/03/2020	S/T SELL	2507	2522	2582	04/06/2020	-75
04/06/2020	S/T BUY	2582	2509	2773	04/21/2020	+191
04/22/2020	S/T BUY	2795	2781	2853	05/01/2020	+58
05/05/2020	S/T BUY	2879	2852	2855	05/06/2020	-24
05/07/2020	S/T BUY	2889	2850	2894	05/12/2020	+5
05/13/2020	S/T SELL	2846	2858	2858	05/13/2020	-12
05/13/2020	S/T SELL	2846	2858	2846	05/14/2020	0
05/15/2020	S/T SELL	2835	2851	2835	05/15/2020	0
05/18/2020	S/T BUY	2937	2855	3110	06/11/2020	+173
06/11/2020	S/T SELL	3023	3035	3023	06/11/2020	+0 ##
06/12/2020	S/T SELL	3032	3032	3032	06/12/2020	+0 ##
06/12/2020	S/T SELL	3032	3032	3032	06/12/2020	+0 ##
06/16/2020	S/T BUY	3100	3077	3099	06/19/2020	-1
06/22/2020	S/T BUY	3111	3096	3108	06/24/2020	-3
06/24/2020	S/T SELL	3078	3093	3076	06/25/2020	+2
06/25/2020	S/T SELL	<3076	3076	3055	06/30/2020	###
06/30/2020	S/T BUY	3067	3052	3239	07/23/2020	+172
07/29/2020	S/T BUY	3238	3222	3515	09/03/2020	+277
09/04/2020	S/T SELL	3418	3432	3418	09/04/2020	0
09/10/2020	S/T SELL	<3409	3409	3371	09/14/2020	####
09/14/2020	S/T BUY	3383	3366	3362	09/17/2020	-21
09/17/2020	S/T SELL	<3362	3362	3271	09/25/2020	#####
09/25/2020	S/T BUY	3288	3271	3474	10/19/2020	+186
10/20/2020	S/T BUY	3473	3455	3455	10/20/2020	-18
10/22/2020	S/T BUY	3458	3455	3453	10/22/2020	-5
10/23/2020	S/T BUY	3459	3441	3424	10/26/2020	-35
10/26/2020	S/T SELL	3424	3437	3341	11/03/2020	+83
11/03/2020	S/T BUY	3341	3311	3577	11/18/2020	+236
11/23/2020	S/T BUY	3581	3564	3577	11/23/2020	-4
11/24/2020	S/T BUY	3601	3565	3675	12/09/2020	+74
12/14/2020	S/T BUY	3686	3663	3663	12/14/2020	-23
12/21/2020	S/T SELL	3654	3658	3654	12/21/2020	0
12/15/2020	S/T BUY	3673	3654	3687	12/22/2020	+14
12/23/2020	S/T BUY	3704	3685	3704	12/23/2020	0
12/24/2020	S/T BUY	3702	3684	3723	01/04/2021	+21

Included in 2019
** Signal originated in overnight Futures market, difficult to hold for entirety and and therefore not included in totals
*** Continuation Signal originated in overnight Futures market, difficult to enter due to limit lock down at 2500, difficult to hold for entirety and therefore not included in totals
# Very high volatility – much tighter intraday trailing stops stops recommended
## Very high volatility – recommended stop at breakeven minimum
### Not taken but signal active below 3076
#### Not taken but signal active below 3409
##### Not taken but signal active below 3362

OSC OSCILLATOR MOMENTUM SIGNALS

Open Date	Type	Signal	In. Stop	Close	Close Date	Gain
01/07/2020	OSC SELL	3237	3279	3288	01/13/2020	-51
01/13/2020	OSC BUY	3288	3237	3243	01/27/2020	-51
01/27/2020	OSC SELL	3243	3297	3345	02/06/2020	-102
02/06/2020	OSC BUY	3345	3293	3337	02/21/2020	-8
02/21/2020	OSC SELL	3257	3337	2630	03/26/2020	+627
03/26/2020	OSC BUY	2630	2340	2820	05/13/2020	+190
05/13/2020	OSC SELL	2820	2956	2955	05/22/2020	-135
05/22/2020	OSC BUY	2955	2826	3066	06/15/2020	+111
06/15/2020	OSC SELL	3066	3230	3118	06/22/2020	-52
06/22/2020	OSC BUY	3118	3075	3083	06/25/2020	-35
06/25/2020	OSC SELL	3083	3154	3179	07/06/2020	-96
07/06/2020	OSC BUY	3179	2998	3331	09/08/2020	+152
09/08/2020	OSC SELL	3331	3480	3363	09/30/2020	-32
09/30/2020	OSC BUY	3363	3208	3443	10/19/2020	+80
10/19/2020	OSC SELL	3443	3549	3509	11/06/2020	-66
11/06/2020	OSC BUY	3509	3233	3694	12/15/2020	+185
12/15/2020	OSC SELL	3694	3770	3756	12/31/2020	-62

Please note that the signalling results are for reference only, and do not take into consideration position management activities such as position sizing, profit-taking and hedging of positions. However they do portray an accurate representation of what the system can achieve.

All Numbers refer to the cash market index (SPX) traded during NYSE market hours. Stops do not take into account the wider fluctuation of the Futures markets outside the NYSE cash market open hours.

For simplicity of management and reduction of risk, the recommended vehicle for trading these longer term positions is either SPY stock or deep in the money SPY options and to use a corresponding number of E Mini / Micro Futures for hedging, short term day entry, entry out of NYSE hours etc.

S/T SIGNALS	+1669
OSC SIGNALS	+655

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo da Vinci

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Albert Einstein

“All of our days are numbered. We can not afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world; a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you can hold on to that flame, great things can be constructed around it; things that are massive and powerful and world changing. All held up by the tiniest of ideas.”
Nick Cave, 20,000 days on Earth

2026 Positions

(All numbers refer to SPX)

S/T SELL Signal below 6845 on 03 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6877 on 02 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6850 on 02 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6857 on 27 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6857 on 27 Feb

COVER Signal below 6884 at 6857 on 27 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6884 on 23 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6850 on 23 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6837 on 23 Feb

COVER Signal at 6864 on 23 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6883 on 18 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6834 on 17 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6888 on 12 Feb

COVER Signal at 6915 on 12 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6899 on 06 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6938 on 06 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6901 on 04 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6915 on 03 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6915 on 03 Feb

COVER Signal at 6942 on 03 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6968 on 02 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6938 on 30 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6910 on 30 Jan

COVER Signal at 6940 on 30 Jan

S/T BUY Signal at 6934 on 29 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6907 on 29 Jan

COVER Signal at 6934 on 29 Jan

S/T BUY Signal above 6905 at 6923 on 22 Jan

COVER Signal at 6849 on 21 Jan

S/T SELL Signal below 6894 at 6843 on 20 Jan

COVER Signal below 6925 at 6843 on 20 Jan

S/T BUY Signal at 6961 on 15 Jan

COVER Signal below 6934 at 6925 on 14 Jan

S/T BUY Signal above 6890 at 6900 on 05 Jan

COVER Short Signal at 6864 on 02 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6837 on 02 Jan

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“In the end, I’m not interested in that which I fully understand. The words I have written over the years are just a veneer. There are truths that lie beneath the surface of the words... truths that rise up without warning, like the humps of a sea monster and then disappear. What performance and song is to me is finding a way to tempt the monster to the surface, to create a space, where the creature can break through what is real and what is known to us. This shimmering space where imagination and reality intersect... this is where all love and tears and joy exist. This is the place. This is where we live.”
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“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”
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>“The mind is a glass floor.
The mind is the spirit’s tear.
The mind is our prior and subsequent ghost.
The mind is the Bullion Express and the blood on the tracks.
The mind is a stone door.
The silver on the backs of mirrors.
The wave that defines the coast.
It’s what the drunk grave robbers couldn’t stuff in their sacks.
The mind is the sum of all and more.
The spasm between one and zero in the Calendar of Black-Hole Years.
The contract between the lash and the whipping post.
A quilt of dreams stitched with facts.
A meaningless argument among whores.
Rain that keeps falling when the sky clears.
A masquerade party, guest and host.
A candlelit landscape of puddled wax.
The mind is what thought is for.
The parking lot at the Mall of Fears.
The fire-pit for the piggy roast.
What the soul surrendered and won’t take back.
The mind is neither either nor or.
The real center of an empty sphere.”
Jim Dodge, Stone Junction, 1990

“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.”
George Orwell

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The Gambler (2014), Dir. Rupert Wyatt