For Tuesday, September 5th

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Ground Zero

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit.

* * * Sylvester Stallone, 2023

THE PRICE LISTED IN THE SUBJECT LINE ABOVE ARE BASED ON THE LAST TRADED PRICE BEFORE THE EVENING BRIEFING IS SENT OUT, THE ACTUAL SETTLEMENT PRICE MAY BE DIFFERENT. THESE POSITIONS ARE THE POSITIONS BASED ON THE VP SIGNALS AND NOT THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO.

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The VP map tells you everything you need to know, consult the map daily... knowing the map and the two key trading rules will make you a much more savvy trader, so it is extremely important to be familiar with the VP map...

Secondary Vertical Prices (SVP) are for the aggressive trader who is looking for an additional edge on additional exhaustion points... you will notice that the market responds as well to the SVP as to the standard VP points and are traded the same, but for now the main model will use only the standard VP points for official main model signals...SP SEPTEMBER mini VP PRICES

The main model is short the September SP at 4547.50 as of 9/1/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - exp 12/23/24 4776.89
MAJOR - - 4752.52 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4655.22 exp 12/23/24
MAJOR - - 4643.51 exp 11/22/23
MAJOR - - 4635.82 exp 8/28/23
minor - - 4613.42 exp 8/28/23
MAJOR - - 4603.57 exp 11/22/23

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4547.48 exp 12/12/24MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4520.25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 4495.54 exp 12/12/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

The above price map is listed in descending order of all currently active vertical prices above and below the market... today's closing price is also included to provide you with a GPS type reading of where the market currently is in relation to all VP points on both sides of the market...

PLEASE NOTE: It is vitally important to know where the market is on this map at all times, the main model buy and sell signals are generated only from this VP map... the trade rules, which you probably already know by now, are very simple and are explained below...

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long December gold at 1932.60 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1966.80

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

The above is a price map in descending order of all currently active vertical prices above and below the market... today's closing price is also included to provide you with a GPS type reading of where the market currently is in relation to all VP points on both sides of the market...

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

CHECK OUT THE TWO NEW $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX ON PAGE 2 OF THE ATTACHMENT!!!THE FIRST CHART IS THE $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX, THE CHART BELOW THAT ONE SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE $SPX AND THE $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX...
THESE NEW INDICATORS ARE IDEAL FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LONGER TERM TREND POSITIONS WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THE DAY TO DAY ZIGZAGS OF THE MARKET!!!
NOTE: THE $VIX SIGNAL IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE MEASURING INDICATOR THAN THE $SPX WEIGHTED $VIX GRAPHS...
ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW TO USE THEM, JUST ASK ME...

The $VIX signal offers two kinds of signals, a long term buy and hold position signal and a flat position signal... there are no short position signals, the backtesting data and each position taken since 2016 is found on page 4 of the attachment under Trend Index (TIX)... this model is an excellent guide for overall market direction... this is the ideal trading model for anyone who doesn't want to spend time placing and changing buy and sell stops, but would rather buy when the trend appears higher and then go flat when the market appears to begin trending lower... you're long or flat, as simple as that... remember, this is a long term broad indicator and can ride through very wide price swings... each position could be held for as long as several months before the next signal appears...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.53 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.94, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

RULES ON HOW TO USE THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO (OP) ARE FOUND IN THE TUTORIAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EVENING BRIEFING
If you're having difficulty trading the near term VP model, then take a serious look at the optimized portfolio, you will definitely make money, it is easy to follow, tried and proven, and with no stress, I use it myself primarily... if you have any questions on how to use it, then email me and we can arrange a time to review your personal trading strategy...

THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED SP SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 8 trades -0.50

TOTAL 124 closed trades 1854.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 7 trades 266.70

TOTAL 78 closed trades 1218.00To follow the optimized portfolio, there is no thinking required!!! If you're having difficulty following the fast moving VP signals, then you should consider following the optimized portfolio...

+662.82 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.206% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ANY MARKET NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE PORTFOLIO BUY AND/OR EXIT PRICE WOULD BE, THEN JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE SYMBOL(S)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Stock Market Indices (SPXL), Energy (UCO, GUSH), Foreign Markets (INDA), Commodities (XLB, DBC)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Consumer Discretionary (TSLA)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	flat	4548.75	4456.75	…	…	…	124 trades	*1854.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.02	348.8					-7.66		348.98
UDOW	flat	65.31	61.29					-3.76		61.08
SPY	long	…	442.66	451.80				25.53		451.19
SPXL	long	…	88.03	93.76				11.68		92.37
UPRO	flat	49.38	46.32					5.08		48.57
QQQ	long	…	366.87	374.46				82.84		377.59
TQQQ	long	…	39.66	42.30				17.05		42.29
TNA	flat	38.72	36.30					4.53		36.21
SOXL	flat	25.88	24.23					4.68		24.02
IWM	flat	194.22	190.24					7.63		190.85
MDY	flat	492.62	482.67					25.23		488.42
IYT	flat	259.15	253.87					19.18		250.34
SOXX	flat	519.17	508.69					56.85		512
USD	long	…	44.81	46.78				12.06		45.74
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	flat	1985.20	1944.40	…	…	…
GLD	long	…	176.55	180.25				22.65		180.11
UGL	long	…	56.57	59.03				11.86		58.49
SLV	long	…	21.91	22.46				3.56		22.17
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		28.96
ZSL	flat	21.29	19.91					0.31		18.10
GDX	flat	30.10	29.40					5.96		29.09
GDXJ	long	…	35.46	36.29				9.29		35.56
NUGT	long	…	31.07	33.16				17.22		31.64
JNUG	long	…	31.01	33.10				11.78		31.61
DUST	long	14.58	13.61					2.00		12.72
JDST	flat	8.13	7.54					0.45		6.87
QLD	long	…	62.81	65.53				20.96		66.19
SDS	flat	36.58	35.75					-5.03		33.73
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		9.14



							TOTAL	100.27
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	97.47	95.42					-4.38		94.85
TMF	flat	6.68	6.14					-1.00		6.06
TBT	flat	36.64	35.07					-0.77		34.42
TMV	flat	39.77	37.28					-6.70		36.19
VCLT	long	…	74.67	76.30				-4.19		74.86
							TOTAL	-17.04
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	65.17	63.77					-5.49		62.64
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	85.86	84.04					-2.94		85.23
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		67.32
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		146.82
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	85.77	84.60				-12.09		90.74
XOP	long	…	143.07	130.13				-9.58		152.35
UCO	long	…	30.43	32.48				1.03		33.46
ERX	long	…	60.37	59.25				-5.98		67.25
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.27	65.82					0.16		64.58
TSLA	flat	261.28	255.95					98.72		245.01
XLY	flat	173.01	169.45					29.66		169.67
V	long	…	239.07	244.05				-0.97		248.11
							TOTAL	127.57
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	46.99	45.95					-0.07		45.46
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		476.24
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		99.00
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.57
GUSH	long	…	38.88	40.60				0.46		41.69
IDNA	long	…	22.07	22.62				-3.50		22.76
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.92	11.10					0.12		11.47
UDN	flat	19.15	18.67					1.11		18.66
YCS	long	…	69.20	67.79				13.04		71.1
GBTC	flat	21.31	20.78					8.00		18.45
							TOTAL	22.27
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	41.06	38.50					4.71		34.95
INDA	long	…	43.33	44.32				2.61		44.23
EEM	flat	40.80	39.88					0.42		39.63
EWG	flat	28.81	28.13					1.31		27.61
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	183.63	187.48				42.30		189.46
AMZN	flat	141.38	138.45					-5.42		138.12
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		485.09
NRGU	long	…	426.76	427.98				-0.79		498.22
ROKU	flat	87.57	85.72					4.84		81.72
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	long	…	82.10	83.88				-2.45		83.82
DBC	long	…	24.16	24.76				-1.43		24.88
WOOD	long	…	73.31	74.91				-6.51		74.85
MARA	flat	16.53	16.10					4.12		12.00
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	662.82
							%YTD	15.206%

For Friday, September 1st

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4531.50 as of 8/31/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4547.48 exp 12/12/24MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4518.25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 4495.54 exp 12/12/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long December gold at 1932.60 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1968.30

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -0.94 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.38, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 8 trades -0.50

TOTAL 124 closed trades 1854.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 7 trades 266.70

+669.15 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.351% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Stock Market Indices (SPY, TQQQ, USD), Interest Rates (VCLT), Health Care (IDNA)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (GDX)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	flat	4561.75	4469.50	…	…	…	124 trades	*1854.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.02	348.8					-7.66		348.20
UDOW	flat	65.31	61.29					-3.76		60.77
SPY	long	…	442.66	451.80				25.53		451.23
SPXL	flat	93.76	88.03					11.68		92.46
UPRO	flat	49.38	46.32					5.08		48.62
QQQ	long	…	366.87	374.46				82.84		378.99
TQQQ	long	…	39.66	42.30				17.05		42.74
TNA	flat	38.72	36.30					4.53		35.26
SOXL	flat	25.88	24.23					4.68		23.96
IWM	flat	194.22	190.24					7.63		188.99
MDY	flat	492.62	482.67					25.23		484.39
IYT	flat	259.15	253.87					19.18		250.44
SOXX	flat	519.17	508.69					56.85		511.26
USD	long	…	44.81	46.78				12.06		46.56
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	flat	1985.20	1944.40	…	…	…
GLD	long	…	176.55	180.25				22.65		180.14
UGL	long	…	56.57	59.03				11.86		58.57
SLV	long	…	21.91	22.46				3.56		22.41
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		28.86
ZSL	flat	21.29	19.91					0.31		17.69
GDX	flat	30.10	29.40					5.96		29.28
GDXJ	long	…	35.46	36.29				9.29		36.03
NUGT	long	…	31.07	33.16				17.22		32.08
JNUG	long	…	31.01	33.10				11.78		32.41
DUST	long	14.58	13.61					2.00		12.57
JDST	flat	8.13	7.54					0.45		6.71
QLD	long	…	62.81	65.53				20.96		66.64
SDS	flat	36.58	35.75					-5.03		33.71
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		9.18



							TOTAL	100.27
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	97.47	95.42					-4.38		96.78
TMF	flat	6.68	6.14					-1.00		6.39
TBT	flat	36.64	35.07					-0.77		33.27
TMV	flat	39.77	37.28					-6.70		34.4
VCLT	long	…	74.67	76.30				-4.19		76.19
							TOTAL	-17.04
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	65.17	63.77					-5.49		63.15
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	85.86	84.04					-2.94		84.95
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		65.56
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		146.14
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	85.77	84.60				-12.09		88.89
XOP	long	…	143.07	130.13				-9.58		148.93
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		31.88
ERX	long	…	60.37	59.25				-5.98		64.56
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.27	65.82					0.16		64.41
TSLA	long	…	246.08	251.20				103.84		259.42
XLY	flat	173.01	169.45					29.66		171.2
V	long	…	239.07	244.05				-0.97		245.63
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	46.99	45.95					-0.07		45.57
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		476.65
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		99.03
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.42
GUSH	flat	40.60	38.88					0.46		39.85
IDNA	long	…	22.07	22.62				-3.50		22.58
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.92	11.10					0.12		11.43
UDN	flat	19.15	18.67					1.11		18.78
YCS	long	…	69.20	67.79				13.04		70.34
GBTC	flat	21.31	20.78					8.00		18.55
							TOTAL	22.27
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	41.06	38.50					4.71		32.91
INDA	flat	44.32	43.33					2.61		43.98
EEM	flat	40.80	39.88					0.42		39.22
EWG	flat	28.81	28.13					1.31		27.95
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	183.63	187.48				42.30		188.96
AMZN	flat	141.38	138.45					-5.42		138.34
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		496.76
NRGU	long	…	426.76	427.98				-0.79		469.56
ROKU	flat	87.57	85.72					4.84		81.67
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	83.88	82.10					-2.45		82.91
DBC	flat	24.76	24.16					-1.43		24.59
WOOD	long	…	73.31	74.91				-6.51		74.55
MARA	flat	16.53	16.10					4.12		12.57
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	667.94
							%YTD	15.324%

For Thursday, August 31st

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - exp 12/23/24 4776.89 NEW
MAJOR - - 4752.52 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4655.22 exp 12/23/24 NEW
MAJOR - - 4643.51 exp 11/22/23
MAJOR - - 4635.82 exp 8/28/23
minor - - 4613.42 exp 8/28/23
MAJOR - - 4603.57 exp 11/22/23

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4547.48 exp 12/12/24MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4526.00

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 4495.54 exp 12/12/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long December gold at 1932.60 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1971.10

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.38 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.61, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 8 trades -0.50

TOTAL 124 closed trades 1854.00THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 7 trades 266.70

+669.15 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.351% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Precious Metals (GLD, GDX, NUGT, UGL), Commodities (WOOD), Stock Market Indices (QLD), Technology (AAPL)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	flat	4545.75	4453.50	…	…	…	124 trades	*1854.00
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.02	348.8					-7.66		349.25
UDOW	flat	65.31	61.29					-3.76		61.44
SPY	flat	451.80	442.66					25.53		450.8
SPXL	flat	93.76	88.03					11.68		92.28
UPRO	flat	49.38	46.32					5.08		48.56
QQQ	long	…	366.87	374.46				82.84		376.74
TQQQ	flat	42.30	39.66					17.05		42.05
TNA	flat	38.72	36.30					4.53		35.30
SOXL	flat	25.88	24.23					4.68		23.43
IWM	flat	194.22	190.24					7.63		189.02
MDY	flat	492.62	482.67					25.23		483.8
IYT	flat	259.15	253.87					19.18		251.84
SOXX	flat	519.17	508.69					56.85		507.25
USD	flat	46.78	44.81					12.06		45.63
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	flat	1985.20	1944.40	…	…	…
GLD	long	…	176.55	180.25				22.65		180.32
UGL	long	…	56.57	59.03				11.86		58.77
SLV	long	…	21.91	22.46				3.56		22.56
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		28.81
ZSL	flat	21.29	19.91					0.31		17.43
GDX	long	…	29.21	29.91				6.66		29.46
GDXJ	long	…	35.46	36.29				9.29		36.25
NUGT	long	…	31.07	33.16				17.22		32.51
JNUG	long	…	31.01	33.10				11.78		32.83
DUST	long	14.58	13.61					2.00		12.39
JDST	flat	8.13	7.54					0.45		6.62
QLD	long	…	62.81	65.53				20.96		65.91
SDS	flat	36.58	35.75					-5.03		33.74
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		9.39



							TOTAL	100.97
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	97.47	95.42					-4.38		96.16
TMF	flat	6.68	6.14					-1.00		6.27
TBT	flat	36.64	35.07					-0.77		33.67
TMV	flat	39.77	37.28					-6.70		35.02
VCLT	flat	76.30	74.67					-4.19		75.84
							TOTAL	-17.04
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	65.17	63.77					-5.49		63.46
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	85.86	84.04					-2.94		84.98
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		66.59
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		147.99
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	85.77	84.60				-12.09		88.87
XOP	long	…	143.07	130.13				-9.58		148.71
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		30.78
ERX	long	…	60.37	59.25				-5.98		64.69
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.27	65.82					0.16		64.24
TSLA	long	…	246.08	251.20				103.84		256.4
XLY	flat	173.01	169.45					29.66		170.1
V	long	…	239.07	244.05				-0.97		246.5
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	46.99	45.95					-0.07		45.93
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		491.91
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		102.47
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		134.84
GUSH	flat	40.60	38.88					0.46		39.83
IDNA	flat	22.62	22.07					-3.50		22.61
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.92	11.10					0.12		11.6
UDN	flat	19.15	18.67					1.11		18.86
YCS	long	…	69.20	67.79				13.04		71.11
GBTC	flat	21.31	20.78					8.00		19.73
							TOTAL	22.27
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	41.06	38.50					4.71		33.95
INDA	flat	44.32	43.33					2.61		44.09
EEM	flat	40.80	39.88					0.42		39.62
EWG	flat	28.81	28.13					1.31		28.04
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	long	…	183.63	187.48				42.30		187.55
AMZN	flat	141.38	138.45					-5.42		134.96
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		491.57
NRGU	long	…	426.76	427.98				-0.79		467.24
ROKU	flat	87.57	85.72					4.84		81.03
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	83.88	82.10					-2.45		82.83
DBC	flat	24.76	24.16					-1.43		24.5
WOOD	long	…	73.31	74.91				-6.51		75.17
MARA	flat	16.53	16.10					4.12		13.41
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	668.64
							%YTD	15.340%

For Wednesday, August 30th

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4752.52 exp 1/15/24
MAJOR - - 4643.51 exp 11/22/23
MAJOR - - 4635.82 exp 8/28/23
minor - - 4613.42 exp 8/28/23
MAJOR - - 4603.57 exp 11/22/23

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4547.48 exp 12/12/24

NEWMAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4505.50

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24
minor - - 4495.54 exp 12/12/24 NEW

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long December gold at 1932.60 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1966.10

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.69 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.91, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 7 trades 266.70

+669.15 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.351% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Precious Metals (SLV, GDXJ, JNUG), Foreign Currencies (GBTC), Consumer Discretionary (TSLA), Stock Market Indices (QQQ)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (DUST), Interest Rates (TBT, TMV), Stock Market Indices (SDS)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4594.50	4501.50	4472.50	…	4518.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.02	348.8					-7.66		348.48
UDOW	flat	65.31	61.29					-3.76		61.02
SPY	flat	451.80	442.66					25.53		448.99
SPXL	flat	93.76	88.03					11.68		91.23
UPRO	flat	49.38	46.32					5.08		47.99
QQQ	long	…	366.87	374.46				82.84		374.71
TQQQ	flat	42.30	39.66					17.05		41.38
TNA	flat	38.72	36.30					4.53		34.74
SOXL	flat	25.88	24.23					4.68		23.09
IWM	flat	194.22	190.24					7.63		187.99
MDY	flat	492.62	482.67					25.23		481.68
IYT	flat	259.15	253.87					19.18		250.35
SOXX	flat	519.17	508.69					56.85		504.78
USD	flat	46.78	44.81					12.06		45.00
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	flat	1985.20	1944.40	…	…	…
GLD	flat	180.25	176.55					22.65		179.85
UGL	flat	59.03	56.57					11.86		58.44
SLV	long	…	21.91	22.46				3.56		22.71
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		29.05
ZSL	flat	21.29	19.91					0.31		17.22
GDX	flat	29.91	29.21					6.66		29.45
GDXJ	long	…	35.46	36.29				9.29		36.39
NUGT	flat	33.16	31.07					17.22		32.48
JNUG	long	…	31.01	33.10				11.78		33.09
DUST	long	14.58	13.61					2.00		12.41
JDST	flat	8.13	7.54					0.45		6.57
QLD	flat	65.53	62.81					20.96		65.21
SDS	flat	36.58	35.75					-5.03		34.00
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		9.53



							TOTAL	100.97
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	97.47	95.42					-4.38		96.3
TMF	flat	6.68	6.14					-1.00		6.29
TBT	flat	36.64	35.07					-0.77		33.57
TMV	flat	39.77	37.28					-6.70		34.87
VCLT	flat	76.30	74.67					-4.19		76.01
							TOTAL	-17.04
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	65.17	63.77					-5.49		63.8
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	85.86	84.04					-2.94		84.50
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		66.2
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		148.62
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	85.77	84.60				-12.09		88.44
XOP	long	…	143.07	130.13				-9.58		147.54
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		30.57
ERX	long	…	60.37	59.25				-5.98		64.05
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.27	65.82					0.16		63.66
TSLA	long	…	246.08	251.20				103.84		255.79
XLY	flat	173.01	169.45					29.66		169.26
V	long	…	239.07	244.05				-0.97		245.53
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	46.99	45.95					-0.07		45.98
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		491.8
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		102.04
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		134.74
QSI	flat	2.89	2.62					0.46		2.25
IDNA	flat	22.62	22.07					-3.50		22.53
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.92	11.10					0.12		11.53
UDN	flat	19.15	18.67					1.11		18.82
YCS	long	…	69.20	67.79				13.04		70.62
GBTC	long	…	20.08	20.59				8.51		20.82
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	41.06	38.50					4.71		34.80
INDA	flat	44.32	43.33					2.61		44.18
EEM	flat	40.80	39.88					0.42		39.8
EWG	flat	28.81	28.13					1.31		28.09
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	187.48	183.63					42.30		184.59
AMZN	flat	141.38	138.45					-5.42		134.91
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		485.65
NRGU	long	…	426.76	427.98				-0.79		460.77
ROKU	flat	87.57	85.72					4.84		79.88
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	83.88	82.10					-2.45		82.61
DBC	flat	24.76	24.16					-1.43		24.47
WOOD	flat	74.91	73.31					-6.51		74.56
MARA	flat	16.53	16.10					4.12		13.63
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	669.15
							%YTD	15.351%

For Tuesday, August 29th

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4442.75

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1948.60

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.91 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.90, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 6 trades 272.80

TOTAL 77 closed trades 1224.10To follow the optimized portfolio, there is no thinking required!!! If you're having difficulty following the fast moving VP signals, then you should consider following the optimized portfolio...

+664.44 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.243% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Consumer Discretionary (V)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (JDST)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4594.50	4501.50	4472.50	…	4518.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.02	348.8					-7.66		345.06
UDOW	flat	65.31	61.29					-3.76		59.29
SPY	flat	451.80	442.66					25.53		441.94
SPXL	flat	93.76	88.03					11.68		87.01
UPRO	flat	49.38	46.32					5.08		45.8
QQQ	flat	374.46	366.87					82.84		365.91
TQQQ	flat	42.30	39.66					17.05		38.61
TNA	flat	38.72	36.30					4.53		33.45
SOXL	flat	25.88	24.23					4.68		21.16
IWM	flat	194.22	190.24					7.63		185.6
MDY	flat	492.62	482.67					25.23		475.42
IYT	flat	259.15	253.87					19.18		247.05
SOXX	flat	519.17	508.69					56.85		489.84
USD	flat	46.78	44.81					12.06		42.06
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	flat	1985.20	1944.40	1946.20	…	1952.30
GLD	flat	180.25	176.55					22.65		178.13
UGL	flat	59.03	56.57					11.86		57.35
SLV	flat	22.46	21.91					3.56		22.21
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		29.59
ZSL	flat	21.29	19.91					0.31		18.02
GDX	flat	29.91	29.21					6.66		28.98
GDXJ	flat	36.29	35.46					9.29		35.69
NUGT	flat	33.16	31.07					17.22		31.5
JNUG	flat	33.10	31.01					11.78		31.84
DUST	long	…	12.57	12.83				2.26		12.81
JDST	flat	8.13	7.54					0.45		6.84
QLD	flat	65.53	62.81					20.96		62.22
SDS	long	…	34.47	34.52				-4.98		35.11
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		10.49



							TOTAL	101.28
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	97.47	95.42					-4.38		95.09
TMF	flat	6.68	6.14					-1.00		6.06
TBT	long	…	33.90	31.91				-2.76		34.43
TMV	long	…	35.46	32.43				-9.73		36.23
VCLT	flat	76.30	74.67					-4.19		75.16
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	65.17	63.77					-5.49		63.65
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	85.86	84.04					-2.94		83.93
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		64.29
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		147.64
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	85.77	84.60				-12.09		88.01
XOP	long	…	143.07	130.13				-9.58		146.34
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.88
ERX	long	…	60.37	59.25				-5.98		63.43
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.27	65.82					0.16		62.61
TSLA	flat	251.20	246.08					103.84		237.77
XLY	flat	173.01	169.45					29.66		164.83
V	long	…	239.07	244.05				-0.97		243.77
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	46.99	45.95					-0.07		45.39
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		489.95
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		99.13
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.44
QSI	flat	2.89	2.62					0.46		2.19
IDNA	flat	22.62	22.07					-3.50		21.98
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.92	11.10					0.12		11.36
UDN	flat	19.15	18.67					1.11		18.69
YCS	long	…	69.20	67.79				13.04		71.31
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.63
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	41.06	38.50					4.71		32.82
INDA	flat	44.32	43.33					2.61		43.87
EEM	flat	40.80	39.88					0.42		39.25
EWG	flat	28.81	28.13					1.31		27.57
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	187.48	183.63					42.30		179.83
AMZN	flat	141.38	138.45					-5.42		132.68
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		467.44
NRGU	long	…	426.76	427.98				-0.79		456.32
ROKU	flat	87.57	85.72					4.84		76.66
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	83.88	82.10					-2.45		81.28
DBC	flat	24.76	24.16					-1.43		24.38
WOOD	flat	74.91	73.31					-6.51		73.48
MARA	flat	16.53	16.10					4.12		10.64
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	664.44
							%YTD	15.243%

For Monday, August 28th

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/25/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4415.75

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1941.60

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.90 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.85, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

TOTAL 76 closed trades 1230.20To follow the optimized portfolio, there is no thinking required!!! If you're having difficulty following the fast moving VP signals, then you should consider following the optimized portfolio...

+664.83 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.252% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4594.50	4501.50	4472.50	…	4518.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		343.50
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		58.51
SPY	flat	457.35	448.10					25.53		439.97
SPXL	flat	97.75	91.79					11.68		85.93
UPRO	flat	51.50	48.31					5.08		45.22
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		364.02
TQQQ	flat	45.33	42.51					17.05		38.04
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		32.59
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		20.66
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		184
MDY	flat	497.97	487.91					25.23		471.68
IYT	flat	263.33	257.96					19.18		246.79
SOXX	flat	536.87	526.03					56.85		485.71
USD	flat	48.33	46.30					12.06		41.25
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2005.40	1964.20	1946.20	…	1952.30
GLD	flat	181.48	177.75					22.65		177.62
UGL	flat	60.03	57.53					11.86		57.02
SLV	flat	22.89	22.33					3.56		22.22
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		29.72
ZSL	flat	21.31	19.93					0.31		17.99
GDX	flat	31.85	31.11					6.66		28.4
GDXJ	flat	38.19	37.33					9.29		34.69
NUGT	flat	38.79	36.36					17.22		30.3
JNUG	flat	36.77	34.46					11.78		30.15
DUST	long	…	12.28	12.83				2.26		13.38
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.24
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		61.63
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.40
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		10.72



							TOTAL	101.67
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	100.43	98.32					-4.38		95.22
TMF	flat	7.26	6.72					-1.00		6.09
TBT	long	…	33.62	31.91				-2.76		34.31
TMV	long	…	140.88	129.73				-9.73		144.35
VCLT	flat	77.15	75.51					-4.19		74.92
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	67.44	65.99					-5.49		63.63
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.27
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		63.5
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		147.05
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		87.59
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		145.97
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.91
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		62.78
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.70	66.25					0.16		61.99
TSLA	flat	264.87	259.47					103.84		238.59
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		164.63
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		242.57
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.01	46.95					-0.07		45.21
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		488.98
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		99.21
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.41
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.12
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.91
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.96	11.14					0.12		11.27
UDN	flat	19.20	18.72					1.11		18.69
YCS	long	…	68.47	67.79				13.04		71.09
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.35
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		30.71
INDA	flat	44.86	43.86					2.61		43.76
EEM	flat	41.02	40.10					0.42		38.91
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.38
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	195.28	191.27					42.30		178.61
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		133.26
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		460.18
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		454.49
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		76.95
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.80
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.42
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.85
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		10.55
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	664.83
							%YTD	15.252%

For Friday, August 25th

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4483.75 as of 8/24/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4384.50
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1947.00

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.85 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.77, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARSH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+664.83 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.252% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Technology (NVDA)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4518.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		341.03
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		57.27
SPY	flat	457.35	448.10					25.53		436.89
SPXL	flat	97.75	91.79					11.68		84.22
UPRO	flat	51.50	48.31					5.08		44.31
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		361.22
TQQQ	flat	45.33	42.51					17.05		37.16
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		32.28
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		20.41
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		183.22
MDY	flat	497.97	487.91					25.23		469.87
IYT	flat	263.33	257.96					19.18		246.45
SOXX	flat	536.87	526.03					56.85		483.63
USD	flat	48.33	46.30					12.06		41.74
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1954.60
GLD	flat	181.48	177.75					22.65		177.85
UGL	flat	60.03	57.53					11.86		57.19
SLV	flat	22.89	22.33					3.56		22.11
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		29.58
ZSL	flat	21.31	19.93					0.31		18.14
GDX	flat	31.85	31.11					6.66		28.68
GDXJ	flat	38.19	37.33					9.29		35.1
NUGT	flat	38.79	36.36					17.22		30.9
JNUG	flat	36.77	34.46					11.78		30.90
DUST	long	…	12.28	12.83				2.26		13.12
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.08
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		60.64
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.88
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		10.89



							TOTAL	101.67
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	100.43	98.32					-4.38		94.91
TMF	flat	7.26	6.72					-1.00		6.05
TBT	long	…	33.62	31.91				-2.76		34.49
TMV	long	…	140.88	129.73				-9.73		145.46
VCLT	flat	77.15	75.51					-4.19		74.81
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	67.44	65.99					-5.49		63.15
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		82.88
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		62.89
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		147.23
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		86.75
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		144.1
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.09
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		61.62
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.70	66.25					0.16		61.75
TSLA	flat	264.87	259.47					103.84		230.04
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		162.84
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		239.47
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.01	46.95					-0.07		44.95
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		488.1
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		97.32
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		132.44
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.09
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.9
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.96	11.14					0.12		11.34
UDN	flat	19.20	18.72					1.11		18.71
YCS	long	…	68.47	67.79				13.04		70.57
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.68
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		30.87
INDA	flat	44.86	43.86					2.61		43.78
EEM	flat	41.02	40.10					0.42		38.87
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.2
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	195.28	191.27					42.30		176.38
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		131.84
NVDA	flat	502.76	492.60					163.42		471.63
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		440.52
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		76.15
							TOTAL	204.35
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.54
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.17
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.20
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		10.55
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	664.83
							%YTD	15.252%

For Thursday, August 24th

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/22/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4448.50

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1945.90

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.77 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.82, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+674.57 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.476% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Technology (NVDA)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (GLL), Stock Market Indices (SOXS)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4518.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		344.83
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		59.28
SPY	flat	457.35	448.10					25.53		443.03
SPXL	flat	97.75	91.79					11.68		87.87
UPRO	flat	51.50	48.31					5.08		46.22
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		369.11
TQQQ	flat	45.33	42.51					17.05		39.78
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		33.61
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		22.60
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		185.79
MDY	flat	497.97	487.91					25.23		474.87
IYT	flat	263.33	257.96					19.18		248.32
SOXX	flat	536.87	526.03					56.85		500.16
USD	flat	48.33	46.30					12.06		43.70
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1954.60
GLD	flat	181.48	177.75					22.65		177.89
UGL	flat	60.03	57.53					11.86		57.23
SLV	flat	22.89	22.33					3.56		22.29
GLL	flat	30.66	28.72					2.78		29.55
ZSL	flat	21.31	19.93					0.31		17.89
GDX	flat	31.85	31.11					6.66		28.74
GDXJ	flat	38.19	37.33					9.29		35.29
NUGT	flat	38.79	36.36					17.22		31.05
JNUG	flat	36.77	34.46					11.78		31.17
DUST	long	…	12.28	12.83				2.26		13.02
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		6.98
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		63.43
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		34.91
SOXS	flat	11.94	11.11					-3.52		9.90



							TOTAL	101.67
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	100.43	98.32					-4.38		95.54
TMF	flat	7.26	6.72					-1.00		6.15
TBT	long	…	33.62	31.91				-2.76		34.04
TMV	long	…	140.88	129.73				-9.73		142.67
VCLT	flat	77.15	75.51					-4.19		75.15
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	67.44	65.99					-5.49		63.52
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.97
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		63.38
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		147.37
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		87.35
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		145.05
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.07
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		62.51
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.70	66.25					0.16		63.07
TSLA	flat	264.87	259.47					103.84		236.86
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		166.09
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		242.3
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.01	46.95					-0.07		45.28
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		489.44
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		99.56
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.60
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.13
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		22.31
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.96	11.14					0.12		11.45
UDN	flat	19.20	18.72					1.11		18.81
YCS	long	…	68.47	67.79				13.04		69.53
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		18.19
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		30.51
INDA	flat	44.86	43.86					2.61		44.19
EEM	flat	41.02	40.10					0.42		39.02
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.65
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	195.28	191.27					42.30		181.12
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		135.52
NVDA	long	…	472.23	481.97				173.16		471.16
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		448.44
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		80.27
							TOTAL	214.09
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.90
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.15
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.98
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		11.75
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	674.57
							%YTD	15.476%

For Wednesday, August 23rd

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4396.00 as of 8/22/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4398.50
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1926.60

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.82 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.76, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+674.26 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.469% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Technology (NVDA)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Precious Metals (ZSL), Technology (NVDA) in and out...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4545.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		342.96
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		58.40
SPY	flat	457.35	448.10					25.53		438.15
SPXL	flat	97.75	91.79					11.68		85.06
UPRO	flat	51.50	48.31					5.08		44.79
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		363.38
TQQQ	flat	45.33	42.51					17.05		37.99
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		32.65
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		21.35
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		183.83
MDY	flat	497.97	487.91					25.23		469.59
IYT	flat	263.33	257.96					19.18		245.76
SOXX	flat	536.87	526.03					56.85		490.14
USD	flat	48.33	46.30					12.06		41.62
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1964.50
GLD	flat	181.48	177.75					22.65		176.1
UGL	flat	60.03	57.53					11.86		56.12
SLV	flat	22.89	22.33					3.56		21.46
GLL	long	…	29.51	29.00				2.27		30.19
ZSL	flat	21.31	19.93					0.31		19.36
GDX	flat	31.85	31.11					6.66		27.95
GDXJ	flat	38.19	37.33					9.29		34.08
NUGT	flat	38.79	36.36					17.22		29.26
JNUG	flat	36.77	34.46					11.78		29.11
DUST	long	…	12.28	12.83				2.26		13.79
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.53
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		61.51
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.66
SOXS	long	…	9.83	10.03				-3.32		10.52



							TOTAL	101.36
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	100.43	98.32					-4.38		93.23
TMF	flat	7.26	6.72					-1.00		5.73
TBT	long	…	33.62	31.91				-2.76		35.81
TMV	long	…	140.88	129.73				-9.73		153.81
VCLT	flat	77.15	75.51					-4.19		73.6
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	67.44	65.99					-5.49		63.27
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.48
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	73.00	68.52					-3.61		61.73
JPM	flat	157.90	154.64					1.83		146.38
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		87.57
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		146.54
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.86
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		62.85
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.70	66.25					0.16		62.56
TSLA	flat	264.87	259.47					103.84		233.19
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		164.77
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		240.57
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.01	46.95					-0.07		44.83
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	513.75	503.38					1.70		492.34
CURE	flat	107.09	100.56					-0.68		98.92
XLV	flat	136.63	133.80					0.62		133.20
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		1.97
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.9
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	11.96	11.14					0.12		11.45
UDN	flat	19.20	18.72					1.11		18.78
YCS	long	…	68.47	67.79				13.04		70.53
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.00
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		28.71
INDA	flat	44.86	43.86					2.61		43.50
EEM	flat	41.02	40.10					0.42		38.41
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.53
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	195.28	191.27					42.30		177.23
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		134.25
NVDA	flat	481.97	472.23					173.16		456.68
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		457.80
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		78.66
							TOTAL	214.09
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.77
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.1
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.48
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		10.95
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	674.26
							%YTD	15.469%

For Tuesday, August 22nd

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4414.75 as of 8/21/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4752.52 exp 1/15/24
MAJOR - - 4643.51 exp 11/22/23 NEW
MAJOR - - 4635.82 exp 8/28/23
minor - - 4613.42 exp 8/28/23
MAJOR - - 4603.57 exp 11/22/23 NEW

minor - - 4559.85 exp 11/22/23 NEWMAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4531.30 exp 11/23/23 NEW

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4409.00
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1923.60

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.76 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.67, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+684.36 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.700% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4545.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		344.67
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		59.30
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		439.34
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		85.84
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		45.18
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		363.90
TQQQ	flat	45.81	42.96					17.05		38.16
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		32.90
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		21.88
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		184.38
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		471.76
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		247.80
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		494.5
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		43.00
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1967.10
GLD	flat	183.74	179.97					22.65		175.81
UGL	flat	61.60	57.80					11.86		55.88
SLV	flat	23.07	22.51					3.56		21.36
GLL	long	…	28.53	29.00				2.27		30.28
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		19.55
GDX	flat	31.99	31.25					6.66		27.71
GDXJ	flat	38.28	37.41					9.29		33.72
NUGT	flat	38.80	36.37					17.22		28.83
JNUG	flat	37.20	34.87					11.78		28.50
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		14.06
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.69
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		61.7
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.46
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		10.26



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	101.79	99.65					-4.38		92.52
TMF	flat	7.62	7.06					-1.00		5.62
TBT	long	…	32.58	31.91				-2.76		36.31
TMV	long	…	134.27	129.73				-9.73		157.46
VCLT	flat	78.57	76.90					-4.19		73.12
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		63.09
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.26
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		63.35
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		149.48
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		88.25
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		148.05
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		30.05
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		63.86
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		64.35
TSLA	flat	273.00	267.47					103.84		231.28
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		164.53
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		239.46
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		44.93
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	515.96	505.54					1.70		497.68
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		100.25
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		133.67
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.02
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.77
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.08	11.74					0.12		11.51
UDN	flat	19.34	18.85					1.11		18.82
YCS	long	…	66.27	67.79				13.04		70.83
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.27
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		28.73
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.65
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		38.49
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.6
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	197.30	193.25					42.30		175.84
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		134.68
NVDA	flat	474.05	464.47					182.69		469.67
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		468.00
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		78.19
							TOTAL	223.62
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.84
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.09
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		71.96
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		11.05
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	684.36
							%YTD	15.700%

For Monday, August 21st

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4358.25 as of 8/18/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)
MAJOR - - 4752.52 exp 1/15/24
MAJOR - - 4635.82 exp 8/28/23
minor - - 4613.42 exp 8/28/23
MAJOR - - 4556.92 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4553.82 exp 8/25MAJOR - - 4541.39 exp 6/23/24

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4383.50
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1918.40

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.67 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.71, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BULLISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+684.36 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.700% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4545.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		345.63
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		59.78
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		437.22
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		84.65
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		44.54
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		359.20
TQQQ	flat	45.81	42.96					17.05		36.74
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		33.28
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		20.32
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		185
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		472.01
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		248.32
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		481.57
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		39.45
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1973.80
GLD	flat	183.74	179.97					22.65		175.35
UGL	flat	61.60	57.80					11.86		55.61
SLV	flat	23.07	22.51					3.56		20.87
GLL	long	…	28.53	29.00				2.27		30.32
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.53
GDX	flat	31.99	31.25					6.66		27.54
GDXJ	flat	38.28	37.41					9.29		33.33
NUGT	flat	38.80	36.37					17.22		28.5
JNUG	flat	37.20	34.87					11.78		27.86
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		14.21
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.87
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		60.13
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.79
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		11.15



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	101.79	99.65					-4.38		93.72
TMF	flat	7.62	7.06					-1.00		5.84
TBT	long	…	32.58	31.91				-2.76		35.4
TMV	long	…	134.27	129.73				-9.73		151.38
VCLT	flat	78.57	76.90					-4.19		73.78
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		63.57
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.27
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		63.82
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		149.13
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		88.74
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		147.72
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		30.27
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		64.58
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		64.98
TSLA	flat	273.00	267.47					103.84		216.21
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		163.07
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		239.05
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		45.21
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	515.96	505.54					1.70		499.24
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		100.18
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		133.68
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.00
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.46
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.08	11.74					0.12		11.49
UDN	flat	19.34	18.85					1.11		18.80
YCS	long	…	66.27	67.79				13.04		70.28
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		17.37
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		29.01
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.35
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		38.44
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.49
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	197.30	193.25					42.30		174.93
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		133.9
NVDA	flat	474.05	464.47					182.69		435.37
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		475.30
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		79.45
							TOTAL	223.62
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.94
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.18
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.28
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		11.29
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	684.36
							%YTD	15.700%

For Friday, August 18th

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4504.50 as of 8/15/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4382.25
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1919.00

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.71 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.60, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+684.36 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.700% so far on closed positions in 2023!!! NEW HIGH FOR THE YEAR!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Health Care (UNH), Technology (AMZN, ROKU)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4545.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		345.06
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		59.26
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		436.29
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		84.14
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		44.28
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		358.58
TQQQ	flat	45.81	42.96					17.05		36.57
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		32.62
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		19.91
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		183.65
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		469.75
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		247.37
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		478.12
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		38.98
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1973.80
GLD	flat	183.74	179.97					22.65		175.3
UGL	flat	61.60	57.80					11.86		55.64
SLV	flat	23.07	22.51					3.56		20.80
GLL	long	…	28.53	29.00				2.27		30.4
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.62
GDX	flat	31.99	31.25					6.66		27.61
GDXJ	flat	38.28	37.41					9.29		33.37
NUGT	flat	38.80	36.37					17.22		28.72
JNUG	flat	37.20	34.87					11.78		27.98
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		14.15
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.84
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		59.92
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.93
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		11.38



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	101.79	99.65					-4.38		93.44
TMF	flat	7.62	7.06					-1.00		5.8
TBT	long	…	32.58	31.91				-2.76		35.57
TMV	long	…	134.27	129.73				-9.73		152.67
VCLT	flat	78.57	76.90					-4.19		73.31
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		63.16
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		82.92
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		63.83
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		148.63
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		87.94
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		146.36
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.56
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		63.53
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		64
TSLA	flat	273.00	267.47					103.84		219.22
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		163.03
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		237.37
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		45.04
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	flat	515.96	505.54					1.70		493.96
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		99.70
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		133.48
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		1.96
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.36
							TOTAL	-1.40
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.08	11.74					0.12		11.47
UDN	flat	19.34	18.85					1.11		18.79
YCS	long	…	66.27	67.79				13.04		70.23
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		18.55
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		31.20
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.23
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		38.66
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.5
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	197.30	193.25					42.30		174
AMZN	flat	143.73	140.76					-5.42		133.98
NVDA	flat	474.05	464.47					182.69		433.44
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		465.00
ROKU	flat	98.54	96.47					4.84		77.23
							TOTAL	223.62
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		80.84
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		23.98
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.31
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		12.25
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	684.36
							%YTD	15.700%

For Thursday, August 17th

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4504.50 as of 8/15/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4420.25
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1932.70 as of 8/16/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1923.00

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.60 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.59, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+676.06 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.464% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Energy (UCO)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4545.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		347.77
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		60.76
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		439.64
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		86.25
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		45.34
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		362.54
TQQQ	flat	45.81	42.96					17.05		37.85
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		33.81
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		20.53
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		185.84
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		475.97
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		248.70
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		482.84
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		39.57
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1973.80
GLD	flat	183.74	179.97					22.65		175.57
UGL	flat	61.60	57.80					11.86		55.84
SLV	flat	23.07	22.51					3.56		20.56
GLL	long	…	28.53	29.00				2.27		30.27
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		21.17
GDX	flat	31.99	31.25					6.66		27.83
GDXJ	flat	38.28	37.41					9.29		33.58
NUGT	flat	38.80	36.37					17.22		29.17
JNUG	flat	37.20	34.87					11.78		28.38
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		13.85
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.72
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		61.29
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		35.34
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		11.05



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	101.79	99.65					-4.38		93.84
TMF	flat	7.62	7.06					-1.00		5.89
TBT	long	…	32.58	31.91				-2.76		35.24
TMV	long	…	134.27	129.73				-9.73		150.4
VCLT	flat	78.57	76.90					-4.19		73.75
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		63.3
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		83.88
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		64.91
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		150.19
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		86.90
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		144.35
UCO	flat	32.48	30.43					1.03		29.14
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		62.06
							TOTAL	-26.62
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		64.82
TSLA	flat	273.00	267.47					103.84		225.6
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		165.84
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		239.29
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		45.39
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	long	…	499.92	485.10				-13.12		503.56
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		102.32
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		134.55
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.02
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		21.54
							TOTAL	-16.22
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.08	11.74					0.12		11.48
UDN	flat	19.34	18.85					1.11		18.78
YCS	long	…	66.27	67.79				13.04		70.89
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		19.53
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		30.58
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.37
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		38.57
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.68
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	197.30	193.25					42.30		176.57
AMZN	long	…	133.92	136.75				-2.59		135.07
NVDA	flat	474.05	464.47					182.69		434.86
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		449.00
ROKU	long	…	77.80	79.49				6.53		80.61
							TOTAL	228.14
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		81.00
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		23.92
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.36
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		13.50
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	674.06
							%YTD	15.464%

For Wednesday, August 16th

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is short the September SP at 4504.50 as of 8/15/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4454.50

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now long December gold at 1932.60 as of 8/15/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1934.60

minor - - 1932.68 exp 11/3/24 NEW

MAJOR - - 1894.45 exp 11/3/24 NEW

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.59 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.39, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+669.29 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.355% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Commodities (DBC)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4561.75	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		349.61
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		61.79
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		442.89
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		88.23
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		46.44
QQQ	flat	384.71	376.92					82.84		366.42
TQQQ	flat	45.81	42.96					17.05		39.15
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		35.16
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		21.80
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		188.14
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		480.39
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		251.36
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		492.37
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		40.92
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1985.20
GLD	flat	183.74	179.97					22.65		176.59
UGL	flat	61.60	57.80					11.86		56.54
SLV	flat	23.07	22.51					3.56		20.67
GLL	long	…	28.53	29.00				2.27		29.91
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.89
GDX	flat	31.99	31.25					6.66		28.21
GDXJ	flat	38.28	37.41					9.29		34.04
NUGT	flat	38.80	36.37					17.22		29.95
JNUG	flat	37.20	34.87					11.78		29.17
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		13.52
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.53
QLD	flat	69.49	66.61					20.96		62.65
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		34.81
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		10.44



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	101.79	99.65					-4.38		94.58
TMF	flat	7.62	7.06					-1.00		6.02
TBT	long	…	32.58	31.91				-2.76		34.72
TMV	long	…	134.27	129.73				-9.73		147.07
VCLT	flat	78.57	76.90					-4.19		74.21
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		63.02
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		84.10
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		65.32
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		150.83
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.86	84.60				-12.09		87.66
XOP	long	…	141.35	130.13				-9.58		145
UCO	long	…	29.62	24.85				-3.74		30.13
ERX	long	…	59.30	59.25				-5.98		63.16
							TOTAL	-31.39
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		65.42
TSLA	flat	273.00	267.47					103.84		232.96
XLY	flat	174.72	171.13					29.66		167.93
V	flat	244.05	239.07					-0.97		239.89
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		45.48
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	long	…	499.92	485.10				-13.12		506.73
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		104.90
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		135.58
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.09
IDNA	flat	24.10	23.52					-3.50		22.02
							TOTAL	-16.22
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.08	11.74					0.12		11.55
UDN	flat	19.34	18.85					1.11		18.84
YCS	long	…	66.27	67.79				13.04		70
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		19.86
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		32.63
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.19
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		38.92
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		27.79
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	197.30	193.25					42.30		177.45
AMZN	long	…	133.92	136.75				-2.59		137.67
NVDA	flat	474.05	464.47					182.69		439.4
NRGU	long	…	417.07	427.98				-0.79		459.52
ROKU	long	…	77.80	79.49				6.53		82.69
							TOTAL	228.14
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		81.55
DBC	flat	24.77	24.17					-1.43		24.02
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		72.82
MARA	flat	17.89	17.43					4.12		13.93
							TOTAL	-6.27

							YTD	669.29
							%YTD	15.355%

For Tuesday, August 15h

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4483.75 as of 8/8/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4508.00

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1951.40 as of 8/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1939.60

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.39 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.27, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+668.98 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.347% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Commodities (WOOD)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4563.00	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		353.21
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		63.71
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		448.11
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		91.35
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		48.06
QQQ	flat	388.08	380.23					82.84		370.35
TQQQ	flat	47.24	44.31					17.05		40.39
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		36.56
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		22.93
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		190.66
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		486.94
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		255.45
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		500.73
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		41.63
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1986.20
GLD	flat	184.33	180.54					22.65		177.06
UGL	flat	62.06	58.24					11.86		56.82
SLV	flat	23.26	22.69					3.56		20.72
GLL	long	…	27.74	29.00				2.27		29.7
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.82
GDX	flat	33.03	32.27					6.66		28.95
GDXJ	flat	39.80	38.90					9.29		34.9
NUGT	flat	41.45	39.69					17.22		31.56
JNUG	flat	40.28	38.57					11.78		30.74
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		12.85
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.16
QLD	flat	70.84	67.91					20.96		64.04
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		34.00
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		9.93



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	103.08	100.92					-4.38		95.16
TMF	flat	7.92	7.34					-1.00		6.12
TBT	long	…	30.91	31.91				-2.76		34.26
TMV	long	…	124.52	129.73				-9.73		144.26
VCLT	flat	78.90	77.22					-4.19		74.78
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		64.06
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		85.17
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		69.01
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		154.77
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.50	84.60				-12.09		89.52
XOP	long	…	138.66	130.13				-9.58		147.77
UCO	long	…	28.77	24.85				-3.74		31.05
ERX	long	…	58.97	59.25				-5.98		65.92
							TOTAL	-31.39
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		66.12
TSLA	flat	299.39	293.30					103.84		239.76
XLY	flat	177.90	174.24					29.66		170.24
V	flat	245.47	240.46					-0.97		242.9
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		46.01
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	long	…	497.18	485.10				-13.12		510.93
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		105.44
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		136.09
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.00
IDNA	flat	24.74	24.15					-3.50		21.92
							TOTAL	-16.22
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.27	11.92					0.12		11.53
UDN	flat	19.57	19.08					1.11		18.83
YCS	long	…	63.62	67.79				13.04		69.91
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		20.15
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		34.28
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.49
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		39.37
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		28.12
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	198.33	194.26					42.30		179.46
AMZN	long	…	133.92	136.75				-2.59		140.57
NVDA	flat	478.28	468.61					182.69		437.53
NRGU	long	…	407.73	427.98				-0.79		490.69
ROKU	long	…	77.80	79.49				6.53		82.26
							TOTAL	228.14
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		82.90
DBC	long	…	24.01	23.70				-1.74		24.29
WOOD	flat	76.70	75.07					-6.51		73.64
MARA	flat	18.20	17.74					4.12		14.99
							TOTAL	-6.58

							YTD	668.98
							%YTD	15.347%

For Monday, August 14th

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4483.75 as of 8/8/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4484.50

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1951.40 as of 8/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1946.30

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.27 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -1.13, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+669.41 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.357% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: Stock Market Indices (SDS)...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: none...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	short	4635.50	4541.75	4472.50	…	4563.00	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		352.76
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		63.50
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		445.21
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		89.64
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		47.19
QQQ	flat	388.08	380.23					82.84		365.96
TQQQ	flat	47.24	44.31					17.05		39.01
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		36.70
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		21.14
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		190.88
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		485.83
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		255.05
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		486.7
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		38.44
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1986.20
GLD	flat	184.33	180.54					22.65		177.6
UGL	flat	62.06	58.24					11.86		57.16
SLV	flat	23.26	22.69					3.56		20.81
GLL	long	…	27.74	29.00				2.27		29.56
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.60
GDX	flat	33.03	32.27					6.66		29.42
GDXJ	flat	39.80	38.90					9.29		35.4
NUGT	flat	41.45	39.69					17.22		32.62
JNUG	flat	40.28	38.57					11.78		31.51
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		12.46
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7
QLD	flat	70.84	67.91					20.96		62.55
SDS	long	…	33.73	34.52				-4.98		34.45
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		10.86



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	103.08	100.92					-4.38		95.36
TMF	flat	7.92	7.34					-1.00		6.17
TBT	long	…	30.91	31.91				-2.76		34.13
TMV	long	…	124.52	129.73				-9.73		143.3
VCLT	flat	78.90	77.22					-4.19		74.87
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		64.5
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		85.24
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		69.31
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		154.33
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.50	84.60				-12.09		89.84
XOP	long	…	138.66	130.13				-9.58		148.65
UCO	long	…	28.77	24.85				-3.74		31.41
ERX	long	…	58.97	59.25				-5.98		66.36
							TOTAL	-31.39
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		65.91
TSLA	flat	299.39	293.30					103.84		242.58
XLY	flat	177.90	174.24					29.66		169.62
V	flat	245.47	240.46					-0.97		239.89
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		46.34
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	long	…	497.18	485.10				-13.12		507.85
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		104.80
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		135.55
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.22
IDNA	flat	24.74	24.15					-3.50		22.19
							TOTAL	-16.22
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.27	11.92					0.12		11.7
UDN	flat	19.57	19.08					1.11		18.90
YCS	long	…	63.62	67.79				13.04		69.39
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		19.91
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		35.28
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.64
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		39.55
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		28.09
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	198.33	194.26					42.30		177.77
AMZN	long	…	133.92	136.75				-2.59		138.34
NVDA	flat	478.28	468.61					182.69		408.41
NRGU	long	…	407.73	427.98				-0.79		500.56
ROKU	long	…	77.80	79.49				6.53		79.22
							TOTAL	228.14
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		82.65
DBC	long	…	24.01	23.70				-1.74		24.44
WOOD	long	…	73.34	73.77				-6.08		73.59
MARA	flat	18.20	17.74					4.12		14.85
							TOTAL	-6.15

							YTD	669.41
							%YTD	15.357%

For Friday, August 11th

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Ground Zero

THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF WATER: When the body is completely immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

* * * Albert Einstein, 1952

1. VP PRICE MAPS

THE VP SIGNAL MAPS FOR THE SP AND GOLD ARE FOR THE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND NIMBLE NEAR TERM TRADER!!! THE VP PRICE MAP FOR TOMORROW

The main model is long the September SP at 4483.75 as of 8/8/23 on a VP buy signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

MAJOR - - 4531.93 exp 8/25

minor - - 4504.301 exp 6/23/24minor - - 4503.22 exp 1/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 4485.50

MAJOR - - 4483.75 exp 12/12/23

MAJOR - - 4414.68 exp 12/23/23
minor - - 4396.12 exp 1/15/24
minor - - 4396.08 exp 3/3/24
minor - - 4358.45 exp 12/2/23

MAJOR 4324.07 exp 11/12/23

MAJOR - - 4311.11 exp 3/3/24

minor - - 4310.18 exp 2/2/24

MAJOR - - 4305.97 exp 2/2/24MAJOR - - 4302.83 exp 12/2/23

minor - - 4275.81 exp 12/12/23

minor - -4241.98 exp 12/12/23

minor - - 4183.07 exp 12/12/23

DECEMBER GOLD VP PRICES

The main model is now short December gold at 1951.40 as of 8/9/23 on a VP sell signal...

The Two Main Model Trade Rules For All VP Trades:

1) Any time the market trades above any overhead VP price and then closes below it, this would confirm a new main model sell signal...

2) Any time the market trades below any lower VP price and then closes above it, this would confirm a new main model buy signal...

(exp means expires and no longer as effective)

MAJOR - - 2227.04 exp 10/12/24

MAJOR - - 2089.72 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2145.00 exp 10/12/24

minor - - 2046.82 exp 10/23/24

MAJOR - - 2052.09 exp 10/15/24

MAJOR - - 1960.39 exp 10/15/24

minor - - 2031.88 exp 10/23/24

minor - - 1951.33 exp 10/23/24

TODAY'S LAST TRADED PRICE (not yet settled) - - 1946.30

2. $VIX SIGNAL

CAUTION: This is a long term broad indicator and can ride through some very wide and frightening price swings...

The $VIX signal will trade the SPY, but you could also trade any of the other major market indices on this signal, of course preferably the SPY since the study was done with the SPY...

Since January 1, 2016 there have been 35 completed trades for a total of 110.26 SPY points...

The two kinds of signals:

1) Buy and hold

2) Flat

THE CURRENT SIGNAL IS now ON A FLAT AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023, THE SPY WAS SOLD OUT ON THE CLOSE THAT DAY AT 446.81...

NOTICE: The $VIX signal has an extreme outside range from between +6.00 to -6.00, when the value moves above zero the signal gives a BUY, below zero the signal gives a FLAT...

THE CURRENT $VIX VALUE IS -1.13 AS OF TODAY'S CLOSE, YESTERDAY'S CLOSING VALUE WAS -0.99, THE $VIX VALUE FOR TODAY IS MORE BEARISH THAN YESTERDAY...

You can review the entire trade by trade performance on page 2 of the attachment under the tag name "Trade Index (TIX)."

3. OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO
STOP GUESSING AND BE YOUR OWN FUND MANAGER AND BE ON YOUR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH!!!

YEAR NUMBER OF CLOSED TRADES POINTS GAINED

2015 4 trades 125.30

2016 13 trades 322.60

2017 25 trades 224.75

2018 26 trades 76.002019 12 trades 378.152020 19 trades 636.70 2021 11 trades 104.752022 6 trades -13.752023 7 trades 45.75

TOTAL 123 closed trades 1900.25THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY FOR THE OPTIMIZED GOLD SIGNALS FIRST INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 20, 2015

2015 8 trades 372.60

2016 6 trades 364.90

2017 9 trades 381.60

2018 9 trades -15.00

2019 9 trades 104.60

2020 10 trades 67.30

2021 11 trades -63.90

2022 8 trades -163.20

2023 5 trades 278.90

+669.41 points already booked on closed positions so far in 2023!!! This is already a gain of +15.357% so far on closed positions in 2023!!!

NO THINKING NECESSARY!!!

AND STILL MORE THAN 126.52 POINTS PROFIT IN CURRENTLY OPEN POSITIONS!!!

OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE SINCE INCEPTION

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2017: 624.17 points - annual 13.701% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2018: 388.25 points - annual 9.359% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2019: 504.40 points - annual 11.572% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2020: 1595.82 points - annual 36.611% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2021: 1256.48 points - annual 28.826% gains on closed positions only

Total optimized portfolio points gained for 2022: 264.34 points - annual 6.064% gains on closed positions only

I hope you're not allergic to making money!!!

PLEASE NOTE: You can select any one or more market groups you prefer but remember that the broader the market participation the more the risk is reduced...

DIVERSIFY AND REDUCE YOUR RISK... If you see an error in today's listing, just let me know, I went over each market very carefully after the close, but I could still miss something, thanks...

ALL PORTFOLIO OPEN POSITIONS HAVE THEIR EXIT STOPS LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE EVERY DAY...

ALL PORTFOLIO EXIT STOPS LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL BUY STOP HAS BEEN TRIGGERED AND THE POSITION IS ACTIVE...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS BOUGHT TODAY: none...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS APPROACHING THE BUY ZONE: Stock Market Indices, Precious Metals...

GROUPS WITH COMPONENTS STOPPED OUT TODAY: Stock Market Indices (SDS)...

IF THE EXIT STOP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEN THAT EXIT STOP HAS BEEN RAISED, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MARKETS...

MARKET	POSITION	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP	POINTS FROM ENTRY	YTD ON CLOSED POSITIONS

STOCK INDICES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP				CURRENT PRICE
Sept SP	flat	4635.50	4541.75	…	4472.50	4563.00	123 trades	*1900.25
								*not included
DIA	flat	356.80	349.56					-7.66		351.89
UDOW	flat	66.10	62.03					-3.76		63.11
SPY	flat	459.54	450.25					25.53		445.91
SPXL	flat	99.30	93.24					11.68		90.17
UPRO	flat	52.33	49.09					5.08		47.42
QQQ	flat	388.08	380.23					82.84		368.59
TQQQ	flat	47.24	44.31					17.05		39.89
TNA	flat	41.75	39.15					4.53		36.65
SOXL	flat	28.85	27.02					4.68		22.81
IWM	flat	198.85	197.77					7.63		190.72
MDY	flat	500.88	490.76					25.23		486.23
IYT	flat	267.95	262.49					19.18		256.47
SOXX	flat	536.98	526.14					56.85		498.78
USD	flat	48.42	46.38					12.06		40.79
							TOTAL	260.92

PRECIOUS METALS	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	ENTERED AT	SHORT STOP	EXIT STOP
December	short	2029.60	1987.00	1946.20	…	1986.20
GLD	flat	184.33	180.54					22.65		177.6
UGL	flat	62.06	58.24					11.86		57.20
SLV	flat	23.26	22.69					3.56		20.83
GLL	long	…	27.74	29.00				2.27		29.33
ZSL	long	…	19.08	19.98				0.88		20.55
GDX	flat	33.03	32.27					6.66		29.17
GDXJ	flat	39.80	38.90					9.29		34.97
NUGT	flat	41.45	39.69					17.22		32.1
JNUG	flat	40.28	38.57					11.78		30.80
DUST	long	…	12.22	12.83				2.26		12.65
JDST	long	…	6.85	7.24				0.84		7.14
QLD	flat	70.84	67.91					20.96		63.45
SDS	flat	34.52	33.73					-4.98		34.31
SOXS	long	…	9.33	10.03				-3.32		10.13



							TOTAL	101.93
INTEREST RATES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
TLT	flat	103.08	100.92					-4.38		95.59
TMF	flat	7.92	7.34					-1.00		6.24
TBT	long	…	30.91	31.91				-2.76		33.86
TMV	long	…	124.52	129.73				-9.73		142
VCLT	flat	78.90	77.22					-4.19		75.03
							TOTAL	-22.06
UTILITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLU	flat	69.26	67.77					-5.49		64.22
							TOTAL	-5.49
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
PPA	flat	86.09	84.27					-2.94		85.00
							TOTAL	-2.94
FINANCE AND BANKING	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
FAS	flat	75.05	70.45					-3.61		69.08
JPM	flat	159.48	156.19					1.83		153.56
							TOTAL	-1.78
ENERGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLE	long	…	84.50	84.60				-12.09		88.54
XOP	long	…	138.66	130.13				-9.58		147.07
UCO	long	…	28.77	24.85				-3.74		31.42
ERX	long	…	58.97	59.25				-5.98		64.5
							TOTAL	-31.39
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XRT	flat	67.95	66.49					0.16		65.93
TSLA	flat	299.39	293.30					103.84		245.34
XLY	flat	177.90	174.24					29.66		170.3
V	flat	245.47	240.46					-0.97		240.16
							TOTAL	132.69
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IGF	flat	48.20	47.14					-0.07		46.44
							TOTAL	-0.07
HEALTHCARE	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
UNH	long	…	497.18	485.10				-13.12		503.48
CURE	flat	108.73	102.11					-0.68		102.93
XLV	flat	136.95	134.11					0.62		134.83
QSI	flat	4.00	3.82					0.46		2.18
IDNA	flat	24.74	24.15					-3.50		22.2
							TOTAL	-16.22
CURRENCIES	BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
ULE	flat	12.27	11.92					0.12		11.79
UDN	flat	19.57	19.08					1.11		18.94
YCS	long	…	63.62	67.79				13.04		69
GBTC	flat	20.59	20.08					8.51		19.84
							TOTAL	22.78
FOREIGN MARKETS		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
YINN	flat	46.97	44.05					4.71		39.01
INDA	flat	44.89	43.89					2.61		43.85
EEM	flat	42.10	41.16					0.42		40.15
EWG	flat	29.62	28.93					1.31		28.35
							TOTAL	9.05
TECHNOLOGY		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
AAPL	flat	198.33	194.26					42.30		177.97
AMZN	long	…	133.92	136.75				-2.59		138.56
NVDA	flat	478.28	468.61					182.69		423.88
NRGU	long	…	407.73	427.98				-0.79		478.20
ROKU	long	…	77.80	79.49				6.53		78.83
							TOTAL	228.14
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES		BUY STOP	EXIT STOP	BOUGHT AT
XLB	flat	85.96	84.14					-2.45		82.95
DBC	long	…	24.01	23.70				-1.74		24.47
WOOD	long	…	73.34	73.77				-6.08		74.01
MARA	flat	18.20	17.74					4.12		14.55
							TOTAL	-6.15

							YTD	669.41
							%YTD	15.357%

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