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Our focus is on the development of proprietary geodesic models that characterize the behavior of leveraged long/short ETFs in pairs trades using first principles of Hamilton-Lagrange-Euler mechanics. Because of tracking errors & daily compounding phenomena, equal weightings of leveraged ETFs in a pairs trade are virtually never 50-50. Daily data & graphics will show subscribers where neutral pair weightings have moved along the path of the pairs geodesic thereby providing multiple market direction & re-balance indicators.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

SDS-SSO Model Update - July 21, 2009

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Today's Commentary

the S&P 500 index weaved & bobbed to close up 0.36%. the index has not had this much bullish momentum since june-01-09 measured by the daily difference between today's & yesterday's diff-c geodesic values. this delta value measures the distance (arc length) traveled along the geodesic path in one day.

as a matter of academics, this illustrates the non-linear relationship between price momentum changes and path momentum changes. we're on the portion of the geodesic path where small changes in price are amplified in terms of distance traveled along the geodesic. this relationship changes as the geodesic coordinates are moving on the path closer to the apex. around the apex, price changes approach a 1:1 relationship with daily arch-length changes. the reason for this non-linearity is the long-term compounding effects in the ETFs. compounding effects do not cancel each out when trading leveraged ETFs in a pairs trade.

now having said all this, the model indicates there's more room for the index to go higher. there's a good likely hood the index will go higher judging the sentiment over earnings. clearly there are always potholes in the road but there is room to go higher. watch levels in the amplitude of vector-c. current level is measured at 0.7446. it has room to go to 0.7600 before i'll raise the yellow flags. assuming current rates of momentum, that time frame may be 7 - 10 trading away from today.
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mike james

Managing Member
Equity Informatics, LLC
phone:302-220-3864

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