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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 28, 2009

SDS-SSO Model Update - July 28, 2009

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Today's Commentary

as subscribers will see, just about every metric & parameter i keep track of in the model has maxed out or is about to max out. from an EOD perspective, it looks like the S&P 500 index is taking a breather from the now storied meteoric rise of 2009. one of the only clues we have we are taking a slight breather is a flattening off of the index & an ever so slightly dip in the price in SSO. another new metric i've introduced is a measure of relative velocity between the rates of change of the 2 geodesic parameters, diif-c & diff-theta. levels in relative velocity is just below, magnitude-wise, the low of the october crash of 2008.

here are some chants. the chart below is the comparison of the RSI of SDS & SSO. you can see the peaks, top & bottom, have curlled in some.



the next chart is the new measure of relative velocity changes of diff-c & diff-theta. the last time the value of this metric was extended this far was during the october-november crash of 2008.



one must ask, how far can this rally go? the only obvious answer is as far as it wants to. markets are not bound by measures as much as they are bound by sentiment. measures only say what sentiment was yesterday. to be on the conservative side with this hedge or trade, set you're pairs trade as close to 50:50 as possible and just let it drift from there a while. typiclally the value of the portfolio will be biased to whichever ETF has the highest RSI for a given day. while doing this you won't have to worry for a few days about being right or wrong with this hedge. but the trades are there already if the market decides to blast off again or rapidly change directions. stay cool and please have some cash on the sidelines.
best regards,
mike james

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

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