Thursday, July 23, 2009

12th Straight Day

The NASDAQ rose for the 12th straight day today, gaining 47 points to close at 1973.60. The index is up an impressive 12.4% from its close of 1756.03 on July 10.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 188 points in today's trading, retaking the 9000 level for the first time since January. The Dow closed today at 9069.29, a gain for the Big Board of almost 923 points since July 10, when it closed at 8146.52.  That's a gain of 11.3% in nine trading sessions.

The QLD closed today at $44.42, up 26.5% from July 10. The DDM is up 23.8%, closing at $32.92.  We recommend these double-beta ETFs for trading the market.

As Steve put it in this morning's commentary, "ride the bull for as long as possible by keeping stops underneath the rising 5 day moving average for short term trades, and an 8 or 10 day average for intermediate trend positions."