2015 Prediction Check

At the end of 2014 I made predictions for 2015.

  • (1) My first  2015 prediction  was for the $SPY to break the wild $212.97 paint job we saw in the middle of December 2014.

$SPY is going to break above the inverted flash crash record high paint job.  What do I mean by that?  The spike a few weeks ago, late in the session, a full 3% above the ask for absolutely no other reason than algo's going wild, I think that price $212.97 at the time, will get broken in early 2015.  As soon as January.   You can see the spike on the chart below:

It turns out the $SPY high of 2015 was not very far away from that mid-December paint....

 

  • (2) My Second prediction was for the US Dollar.  I said the index was going to break into the triple digits in 2015.   It did and is now in consolidation mode.

The US Dollar Index will continue to rally.  As the FED contemplates raising rates for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, and central banks around the globe work tirelessly decreasing the value of their currencies, like stocks, there will be no place to go but up for the US Dollar.  The dollar has broken out of long term consolidation and looks poised to retake that 100 level in 2015.

  • (3) My third prediction was for Crude to take it on the chin in 2015... and boy did it ever.  I also thought commodities and gold miners would trade lower.  Ditto.

 

 

  • (4) My Fourth Prediction was for Cyber security firms to soar in 2015.  $FEYE started the year off surging almost 100% but then fell 50% into the end of the year.  $PANW, on the other hand, soared and has maintained most of it's gains into the end of 2015.  Let's give that a check minus.

 

(4) Cyber Security, Network Security Firms will benefit from continued hacking.   Hackers continue to break into secure networks and steal confidential data, emails, correspondences.  They shut down web sites, take down gaming networks at the hieght  of the holiday.  They leak information, data, and threaten corporations.  I think this threat will continue to grow and the benficiaries will be cyber and network security firms.  I will be trading this via out of the money options on $PANW and $FEYE.

 

  • (5)  My Fifth prediction was for bonds to continue to rally  in the first half of 2015, with $TLT nearing $140.  $TLT did continue to rally, making a furious run toward $140 before pulling back.  The high for 2015 came early in the year at $138.50.

 

(5)  Bonds will continue to work the first half of 2015.  Last year inflation was supposed to rear its ugly head, bringing bond yeilds higher.  The exact opposite happened.  Inflation remains eerily low considering all the actions of central banks around the world.  Yields on bonds over seas of countries, who a few years ago were about to default of their bonds, are almost lower than government bonds here in the United States.... which is why we will see demand for US Treasuries remain strong in the first half of 2015.  $TLT, the 20 year Bond ETF, will be the way to trade this.  I think it heads to near $140 before the summer of 2015.

  • I also said we would continue to have a bevy of stock market crash calls.  Which is like saying the New England Patriots are going to make the playoffs....  Call me captain obvious....

 

With 2014 behind us, where will the stock market trade in 2015?  We've had six straight years of gains after the financial crisis blew up the stock market in 2008 and early 2009.  Will we see another market crash in 2015?

One think I'm sure of in 2015 - we will continue to see many people calling for a market crash in 2015, just like in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009.  The great thing about calling for the market to collapse in price, in all likelyhood it will happen at some point,  just like we all face the inevitability of death.  I don't think I'm going out on a limb there.....  unfortunately for some of these doomsday soothsayers, they might be dead before the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 2,000.  Why fight the trend?  Why fight every central bank in the world?

So what about 2016?

What does it hold for us?

Stay tuned!

Known to most as Uranium Pinto Beans, Jason has more than 15 years under his belt of trading stocks, options and currencies. His expertise primarily lies in chart analysis, and he has a strong eye for undervalued stock. Because he’s got the ability to identify great risk/reward trades he usually enjoys taking the path less traveled and reaping the benefits from the adventure.

He is a co-founder of Option Millionaires, and he is best known for his weekly webinars with Scott, as well as his high level training webinars and charts found in the forums.

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