The Solas Swing Trading Software had an excellent start to the year tracking the select FTSE100 stocks with all 5 strategies ending the month in positive territory. The strategy posted a very impressive 72% consistency with 61 winners out of 85 trades, 9 of which remain open. The shallow pullback S1 & S3 strategies were [...]

The Solas M Series Global Portfolio had a very impressive start to 2012 with January posting 6.62% return. The portfolio is a multi strategy, multi sector, multi instrument construction. The large part of the returns for January came from the Trend Following strategy which included notable investments in the Metals & Emerging Market sectors with [...]

The Solas M Series Global Portfolio continues to track the most recent momentum in the financial markets as it activated a new entry signal and readjusted its intelligent dynamic stop on current open positions. The Solas Trend Following Software activated a new long entry after yesterdays close in the iShares MSCI Brazil index ETF – [...]

Gold has continued its bullish start to the year after it made a double bottom just above $1500 in late December 2011. Price per ounce is now closing in on resistance @ $1750-$1800, a level where the previous sell off was initiated. The Solas Trend Finder Algorithm (STFA) has tracked the price of Gold as [...]

The Solas Swing Trading Software and the Solas Trend Following Software Systems activated new positions in the Solas M Seies Global Portfolio ahead of todays open in the US Markets. Although relatively quite with regards new signals of late, the Series M Global portfolio has been actively managing current open positions by re-adjusting the intelligent [...]

In a recent blog dated 23rd January we reported that the US tech sector had been very strong of late. This was echoed in the SPDR Technology Select Sector Fund ETF – XLK as it broke above its 2011 highs mainly due to Apple (AAPL) reporting earnings last week eclipsing wall street expectations on all [...]

The Federal reserves decision to keep interest rates low until at least 2014 sparked a reaction from investors yesterday. The FTSE100 beneficiaries of the Feds decision were stocks in the mining sector as they led Britain’s benchmark index to close higher @ 5795.2. The Solas Swing Trading Software was well positioned to take advantage of [...]

The Solas Trend Following Algorithm has continued to maintain its positions in the banking sector as it adjusts the intelligent dynamic stop, reducing risk and locking in profits along the way. As reported in a previous blog dated the 20th Jan. 2012 the US Financial sector has gotten off to a flying start to the [...]

The FTSE100 Futures markets (Z) fell on Tuesday after closing Monday at its highest level since August 1st. With volume and volatility low it still remained relatively positive as it closed above the technical 3 month highs. Firms that have led the way higher recently became some of the top fallers on Tuesday, mainly the [...]

The Solas M Series Global Portfolio has maintained its Long Bias in the markets while reducing risk and locking in profits on its current open positions.The Solas Trend Following Software has tracked the price action of the ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) on the products mentioned below and has re-adjusted its dynamic stop loss, having the [...]