* Alert * : 27 January 2020
New Allocation: 100% F Fund
On Friday, all 3 of the TSP stock funds closed below their respective 10DMA (Day Moving Average) line. As you can see in the 1 year chart of the C fund below, each of the 3 significant corrections in 2019 (May, July, and September) began with a breakdown thru the 10DMA. Each breakdown DID NOT result in a longer correction, however, to preserve gains and minimize downside risk, we MUST respect a close below the 10DMA.
On an intra-day basis, the need to get out of the stock funds becomes even more clear. In the 2 month 30 minute chart of the C fund below we see a lower high, a lower low, and a break in the short term trend line. While we cannot trade TSP on an intra-day basis, the daily and weekly charts are made up of the intra-day charts. This is an early indication of problems that we will see play out on the daily and weekly charts.
Because the F fund has recently broke out of a several month triangle consolidation, it is a much better option than the G fund for capturing gains while waiting for the stock funds to complete their correction. Having said that, there is still some risk of loss in the F fund but, the chart pattern is too good to pass up…
Bottom Line: A top is NOT yet confirmed. The confirmation will happen in hindsight. The breakdown thru the 10DMA is my trigger. IF the market reverses and closes back above the 10DMA within a couple of days, I will re-evaluate.
After this reallocation on Monday, there will be 4 trading days left in January. This will be my second reallocation for the month so, if the market does turn back up quickly, I cannot get back into the stock funds until 3 February.
Have a great week!
Jerry
Because I joined in January and I had made the 2 changes already for January so I moved into the G since I had no choice. Should I move to F Feb 1?
I would not use one of your Feb moves for the F fund. I would sit tight in the G fund until the next reallocation to the stock funds.
What is your overall rate of return for 2019? Are you at a gain or a loss?
My 2019 PIP was about 8%.
Jerry,
Has the issue with sending text messages been solved. I am only getting e-mail alerts so far? I would like to receive texts if it has been corrected?
Martin. I thought I had all issues resolved but that is not the case. Txt alerts are not yet available but I’m working on it! Thanks for your patients.