The ShadowTraderPro Pairs Trader is a daily report which spotlights one equity pair which trades in a definable range and whose stocks are positively correlated. The objective of the newsletter is to present one such pair daily that may be coming into play currently, giving self-directed traders the opportunity to put the pair on watch for possible entry. Additionally, Pairs Trader sends out specific trade recommendations on selected equity pairs. These trades are managed actively via real-time email alerts and are tracked in the Pairs Trader Portfolio.

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Pair of the Day

• Pair: RF - KEY
• Sector: Banking - Regional
• Spread 0.24
• Ratio: 1.03
• Correlation: 0.92
• Spread range: -0.20 to -0.30 and 0.27 to 0.35

Another one that came to us courtesy of a listener to the Pairs Hour. Two regional banks that stay close to each other with some nice back and forth action. The trend is slightly up here so we would favor the long side although we don't identify the pattern as a trending pair so shorts will probably work as well.

Pairs Trader Portfolio

The matrix below shows all current ShadowTrader Pro Pairs Trader trades in the Portfolio. The Portfolio contains only those plays that are sent out in real-time via email. The Pair of the Day setup above is not actively managed or or tracked. Appearance of a pair in Pair of the Day does not guarantee that the pair will be in play in the Portfolio at any time. Current open positions are on top, with positions that were closed in the current calendar week on the bottom. Closed positions are moved out of the matrix on Monday mornings and posted in our performance page here.

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OPEN POSITIONS - week of 4/05 - 4/09
pair	dir	sizes	date entered	entry spread	date closed	exit spread	target	stop	status	mark to market	p&l points	p&l capital	capital commit
HD - LOW	long	154, 198	04/08	7.28	n/a	n/a	8.00	6.50	open	7.62	0.34	$18	$10,010
CLOSED POSITIONS - week of 4/05 - 4/09
sym	dir	size	date entered	entry spread	date closed	exit spread	target	stop	status	mark to market	p&l points	p&l capital	capital commit
XLNX-ALTR	long	191, 201	03/25	1.31	04/05	1.33	n/a	n/a	closed	n/a	0.02	$2	$9951
	closed b/e on time stop
UNP - CSX	long	68, 95	04/06	21.29	04/07	21.84	n/a	n/a	closed	n/a	0.55	$43	$9,966
	moved slightly over 10ma on second day for exit at target
	TOTALS:	352	open shares (open capital committed doesn't include closed trades)										$10,010

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