o_o:   We could very well be in a recession, but I am trading a system and when it tells me to buy, I buy. I always know how much I'm going to risk and if it goes down by that amount I get out. So far it has been working for me. I'll be interested to see some of the supporting data that you mentioned. There are very few people that have been able to predict recession. Most of the time it is known only way after it happens.