Yearly Archives: 2016
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16Mar12:48 pmEST
Winner-Take-All Fed Meeting
Drifting price action across several markets leads us into the Fed coming up at 2pm EST. The VIX sluggish and not indicating much in the way of trepidation by market plays. Major biotech REGN is halted as we likely await news on the AMGN REGN patent beef. Biotechs, as a group, continue to be the weak link, perhaps a commentary on how fund...
16Mar10:55 amEST
Pokéworks in, Chipotle Out
On the back of poor February comps, CMG breached the widely-watched $500 level this morning. Headed into an action-packed afternoon with the Fed and various associated announcements and events, we are stalking a short entry with Chipotle. In recent months, CMG has done its job of grinding higher and defying call for an imminent plunge to $400...
15Mar5:12 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 03/15/16 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
15Mar3:32 pmEST
Let's Have a Muppet Party
The price action in the "safe, blue chip" healthcare stocks today smacks of a bear raid in progress, with the VRX crash now spreading to the likes of MNK. HZNP LLY are also getting hit, as is PFE. With this in mind, if the selling does not relent after the FOMC tomorrow, we have our eyes on NBIX as another short setup. On the daily chart,...
15Mar12:43 pmEST
A Modest Diversion
The action in HLF and many biotechs today, such as JUNO KITE each down nearly 10%, may very well be providing a modest diversion from the main attraction. Specifically, the S&P is struggling to hold above what is turning into a well-defined $201 level on the SPY ETF, seen below on the 15-minute timeframe. Below there, and a gap-fill from...
15Mar10:42 amEST
You Call This One and It's All Over, Baby
The price action in the stock for Valeant Pharmaceuticals this morning tends to bring out the gambler in many traders; Those who assume that just because the stock is down nearly 40%, it therefore follows that a tradable low is imminent. To be sure, VRX will stage sharp reflex rallies from deeply oversold conditions, barring an outright...
14Mar5:03 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 03/14/16 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
14Mar3:08 pmEST
Update on Precious Metals and Miners
Although seeing GDX down 4% today may not be very pleasant for NUGT and JNUG holders, gold miners in general have given back very little of their winter rally off a potentially significant bear market bottom. Trading around commodities, especially as they go about proving these potential bottom and the emergences of new uptrends, requires a...
14Mar12:33 pmEST
Drift Into End of Winter
After a lackluster open, the pace of the action has not yet picked up today. On the one hand, bulls are defying a sell-off in crude oil, with QQQ holding green and clearly acting as a bastion of relative strength today. However, small caps are holding on for dear life to $107.50, seen below on the IWM 30-minute timeframe as marking an area of...
14Mar10:47 amEST
At a Cross-Section of Danger
Crude oil weakness this morning is not yet having a full-on bearish effect for stocks at-large, with the QQQ green as I write this and the lagging small caps holding $107.50 support on the IMW ETF. Marijuana play GWPH is shooting up (or smoking up) this morning on the back of positive results from Phase III. Other weed-related plays like INSY...