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04Mar10:23 amEST

The Great American Market Awaits Daddy Powell

There was a time, not too long ago, when market players started and ended their careers on Wall Street, and indeed their entire lives, without thinking or discussing The Fed very much. I would reckon the average market player now ponders and discusses The Fed at least tenfold over traders from previous generations, even during the Greenspan era...

03Mar4:31 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 03/03/21 {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...

03Mar2:34 pmEST

The Fight is On

It may very well be the case that was spooked markets most today was the inability of the Nasdaq and growth stocks at-large to bounce in sympathy with the intraday relief in TLT earlier in the session. Instead, QQQ slumped to fresh session lows. And as we wok through the final ninety minutes of the session the Dow is now flipping red, erasing...

03Mar10:54 amEST

A Get Out of Jail Free Card

The Nasdaq is back to trading lower in lockstep, or so it seems, with prices on the 10-Year Note as rates push higher yet again this morning. Just as it seemed as though we would waterfall lower, a rumor apparently hit the tape that Powell may announce some form of Yield Curve Control tomorrow. My best guess is that the Fed is simply putting...

02Mar4:26 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 03/02/21 {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...

02Mar11:02 amEST

GameStop: Not Again!

Equities have the look and feel of digesting yesterday's explosive rally on the back off a sloppy end to the month of February. A settling down process now would be fine by me, though bulls probably do not want to see the S&P 500 Index back under 3,850 anytime soon or else risk a full giveback. In the meantime, we have some intriguing sectors...

01Mar11:02 amEST

In Like a Lion; Or Kruger National Park for That Matter

"March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." - Old Weather Lore Consistent with this market's recent history, the sloppy and seemingly ominous close to the month of February for equities has led to another apparent and vicious squeeze higher to kick off the new month. There are some near-term hurdles to decisively clear in order to...

28Feb9:16 amEST

Special Edition: Full-Length Weekend Strategy Session 02/28/21 {Video}

For this weekend only, I am opening up the full-length Weekend Video Strategy Session to everyone. Each weekend, I present a similar video to the one below for Members of the Market Chess Subscription Services. Please click here for details about joining at a reasonable price to receive these types of videos, as well as plenty of other...

26Feb11:21 amEST

It's All Lined Up

We have a choppy Friday morning session playing out as we speak, with the Nasdaq giving a wobbly effort so far to stabilize amid a bounce in Treasuries (meaning rates are taking breather from spiking). Interestingly, as we noted with Members earlier, some pretty important near-term price levels as being probed across a variety of markets. TLT...

25Feb3:44 pmEST

Show a Little Respect

In the 1990s, Democratic political adviser James Carville said: “I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.” ( source ). The younger generation of market players likely...