Different Styles But a Common Theme

25Apr9:05 pmEST

Saturday Night Chart for Thought

The zoomed-out chart of the U.S. Dollar versus Japanese Yen currency cross, below, may very well have significant implications as far as what Central Banks around the world truly want to happen going forward. As you can see, those times when the cross has weakened, with the Dollar (the numerator) softening against a strengthening Yen...

24Apr12:08 pmEST

Various Toppings in Dispute

To be sure, given the lack of immediate downside follow-through by bears for any bout of weakness of late, it remains to be seen if the major averages buckle sufficiently to even tempt a retest of the March lows, be it the Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, or Russell. However, various individual names continue to operate poorly, some of them rather prominent...

23Apr4:37 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/23/20 {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...

23Apr11:52 amEST

From Down-and-Out to Overhead Concerns

While crude oil was going negative earlier this week we noted the many energy stocks which simply looked tired of going down. Titans like CVX and XOM in the XLE ETF were grinding sideways in lieu of crashing, while the high beta names like exploration XOP ETF were even more surprising, as many of them were actually shooting higher. CHK was...

22Apr3:36 pmEST

Let's Get Ready to Reap from Misallocations

A continued, steadfast belief that The Fed will save the day (and week, month, year, century) once again is likely helping to keep equities afloat into another Jobless Claims number tomorrow morning and is sure to be horrifying to those who, you know, actually care about trivial things like having a country and culture, let alone an economy....

22Apr12:13 pmEST

Swimming the Channel

A good visual for the choppy market action we have experienced of late, with bulls and bears alternating "ah hah!" moments where they think they have the opposition cornered only to find themselves in a tough spot, is the IWM ETF daily chart, below. Those pesky small caps might be slightly lagging the rallies in the senior indices today, but...

21Apr3:48 pmEST

Testing Going Well

While the testing for CoronaVirus across the nation still leaves much to be desired, the gold miners in the GDX ETF continue to respond favorably to each recent test. On the GDX ETF daily chart, below, after being down 3-4% pre-market and despite silver taking a beating today, the senior gold miners are on track to finish the session...

21Apr10:53 amEST

Essential (Unfinished) Business

Further crude oil weakness into the June contract seems at odds with the likes of XOM flashing green and the XOP ETF (which houses exploration firms) green once again and actually right near multi-week highs. While oil is expectedly garnering plenty of headlines this morning and may be tempting on several levels, be it pressing the short side...

20Apr4:50 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/20/20 {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...

20Apr11:26 amEST

Different Styles But a Common Theme

Tech stocks in the Nasdaq, especially the heavyweights housed in the QQQ ETF, are back at it again this morning staving off any hope for a bloodbath by bears after a soft open. Beyond the usual suspects like AMZN NFLX SPCE pushing higher yet, we have various biotech names actively leading the party. Some virus-related names like INO OPK are...