As New Lows Continue in Equities and Bonds, it’s Time to Update Reward and Risk Plays Here

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] The ongoing 2022 “Inflation” Trends continued and even accelerated today with Bonds breaking sharply to new lows (as did equities) while the US Dollar Index and Treasury Yields extended new highs of the year. Will this always be the case? In tonight’s video, we start shifting our thinking about positioning with reward and risk firmly in mind as we navigate a volatile, headline-filled trading week.

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Market at Pivotal Level as Currency Crisis Deepens

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] The S&P is back to where it began in mid-June, which means the next leg lower could be a big one. As the S&P tests key levels, the currency markets are roiling and the bond market is getting more volatile. Today was a big roll day with bullish option activity in gold and bearish activity in the dollar. Is this the bullish short-term setup that traders have been waiting for? (FXI, KWEB, LVS, WYNN, GLD, AUY, UUP, HYG, IYR, EFA)…

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Are Markets Coming Apart?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] -Vol in backwardation, VVIX starting to react -SKEW is downright scary -dollar relentlessly higher -financials and energy leading lower -AAPL leaves BIG risk on the SP500 table -risk off asset classes may shift SPX Expected Move -last week – 117.28 (expected move) -next week – 123.00 (expected move)

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Fed Fall-out as Stocks Continue their Slide Lower

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Stocks were volatile in the moments of yesterday’s 75 bps rate hike news and press conference, but the slide lower continued into yesterday’s close and extended to the close of today’s session with more stocks companies joining our scan of stocks making fresh new 52 week lows (including some major market cap names). In tonight’s video, we highlight the continued move in Interest Rates, Bonds, Stocks, and the US Dollar and pinpoint which leading stocks are pressing new lows and the chance of them falling even lower…

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Fear and Loathing with the FED!

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Powell rocks markets with comments of higher interest rates for a longer period of time. Powell puts everything on the table to fight the highest inflation the US has seen in 40 years. Here’s the one stock to watch that will determine the next move for the entire stock market…

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Getting Ahead of the Fed: Your Big Picture Plan for Wednesday and Beyond

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Tomorrow will be another of 2022’s Fed Days where the expectation is for a .75 (75 basis point) rate hike to the Fed Funds Rate. If indeed that occurs, where could that send markets? In tonight’s video, Corey highlights the ongoing stable trends as Bonds made new 2022 price lows as the 10-year Treasury Note Yield made another new 2022 high. We update the Dollar’s trend as well as which stocks are leading the market to new 52 week lows (there are indeed some surprises)…

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Rally Ho! S&P 500 Finishes at Highs as the Fed Looms

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] After a weak start to the session, the S&P 500 rallied to close at the high. While the move indicates the potential to see a near-term rally off of an oversold level, the overall tenor of the market remains bearish. With the Fed likely to raise 75bp on Tuesday, the interest rate outlook and weakening economy may spoil the bullish party. (KR, MCD, XHB, SLV, USO,KGC, XLY, FCX, XLF)…

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Are you Prepared for the Coming Volatility Shock?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] -Getting ugly under 3931 -Can 2 sigma moves become the usual? -Volatility is ready to rock -Implications of spiking volatility -Bonds hit lows and the inversion grows -Dollar near highs but haven’t gone parabolic SPX Expected Move- -last week – 97.23 (expected move) -next week – 117.28 (expected move)

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Mid-September Market Update and Getting Ready for the Fed

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Stocks continued their slide lower today with the NASDAQ and key tech stocks leading the price pathway lower, as some big market cap stocks continued making new 52 week lows. In tonight’s video, we take a broad picture view of the market and then begin preparations for next week’s Fed Meeting. Finally, we update our list of “weak stocks making new lows” and they’re mostly the same stocks from earlier scans that keep making new price lows…

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An Update after the Fall: Which Stocks Led the Market Lower and what is the Big Picture Saying?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Wednesday’s trading day saw a large one-day decline across the board in the equity market. Which stocks led the sell-off on the price path lower? Is there anything common in those names? In tonight’s video, we do two stock scans and highlight the stocks that rose to the “top” of the weakest list of weak stocks getting weaker and also glance at the broader price trends moving us through 2022.

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