Are Markets on the Verge of Collapse?

[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 continue the slow decline lower with no signs of capitulation yet. Everyone is looking for the bounce that is just not coming. Watch tonight’s video newsletter update and prepared for what’s next…

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Sell-Side Activity Continues as we Plan for the Inflation Data in Tomorrow’s CPI

[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 sliding lower in another series of volatile sessions after last week’s Fed Announcement and Friday Jobs Report. For Wednesday, we’re preparing to trade and react to the CPI or Consumer Price Index economic data tomorrow morning pre-market and what it suggests about inflation still heating up, or finally cooling down. We also pinpoint the key stocks in the SP500 – within the 110 of them – that continued weakening to new 52 week lows and what that says about them…

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Where Have All the Buyers Gone? Is It the End of BTD?

[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] S&P 500 slides to 13-month lows as Bitcoin gets slammed over 12%. Where have the dip-buyers gone? The fatigue in retail is palpable as today marked the largest outflow in years. While the outflows were apparent in most sectors, staples were almost unchanged on the session. Unusual option activity shows weakness in consumer finance companies like COF and DFS. (DFS, COF, MRO, PETS, ABNB, NCLH, NUE)…

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Into the Eye of the Volatility Storm

[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] Market Update– -the FED bid and the smack BACK -volatility and preparing for more pain -bonds crushed, rates soared, markets broke -dollar whats oversold and whats not– -AMZN, NVDA -AAPL, MSFT -XLF, XLP, XLU -CAT, WMT -volatility, percentages, & correlation Gauging Risk and What is Working- -Expected moves -premium selling and inflection point spreads SPX Expected Move– –last week– 168.46 (expected move) –next week– 136.34 (expected move)

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Despite High Volatility, SPX is Flat on the Week going into Fridays Jobs Report

[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 the Fed Announcement and Fed Funds Rate .50 Hike as expected, we saw a rapid surge of buying pressure into the market to end Wednesday and then on Thursday’s session, all that buying activity gave way to large liquidation event centered on technology shares while bonds continued lower (and rates higher). Despite all this, the SPX returned to “unchanged” on the week as we prepare for the pre-market Jobs Report Friday morning and the additional volatility it could bring with markets hanging on the edge of a cliff…

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Inflation, Markets, and Rates ALL FED UP!

[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] Thank you FED!! In today’s trading, we witnessed some staggering moves to the upside, across the board, in one of the largest moves we’ve seen to date. Join Don in tonight’s video as he shows us how we are right on target to the upper edge of the expected move and what we can look forward to in the remaining days of the trading week…

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Big Fed Day Wednesday – Where are Your Markets Right Now?

[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] With the Federal Reserve announcement this Wednesday, we update our price levels and trade targets from key inflection points not only in the equity market, but Oil, Gold, Bonds, and the US Dollar. We also pinpoint key ‘must hold’ levels in leading stocks that will be in play not only Wednesday but going into Friday’s Monthly Jobs Report…

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Roller Coaster Market Ends Higher Ahead of FOMC Announcement

[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] Do you like volatility? You better get used to it after a late day rally saw Tech lead. With the FOMC set to raise another 50bp this week, the back-and-forth isn’t likely to go away any time soon. While the market is roiling, it’s commodities that are firming up near support with big UOA trade in GDX (TLT, CSCO, MSFT, MAT, HD, IYR)…

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How Much More Carnage will Markets Sustain?

[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] -4211 and the critical breach below -currency movement -correlation in the SP100 -Forget the Fed -GDP declines-1.4%, did inflation peak? -tech earnings -mega market cap debacle SPX Expected Move– –last week–    134.17 (expected move) –next week–   168.46 (expected move)

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Earnings Bonanza! What’s Up, What’s Down and How it Sets the Stage for Friday’s Trades

[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 long-awaited earnings numbers – and initial market reaction – are in for Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Caterpillar (CAT) and other key stocks. With split outcomes – and a few surprises – what will be the effect on the NASDAQ and broader SP500 market? Update your price targets and trades as we go into Friday and a potential volatile week ahead with more earnings and major news announcements…

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Don Kaufman Don Kaufman

TheoTrade co-founder, former CBOE market maker and thinkorswim Chief Derivatives Instructor.

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