[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] MSFT and FB rally on earnings beats. GOOGL plunges on a miss. Tomorrow after the close is AAPL and AMZN. This is make or break for the markets. Here’s what to look for in the underlying of the market. One thing is for certain volatility is here to stay…

[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] We’re in the heat of earnings season with major companies reporting this week including most of the “Monsters of Tech.” However, two big names reported today after hours and sent shares tumbling lower, even after another strong sell-off in equities. In tonight’s video, we pinpoint which stocks are leading us lower including updated levels in Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL), then finally pinpoint the risk-off spike higher in Treasuries…

[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 major market indices rallied strongly off of the lows to end the sell-off…for now. What’s next? Is this just a bearish reset, or do the bulls have any legs left to carry the market higher. A look at today’s unusual option activity gives some indication of how the bulls and bears are positioning themselves. (IWM, EFA, NCLH, CZR, GT, GDX, AUY, AA, ET)…

[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– –SPX EM – it is getting REAL out there –correlation made a comeback –volatility explodes back on the scene –volume in SPUZ incredibly light –FED officially against the markets Pricing Pressures Moving Forward –Tech earnings may take a back seat to present volatility –GOOGL, NVDA serious technical breaks –MSFT, FB on the edge –Can Bonds rally? –packed event calendar Positions– –option premiums and back month skew have exploded –shorting stronger sectors –game face on for Monday… it’s serious now… SPX Expected Move– –last week– 98.06 (expected move) –next week– 134.17 (expected move)  

[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] Earlier in the week we had a rallying market with Netflix (NFLX) falling yet today we have a falling market with Tesla (TSLA) rallying. Just as the market is bigger than any one stock, broader money flow trends are playing out and in tonight’s video, we focus mainly on the technology sector and the NASDAQ but make special reference to the weakness in Small Caps and the Russell 2000. We finish the video by pinpointing where the strongest stocks are but also the surprising stocks that continue to press new lows…

[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] Conflict appeared all over the screens in today’s trading as the NASDAQ take a hit, down just over 1% and Netflix falls over 35%! The saving grace today? TESLA! Join in to tonight’s video as Don explains today’s considerable price action and what we can expect for the remainder of the week….

[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 hours we saw a big price move lower on earnings in Netflix (NFLX) which could set the stage for part of Wednesday’s trading day. Beyond that we have other key stocks reporting earnings today, tomorrow, or later this week and we highlight those along with a broader market update on today’s sell-off in Oil and Gold, along with more selling in Bonds….

[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]   Call it a stick save or some other phrase used to describe the market rallying off the lows into the close. I want to call it a fork in the road where the companies beginning to diverge over the next week or two. It may be a tale of the haves and have nots with oversold names like BAC and NVDA finding support and AGNC and DKNG resuming their downtrend. A closer look at today’s unusual option activity tells an interesting story. (CAT, CSX, CCJ, TLT, RRC, JBHT, NVDA).

[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– –Rates are outa control! –rising rates will break markets –bond volatility exceeding VIX –why is VIX dead with risk bearing down? –another week another edge of expected move Positioning– –selling premium, tread lightly, imp vol feels low –sell whats strong and let correlation grip hold SPX Expected Move– –last week–   76.70  (expected move) –next week–  98.06  (expected move)

[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] JPM kicked off earnings seasons with lackluster results. Overall markets went higher thanks to big tech. How much longer can big tech stocks hold up the S&P? We may find out this earnings season…