The term hawkish appropriately describes the policy stance of the Federal reserve and the Federal Government in regards to Ukraine. A slumping economic outlook, potential defense spending and a Fed policy error is making precious metals shine..

Market Update—-back in the volatility channel–Volatility in serious backwardation–bonds display REAL FEAR–dollar bid–Oil backwrdation Forward Looking––Monday FED Meeting–NQ under 14k becomes a free for all–Financials could suffer largest loss Volatility Tactics––SELL premium–Ultima – more time, higher skew–hedge with inside spreads SPX Expected Move —–last week — 107.37  (expected move)–next week– 135.20

Thursday morning started calmly enough until the higher than expected Consumer Price Index shook the market with the growing reality that inflation is real, it’s not transitory, and something must be done to address it. In tonight’s video, we take a direct look at how the report and ongoing trends in motion are playing out in equities, bonds, Oil, and Gold. We finish the update by pinpointing the strongest and weakest stocks moving after today’s volatility…

Even with the rippin’ rally that took place today, there appears to be a slip in volume and there doesn’t seem to a commitment to trade. What does this mean? With the CPI report looming ahead, the potential to rock the markets is a strong possibility in the coming days, tune in to tonight’s video to find out what Don is thinking…

After a volatile January, price seems to be settling down into a lower volatility range as we trade back to the middle of key price levels across markets.  In tonight’s video, we highlight the major price levels in play in equity futures along with the bond market weakness against the Oil (Crude Oil /CL) strength.  Finally, we plot the key triangle price level that’s been forming for over a year in Gold.

With 18.95M Bitcoins mined and a price of $44,235 at the close, the market cap of Bitcoin continues to surpass Facebook at just over $612B. That places Bitcoin in the 9th spot for most valuable asset. Also, take a look at today’s unusual option activity (XLY, CVX, COIN, HL, WFC, UAA, JETS, ET)…

Goldilocks Markets are Dead! ––Oil a serious concern  –Rates on the rise / bonds tank–Jobs number 467k… SELL IT–good is so very bad–VIX quiet until under /ES 4211  –Is Long is Wrong?   Back to the Volatility Box––NQ high prob of dropping into heavy vol–if the bonds break lower–where’s the bear SPX Expected Move —–last week — 137.59  (expected move)–next week– 107.37

It seems like yesterday we were discussing the surge in Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) shares and today we’re focusing on big moves – currently in opposite directions – of Facebook (FB) and Amazon (FB), all major market cap leaders. In tonight’s video, we update the daily chart key price levels and broader opportunities on these stocks as we are nearing the end of a volatile, reactive earnings season to begin 2022…

Facebook plummets after the closing bell! Yikes! We also saw a bear market rally today as we edged just north of the expected move which reeks of volatility in the marketplace. What does Crypto have to do with all this? Join Don in Tonight’s video to find out..

We’re still in a week of high volatility and earnings from key stocks including some big ones today after hours. In tonight’s video, we detail the morning movers UPS and XOM along with the after hours movers including one big one, Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) which saved the day for now with a boost. We update the key levels to watch in these stocks and more for Wednesday and beyond…