Will Rising Interest Rates Pressure Markets?

—Wild range on the week—Bonds down, rates up.—Bonds doing what the FED did not—Evergrande risk QQQ vs SP500 Get Your Volatility Game Face On!–QQQ vs SPY weekly EM–Intertest Rates VS. Tech–Tech NVDA, GOOGL, MSFT, FB–Home Depot–Financials SPX Expected Move––last week EM– 95.29–next week– 70.88

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Relief Rally Surprises after the Fed Day

A bearish sell-off Monday was met with buying ahead of Wednesday’s Fed Day and now one day later, markets rallied even higher continuing a surprise support bounce from the daily chart abyss. In tonight’s session we discuss which stocks are leading the market higher and which key name continues to weaken in a new downtrend along with a quick look at what’s happening in bonds and yields…

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Your Key Update Ahead of the Fed

Wednesday gives us another “Fed Day” where it could be an impactful, volatile Wednesday depending on what the Fed announces for the future. In tonight’s video, we set the stage for the plays and key price levels – with targets – in our major markets and are playing it safe ahead of the big announcement as best we can…

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Extreme Volatility Decimates Retail Trade

Stocks open the week massively lower dropping below the expected for the whole week before coming back inside of it at the close. If the market can’t hold the weekly expected move it opens the door for much more serious correction. The FOMC announcement on Wednesday could be a catalyst in either direction. Here’s how the stocks I told you to watch over the weekend fared…

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Fed, China, Tapering…Here Comes the RISK

—risk and movement week well inside expected—volatility update—we have yet to scrape the surface of risk —Retail options traders panic sell—liquidating calls in key stock driving markets lower—AAPL, FB, MSFT —asset classes and correlation—bonds down, rates up, goodnight tech Tech Players from last week driving today’ selling—-NVDA-GOOGL-MSFT-FB SPX Expected Move––last week EM– 115.27–next week–  95.29    expected move

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The Market Still Hovers Over the Abyss

While Wednesday gave the market a bounce, Thursday morning’s selling took us back to lows ahead of yet another afternoon rally. In tonight’s video we update the “make or break” plan going forward and highlight prior trend reversals and what to expect now. We also pinpoint two stocks at new annual lows and what that might mean…

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Bulls Got their Groove Back?

Stocks explode higher, but is this a bounce to new all time highs or a rally to short? Watch tonight’s video newsletter to find out the 4 stocks to watch over the next 2 days that will tell you for sure. Lots of trading opportunity left in the week…

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Energy Leads as the Retail Herd Finds Uranium and Forecast Looks Cold

Energy as a sector led the way as the outlook for winter weather looks colder than normal. As a result, oil and gas stocks found buyers on Monday (EOG, MRO, OVV). Uranium stocks have been going parabolic of late as inflows into funds like URNM have picked up. That’s led to significant option activity in companies like CCJ…

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