Don’t Fix Broken Markets. Trade Them.

The S&P 500 just closed at 6,850. That puts it right on the bottom of a range it has traded inside for months. October, November, December, January, and now mid-February. A nearly $7,000 product stuck inside a 100-point band. The longer it stays compressed, the more gamma risk accumulates. Open interest in the SPX option

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Transports Are Breaking Down

Blake Young just identified a crack forming inside the industrial sector that most traders are completely overlooking. Global shipping and logistics stocks are collapsing while the S&P 500 sits in a double top formation. Expeditors International and CH Robinson Worldwide both erased six months of gains on volume that dwarfs everything we’ve seen all year.

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Gamma Risk Primed to Explode

The S&P 500 traded 1.3 million contracts today and went nowhere. That volume on a flat day should concern you. Gamma risk in this market is primed to explode. The S&P 500 has been grinding sideways in a tight range centered around 6,900 since mid-October. Every week the market sits in that range, open interest

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Defensive Sectors Signal Market Top

Gianni just flagged a textbook late cycle warning that most traders are ignoring. Consumer staples surged more than 5% last week. That sector led the entire market while the Nasdaq hasn’t made a new high since October. In healthy bull markets, tech leads. In healthy bull markets, the Nasdaq makes new highs before the Dow.

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Squeeze Targets Exposed

Someone bought 15,000 call option contracts on Coreweave today.  Brandon Chapman caught it in real time and traced the exact price target those contracts are pointing to. The S&P 500 is pressing against 7,000 for the third time. It gapped lower at the open and rallied back throughout the session. The VIX dropped to 17.31

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From Panic to Manic: Is Selling Over?

The S&P 500 just closed the week unchanged to the penny. Meanwhile the Nasdaq barely caught the lower edge of its expected move. That disconnect matters more than today’s 120-point rally suggests. The market moved 200 S&P points this week. That range doubled what we’ve seen over the last few months. Most recent weeks traded

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S&P 500 Double Top Confirmed

Blake Young just confirmed a double top on the S&P 500. The pattern broke today, and the first downside target is 6,057. The index closed almost perfectly at the breakdown level. If it gets a small push lower tomorrow morning, the move accelerates. Blake’s minimum target erases all gains back to the November lows. If

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Fund Managers Are Panicking

The Nasdaq just breached the lower edge of its expected move. The Dow is pushing the upper edge of its expected move. That divergence tells you everything about what’s happening right now. I’m calling it sector insanity. Fund managers are chasing anything that isn’t tech. The moves reek of desperation. XLB, the materials ETF, did

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Tech Rout: Buy Signal Ahead

Gianni just flagged a real tech rout unfolding in today’s session. Software stocks plunged over 5% and erased all of their 2025 gains in a single day. The crypto panic from the weekend is now bleeding into equities. The S&P 500 wiped out all of yesterday’s gains. Tech is leading the selloff. Microsoft is almost

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Your 2025 Gains Were Fake

Brandon Chapman just proved your 2025 gains were an illusion. The S&P 500 returned 17% last year. But measured against gold, you actually went backwards. It took 24 GLD shares to buy one SPX share at the start of 2025. Today it takes only 16. That’s not wealth creation. That’s purchasing power destruction. The market

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