The market was range-bound today. $SPY traded between 405 and 408.
We have CPI on Tuesday, so that will help the market pick a direction.
Expert technical analysis of financial markets by JC Parets
by David
From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff
The market was range-bound today. $SPY traded between 405 and 408.
We have CPI on Tuesday, so that will help the market pick a direction.
by Ian Culley
From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley
I want to share with you a trade idea I wouldn’t have considered a year ago.
I balked at first. This trade’s simply not in my wheelhouse. But I’ve learned so much here at All Star Charts over the past three years.
And “to be open-minded” has been one of the most impactful lessons.
Now, this setup has my full attention. Risk is well-defined, and the upside potential is heavily skewed in our favor.
I can see the spin on the pitch.
I’m talking about natural gas… [Read more…]
Strazza and I did The Flow show earlier this week in which one trade that stood out and caught my interest was a juicy short squeeze candidate.
Checking back on it today, the stock still maintains a short position greater than 20%. That means more than one-fifth of all shares outstanding are held by people with a short position. And if this stock starts busting higher, the only way traders holding a short position can end the pain is to buy the stock.
This can potentially fuel a rapid rise in share prices (see: Gamestop $GME circa early 2020).
I’m certainly not calling for a repeat of past meme stocks short squeezes here, but in this case, we’ve got a stock that’s chart is in the middle of completing a beautiful base and short holders are no doubt keeping their fingers near the trigger to exit this position quickly if we see some follow thru to the upside.
That creates opportunities for us.
by David
From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff
I’ll say this again, as I say it in the live trading room often: In a great bull market, you don’t see this level of volatility.
This is not to say we can’t come out of this chop and slop. But, at the moment, we’re still in the vortex.
by Ian Culley
It’s the weekly bond edition of What the FICC?
I thought it was odd bonds didn’t react to last week’s rate hike. Regardless, the lack of volatility represents a positive development for risk assets, especially stocks.
Check it out!
I’ve been enjoying a (new to me) book recently. Today, I came across this passage that stopped me in my tracks:
Trading is a journey, not a destination. So you’re a trader. Now what? Trading is a constant process of intellectual and emotional growth, and people who trade for twenty years are still learning what to do and who to be when they finally hang it up.
From Street Freak, A Memoir of Money and Madness, by Jared Dillian.
It was almost like Jared was staring at me when he typed those words.
They hit home.
I’ve been in this game for over 20 years now. This coming summer will be the start of my 25th year! [Read more…]
by David
From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff
It was a wild day, once again.
I thought we were going to have movement higher if we were able to break above $SPY 414.5.
But it was a no-go. We headed back downhill.
by Ian Culley
From the Desk of Ian Culley
Markets don’t always trend higher or lower. In fact, traders often deal with churn – which sometimes is nothing more than a range-bound mess.
“Sideways” is a trend that’s all too easy to forget after last year’s historic volatility. Even bonds became risk assets in 2022!
I found it odd when bonds failed to react to last week’s rate hike along with other long-duration assets.
But the lack of bond market volatility might be exactly what risk assets, especially stocks, need right now.