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A Dead-Stick Dollar Is Good News for Stocks

January 17, 2023

From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

Perhaps you’ve noticed that I don’t use moving averages.

For starters, I don’t like the way they look.

They muddy the pristine waters of price. And if I can't pick up on the underlying trend by looking at price action, then god help me.

Regardless, I do my best to stay open-minded. Everyone has their own process. Mine works for me, but that doesn’t make it superior by any stretch.

So, when Grant @GrantHawkridge dropped a US Dollar Index $DXY moving average crossover study in our analyst Slack chat last weekend, I couldn’t resist.

It wasn’t because it highlighted the “death cross” (when a 50-day moving average falls below a longer-term 200-day average), which always stirs a great deal of excitement.

Nor was it what his study suggests for the dollar in the coming weeks and quarters. 

Rather, it’s what it implies for US stocks.

Check out the chart of the DXY with a 50-day (blue line) and a 200-day simple moving average (red line):

Stop Selling Covered Calls!

January 17, 2023

Look, I get it.

Maybe you have some long-term holdings showing significant gains that you don’t want to pay taxes on. But you want to squeeze some additional income out of these positions because either you’re greedy (fine) or you want to practice responsible risk management (a better reason).

That’s fine. Go ahead and continue selling covered calls from your yacht. You do you.

This post is aimed at the rest of you knuckleheads who seem to think entering covered call trades as tactical short-term plays is a productive use of your time and capital.

Yes, you! You know who you are.

Let me show you two pictures.

Weekly Market Notes: Market Whetting Appetite For Risk

January 17, 2023
From the desk of Willie Delwiche.

The shorter-term risk indicators have teased the possibility in recent weeks, but now for the first time in a year, our longer-term Risk Indicator has moved into Risk On territory.

More Context: This risk indicator is made up of 20 (intermarket and intramarket) ratios that pair various risk on and risk off assets. It ebbed and flowed over the course of 2022 but remained in Risk Off territory all of last year. Paired with the turn higher in our net new high advance/decline line, this is evidence of an improving backdrop for risk assets. These are not discrete signals (like so many breadth and momentum thrusts) but are continuous indicators of the environment in which we, as investors, are operating. 

Abdiel Capital Reports Large APPN Purchase

January 17, 2023

The largest insider transaction on today’s list is a Form 4 filing by Abdiel Capital Management LLC, which reported a purchase worth roughly $8.7 million in Appian Corporation $APPN.

The hedge fund now has an ownership stake of nearly 12%.

All Star Charts Crypto

A Structural Shift

January 17, 2023

What a week, eh?

Bitcoin had its best week in two years, with the orange coin rallying 22%. Many coins followed suit, with names like Solana gaining a whopping 60% last week.

This move was merely a continuation of the momentum we pointed out at the beginning of last week, with many of our internal breadth metrics moving into bullish conditions.