A lot of the major US Stock Market indexes have been having a hard time making much progress this month.

That makes sense to me because there are simply fewer and fewer stocks that are going up in price.

It's a market of stocks, after all right?

The way I learned it was, "Don't fight Papa Dow".

As you can see below, Dow Futures are at the same levels they were on February 2nd. We start March this Friday.

Also, you can see momentum continue to roll over very aggressively, particularly as any new highs in the indexes failed to hold:

Good morning,

Welcome to your daily crypto clarity

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Crypto assets continue their relentless bid, with Bitcoin just a stone's throw away from all-time highs. Ethereum is gone up in a straight line, and is trading right beneath a long-term zone of supply near 3,500.

KEY STORIES

Fidelity Canada Recommend 1-3% of Crypto Allocation in Portfolios - The Defiant

Eyeing Coinbase's bitcoin custody dominance, Kraken launches institutional service -...

Crypto markets continue to rally higher, lead by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitcoin finds itself a mere stone's throw away from its all-time highs, while Ethereum trades beneath a key level of resistance. With the risk vs reward tilting out of favor from the two largest crypto assets, it begs the question where well-defined opportunities lie in the crypto complex.

Did you see that Crypto Markets are now worth over $2 Trillion again?

And this trend is just getting started.

In today's Daily Digest, we'll review:

1. No new positions today.
2. Rolled XRT position into April for a credit.
3. No exits since the last report.
4. Current status of open campaigns.

Let's dig in!

From the Desk of Steve Strazza and Alfonso Depablos

The biggest item on today’s list is a filing by Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

The former Speaker of the House bought call options in Palo Alto Networks $PANW worth between $600,000 and $1,250,000.

Remember when Apple was the most important company in the world?

Wasn't that like just a few months ago?

How convenient that it is no longer relevant, now that the stock goes down in price every day.

Apple closed yesterday at the lowest levels since early November...

Good morning,

Welcome to your daily crypto clarity

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Crypto assets continue their uptrend, lead by Bitcoin which has made a fresh 52-week high. Ethereum has lagged on this most recent rally as Bitcoin heads closer to its former all time highs.

KEY STORIES

New bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch day - The Block

Bitcoin Funding Rates Jump to 100%, Sparking Opportunity for Savvy Traders -...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Dividend Aristocrats are easily some of the most desirable investments on Wall Street. These are the names that have increased dividends for at least 25 years, providing steadily increasing income to long-term-minded shareholders.

As you can imagine, the companies making up this prestigious list are some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson are just a few of the household names making the cut.

Here at All Star Charts, we like to stay ahead of the curve. That's why we're turning our attention to the future aristocrats. In an effort to seek out the next generation of the cream-of-the-crop dividend plays, we're curating a list of stocks that have raised their payouts every year for five to nine years.

We call them the Young Aristocrats, and the idea is that these are "stocks that pay you to make money." Imagine if years of consistent dividend growth and high momentum and relative strength had a baby, leaving you with the best of the emerging dividend giants that are outperforming the averages.

By adding our technical analysis to the mix,...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The Minor Leaguers.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it back in 2020 and started rotating it with our flagship bottom-up scan, Under the Hood.

For the first year or so, we focused only on Russell 2000 stocks with a market cap between $1 and $2B.

That was fun, but we wanted to branch out a bit and allow some new stocks to find their way onto our list.

We expanded our universe to include some mid-caps.

To make the cut for our Minor Leaguers list now, a company must have a market cap between $1 and $4B.

And it doesn't have to be a Russell component — it can be any US-listed equity. With participation expanding around the globe, we want all those ADRs in our universe.

The same price and liquidity filters are applied. Then, as always, we sort by proximity to new highs in order to...

From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

The market is punishing investors for owning gold mining stocks.

Sure, a handful of gold miners are holding above key levels.

Buenaventura S.A.A. $BVN, Orla Mining $ORLA, and Harmony Gold $HMY belong to this elite group of outperformers.

But that’s about it.

I’m not giving these trades too much room. And I’m not piling into new long positions. Not yet! 

Here’s why…

Like the Energizer Bunny, the bull market just keeps going...

Who am I to fight the trend?

Today's trade is a stock that has been consistently traveling the path of least resistance higher and we're betting on that trend continuing.