From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It's a real tug of war between the bulls and the bears.

Each day we start the morning lower, and then we gradually trend higher.

Someone will win soon.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It's been a slow grind up and a real tug of war for the indices.

The market seems really tired, but it hasn't broken down.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The common theme over the past week has been to grind lower in the morning and then move back up in the indices.

It doesn't really feel like we're moving at all.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Futures are up nicely this morning, and $SPY is above 415.

We need to hold this level to head up to 421.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It was a sleepy market, and then the indices started to trend back up.

$SPY needs to get above 415 to get a move on higher.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Last week was a battle.

It was a complete tug of war.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

$SPY hit the 415 mark and then pulled in.

And then this market limped into the close.

Tech was weak once again, and this might be a continuing theme. 

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Bank stocks are taking off this morning after some of their earnings releases, while tech stocks seem weak again.

It seems to be the theme of the week.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Today was quite a turnaround.

We went from a bearish pattern to right back on course!

It's been a choppy week.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

$QQQ dropped yesterday to its 21-day moving average, and $SPY fell to its eight-day moving average at 407.50.

I was looking at $MRK yesterday in the live trading room, and I wish I bought it as it's up this morning.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It's a very sloppy market.

Either we're digesting to head higher or we're going to head lower right here.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

We've got the March CPI data coming out at 8:30 a.m. ET.

I have no idea which way the market will swing.