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Last Call for 2022 | Six Predictions for 2023

Santa Claus Rally Is an Indicator, Not a Strategy

JPMorgan Collar Trade Could Contain S&P Range This Week

Santa Claus Rally on Tap?

Coal or Candy: Would They Really Crush the S&P Today?

Can Buyers Keep Up the ES Rally As Volume Fades?

Update to Individual Stock Trades

One More Stock Setup

Bulls Hit the Gas as Gap-Up Is on Tap

S&P 500 Has Become a Punching Bag for Sellers

Last Full Trading Week of the Year Begins

Busy Week Ends With Huge Expiration Day

Individual Stocks: AAPL, TSLA, ULTA, More

A Hawk Rises From the CPI Ashes

CPI Is Done. Now It’s the Fed’s Turn

Update: New Levels in Play After CPI Pop

CPI On Tap. Why Is Everything Rallying?

"Keep Your Chin Straps Handy."

PPI On Tap. Can Bulls Keep Up the Momentum?

S&P Finds Its Footing, but Can It Rotate Higher?

Rapid Update: Trimming Into Profit

Thursday/Friday Rule May Be in Play for Bulls

Two Individual Stock Trades to Watch Today

A Beating for the Bulls With a 93% Downside Day

Easing Into This Week’s Action

Jobs Report on Tap. Here Are the Levels to Know Now

Powell Delivers for the Bulls. 4150 On Tap?

4 Stock Setups to Keep an Eye On

Powell Comments on Tap as S&P Sits at Key Juncture

It Will Be Key to See if the Market Holds Active Support

Buy the Opening Dip? Here Are the Levels to Know

Short Day on Tap. Don’t Take Low-Probability Trades

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

FOMC On Deck. Bulls Hold Active Control

Thin-to-Win Week on Tap? Here’s How Bulls Stay in Control

S&P Starts Off Under Pressure on a Short Week

Taking Profits and Buying the Dips (for now)

S&P 500 Update: Trimming Into Profit

Additional Setups for Today

A Key Support Level Is on Tap

The 2000 Tech Bubble vs. Bitcoin: A Floor Trader’s Perspective

Headline-Driven “Mess” in the /ES

Update: S&P Trade

Potential S&P Setup

PPI Numbers Are on Tap as Market Digest Gains

Individual Stock Setups

Looking for a Pullback

Last Update: SPX & SPY

Very Quick Update: SPX

Is the Low In? Navigating Friday

Crypto Collapse. CPI Comes in Low — Part 2

Crypto Collapse. CPI Report on Tap — Part 1

Trim NVDA Short Trade

Are We Setting Up For Another Chop Day?

Our Best Deal Ever -- 50% Off

Midterms on Tap. S&P Has a Decision to Make

A Fade-Trade Could Present Itself Near the Open

Jobs Report on Tap - Part 2

Jobs Report on Tap - Part 1

Another Hike, Another Fall.

Update on Oil and the US Dollar

Buckle Up: It’s Rate-Hike Day

Trading the S&P 500 This Morning

Two-Day Fed Meeting Starts Today

Update: Banking 25 Points on the ES

Last Day of October Is on the Way

Quick Update: ES & Individual Stocks

Big Tech Continues to Whiff. When Will the Market Care?

Big Tech Now 0-for-3

Interview #3 -- Talking With HandelStats

Update: How Danny Is Trading Today's Open

GOOGL, MSFT Put Recent Rally to the Test

Interview Special: David Dube from Polaris Trading

Can Bonds Put in a Bottom?

Opex Is Here as Bonds Get Steam-Rolled

Opex “Slop Trade” Is Developing as S&P Remains Rangebound

Bonds Are Beginning to Look Like a Problem

Have We Seen the Low? | An Interview With a Close Trading Friend

Gap-Up Monday Creates Risk and Opportunity

Would You Look at That…Stocks Rip on Bad CPI Print

Ride or Die by the CPI

Can Bulls Make Good of the PPI Reading?

Storm Clouds Continue to Gain Strength

CPI, Earnings Are the Focus This Week

VIDEO: September Low Rhymes With June Bottom

Jobs Report Friday. Here Are the Key Levels to Know

Will Bulls Buy Another Lower Open?

Is That the Low?

A Few Setups to Watch Today

Strong Start to Q4 as Traders Wonder About a Bottom

Will October Be a Bear Killer or Add to the Turmoil?

Q4 Is Almost Here; More Pain to Come or Relief in Sight?

They’re Talking About Contagion; “Lehman”

We’re Getting Really Oversold but It Doesn’t Feel Like a Bottom

UPDATE: New 52-Week Lows on Tap?

Turnaround Tuesday on Tap?

5 Red Flags that Preceded the 2022 Bear Market

New Lows At Risk With Monday’s Gap Down

Are New Lows on Tap as the Bear Continues to Growl?

Long-Term Levels on Long-Term Stocks

“Higher for Longer” But Why Is That a Surprise?

It’s the Fed Day. Here Are the Levels to Watch

No Fear of the Fed?

Fed Rate Hike: 1% Too Much and 0.75% Too Little

Stocks Set to Gap Down on September Quad-Witch Expo

Video Update: 'Big Picture' Look at the S&P 500

Calm Before the Quad-Witch Storm

Update: New Levels to Watch on the S&P 500 and ES

CPI Crash: Is The Worst Yet to Come?

Update: CPI Whiffs Badly. New Levels to Watch

The Only Thing That Matters: Today’s CPI Report

Here's The Upside Levels to Watch in the S&P, Nasdaq

Fry-Day on Tap as S&P Gaps Up

Don't Forget About the Webinar

How Much Juice Is Left in This “Rally?”

So Much for “Turnaround Tuesday” Huh?

The Market’s Tough, but Support & Resistance Is Very Clear

Update, Sale and a Webinar

Support Held, but the Jobs Report Is Critical

Will We Go Down Five in a Row?

Last Day of August Trading

Is the Fed Going to Be a Problem?

Charting the S&P and Nasdaq

Is the Bear-Market Rally Over?

Jackson Hole Is Here, but How Much Does It Matter?

The Nasdaq Has a Very Tight Range. Here's the Trade

Chop Continues Ahead of Jackson Hole

Where I'm Nibbling These Two Stocks

Two-Day Dip Leaves the Bulls Scrambling

Opening Morning Dip -- Do We Bounce?

CONTEST: Pick the Opex Close

Opex Day Is Here With Markets Pulling Back

Update on a Few Individual Stock Trades

You Call That a Pullback?

Update from Danny | Our Lean

Stocks Are Due for A Break

Pain Game Sets Up for Bulls and Bears

Our Lean - Correction

Is the Bear Market Over?

Yesterday’s Pullback Not a Win for the Bears

Intraday Update: S&P, AAPL, Bonds, Individual Stocks

CPI Breakout. Here’s Where the S&P Could Go Now

It’s All About the CPI Report

Cautious Trading Ahead of Wednesday's CPI Report

What Are the Bonds Trying to Tell Us?

How Long Can the Rally Go?

Trading the Red-Hot Jobs Report

Bulls Are In Control | Where to Buy the Dip

Buy the Pelosi Dip?

List of Individual Stock Trades

Pelosi’s Visit to Asia Creating Cautious Trading Environment

Nearing a Critical Area on the Charts

Two Big Days for the S&P Bulls, but How Much Upside Is Left?

We Got the Rate-Hike Rally. Now What?

Is There a Rate-Hike Rally In Store?

Will Fed Hint at a Pause?

The Summer’s Busiest Week Begins

Are the Bulls Back?

Trading Tesla’s Earnings; Back to Buying the Dip?

Monday’s Dip, Tuesday’s Rip. What’s Wednesday Have in Store?

The Great American Shrink Down

How Long Can This Dead-Cat Bounce?

Are Bank Earnings a Cause for Concern?

Six Bear Market Trading Rules

Inflation Ups Bets on 100 Basis Point Rate Hike

S&P Approaches Major Support on Hot CPI Print

Bulls Are Flirting With Trouble Ahead of CPI Report

Earnings, Inflation Report Will Drive Markets This Week

Jobs Report Friday | Buying the Dip Actually Worked

Bulls in Control, but Vulnerable to "Bear Raids"

80 Points Down, 90 Points Up: Welcome to Summer Trading

Will the Bulls Drop the Ball?

Welcome to Q3 | A Few New Stock Setups

A Few Stocks Are Working Right Now

End-of-Quarter "Walk Away" Today?

SPECIAL EDITION: Is The Low In for the S&P 500?

Bears Have the Benefit of the Doubt…Not the Bulls

S&P 500: Quarter Rebalance Makes For A Choppy Trading Day

S&P Enters the Quarter-End Rebalance on a Strong Note

SPY Trade

'Embrace The CHOP' | S&P Clears Key Level

Okay Bulls, Prove It!

S&P 500: Summer Volumes Come Early

Navigating the Bounce in a Holiday-Shortened Week

Quad Witch Round 2. Can Bulls Recoup Some of This Week’s Losses?

S&P Snaps 5-Day Losing Streak -- Now What?

Our Lean *Correction*

How We Can See a Post-Fed Rally

S&P 500 Slides Into Bear Market Territory, Now What?

Monday's Gap Down: The 2022 Lows Are Vulnerable

Pre-CPI Dump Gives S&P a Break of the Range

Traction-less Action as Tough 7-Day Schedule Sets Up

The Bull Case Is Still Here -- For Now

Protect Your Capital Amid the Chop

Market Endures a "Crude Reality"

Quick Update: S&P 500, AAPL, TSLA

Jobs Friday or Jobs Fry-Day?

Bulls Still Have Control, but Could Lose It Any Minute

As Oil Nears $120, Stocks and Bonds Fall

Did We See the Low?

S&P End Of The Month Buying; Is the Low In?

First Up-Week in Two Months?

These Stocks Have Relative Strength

Snap “Snaps” Momentum. Can the S&P Hold Its Ground?

S&P 500: Who's’ The Boss? The Dead Cat or the Bonds?

$1.9 Trillion In Options Expired on Friday and the Bulls Were “Saved”

Following a Chop-Fest - Can S&P Avoid 7th Straight Weekly Decline?

VIDEO: Why Levels Matter for the S&P 500

Weak Retail Earnings Send the S&P and Nasdaq Down Over 4%

ES Rallies 240 Points From the Low. How Much Gas Is in the Tank?

S&P 500 Is Gapping Into Upside Target. Now What?

The Bulls Won Friday, but Can They Keep Winning?

It’s Time to Run the Upside Buy Stops

Everything Is in Free-Fall

Two-Days Lows Will be Tested

S&P 500: Vicious Tape Sending Investors Packing

Stock Market Capitulation And The Great Unwind

Markets Set to Open Lower on Monday. Here’s Our Approach

S&P 500: When The Bottom Falls Out

Individual Stock Trade: DTLR

S&P 500 Up 126 Points As Powell Nixes .75% Rate Hikes

Fed Day on Tap. Here's What You Need to Know

Bonds Fall To New Lows As Fed Meeting Begins

S&P 500 Nosedives With MIM Sale of $7.16 Billion

The S&P Is in No Man's Land This Morning and Needs Direction

Markets Spinning Out of Control: Yesterday’s Chop on Full Display

How Will Stocks End a Brutal Month?

S&P 500: Key Levels to Watch for Reversal or Continuation Rally

VIDEO: Big Picture S&P 500 View

Market Enters Monday With Jitters After Painful Finish to Last Week

“Tightening Time” — Fed Is Ready to Raise Rates. Are You Ready?

Technical Error: Here's the OP

How Far Can the S&P 500 Rally From Here?: Chart

Trade Updates: Several Targets Hit

Early Dip And Bigger Rip | Watching for More Follow-Through

April: Worst Month For The Nasdaq Since 2002 | Bounce Coming?

Sell In May And Walk Away...If Not Earlier

Bond Rally Sends the Nasdaq up 2% — Now What?

You Must Keep an Eye on Bonds Right Now. Here’s Why

CPI In Focus As Market Teeters on Key Levels | Individual Stock Setups Are Back

Can Bullish Seasonality Trump Bearish Backdrop?

It’s a Mixed Bag Out There. Here's Why

S&P Looks to Build Off Yesterday's Recovery

Fed Is Hawkish and That’s Hitting Bonds. Will It Hit Stocks Too?

Bond Weakness Sends 30-Year Mortgage Rate Above 5%

Goldman’s Best-Case/Worst-Case | Trading NVDA, AAPL

Bulls Need to Make a Stand or Volatility Can Pick Back Up

S&P 500: "End Of The Quarter Walk-Away"

S&P 500: Last Trading Day Of Q1

Talking With the PitBull — When Do We Pull Back?

S&P 500 Futures Up 440 in the Last 10 Sessions

VIDEO: A Rebalancing Act

Risk Update: SPY/ES, QQQ/NQ, ARKK, AVGO

S&P Caps Off Largest Two-Week Gain Since 2020

Will a Record End-of-Quarter Rebalance Boost the Bull Case?

S&P Takes A Breather but Holds Key Support…For Now

S&P Is Now Only 6% Off Record Highs

Sell This Rally or Buy Monday's "Dip?"

S&P 500: Up 7% In 4 Sessions. Now What?

3/21 Game Plan: Rallying Into Resistance?

S&P 500 Up 5.77% In Last Three Sessions. Now What?

S&P 500: Up 4.5% In Two Sessions, Largest Gains Since April 2020

Bulls Enjoy a Pre-Fed Day Warm Up With a ~2% Gain

S&P 500 Can’t Find One Good Headline At the Moment

S&P 500 And The BS Putin Story

Trading the S&P After a Choppy Inside Day

S&P Fades Ahead of CPI. Can It Rally on the News?

3/10 Game Plan: S&P, Nasdaq, Oil, Gold, MQ, CRWD

S&P 500: Crushing Day Met With Massive Gap-Up

VIDEO: Analyzing the S&P, Nasdaq, VIX and Oil

S&P 500 And The Russian and Inflation Blitzkrieg

Putin’s Pain Game. A Blow-Off Top in Oil?

Educational Post: Our Best Trading Vehicles Last Week

Russia "Uninvestable" | Jobs Report Due Up

Powell Says Rates Set To Go Higher in Two Weeks

What Happens When Financial Stocks Fall And Oil Is above $100?

Potentially Ominous Pattern Emerges in S&P 500

The Putin Show Continues to Drive Headlines and Draw Sanctions

Nasdaq Falls 3.5% at Lows, Then Rallies 7.3% Off the Lows

Stocks Roll to New Lows as Russia Rolls In

Putin Didn't Cause The Bear Market, He's Just Exploiting It

S&P Gyrates Around Putin's Playbook

S&P 500: Putin Spooks The Markets; Gold Spikes Above $1,900

Russia's Continued Military Buildup in Ukraine is an Overhang on Stocks

TTD Trade Update

How Long Will Rally Last Under Russian Action?

S&P 500: Rate Increases Loom but Stocks Pop on De-Escalating Tensions With Russia

Weak Bonds, Then Russian Headlines Hammer Stocks Lower

CPI Jumps While Bonds Fall and S&P Sinks 1.9%

CPI Report on Tap | Trading the S&P at Current Resistance

Bonds Fall and Stocks Rally: How Long Will That Last?

Weak Bonds Pressure Tech — Sell the Rallies for Now

Friday’s Late Spill May Cost the Bulls

Nasdaq Falls 622 Points, Rallies 333 Points After AMZN

S&P 500: Drop, Chop & Pop | Trading TSLA, ARKK

What Super Yachts Say About the Stock Market

S&P 500: End-Of-Month Rebalancers Target Tech Stocks

End of The Month Rebalance Led by $4.6 Billion Late-Day Buy

Can Apple Turn the Market Around?

Fed’s Powell Speaks and Stocks TANK

S&P 500 Pre-Fed Day Hoopla | Trading MSFT Earnings

S&P Falls 4% at Lows But Closes Higher by 0.4%

Another Day, Another Gap Down | Looking at Opportunities

Short Term Trades Review: What Went Right and What Went Wrong Last Week?

The Worst Price Action Since The Credit Crisis

S&P Tumbles As Nasdaq Falls Into Correction Territory

Caution on the Gap-Up | Trading Apple, SPY

Volatility Picks Up as Stocks Start Week With a Dip

S&P 500 Pullback: Oh Boy, Here We Go Again?

Become a Better Trader Today With The Opening Print!

Will the S&P 500 Take a Breather After a Robust Three-Day Move?

Inflation at the Forefront - Navigating After a Monster Two-Day Rally

Trading Monday’s Robust Rebound | Ford, AMD & More

Bond Sell Off And The ‘Taper Tantrum’

Become a Better Trader Today, With The Opening Print!

Seeking More Clarity After a Clear Indecision Day | Bottom in BABA?

S&P 500: Negative Forces At Work

ES Range Continues to Tighten, Interest Rates At a Key Level for Tech

ES Reverses to the Upside, 4800+ in Play

The First Trading Day of 2022 | Trading TSLA and the Trends