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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
Too Good to be True? It Doesn’t Matter
Hey, Ross here: Another day, another dollar, and another actionable trade idea to start the official market open. Chart of the Day Yes. It is indeed another AI stock. Marvell (MRVL) is a leading semiconductor stock whose products are used heavily in artificial intelligence applications. The stock surged 40% in two days following a good […]
This is More Important Than the Indexes
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we enter the middle of the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Stocks notched another upward close yesterday, with the market clearly having positive expectations for inflation. The Daily Nugget It’s often more important to pay attention to the leading stocks rather than the broader […]
Inflation and the Irrelevant Fed (Market Update from Charles Green)
Charles Green here, Senior Market Analyst here at Traders Agency. Here’s today Market Pulse 360. Market Pulse 360 for July 12, 2023 The June CPI was just released, the number was better than expected for YoY inflation (now 3% vs. 4% last month). This evidences the rate increases that still remain in a system (.75%) […]
Surprises Create Opportunities
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start the day with yet another actionable trade idea. Chart of the Day Datadog (DDOG) is another AI name that has come back to life in a big way. After falling 68% in last year’s bear market, the stock has surged 58% in just the last two months. The shallow […]
Dangerous Unknowns
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Expectations for cooling inflation and the start of the second-quarter earnings season lead to an upward close yesterday – sending all index directions back into the green. The Daily Nugget It’s the things we don’t know we don’t know that are dangerous. […]
Position Yourself Now
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start the day in the best way possible – with an actionable trade idea. Chart of the Day Dynatrace (DT) is a software company developing intelligent platforms that allow customers to modernize and automate IT operations. Their secret sauce? You guessed it… artificial intelligence. Now only has the pullback been […]
Process vs. Outcomes (Must-Know Difference!)
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we start a brand-new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Mixed jobs data on Friday again stoked rate hike fears, sending markets to a negative weekly close. Nevertheless, there was no change in any index directions. The Daily Nugget Understand the difference between process and […]
The Bull Market Remains in Full Effect
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start the new trading week with a breakdown of what happened last week. Chart of the Day As of market close on Friday, stocks were down roughly 1% for the week. After hitting a double top on Monday (see chart), the indexes pulled back slightly into their 10-day moving average. […]
Everything’s Going in the Right Direction (Market Update from Charles Green)
Charles Green here, Senior Market Analyst here at Traders Agency. Here’s today Market Pulse 360. Market Pulse 360 for July 7, 2023 After a really hot ADP number (private payrolls) yesterday, today’s Non-Farm Payroll (all payrolls, except farm workers) number was less than expected: 209k vs 240k. The May NFP number was revised down from […]
What It Takes to Win
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the shortened trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Markets retreated yesterday after strong jobs data stoked fears that the Fed would likely hike rates again this year (even though they had already said this earlier). The short-term directions for the Dow Jones […]
The Truth About Easy Opportunities
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start the day with a chart showing why everything is fine despite all the worry about yesterday’s market drop. Chart of the Day I shared this chart of the S&P 500 last week – but it’s worth looking at the updated one again. As you can see, despite the drop […]
Price Action vs. “Fundamentals”
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Markets pulled back a little yesterday as they digested the Fed’s minutes and weaker economic data from China. Yet, all index directions remain firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget Price action can predict the “fundamentals”. Many investors and traders are always […]
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