Traders Daily Direction
Your daily compass for market direction. Key levels, momentum shifts, and actionable setups before the bell rings.
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Should You Be An Optimistic Trader?
Hey friend, The Fed is meeting as you read this… and markets have been quiet pending the outcome of their meeting tomorrow… Which is why – with one exception – today’s Daily Direction table looks exactly the same as yesterday’s. The Daily Direction Note: Most indexes barely budged yesterday – with the exception of the […]
The Truth About Trading vs Office Jobs
Hey friend, It’s a brand-new trading week. And the next big direction of the markets largely hinges on the Fed. In the meantime, let’s look at how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Tech stocks sold off to end last week – dragging the indexes down with them. All the short and medium-term […]
Do You Have This “Rule”?
Hey friend, Yesterday, Softbank’s chip designing company, ARM went public in the biggest IPO of 2023 – jumping 25% in a day and lifting the entire market along with it. So let’s see how markets have been moving in reaction to it. The Daily Direction Note: Thanks to ARM’s IPO, all index directions – with […]
All Trading Comes Down to Understanding This
Hey friend, Time to see how the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Indexes closed higher yesterday on positive expectations for tomorrow’s inflation data release. Both the S&p 500 and NASDAQ managed to flip their short and medium-term directions back upward. The Daily Nugget Skillful trading is all about understanding and interpreting supply-demand […]
Price Action is Useless Without This
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we begin a brand-new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Most indexes edged slightly higher Friday to end the week on a positive note – but it was still a down week overall. All eyes will be on the latest consumer inflation report which will […]
Unlearning False Beliefs
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Bad news around Apple, oil price increases, worries about more Fed rate hikes thanks to lower-than-expected jobless claims – they all worked in concert to weigh down on indexes. All short and medium-term directions have […]
What Sun Tzu Said About Trading
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Rising Treasury yields plus continued worries about a rise in crude oil prices pushed indexes downward yesterday. The Nasdaq is the only index that is preserving its upward short and medium-term directions – but barely so. The Daily Nugget Know which market […]
The Difference Between the Pros and Amateurs
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Crude oil prices jumped yesterday after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended supply cuts. This weighed on markets, with all indexes closing lower. The short and medium-term directions of the Dow Jones and the Russell 2000 flipped downward. The Daily Nugget The […]
Feeling A Bit TOO Excited?
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we start a new (shortened) trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Bad news is good news again, and all indexes ended last week higher after a rise in unemployment numbers sparked hopes that the Fed will put a stop to its rate hiking cycle. All […]
How to Protect Your Risk/Reward Ratio
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving before we head off for the long weekend. The Daily Direction Note: Most indexes – except the Nasdaq – closed slightly lower yesterday. While the recovery helped trim losses, it was still a losing month for stocks. The Daily Nugget Stop losses are what allow you […]
What To Do When You’re Trading Poorly
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Indexes continued their recovery yesterday, with all of them closing in the green. No changes in any directions compared to the day before. The Daily Nugget When you’re trading poorly you should TIGHTEN your stop losses – not loosen them. Many […]
The Truth About “Patience” in Trading
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we enter the middle of the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Weaker jobs data spurred a big upward move in all the indexes yesterday – flipping almost every direction into the green. Is this a sign of the next rally? The Daily Nugget Good […]
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