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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
Useless Trading Advice
Hey friend, Let’s find out how the markets have been moving post-Fed decision. The Daily Direction Note: Markets dipped after the Fed ruled out rate cuts for the time being, even though the rate hike of 0.25% was widely expected. Several indexes saw their short-term directions flip downwards. The Daily Nugget Advice without action is […]
How to Confirm You’re Trading Correctly
Hey friend, As we close out the trading week, let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: After four days of losses, the market rallied strongly on Friday – led by shares of Apple and the regional banks – sending many index directions back upward once more. The Daily Nugget Price action […]
You can’t afford to get this basic step wrong…
Good Morning, Traders! I’m going to talk about how to find the best futures broker in this edition of the Daily Direction! The way we place transactions in the market is through a brokerage service. The broker is the one who makes all the magic happen behind the scenes when you buy or sell a … The post You can’t afford to get this basic step wrong… appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.
Get Perspective With This
Hey friend, With a hotter-than-expected inflation print yesterday amid a market bounce, let’s see how markets have been reacting as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: All indexes closed lower yesterday – but not as much as one would have expected considering the inflation print. The medium-term direction for the NASDAQ […]
The Most Effective Price Catalyst? (Not the Fed!)
Hey friend, Let’s find out the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: The fallout from First Republic Bank’s failure weighed on markets – but not enough to cause any change in directions. The Daily Nugget The most effective catalysts are not necessarily the most obvious. What’s the biggest price catalyst in the market […]
This is the Real Mistake
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Markets closed down yesterday on worries that the debt ceiling deal would get stalled at Congress. Well, the opposite happened – so let’s see how things shake out today. The Daily Nugget In trading, the real mistake happens when you refuse […]
A Critical Trading Correlation
Hey friend, Treasury yields retreated slightly after briefly breaching the psychological 5% mark late last week. But all indexes still ended lower, posting weekly losses. Of course, Powell’s comments that current monetary policy was “not overly tight” didn’t help things. The Daily Direction Note: The move lower last Friday sent the long-term direction of the […]
Doing This Isn’t Easy – But It’s Worth It
Hey friend, Here’s how markets have been moving as we begin a new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: A positive start to the earnings season – plus hopes of a Fed pause – led to another positive close yesterday. The Daily Nugget It can be psychologically difficult to follow your trading signals – no […]
Do You Have the Right Strategy for the Right Situation?
Hey friend, Here’s how markets have been moving as we start the week. The Daily Direction Note: Another positive close for the markets (except the Russell 2000, which dipped slightly). No change in any index directions. The Daily Nugget The astute trader knows how to use the right tool for the right situation. If all […]
You Must Understand This About Time
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we start a new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: A slightly negative close for the markets last week on signs of higher wholesale inflation – but not enough to shift any directions. The Daily Nugget Different time horizons require different strategies. This might seem […]
When the Biggest Fastest Gains Happen
Hey friend, Here’s how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: The producer’s price index (PPI) as well as the Core PPI report both came in below analyst expectations, strengthening the narrative that inflation is indeed cooling. Naturally, this was positive for stocks – and all index directions are firmly in the green. The […]
What are Your “Unknown Unknowns” of Trading?
Hey friend, Let’s find out the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Flat day in the markets as everyone is looking to what the Fed will decide tomorrow. No change in any directions. The Daily Nugget What are you doing to reduce the “unknown unknowns” in your trading? “There are things we don’t […]
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