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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
The Market is Sizzlin’
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Another positive close yesterday as the markets believe the debt ceiling standoff would soon be resolved. The Dow Jones’ short-term direction flipped back upwards. The Daily Nugget Trading profits are never spread evenly – you must strike when the iron is […]
Are You Relying Too Much on This?
Hey friend, Time to see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Big up day for the markets yesterday, with the markets now optimistic on a US debt ceiling deal (flip-flop much?). Multiple index directions flipped upward. The Daily Nugget The trend is your friend – but don’t rely too much on him. […]
How to Think About the News
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A generally lower close yesterday as worries increased about whether the debt ceiling standoff would be resolved in time. Only the NASDAQ closed higher – and several indexes’ directions flipped downward. The Daily Nugget The news is just data points – not […]
This is Dangerous
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A generally higher close yesterday as hopes that the annual debt limit standoff would be resolved – plus comments from a couple Fed officials supportive of interest rate pauses. The only change in direction was the Russell 2000’s short-term direction flipping upward. […]
Focus – or Fail
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we start a new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Comments by certain Fed officials caused the narrative that the rate hiking cycle was over to waver – sending stocks to a lower close last week. No change in any directions. The Daily Nugget An […]
Forecasting Fails (Do This Instead)
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: A largely negative close yesterday due to renewed fears surrounding the regional banking crisis and a few negative earnings reports. No change in any directions, however. The Daily Nugget Be a translator – not a […]
Duality
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A mixed but slightly positive close overall as the inflation data was considered better than expected. No change in any index directions. The Daily Nugget Successful traders are both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time. Be pessimistic in the sense of […]
Useless Trading Edges
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A slightly negative close yesterday as markets await key inflation data. No change in any direction except the Dow’s short-term direction flipping negative. The Daily Nugget An edge without execution is useless. Having an edge as a trader is crucial. You know […]
The Games We Play
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A mixed but overall flat close for the markets yesterday as we await key inflation figures. No change in any index directions. The Daily Nugget Understand what game you’re playing. There are many different games being played by different market participants. Some […]
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 […]
Divergent Behavior
Hey friend, As we close out the trading week, let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Regional bank contagion fears are roiling the markets again, sending them downwards. No change in directions from yesterday. The Daily Nugget When the market is falling, pay close attention to which stocks are not. If […]
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 […]
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