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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
Retail Traders Missing Out on This
Hey, Ross here: And let’s end the trading week with a chart that gives us plenty of reason to be optimistic about the rest of the 2023 trading year. Chart of the Day This is the chart of the Nasdaq-100 – the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq – going back one year. […]
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. […]
Market-Crushing Numbers
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start with a trading idea that’s already paying dividends – but could still have room to run. Chart of the Day Collectible company Funko (FNKO) took a beating in last year’s bear market. But the stock is quickly coming back to life. FNKO surged on earnings a couple weeks ago […]
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 […]
Is Your Identity Holding Back Your Trading?
Hey, Ross here: And here’s an interesting “ratio” chart (courtesy of All Star Charts) that cements my view that tech is where we should be looking for breakouts right now. Chart of the Day The chart above shows the ratio of the XLK – the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund – to the S&P 500. […]
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. […]
Wake Up
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start off with yet another actionable trade idea. Chart of the Day Biotech stocks can make huge moves, and this one is no exception. TGTX more than doubled in a month and is showing no signs of slowing down. Slower-trending, blue chip stocks tend to ride their 50-day moving average […]
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 […]
The Fed Shifts (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 May 16, 2023 Most market participants believe the Fed will not continue to raise interest rates (effectively a pause). But this will not be crystal clear until the next Fed meeting on June 14th, despite the […]
The Bear Market is OVER (Here’s What to Do)
Hey, Ross here: And before I announce what the fear-mongering mainstream media won’t, here’s an actionable trade idea to start your week. Chart of the Day Datadog (DDOG) is trying to put an end to what has been a vicious Stage 4 downtrend. The stock fell 68% in last year’s bear market but is now […]
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 […]
They Think You’re a Sucker
Hey, Ross here: And here’s an encouraging chart showing inflation may be slowing down much faster than expected. Chart of the Day That’s the US and China Producer Price Index (PPI), which is a measure of producer prices (in the same way the CPI measures consumer prices). As you can see, Chinese producer prices have […]
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