Stock Market Blog
Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
Rules of the Expectations Game
Hey, Ross here: And here’s an interesting chart that shows you just how fickle most retail traders are. Chart of the Day Essentially, retail investors’ stock holdings have actually gone back to below pre-pandemic levels as they quickly learned that stocks don’t only go up. That’s why the pros like to call them the “dumb money” in […]
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 […]
How to Play the “Fed Breakout” (+ Another Trade Idea)
Hey, Ross here: And before the Fed announces its decision later today, let’s check out a trade idea you can take action on. Chart of the Day Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of multiple neurodegenerative diseases. The company has had its […]
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 […]
Move Before the Fed (+ a Winning Trade Idea)
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start today with an actionable trade idea that’s already bearing fruit. Chart of the Day Cardlytics Inc. (CDLX) had a spike just a few weeks ago that was over 25x the average volume. That rally led us to a resistance area that previously acted as a support level a few […]
Does Your Trading Screen Look Like This? (Big Problem)
Hey friend, Let’s find out the markets have been moving as we start a new trading week (and month). The Daily Direction Note: Strong positive corporate earnings kept the end-of-week rally going, marking a positive end to April and the start of a new month. The Daily Nugget Simplicity beats complexity. Pull up your TradingView […]
The Most Important Week This Year (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 1, 2023 This week will be the most important week this year! NASDAQ retested 11,800 last week, bouncing off of it and forming a double bottom, which was very bullish going into this week with […]
Aggressive Breakout Incoming?
Hey, Ross here: And let’s start the new month and trading week by looking at a chart that could signal an aggressive breakout in the markets. Chart of the Day The market seems to have found previous resistance that has been tested multiple times in the past year. This area acted as a support level […]
Position Yourself Now! (Urgent Update from Charles Green)
Charles Green here, Senior Market Analyst here at Traders Agency. Here’s today Market Pulse 360. Market Pulse 360 for April 28, 2023 Next week will be the most important week this year! Inflation continues to decline (from peak of 9% one year ago to 5/6% now), and corporate earnings are improving with MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, […]
Urgent – Can You Pass This Simple Trading Test?
Hey friend, Let’s find out the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: A rally in Big Tech after positive earnings sent many short-term index directions back into positive territory – despite some negative economic news also being released at the same time. The Daily Nugget Can you describe your trading edge in a […]
Profitable Surprises
Hey, Ross here: And let’s look at a positive sign for the markets today. Chart of the Day Take a look at what happened with the NASDAQ over the past three days. First, it closed sharply below its 21-day moving average – even flirting with going below the 50-day moving average. Then, yesterday, after a […]
What “Working Harder” at Trading Really Means
Hey friend, Let’s find out the markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Fears about the regional banking crisis weighed on markets yesterday. Short-term direction on all indexes is now negative. The Daily Nugget It’s not about working harder, it’s about working the system. For most people, the term working harder is directly related […]
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