VIX Down, Market Up?

It looks like the market developed an undercut and rally with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) midweek, and that would also be defined as a “bear trap” since we closed on the lows Friday then reversed on Monday. Some indications that there could be more upside with the market comes from the Volatility … Read more

Emergency Fed Meeting

Another wrinkle in the chaotic market is word of an emergency Fed meeting today on October 3rd. We don’t yet know what it is about or what the market reaction will be, but we also know the market is very oversold. The kindling is there for a short squeeze. We could see SPY head toward … Read more

Wrinkle In Europe

So the Bank of England decided to start up its bond buying program, which is why Wednesday was a stronger day. Will this help? If so, how long? Or will this be throwing fuel on the inflation fire? Only time will tell, but we do know that the stock market indexes were working off their … Read more

Downside Gets Frothy

This market has been in a downward decline for weeks that started with the Jackson Hole, Wyo., Federal Reserve Symposium, negative U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raising interest rates, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talking tough. The bears have been winning and basking in the glory. But as … Read more

Crazy FOMC Day

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) followed through with plans to raise federal funds interest rates by 75 basis points, and the market didn’t like it. After a few wild moves in both directions on Wednesday after the announcement, the downside was chosen and the market ended on the lows. I think it is clear … Read more

Breaking Trend Lines

This month, it is notable that the monthly squeeze histogram in the S&P 500 (SPY) has moved negative. In addition to that, the SPY has broken two trend lines and a price support area. The trend continues to the downside, and it’s just a matter of what path the SPY will take on its way … Read more

Market ‘Fake Out?’

After one of the biggest down days on Tuesday, the market has since held and flagged for the day. Zero follow through to the downside so far. Will Thursday continue down or will there be a surprise upside move? I mention this because the put/call ratio is super high and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF … Read more

Short Oversold Bounce?

The move up in the market last week made sense and I was communicating to the Moxie Indicator™ Mastery subscribers that I wanted to see higher prices in order to short into the pattern. This was because much of the market got very oversold after about a three-week plunge. So we got the bounce, but … Read more

Shorting A Bounce

Hey Market Pilot, After a very heavy couple of weeks, the market has found some support and is now trying to figure out what to do next. Based on typical Moxie Indicator™ patterns and rules, if we get a bounce, it would set us up for an Inverse Trampoline on the hourly time frame. So … Read more

Happy Day Trade

Hey Market Pilot, Friday was quite the roller coaster of a day and I was very happy to not have taken any swing trades. But for those of you who day trade, this was an excellent opportunity and I will show you how the Moxie Indicator™ guided you in and out of the big move. … Read more