Hey Market Pilots, We finally got the pullback I have been looking for, but this is only the beginning. We had a dip on July 8, but that dip was bought and price did not get rejected by the 15-minute, 50 simple moving average (SMA). This moving average is what I use to initially see … Read more
Have you heard this? “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” This idea sure seems to be ringing true for anyone trying to short the market lately. I am also in the “how is the market staying up” camp, but I have made it a general rule of mine to not … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, The old saying “you can’t see the forest through the trees” means that sometimes you are too close to see the bigger picture. When you are in the middle of the trees, you can only see for a short distance and you don’t know if you are in a massive rain forest … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, The weeks leading up to the 4th of July are typically seasonally bullish and this was true for the S&P 500 (SPY) and Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq exchange traded fund), and a handful of stocks. But for the rest of the market, we actually saw a lot of names sink to the downside. … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, Good news, the S&P 500 (SPY) and Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq exchange traded fund) have been hitting new all-time highs. This reinforces the stance I had that the SPY move down in mid-June was just a dip. It was a little intense at the time, but I definitely wasn’t communicating anything bearish to … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, It has been a long few months since we have seen the small caps set up strong. The Moxie IndicatorTM subscribers had a really great run with small caps from November to February and then they all pulled back. Some small caps really imploded ─ or at least that’s what it looked … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, Timing is pretty important in trading. I am sure it is even more important when dealing with options since they have a specific time value associated with them. Either way, you can be right about a trend or the overall performance of a stock, but if you enter or exit at the … Read more
Hey Market Pilots, With the big move down in the markets toward the end of last week, price got stretched and when this happens there is always a bounce at some point. The first bounce is usually pretty easy to spot, but the real question is what happens after this point. In the screenshot below, … Read more
Hey Market Pilot, We had the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) release its minutes yesterday, June 16 Market reaction caused the dollar to move up strongly and precious metals were hit with a sell-off. Then we woke up today to find each of those moves continued in extreme fashion overnight. The extent of the moves … Read more
Hey Market Pilot, A few weeks ago numerous names were starting to shape up exactly as I needed them to take advantage of this market. It was exciting to see them come alive in the Moxie IndicatorTM way and I began telling my subscribers about them. Because I have definable setups and patterns, I could … Read more