I was reviewing some historical mutual fund performance and I think we all know this as traders – the market tends to do well after pullbacks and corrections. Well, maybe 2022 was the bear pullback that laid the foundation for a positive 2023. Lets see what this example shows us: Just a quick note, I … Read more
Just a quick note, I presented a “Bull/Bear Market” update in the Simpler Trading Free Trading Room. Be sure to watch the recording of the webinar with lots of material to learn from in this market Today I want to point out VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) and KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB). I … Read more
One more day ‘till February is in the books and as long as the market doesn’t implode, it will probably stay over the monthly 10-day moving average (MA). This MA has been a line in the sand for me. The fact that the market is closing over this MA means there is some positivity. Of … Read more
All last week I was guiding the Moxie Indicator™ subscribers into the idea that the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was likely to pull back and that the target would probably be the daily 50-day simple moving average (SMA). That target was hit Wednesday, and now we need to see if this area will … Read more
The Hourly Inverse Trampoline setups I had been seeing this week and cautiously pointing out finally triggered Thursday. The markets dropped Friday and I think they should continue, possibly to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) daily 50-day simple moving average. We never know how deep the pullback will be or how long it … Read more
We got the initial pullback to the daily 21-day exponential moving average (EMA) as I was expecting. Then I was looking for a pullback to the daily 50-day simple moving average (SMA) since the hourly Moxie Indicator™ is looking weak. But in case that doesn’t happen and price wants to flag, here is an example … Read more
So the pullback we were waiting for started Thursday. This raises questions about how far will it go, how long will it last, and will it be into strength or weakness? Whatever that may be, there are opportunities out there in both directions as we cashed in a nice short trade on Hut 8 Mining … Read more
We had a strong five to six weeks in the stock market and it’s due for a rest. I am seeing participation start to fall off and not a lot of setups jumping out at me. So let’s give the market some time to reset and refresh. Let’s look at the distance from the average … Read more
The market had a nice move up due to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week. Gold (GLD) did go, but it was a trap. GLD had already been running for a very long time and was not in a good place to go long. Here I will show you all the things … Read more
Whether it’s a short squeeze or more buying, the market went up a few minutes after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell started speaking Wednesday. He highlighted the end of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week. Yes, there might be really negative economic data coming sometime in the future. But we don’t know … Read more