Category: Intraday Market Update

1:47 p.m. ET Today has been like watching paint dry. Today’s October options expiration is large, roughly 2x the average...

It looks like we’ll have strong 1-day oversold internals. I need to confirm the price/volume relationship after the close. Normally,...

President Trump said his call with Putin went well. The market still bleeds. Remember that ABI and positive volatility correlation...

1:02 p.m. ET Market tone has eroded throughout the session. The retreat coincides with a Truth Social post from President Trump, which...

3:33 p.m. ET It’s been pretty quiet since the last update. Maybe that changes before the close, but as of...

1:57 p.m. ET I’m not sure what is driving the recent intraday bearish tone. Perhaps the market, which rallied on...

12:18 p.m. ET Early tone is something of a flip-flop of yesterday’s, or at least more balanced between Growth (+0.6%)...

Factor rotations today is the mirror image of Monday,and insanely strong, out of growth and into value. As a result...

12:51 p.m. ET Trade tensions flared up with China responding in kind to U.S. port fees on Chinese vessels in...

S&P futures are down 1% after  China vowed to “fight to the end” in its trade war with the U.S....

There’s very little difference since the last update, Nasdaq-100 is 0.15% higher than the prior update leaving the same candlestick...

1:45 p.m. ET Averages As seen in recent days the Tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 and the very different domestically focussed and value-leaning...

11:28 a.m. ET Amid recent escalating trade tensions, China’s Ministry of Commerce expanded export restrictions on rare earths, tightening Beijing’s...

2:05 p.m. ET Just so everyone knows and is on the same page, don’t expect more ABI or volatility signals....

1:37 p.m. ET I don’t have time to organize this post as usual so I’ll lay it out and follow...

11:19 a.m. ET In this morning’s A.M. Update I highlighted (bold) the following, “China reportedly launched a customs crackdown on NVIDIA...

1:26 p.m. ET The U.S. dollar Index (+0.5%) is breaking out with early evidence of short-covering, and it’s putting pressure...

4:24 p.m. ET I was on the fence in considering adding to my long vol. position. I was leaning toward...

I was looking at bringing my total share count in UVXY (or vixy – i like both) up to the...

3:10 p.m. ET I’m wondering whether the October lateral (rectangle) range may be a distribution zone. I’ve seen a half...