A Hiccup in the Oversold Bounce from Weak GDP – The Market Breadth

A Hiccup In the Oversold Bounce from Weak GDP - The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary The stock market experienced a hiccup in an otherwise strong post-oversold bounce. The Q1 GDP report revealed a small contraction that surprisingly caught the market off guard. However, this contraction was driven primarily by a surge in imports as businesses rushed to get ahead of anticipated tariffs. I assume a lot of … Read more

Overdue Relief Comes to the Stock Market – The Market Breadth

Overdue Relief Comes to the Stock Market

Stock Market Commentary Last week marked an important shift as the stock market experienced overdue relief. Most notably, there were no major headlines causing significant disruptions in financial markets. Instead, the market continued the theme of recovery from the previous week, driven by policymakers pivoting their messaging about the economic chaos triggered by policies and … Read more

Oh So Close to An End to This Oversold Trading Period! – The Market Breadth

Oh So Close to An End to This Oversold Trading Period

Stock Market Commentary We finally got a breather: a calm weekday and a holiday for both the US stock and bond markets. The break felt more relieving than even the tariff pause, a sign of just how tense things have been in the markets. Market breadth was my major headline as twice in the week, … Read more

Reality Bites Rotten Eggs – The Market Breadth

Reality Bites Rotten Eggs - The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary Reality bites. And right now those bites are clamping down on rotten eggs in the form of a swift repricing of risk. Once high priced eggs are now eggs few shoppers want. Last week’s theme of bring the pain continued in force at this week’s open: more economic uncertainty, more economic fears, … Read more

A Familiar Theme As Indices Leave Latest Troubles Behind – The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary Two weeks ago I wrote how a “A DeepSeek Dive and A Tariff Toll” created the next shift in the market’s technical outlook. I stepped back from a bullish position on the market as a result. Now, a familiar theme has unfolded with the stock market looking ready to leave its latest … Read more

After the Plunge, A Quick Rebound Tests New Resistance – The Market Breadth

After the Plunge, A Quick Rebound Tests New Resistance – The Market Breadth (Source: juicesandmilks on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/66006481@N00/3137875524)

Stock Market Commentary The dust is settling ever so slightly on the stock market’s post-Fed plunge. The stock market shifted from euphoria to oversold on a day that woke up everyone to a potentially new market reality. I say “potentially” because all year the market has been hit with bearish catalysts and quickly bounced back … Read more

Post-Election Reversal Tests Support After Confirming Bearish Signal – The Market Breadth

The S&P 500 (SPY) roundtripped to its post-election open, converging with the October high and 20DMA support.

Stock Market Commentary The stock market has a natural law of “physics.” Overly enthusiastic trading, whether up or down, eventually meets an opposite and sometimes equal force. This natural instability of extremes forms a basis of my market breadth trading rules. The enthusiastic post-election surge exhausted buyers enough to create a post-election reversal. Moreover, my … Read more

Another Bear Teaser With Bearish Engulfing Tops – The Market Breadth

Another Bear Teaser With Bearish Engulfing Tops – The Market Breadth (Credit: Dr-Chomp, https://www.flickr.com/photos/14797480@N08/27444404625)

Stock Market Commentary Bearish engulfing patterns flag potential tops at the end of uptrends. They represent the potential exhaustion of buying power as price first opens above the previous day’s high and then closes below the previous day’s close. Thus, the latest round of bearish engulfing patterns in major indices and major stocks should be … Read more

Strong Jobs Report Shakes Lethargic Trading – The Market Breadth

Strong Jobs Report Shakes Lethargic Trading (Credit: Lyle Rains, https://www.flickr.com/photos/62541208@N04/46279921221)

Stock Market Commentary A strong September jobs report woke up the stock market from lethargic trading. The numbers handily beat expectations and reset expectations for future rate cuts and economic growth. Surprisingly, the good news was not bad news; the market has typically been antsy about getting lower interest rates. Instead of fearing a longer … Read more

Rate Cut Fears Spin Market Rotation Off the Road – The Market Breadth

Rate Cut Fears Spin Market Rotation Off the Road - The Market Breadth (Credit: Torrenegra https://flic.kr/p/d2eFsh)

Stock Market Commentary Welcome to the start of the stock market’s three most dangerous months of the year. A weak jobs report for July helped to send market sentiment into a sharp reversal. The bad economic news suddenly turned the prospect of rate cuts into something to fear. These rate cut fears spun the market … Read more