Plenty of Meat on The Bone The S&P 500 ($SPY) closed this week at all-time highs (ATHs), along with the S&P 500 Equal Weight ($RSP). With this strength many will begin to speculate about this being “exhaustive,” and with an election and...

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a daily theme in financial markets. Media pundits sensationalize daily market move implications over and over again to a point where the public becomes numb. One of this year’s victims has been the concept of rotation;...

The S&P 500 HATES Rotation The S&P 500 is not what most people think. Ask a random person on the street: “What’s the S&P 500?” Most common answer I get: “It’s a stock index made up of America’s 500 largest companies.” Fair. I don’t expect...

What’s up, gang. I often get asked the question: “Why HostileCharts?” HostileCharts was born from a realization that true growth occurs during times of hostility, not within the safety of our comfort zones. “The quote, “Everything you want in life is on...

The Sleeping Giants We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. As a friendly reminder, the S&P 500 plays favorites. It’s a market-capitalization-weighted index, which means it gives more weight to companies that are growing and less...

I’m a Chartered Market Technician While traveling to India last week, I received the official news that I had become a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). This week I wanted to reflect on a few key lessons I’ve learned since being introduced to the world...

Perfection is The Enemy The $SPY ( ▲ 0.5% ) S&P 500 and $QQQ ( ▲ 0.34% ) Nasdaq 100 just pushed to new all-time highs. Let that sink in. Through war headlines, rate fears, AI bubbles, and the national debt crisis… Stocks are trading at the highest...

Technical Analysis Isn’t Just A Tool Last week, I shared that technical analysis isn’t just a tool for me—it’s how I view the world. Rather than getting lost in endless hypotheticals about future recessions, wars, or market disruptions, I focus...

Hold Your Nose And Buy No need to beat around the bush. I’m buying stocks – right here, right now. Last week, in It’s Time, I laid out the case that breadth expansion was the next phase of this bull market. That’s exactly what started to play out...

I Don’t Write For You I’d love to act like this is a selfless endeavor but it’s not. My goal with writing is selfish, I do it to improve my journey as an investor. Paradoxically, that’s what makes it valuable. There is no narrative I need to sell or...