It Changed Everything I’ll admit something upfront. When I first started studying technical analysis, a lot of it felt… mystical. Lines on charts, patterns with funny names, people acting like they could predict the future off a triangle. I wasn’t...

You’re Always “The Student” When it comes to the markets, you’re always the student. The market itself is the teacher, and every day it offers lessons for those willing to observe and learn. Our goal is simple: to gain more insight today than we had...

A Dream Come True The Market Did It! Santa finally arrived to deliver my gifts. Friends joined the party, short-term momentum gained steam and as is common in bull markets, bears got caught in some vicious bears traps. By Tuesday (January 14th) we...

The Market Is Set For Earnings It’s a Bull Market and as I mentioned last week with my tactical model aligns with being opportunistic. So, I gave the people what they want. I sent out a special report A Chart Bonanza highlighting 50+ setups on an...

Price will tell the story Tariffs this. Tariff that. People can’t stop talking about them and their implications. For me, it’s simple. Whether they’re inflationary or trigger a growth scare, price will tell the story. Price always tells the story. Energy...

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...

A Voracious Change This week we really saw it — change. And more importantly, we saw it happen quickly. One thing I’ve said over and over is that in bull markets, it’s not the weakness itself that’s bullish in underlying uptrends. It’s the reversion...

Help The Eyes This is when the real work begins. The market is closed. The news cycle slows. Saturday mornings are for stepping back and seeing the forest, not just the trees.I spend this time ripping through 3 – 10 year weekly charts. Why? ...

The Hard Part It’s hard to think, so most people avoid it. It’s much easier to grab a stat that confirms your bias, reinforce your confidence, and move on. Over time, that builds a thick callous toward opposing views, creating a tribal stance on issues...

It All Spends The Same The market isn’t broken. It’s just not sexy. As a whole, we are getting more defensive. That’s true. But here’s the important part. There are places to allocate while the fun stuff is stuck in no man’s land. The boring areas...