Markets Road to Recovery We’ve already done the hard part. A couple weeks ago, we walked through the “Hold Your Nose and Buy” setup. Not a prediction, a process. Then we followed it up with “Set the Stop and Chill.”  Entry defined, risk defined, now let...

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...

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...

Keep it Simple. Do The Work. I Believe in Doing the Work I believe the shortcut is to stop looking for one. As promised, I went through every single chart in the S&P 1500 this weekend. Most of my analysis is top-down, but once a month, I like to take...

Thinking In Bets I want to start with a quote this week that sums up the way I think about the markets and investing from one of my favorite books. “What makes a decision great is not that it has a great outcome. A great decision is the result of a...

Don’t Open The Gifts Early… We’ve all done it before. Found the gifts before the holidays as a kid and ruined the surprise for ourselves. For me, it was fourth grade. I was obsessed with Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and curiosity got the better of me. While my mom...

Taking A Punch The market took a punch this week. If you’ve ever been punched in the face, you know what happens next—everything blurs for a second. Your plan disappears, instincts take over, and the urge to swing back is immediate. The same thing happens...

My Santa Wish List……Is still a wish On December 21st, I shared my Christmas wish list for participating in the Santa Rally. Unfortunately, my wishes didn’t come true but that same wish list still serves as my framework today as I evaluate the market from...

All Gas No Brakes Ep. 5 w/ JC Parets JC Parets is one of the most well-known technicians in the world and for good reason. He’s built a powerhouse research firm by using technical analysis to consistently stay positioned on the winning side of major...

The Uncommon Common Sense We had a breadth thrust this week: 10 of the 11 sectors that comprise the S&P 500 finished higher on both a market cap and equal-weighted basis. You may not have heard of this thrust, as it’s not one that’s been published...