“Risk happens fast.” Or whatever the smart alecks in the media and Twitter say. But it is hard to deny that there are some bearish undertones to the market these days, at least over the short term. Is it because someone Tweeted something? Is it because of interest rates? Is it because of the US […]
Is the Safety Trade Here to Stay?
The S&P 500 has gained roughly 20% off its lows from Christmas Eve. Despite this impressive rally, every major index and almost all S&P sectors remain below their highs from 2018, many of which were all-time highs. But two areas of the market gave both bulls and bears something to cheer about this week as […]
David Keller: Neutral on the S&P 500, Bullish on Gold
David Keller, President of Sierra Alpha, was on TD Ameritrade’s Morning Trade Live with host Oliver Renick this past Thursday where they discussed the S&P 500 trading levels, breadth, momentum and Gold. To begin, David and Oliver hit on the overall indecision and lack of clarity in terms of the lack of direction in the […]
Micro-Caps Trading at an Interesting Technical Juncture says Frank Cappelleri
Frank Cappelleri, Chief Market Technician at Instinet, was on RealVision’s Technical Trader segment discussing the recent rally in Micro-Caps. In this video, Frank deep dives into the current and future outlook of the group. While this video was filmed on January 23rd and released for the public viewing on January 30th, it provides a lot […]
J.C. Parets on Identifying Momentum
Momentum gets talked about a lot in the markets. In physics, momentum is the rate at which an object changes speed. In markets, momentum is the rate at which price increases or decreases. But how do we quantify momentum? What tools and indicators do technicians have to gauge it? J.C. Parets is a well-known technician […]
