Markets opened basically flat on Tuesday (the DIA did gap a third of a percent higher) and then the 3 major indices ground sideways with a slight trend.  As a result, SPY printed a Doji (but at a new all-time high close), the DIA printed a black inside candle closing near the low with an upper wick, and the QQQ printed another nice white candle closing at the highs and at a new all-time high close. Semiconductors led the QQQ higher as SWKS, XLNX, AMD, CRUS, AAPL, QCOM, and AVGO all put in stellar sessions.  On the day large-caps closed basically flat, as the SPY gained 0.05%, the DIA gained 0.02%, and QQQ gained 0.36%.  The VXX gained 2% to 29.77 and T2122 fell again to 34.97.  10-year bond yields fell a bit to 1.475% and Oil (TWI) gained about three-quarters of a percent to $73.44/barrel.

CNBC reported this morning that Fed data released today indicates that markets may be past their peak level of inflation fear.  The data (pulled from FRED by analysts) reinforces Fed member positions that inflation is likely transient and not structural.  Specifically, the analysis looked at the 5-year break-even inflation rate (now at 2.45%) and the 10-year break-even rate (now 2.33%). (The break-even rate is the difference between the treasury yields and inflation-indexed bonds for a given period.)  This tells us bond traders now anticipate inflation to be falling in a longer timeframe, despite it rising in the short term.  Clearly, this is not gospel, but maybe an indication that stocks will continue to be attractive as longer-term safety trades can’t compete on return.   

Home prices surged in April according to the Case-Shiller Price Index.  The gained was 13.3% month-on-month and 14.6% year-on-year.  This was the biggest gain in home prices in 30 years.  While this does represent an increase in the value of the major asset of many American families, as with any average the gains were uneven.  High-end homes saw the biggest gains while lower-end home prices saw single-digit gains.  Charlotte NC, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX, Denver CO, and Seattle WA all saw their largest ever annual gains.  However, data out this morning shows that mortgage demand fell 7% this week (and 17% from one year ago) as 30-year interest rates rise.

After the close Tuesday, RCL announced that any passengers sailing from US ports without being fully-vaccinated, will be required to have travel insurance.  FL passed a law that exempts itself from this as of January 1, 2022, leaving the insurance burden on cruise operators for ships leaving their ports.

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed, but leaned to the green side.  Shenzhen (+1.08%) and Singapore (+1.33%) led to the upside.  Meanwhile, Malaysia (-1.01%) and Hong Kong (-0.57%) paced the losses.  However, in Europe markets are decidedly in the red as of early afternoon.  The FTSE (-0.59%), DAX (-0.93%), and CAC (-0.75%) are good indicators of the rest of the continent.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a dead flat open.  The DIA is implying a -0.02% open, the SPY implying a -0.01% open, and the QQQ implying a +0.01% open.  In addition, 10-year bond rates are moving significantly lower, now at 1.454%.

Major economic news scheduled for Wednesday includes ADP Nonfarm Employment (8:15 am), Chicago PMI (9:45 am), May Pending Home Sales (10 am), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 am), and a Fed Speaker (Bostic at 8 am).  Major earnings reports scheduled for the day include BBBY, STZ, GIS, and SCHN before the open.  Then after the close, MU and YUMC report.

Interest rates came down overnight, but Oil and Nat Gas prices surged, even as the dollar is a bit stronger. However, yesterday’s gains were not widespread as only two of the 10 major sectors were in the green (technology, of course, and Consumer Cyclical). So, markets are showing signs of being wary at these levels. Be careful, but it’s hard to fight a bullish trend until it breaks.

Keep taking your profits, moving your stops, and maintaining your discipline. Follow those trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. The odds favor following the trend and, as always, respect both support and resistance levels. However, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success. So, book those singles and doubles. Base hits win championships, not the occasional home run. So, don’t try to stretch things and get burnt in the process.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: PLUG, UCO, NOK, KOPN, DPZ, XBI, RKT, UBER, SQ, INO, AI, APPS, QS, RIDE, BABA. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Monday saw the large caps open flat and the QQQ gap four-tenths of a percent higher.  The SPY and DIA then sold off before grinding sideways.  However, a court ruling led FB to rocket higher in the afternoon, and both the QQQ and SPY followed.  This left the SPY printing a potential Hanging Man signal (at another all-time high close), the QQQ printing a strong Bullish Kicker (also settling at a new all-time high close), and the DIA lagged printing an ugly black candle, but perhaps finding some support as it closed up off the lows of the day.  On the day, QQQ gained 1.20%, SPY gained 0.20%, and DIA lost 0.48%.  The VXX was flat at 29.17 and T2122 fell even further to 40.10 (diverging from the SPY and QQQ).  10-year bond yields fell sharply to 1.478% and Oil (WTI) fell 1.6% to $72.84/barrel.

As mentioned, a Federal Judge ruled in favor of FB, over-ruling a lower court and throwing out an antitrust case that had been brought by the FTC and 48 state AGs.  The case had been set to force FB to divest of Instagram and WhatsApp.  However, the judge ruled that despite lower court rulings, the FTC had not proven FB had or was maintaining a monopoly through anticompetitive means.  FB closed above a $1 trillion valuation after gaining almost 4.2% on the day.   

Late in the day, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put out a statement saying that Federal prohibitions against marijuana sales and distribution may be outdated and in need of revisiting.  Coming from a supposedly staunchly conservative Justice, this may signal a slightly more progressive shift in the court. The statement came as the court declined to hear a case about the Federal tax deductions of a Colorado medical marijuana dispensary.  While cannabis stocks did not pop on the news, this could have longer-term implications for pot names like GRWG, ACB, CARA, CRON, and HEXO.

In stock news, early this morning UAL announced they have placed their largest order ever, including some 270-plane orders. This includes 200 “narrow body” jets from BA and 70 Airbus 320 wide-body planes.  UAL also announced it expects to hire 25,000 new employees to service the planes, including flight crews, mechanics, and other ground crew.  Interestingly for BA, this comes less than a day after the FAA had told the company that its newest 777X jet would not get approval to fly until mid or late 2023.

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed but leaned heavily to the red side.  Shenzhen (-0.99%), Shanghai (-0.92%), and Hong Kong (-0.94%) paced the losses.  Meanwhile, Thailand (+0.78%) was the lone exchange that was significantly green.  In Europe, markets are leaning to the green side as of the early afternoon.  The FTSE (+0.30%), DAX (+0.88%), and CAC (+0.44%) lead the gainers with Greece (-1.04%) and Russia (-0.95%) as outliers to the downside.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a flat and mixed open.  The DIA is implying a +0.13% open, the SPY implying a -0.05% open, and the QQQ implying a -0.11% open at this hour.

The only major economic news scheduled for Tuesday is Conf. Board Consumer Confidence (10 am).  There are no major earnings reports scheduled for the day.

The dollar has been surging overnight. Of course, this means most commodities are down proportionately. Natural gas (+1.48%) is the major exception. However, with markets waiting on employment data later this week, there seems to be uncertainty in the stock market. It is absolutely true that the tech-led reflation trade led the bulls higher in the QQQ Monday. However, large-cap traders seem far less certain at these lofty heights. We also have to consider quarter-end rebalancing and window dressing as possibilities as the funds prepare for their Q2 statements. The bulls still have the trend in their favor, but things are looking a little extended or tired outside the Nasdaq. So, be cautious and watch for signs of rotation or reversal.

Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. The odds favor following the trend and, as always, respect both support and resistance levels. However, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success. So, takes those singles and doubles…don’t try to stretch things and get burnt in the process.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: CRON, YOLO, NOK, QS, PLUG, DPZ, RIDE, NIO, JD, SQ, BABA. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Friday saw another gap up (half a percent in the DIA), but then the large caps waffled sideways the rest of the day.  Meanwhile, the QQQ faded the gap (sold off a bit) before starting its sideways grind the rest of the day.  The big banks led the way as a group as investors fought tooth and nail to get in before the post-stress-test dividend increases and buyback programs get announced.  SPY printed another new all-time high close as both the DIA and SPY printed Spinning Top type small candles.  However, the QQQ printed a Bearish Engulfing of a Shooting Star Doji.  On the day, SPY gained 0.35%, DIA gained 0.72%, and the QQQ lost 0.12%.  The VXX fell almost 2% to 29.19 and T2122 fell back out of the overbought territory, now at 76.61.  10-year bond yields rose significantly to 1.526% as the Fed-favorite PCE Price Index came in hot and Oil (WTI) was up 1% to $73.98/barrel.

On Saturday, JNJ agreed to halt the sales of opioids across the US as well as to pay a small $260 million settlement with NY state.  China also announced that it is forcing TSLA to recall 300,000 Model 3 and Model Y cars related to assisted-driving software.  However, this would be a remote “software push” recall and not require cars to be physically returned to dealers.  The AAPL streaming video service (Apple TV+, which competes with DIS and NFLX) will start facing a test this week.  Up to now, the service has offered as a free 12-month trial with other purchases.  However, this will change to a 3-mo. Trial as of Thursday and the first users to have taken the trial will start to be billed $4.99/month.   

In the cryptocurrency world this weekend, governments made another move to keep control over currencies.  On Sunday, the UK Financial Conduct Authority warned UK consumers and banned the largest crypto exchange (Binance) from doing business in the UK.  The exchange has until Wednesday to confirm that it has removed all of its advertising and promotions from UK jurisdiction.  Bitcoin held at $33,227 (as of noon Sunday) after the announcement was made.  Bloomberg reported that at least one major industry analyst saw this as a positive move, adding that more regulation is a signal that crypto is a more mature and safer asset class…which will draw in more investors.

More clarity has been revealed about the latest investigations GOOG faces from the EU. This time the EU is focused on the GOOG ad network, data collection, and distribution, and the way ads are targeted to users on the YouTube platform.  Specifically, the EU is investigating Google Ad Manager, the algorithm used to display ads, the way GOOG rivals’ ads were served to viewers, and whether GOOG used data on those ads for their benefit.  In other words, whether the competitor’s ad response data was used by GOOG for competitive advantage and whether rival ads were served on a fair playing ground compared to GOOG’s own product ads.  The key “rivals” mentioned here are AAPL, FB, and MSFT.

Overnight, Asian markets leaned heavily to the red side on modest moves following the release of bad Chinese Industrial data.  Oddly, Shenzhen (+0.98%) was the sole significant winner, while Indonesia (-1.38%), Malaysia (-0.96%) were outliers to the downside among generally small red numbers across the region. In Europe, markets are also leaning to the downside on somewhat larger moves.  The FTSE (-0.51%), DAX (-0.15%), and CAC (-0.49%) are typical of the continent.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a mixed, flat open.  The DIA is implying a -0.05% open, the SPY is implying a +0.05% open and the QQQ is implying a slightly stronger +0.27% open.

There is no major economic news scheduled for Monday.  However, Fed member Williams speaks at 9 am.  There are also no major earnings reports scheduled for the day.

10-year bond yields are down in premarket, but holding 1.51%. This came after losses in Asia over data released showed that May Chinese industial profits were down both from April and a year earlier. As the quarter comes to an end Wednesday, markets may also be experiencing some rebalancing and window dressing as funds prepare for their Q2 statements. The bulls have the trends in their favor, but the DIA still faces resistance overhead and the other two major indices seem hesitant to rip higher. So, be cautious and watch for signs of rotation or reversal.

The odds favor following the trend, but also respecting both support and resistance levels. However, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: TLRY, IT, RKT, FSLY, NNOX, NVDA, LEN, PSA, QCOM, PLUG, HD, ALXN, XOM, NOK. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Disclosure: We do not act on all trades we mention, and not all mentions acted on the day of the mention. All trades we mention are for your consideration only.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing / Trading involves significant financial risk and is not suitable for everyone. No communication from Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates or representatives is not financial or trading advice. All information provided by Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates and representatives are intended for educational purposes only. You are advised to test any new trading approach before implementing it.  Past performance does not guarantee future results.  Terms of Service

Thursday saw another gap higher, but this time the DIA followed-through before grinding sideways all afternoon.  Meanwhile the SPY essentially waffled in a tight range after he gap, but the QQQ ran up and then fell back.  This left the QQQ at another all-time high close, but also printing a Shooting Star type candle.  The SPY printed an indecisive Doji, missing another all-time high by cents.  And the DIA put in a nice bullish candle as it plays catch-up to the other major indices.  On the day, SPY gained 0.60%, DIA gained 0.94%, and QQQ gained 0.62%.  The VXX fell almost 2% to 29.71 and T2122 jumped back up into the overbought territory at 81.18.  10-year bond yields rose slightly to 1.494% and Oil (WTI) gain about a quarter percent to $73.29.

During the afternoon, President Biden and a bipartisan group of Senators announced they had reached a deal on an infrastructure initiative.  However, this does not mean the bill has passed the full Senate yet.  Interestingly, the bill apparently will only include $579 billion in new spending (not much over half of the levels that had been floated as “the best offer” by either side).  So, that has to be called a win for Senate Republicans. In addition, the deal-making group has not yet agreed on how to pay for the bill (the GOP says they will not go along with any tax changes that would be a rollback of the 2017 tax cuts).  Nonetheless, the bill calls for $109 billion to go into roads, $66 billion to go into rail, $49 billion to go into public transport, and $15 billion to go into electric vehicle infrastructure and vehicles.  Other winners in the plan were $73 billion into electric infrastructure, $65 billion for broadband, and $55 billion into fresh water.  You can probably guess which industry’s stocks will gain on that spending (steel, construction, telecom, etc.).   

After the close, and as expected, the Fed said all 23 banks passed their 2021 stress test.  The test scenario tested a “severe global recession,” which is exactly what the banks had experienced last year…so the banks passing was a foregone conclusion. Most analysts expect this announcement will be followed by a spate of dividend increases and buyback programs by most of the major banks.

In stock news, RAD plummeted during the day on mixed earnings and weak guidance as well as the CEO saying she was only “cautiously optimistic” the company would not be hurt by another round of Covid lockdowns.  CCL also fell during the day after they announced they do not anticipate their full fleet sailing before next Spring.  On the other side, MSFT closed above a $2 trillion valuation for the first time on the day they also announced a new version of the Windows operating system.  After the close, NKE posted beats on both the top and bottom lines.  FDX also posted a beat on both lines. Finally, SPCE has been given approval by the FAA to fly passengers to space.

Overnight, Asian markets were solidly green across the board.  Shenzhen (+1.48%), Hong Kong (+1.40%), and Shanghai (+1.15%) led the advancers. However, the gains were wide-spread.  In Europe, markets are mixed on modest moves so far Friday.  The FTSE (+0.12%), DAX (-0.13%), and CAC (-0.07%) show the spread.  However, smaller exchanges are more varied with Sweden and Finland up over 1% at mid-day.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to another green open. The DIA is implying a +0.32% open, the SPY implying a +0.12% open, and the QQQ implying a +0.13% open.

The major economic news scheduled for Friday includes May PCE Price Index and May Personal Spending (both at 8:30 am) and Michigan Consumer Sentiment (10 am).  Major earnings reports on the day are limited to KMX and PAYX before the open.  There are no reports scheduled after the close.

With the premarkets up, it looks like the bulls are intent on finishing off the best week since April. However, the DIA still faces overhead resistance, the SPY has not yet completely broken out, and QQQ looked a little tired and indecisive on Thursday. So, remember this is Friday, which means payday, and also that a weekend news cycle lays ahead. It is time to consider taking profits, hedging, or at least moving stops. The fear of inflation (and Fed tightening) still lurk out there in the market.

Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success. The odds favor following the trend, but also respecting both support and resistance levels. However, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: WLL, DGII, EFX, SENS, TMUS, FSLY, LABU, QCOM, AMD, BA. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Disclosure: We do not act on all trades we mention, and not all mentions acted on the day of the mention. All trades we mention are for your consideration only.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing / Trading involves significant financial risk and is not suitable for everyone. No communication from Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates or representatives is not financial or trading advice. All information provided by Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates and representatives are intended for educational purposes only. You are advised to test any new trading approach before implementing it.  Past performance does not guarantee future results.  Terms of Service

Wednesday was a nothing burger day in markets as all three major indices opened flat and then traded in a tight range all day long.  A selloff the last half hour of the day took stocks out on the low end of that tight range.  This left plenty of wicks as the QQQ printed an indecisive Doji and the large-cap indices just delivered small black body candles with upper wicks.  On the day, SPY lost 0.09%, DIA lost 0.20%, and QQQ gained 0.05% (technically closing at another new all-time high).  The VXX fell 2% to 30.26 and T2122 dropped back to 61.22.  10-year bond yields rose to 1.489% and Oil (WTI) was up half a percent to $73.28/barrel.

Late in the afternoon, the Wall Street Journal CNBC reported that the CEO of CMCSA is considering a joint venture with VIAC or even purchasing ROKU in order to bolster the company’s place in the streaming market.  ROKU (+4.5%) and VIAC (+2.7%) surged on the news while CMCSA fell almost 4%.  President Biden also announced he will replace the head of FNMA (and Freddie Mac) after the Supreme Court ruled that the structure of the agency is unconstitutional and should have more accountability to the White House.  This came after the prior administration had tried to privatize the agency and reduce government oversight.    

During the say, AMZN announced that sales of its 2-day “Prime Day” sale were more muted than prior years.  With antitrust suits in full swing (to force more changes in favor of 3^rd-party sellers), this year AMZN stressed the benefit to those 3^rd-party sellers.  AMZN says that 3^rd-parties sales grew more than first-party sellers and that 3^rd-party’s made sales of $3.5 billion. (AMZN never releases sales figures for the event, instead only describing it in adjectives.)   However, industry analysts estimate this year’s sale brought in $10.5-$11 billion in sales.

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed, on very modest moves.  Only India (+0.66%) and Malaysia (-0.58%) managed even a half percent change from the previous close.  China was also mixed on small moves and Japan was unchanged.  However, in Europe, markets are moving smartly higher as of mid-day.  The FTSE (+0.59%), DAX (+0.68%), and CAC (+1.02%) are fairly typical of the spread across the continent, with only Russia (-0.57%) lagging.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a gap higher with the S&P retesting all-time record highs.  The DIA is implying a +0.50% open, the SPY implying a +0.48% open, and the QQQ implying a +0.56% open.

Most commodities look to start the day lower, despite weakness in the dollar overnight.  Wheat, in particular, seems to be getting hit, but metals are mixed as Gold is eking out a green number early today.  Interest rates are showing a slightly positive trend with the 10-yr yield up to 1.49% at 7:30 am.  For their part, most cryptocurrencies are green as Bitcoin is up nine-tenths of a percent this morning.

The major economic news scheduled for Thursday includes May Durable Goods Orders, Q1 GDP, May Trade Balance, Weekly Initial Jobless Claims, and May Retail Inventories (all at 8:30 am), a Fed speaker (Williams at 11 am), and Fed Bank Stress Tests (4:30 pm).  Major earnings reports on the day include CAN, DRI, GMS, RAD, and WOR before the open.  Then after the close, FDX, NKE, and SNX report.

In a long, evening session, the House Judiciary Committee voted to give more funding to antitrust enforcement agencies tasked with keeping big tech companies in check. This was a blow to the likes of GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, and MSFT who had been fighting this along with several bills aimed at curbing big-tech monopolies. Interestingly, this passed with bipartisan support. So, watch the tech names for signs of rotation out…which would hurt overall markets due to their massive size in the main indices. However, inflation and the fear of Fed tightening still continue to be the main focus of the market. Along those lines, the Bank of England held steady again last night but they did acknowledge inflation may become an issue later.

The odds still favor following the trend and respecting support and resistance levels. So, if the QQQ and SPY are in blue skies on a bull trend, we have to acknowledge that in our trading. Still, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: TMDX, ATEC, WKHS, EGAN, FRBK, RETA, MAXN, NIO, CNC, LI, MNKD, AGEN, GOEV. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

Hit and Run Candlesticks / Road To Wealth Youtube videos

Disclosure: We do not act on all trades we mention, and not all mentions acted on the day of the mention. All trades we mention are for your consideration only.

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Markets opened flat Tuesday and then rallied most of the day as bulls delivered some follow-through to Monday’s bullish reversal of last week’s action.  However, a selloff the last half hour of the day took stocks out away from their highs.  DIA was by far the least positive of the 3 major indices, printing a white-bodied Spinning Top candle.  However, the SPY and QQQ put in stronger bullish candles.  On the day, QQQ closed up 0.93% (to an all-time high close), SPY gained 0.53% (half a percent shy of a new all-time high), and DIA gained 0.20% and remains the laggard.  The VXX fell 5% to 30.87 and T2122 rose 1%, but remains just outside the overbought territory at 78.79.  10-year bond yields fell slightly to 1.465% and Oil (WTI) was off eight-tenths of a percent to $73.08/barrel as the dollar fell again.

During the afternoon, Fed Chair Powell’s prepared remarks (for his House testimony) were released.  In the prepared statement, Powell said the Fed will “soon begin discussing” the tapering of QE (bond buying).  However, in questioning, he was very positive about the economic comeback and continues to maintain the position that the inflation being seen now is temporary in nature.  Powell said it is “very, very unlikely” that the US will see 1970s-type inflation.  He also repeatedly said that the pandemic remains a risk, specifically noting the slowing in the pace of vaccinations and the Delta variant of the virus.    

Bloomberg reported that semiconductor order lead times increased another 7 days during May.  The wait time on an average chip order (regardless of industry) is 18 weeks.  However, the primary cause of the increase in wait time is phone chips, which saw an increase to almost 26 weeks lead-time.  However, the report Bloomberg cited said that chipmakers like AVGO are cautioning against reading this as massive demand.  The CEO of AVGO told Bloomberg this is more of a case of their customers coming to terms with a not-just-in-time supply chain.  (Which means every link in the chain is just building inventory buffers now and that inventory will be worked back down in the future.)

Bitcoin briefly fell below $30,000 on Tuesday before rallying back to close just under $33,000.  The pullback put fear into crypto markets as a Death Cross set up and weak hands ran for the doors.  Bitcoin-related stocks (like MSTR and GBTC) suffered great volatility and/or losses on the day. Overnight Bitcoin continued its rebound rally and is trading near $34,000 in the premarket.

Related to the virus, new US infections are flat.  The totals rose to 34,434,803 confirmed cases and deaths are now at 617,875. These numbers are now under-reported again as some (mostly Southern) states have decided to stop reporting data on a daily basis. Nonetheless, on the data we do have, the number of new cases is flat and at an average of 11,775 new cases per day (the lowest number since March 2020). Deaths continue to fall and are now down to 306 per day (again, the lowest number since March 2020).  The White House said Tuesday that the country will not meet its stated goal of 70% of American adults having received at least one vaccine shot by July 4.  They went on to say we are now on pace to be at 67% of adults in that state by the holiday.  We will also come up short on the goal of 160 million Americans being fully vaccinated by that date, now being on a pace to be at 151 million as of Independence Day.

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed, on mixed trading. For example, Japan was dead flat, but Hong Kong (+1.79%), Taiwan (+1.53%), and Shenzhen (+1.00%) made nice gains.  Meanwhile, Indonesia (-0.88%), Australia (-0.60%), and India (-0.54%) were down a bit.  In Europe, markets are mostly in the red so far today.  The FTSE (+0.23%) is an outlier, but the DAX (-0.67%) and CAC (-0.59%) are typical of the continent at this point in their day.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a dead flat open.  The DIA is implying a +0.04% open, the SPY is implying a -0.02% open, and the QQQ is implying a -0.04% open at this hour.  Commodities are largely higher overnight with the Dollar down slightly.

The major economic news scheduled for Wednesday includes Q1 Current Account (8:30 am), Manufacturing PMI (9:45 am), Services PMI and May New Home Sales (both at 10 am), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 am), and multiple Fed speakers (Bowman at 9:10 am and Bostic at 11 am).  Major earnings reports on the day include INFO, PDCO, and WGO all before the open.  Then after the close CNXC, FUL, KBH, and SCS all report. 

Inflation and the fear of Fed tightening continue to be the main talking points for the market. This comes despite some glaring examples in the other direction. For example, Lumber prices are down almost 50% and Corn is down 27% from the peaks in early May. Meanwhile, companies that use lumber and corn have pricing power…and their prices are not falling. So, they are reaping greater profits. In a perfectly efficient market, you might expect a huge rally in Housing and Food sectors, but that has not been the case since early May. The point is that it is not news, but the fear and rumor related to news that is drives markets. So, focus on the reaction and not the news itself in your trading.

The odds still favor following the trend and respecting support and resistance levels. That doesn’t really help in terms of the large caps, but the QQQ is still holding the bullish trend. Still, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: AMSC, RIOT, MRO, NKLA, FANG, PTON, RUN, EXPR, PLUG. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Monday was a risk-on day across the market.  The large-caps gapped up about half a percent and then all three major indices followed-through to the upside all morning. The afternoon saw a grind sideways in a tight range.  This left us with strong white candles in both large-cap indices and a Bullish Engulfing Hammer-type candle in the QQQ.  On the day, SPY gained 1.40%, DIA gained 1.75%, and QQQ gained 0.48%.  The VXX fell 6% to 32.58 and T2122 shot higher to just outside the edge of the overbought territory at 77.88.  10-year bond yields spiked, but remain lower, at 1.492% and Oil (WTI) spiked 2.76% to $73.62/barrel. This came as the dollar fell which caused commodity price rises as a result.

During the day Monday bitcoin made news several times.  The cryptocurrency fell below $32,000, before settling at $32,300. This came as China extended its crackdown on crypto-mining operations both geographically and ordering AliPay (online payments company) to do no business with entities related to crypto.  Jim Cramer also told his colleagues that he has sold “almost all” of his bitcoin holdings.  In a case of either bad or good timing (depending on how you look at it), MSTR announced they bought over 13,000 more bitcoin and their bitcoin holdings to $3 billion.  (However, their average cost for bitcoin purchase is $37,000…so they are underwater and averaged down today.)    

In miscellaneous business news, after the close, XOM announced it will cut 10% of its white-collar staff annually, following the GE model from the Jack Welch years.  Meanwhile, DAL announced it plans to hire 1,000 new pilots by next summer.  RIDE is taking heat from many of the print and electronic media sources, because top executives sold off major chunks of their stock in February, prior to the release of the company’s terrible quarterly earnings in March.  CNBC also reported that SAFM is exploring the sale of the company to private ag investment firm Continental Grain.  The idea is to take advantage of the high price of chicken.  Early Tuesday, the EU announced a new investigation into GOOG for antitrust behavior related to ad technology.

Related to the virus, new US infections continue to fall.  The totals rose to 34,419,838 confirmed cases and deaths are now at 617,463. These numbers are now under-reported again as some states (mostly Southern) have decided to stop reporting data on a daily basis. Nonetheless, on the data we do have, the number of new cases is flat and at an average of 11,502 new cases per day (the lowest number since March 2020). Deaths continue to fall and are now down to 300 per day (again, the lowest number since March 2020).  However, it appears we may have made the common mistake again of getting too complacent.  The Delta (Indian) variant continues to surge.  For example, Missouri has seen a six-fold increase in hospitalizations, due to the new variant and a lack of vaccinations coupled with ending restrictions.  Where the Delta variant made up just 10% of cases, Delta now accounts for 90% of the cases and almost all those patients are unvaccinated.

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed but mostly green.  The most notable move came as Japan (+3.12%) surged back from its Monday hammering.  Indonesia (+1.53%) and Australia (+1.48%) were the other two notable movers.  Hong Kong (-0.63%) was the leader of those in the red.  In Europe, a similar story is shaping up as of midday.  The FTSE (+0.38%), DAX (+0.10%), and CAC (+0.19%) are typical, but there are half a dozen exchanges in the red across the continent.  At 7:30 am, US Futures are flat.  The DIA is implying a +0.04% open, the SPY implying a +0.11% open, and the QQQ implying a +0.26% open.

The limited major economic news scheduled for Tuesday includes May Existing Home Sales (10 am), Fed member Daly speaks (11 am), and Fed Chair Powell testifies at 2 pm (the first of two days of testimony).  There are no major earnings reports scheduled for the day.  

Interest rates are up slightly and Oil down two-thirds of a percent during premarket today. The dollar is also slightly stronger, which gives commodities in general a boost. With conflicting stories coming from different Fed members the last several days, don’t be surprised if markets bide their time until Chairman Powell testifies this afternoon. Undoubtedly he will be grilled from both sides of the aisle on exactly when tapering of bond-buying and then interest rate hikes may begin. Those are obviously keys to the market psyche.

The odds still favor following the trend and respecting support and resistance levels. That doesn’t really help in terms of the large caps, but the QQQ is still holding the bullish trend. Still, all trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t just assume trend, support, or resistance will always hold. Keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow your trading rules, don’t chase, and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: HES, SFIX, LLY, CNC, KR, SPGI, LYFT, PLTR, FSR, MRO, FUBO, BA, RIG, CDEV, ICPT, PACB, WISH. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Friday was a kick in the teeth for Bulls as the large-caps gapped down well over one percent and then markets ground sideways all day up until a strong selloff the last 5 minutes of the day.  This left the QQQ holding onto the uptrend by the skin of its teeth on a black spinning top and the large-cap indices printing ugly bottom-heavy black candles.  On the day, SPY low 1.67%, DIA lost 1.68%, and QQQ lost 0.78%.  The VXX shot almost 9% higher to 34.69 and T2122 dropped back to mid-range at 53.15.  10-year bond yield fell strongly again to 1.441% and Oil (WTI) rose almost three-quarters of a percent to $71.56.  This closed out the worst week for markets since October for large-caps, especially the mega-cap DIA.

During the day Friday, Fed members issued dueling opinions in interviews.  Non-voting Fed member Bullard said he could foresee a rate hike coming as soon as 2022 with both the economic gains and inflation running hotter than expected.  However, shortly afterward, voting Fed member Kaskari told an interview that he wants to keep the short-term interest rate near zero through at least 2023 (another 2.5 years).  He went on to say he believes the current inflation is being caused by supply chain constraints during the opening and will subside by year end.  More importantly, he said that he hopes and expects any change in FOMC policy (including bond-buying tapering) will be slow and orderly. Fed Chain Powell gets his say later this week when he testifies before both houses of Congress.    

In miscellaneous business news, AAL had to cancel 180 flights (about 6% of its normal schedule) this weekend due to maintenance issues and staffing shortages.  Monday is the start of AMZN’s 2-day “Prime Day” event.  However, supply chain issues (backlogs at ports in China and the US) that are adding 2-3 weeks to resupply timelines are likely to cause major headaches and limitations on what is available to sell.  The same holds true for BBY, COST, WMT and other retailers who have set up competing sale events.  Bitcoin is down 7% (just below $33,000) so far today as China intensified its crackdown on crypto mining operations. GOOG has closed its start-up incubator campus in London, announcing they will not reopen the facility closed during the pandemic.

Related to the virus, new US infections continue to fall.  The totals rose to 34,406,001 confirmed cases and deaths are now at 617,166. These numbers are now under-reported again as some states (mostly Southern) have decided to stop reporting data on a daily basis. Nonetheless, on the data we do have, the number of new cases is falling again and are back down to an average of 11,158 new cases per day (the lowest number since March 2020). Deaths are also falling, just more slowly, but are now down to 291 per day (again, the lowest number since March 2020.

Globally, the numbers rose to 179,320,883 confirmed cases and the confirmed deaths are now at 3,883,427 deaths.  The trends are better again as we have seen a slowing in the rate of increase now that India has passed its peaked.  The world’s average new cases are falling quickly now, but remain at 360,464 new cases per day.  Mortality, which lags, is also falling but remains at 8,186 new deaths per day.    

Overnight, Asian markets were mostly in the red, some dramatically.  Japan (-3.29%) was the main standout and was the down over 4% at one point.  However, Australia (-1.81%), Taiwan (-1.48%) and Hong Kong (-1.08%) were among those that fell in sympathy.  This came on no particular news as China’s Central Bank held rates steady as expected.  In Europe, markets are mixed, but lean to the green side.  The FTSE (+0.03%) and CAC (+0.16%) are flat, while the DAX (+0.55%) is modestly higher at this hour.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a positive open.  The DIA is implying a +0.51% open, the SPY implying a +0.34% open, and the QQQ implying a +0.33% open.

The only major economic news scheduled for Monday is Fed member Williams speaking at 3 pm.  There are no major earnings reports scheduled for Monday.  

Interest rates are starting the week lower as the 10-year bond yield fell to a 2-month low in overnight trading. This comes as Oil is flat. Jitters seem to be the order of the day without a good explanation for the Japanese market collapse today. Europe recovered nicely from the Asian weakness, but the bears have the trend in their favor in the US.

All trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t assume trend, support, or resistance are always going to hold. Still, the odds favor following the trend and respecting support and resistance levels. Just keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow those trading rules and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: INSG, SNAP, BNGO, AAPL, NNOX, TQQQ, FSLY, FTNT, ARKF. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Jobless Claims were unexpectedly high before the open and markets were a little manic on Thursday.  The SPY waffled sideways all day, while the QQQ surged from open to close, and the DIA drifted lower all day.  This left both large-cap indices in indecisive candles with the SPY printing a Doji that did not break through resistance and the DIA printing a Spinning Top, which may have found support.  However, the QQQ printed a big white candle that closed at another all-time high.  On the day, SPY lost 0.03%, DIA lost 0.62%, and QQQ gained 1.27%.  The VXX fell to 31.88 and T2122 dropped down just above the edge of the oversold territory at 21.13.  10-year bond yields fell to 1.514% and Oil (WTI) dropped over 1.5% to $71.03/barrel.

As mentioned yesterday, the Chinese have begun flooding markets with their metals stockpiles in an effort to combat commodity inflation.  That move, plus a stronger dollar, hammered metal prices on the day as shown by Copper (-4.83%), Silver (-6.52%), and Gold (-4.72%). However, the good news on the inflation front wasn’t limited to metals.  Soybean (-8.5%) have fallen 20% since May while Corn, Wheat, Sugar, and even Lumber (-9%) also fell sharply. CNBC’s Jim Cramer went so far as to say that “commodity inflation is pretty much over” (not that his opinion is worth more than anybody else’s). Still, on the other side of inflation news, related to Fed action, mortgage rates shot higher Thursday to an average of 3.25% (30-year fixed), up half a percent from February levels.    

Related to corporate taxes, Ireland has said “they want a compromise” and will fight against the Global 15% Minimum tax plan that has already been agreed by the G-7 and discussed by the G-20.  Essentially, the Irish Finance Minister Donohoe said that undercutting other country’s tax rates in order to get multi-nationals to hide/park their profits in Ireland is legitimate market competition.  As such, his country intends to fight hard at the OECD with the help of AAPL, GOOG, and others companies who currently stash their profits in Ireland.

Related to the virus, new US infections continue to fall.  The totals rose to 34,377,592 confirmed cases and deaths are now at 616,440. These numbers are now under-reported again as some states (mostly Southern) have decided to stop reporting data on a daily basis. Nonetheless, on the data we do have, the number of new cases is falling again and are back down to an average of 12,697 new cases per day (the lowest number since March 2020). Deaths are also falling, just more slowly, but are now down to 316 per day (again, the lowest number since March 2020. BAC joined the parade of Wall Street Banks that are demanding workers return to the office. 

Globally, the numbers rose to 178,264,362 confirmed cases and the confirmed deaths are now at 3,859,365 deaths.  The trends are better again as we have seen a slowing in the rate of increase now that India has passed its peaked.  The world’s average new cases are falling quickly now, but remain at 366,809 new cases per day.  Mortality, which lags, is also falling, but remains at 8,447 new deaths per day.  

Overnight, Asian markets were mixed.  Malaysia (+1.16%), Hong Kong (+0.85%), and Shenzhen (+0.77%) led the gainers.  The losses were moderate, if wider-spread, but only Indonesia (-1.01%) showed a significant loss.  In Europe, markets lean heavily to the red side so far today.  The FTSE (-1.17%), DAX (-0.95%), and CAC (-0.62%) are typical of the spread as of mid-day.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing to a lower open.  The DIA is implying a -0.35% open, the SPY implying a -0.25% open, and the QQQ implying a dead flat open.

There is no major economic news or earnings reports scheduled for Friday.   

Interest rates and commodity prices continued lower overnight, with some notable exceptions. However, the fall was less than Thursday, even if the trend continues. What is unknown is whether this is just a reaction to China going all-in to fight inflation, whether the market believes the Fed, or maybe something unknown is at work. All we can really say is that Thursday was a reflation trade (tech up, value down) and it seems to be setting up for something similar early today.

All trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. So, don’t assume trend, support, or resistance are always going to hold. Still, the odds favor following the trend and respecting support and resistance levels. Just keep locking in profits, moving your stops, and maintaining discipline. Follow those trading rules and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

Swing Trade Ideas for your consideration and watchlist: No trade ideas today. You can find Rick’s review of tickers on his YouTube Channel here. Trade your plan, take profits along the way, and smart. Also, remember to check for impending earnings reports. Finally, remember that any tickers we mention and talk about in the trading room are not recommendations to buy or sell.

🎯 Mike Probst: Rick, Got CTL off the scanner today. Already up 30%. Love it.

🎯 Dick Carp: the scanner paid for the year with HES-thank you

🎯 Arnoldo Bolanos: LTA scanner really works $$, thanks Ed.

🎯 Bob S: LTA is incredible…. I use it … would not trade without it

🎯 Malcolm .: Posted in room 2, @Rick… I used the LTA Scanner to go through hundreds of stocks this weekend and picked out three to trade:  PYPL, TGT, and ZS.   Quality patterns and with my trading, up 24%, 7% and 12%…. this program is gold.

🎯 Friday 6/21/19  (10:09 am) Aaron B: Today, my account is at +190% since January. Thanks, RWO HRC Flash Malcolm Thomas Steve Ed Bob S Bob C Mike P and everyone that contributes every day. I love our job.

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Disclosure: We do not act on all trades we mention, and not all mentions acted on the day of the mention. All trades we mention are for your consideration only.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing / Trading involves significant financial risk and is not suitable for everyone. No communication from Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates or representatives is not financial or trading advice. All information provided by Hit and Run Candlesticks Inc, its affiliates and representatives are intended for educational purposes only. You are advised to test any new trading approach before implementing it.  Past performance does not guarantee future results.  Terms of Service

Markets ground sideways in a nothing burger until the Fed news at 2 pm.  From there, we saw a knee-jerk dive to the downside, followed by a sharp whiplash rally at 3pm that ended up fading again the last 15 minutes of the day.  This left us with wicks on the downside and black bodies on the candles of the 3 major indices.  However, it is fair to say the bears were more-or-less in control Wednesday.  On the day, SPY lost 0.56%, DIA lost 0.77%, and QQQ lost 0.37%.  The VXX rose to 32.07 and T2122 fell to 41.85.  10-year bond yields rose significantly to 1.579% and Oil (WTI) fell two-thirds of a percent to $71.66/barrel.

The big news for the day was the Fed data points and words.  While the Fed left rates unchanged (near zero) and continues to say there will be no rate hikes the rest of this year or next, the new “dot-plot” forecasts 2 rate hikes during 2023.  However, Chair Powell told reporters that the dot-plot “needs to be taken with a big grain of salt.”  In other words, he warned against taking the projection of two rate hikes in 2023 wasn’t an indication that the Fed would definitely raise rates then.  Powell also told reporters that the FOMC has not made any decisions about when to start tapering their bond-buying, which many had suspected would be announced at this meeting.   

In global news that impacts trading, Chinese efforts to curb commodity prices kicked into overdrive.  All Chinese state-owned companies were ordered to report their futures positions (to curb speculation) and the state-owned stockpiles of metals have also started to be released to the Chinese markets.  This can’t help but to have a global impact since China is one of the importers of every commodity.  In an unrelated story, early today there was another major internet outage (the second in 10 days), This one, reportedly caused by a failure in the network of AKAM, took out airline websites (LUV, UAL, ULCC), a broad number of Australian Banks, the Hong Kong stock exchange, and major financial platforms like Vanguard, E-Trade, and ADP briefly.

Related to the virus, new US infections continue to fall.  The totals rose to 34,365,985 confirmed cases and deaths are now at 616,150. These numbers are now under-reported again as some states (mostly Southern) have decided to stop reporting data on a daily basis. Nonetheless, on the data we do have, the number of new cases is falling again and are back down to an average of 13,360 new cases per day (the lowest number since March 2020). Deaths are also falling, just more slowly, but are now down to 344 per day (again, the lowest number since March 2020).  In an interesting move, the CEO of MS told all employees they must return to the office by September.  This lies in contrast to other companies that have decided some jobs and some work by most positions can be performed remotely even after restrictions are all lifted. 

Globally, the numbers rose to 177,878,272 confirmed cases and the confirmed deaths are now at 3,850,411 deaths.  The trends are better again as we have seen a slowing in the rate of increase now that India has passed its peaked.  The world’s average new cases are falling quickly now, but remain at 374,121 new cases per day.  Mortality, which lags, is also falling, but remains at 8,665 new deaths per day.  The WHO reported Wednesday that most of the world continues to see a decrease in new cases and deaths.  However, just the opposite is true in Africa where the agency said cases rose 44% and fatalities rose 20% this week alone.

Overnight, Asian markets were mostly in the red on modest moves.  Japan (-0.93%) was by far the biggest loser with Shenzhen (+1.23%) by far the biggest gainer.  However, the bulk of the region moved well less than half a percent and mostly to the downside.  In Europe, with the exception of Greece (+0.21%), the entire continent is trading modestly lower at this point in the day.  The FTSE (-0.40%), CAC (-0.02%) and DAX (unchanged) are typical.  As of 7:30 am, US Futures are pointing toward a modestly lower open.  The DIA is implying a -0.14% open, the SPY implying a -0.20% open, and the QQQ implying a -0.35% open.

The major economic news for Thursday is limited to Initial Jobless Claims and Philly Fed Mfg. Index (both at 8:30 am) and Treasury Sec. Yellen testifies at 10 am.  Major earnings reports on the day include CMC, JBL, and KR before the open.  Then after the close ADBE reports.  

The market is still digesting and figuring out what to do with the Fed news from yesterday. The FOMC continues to say they are “staying the course” and no changes are foreseen for the next 18 months. They did forecast interest rates rising a couple of times in 2023, but Chair Powell immediately went out of his way to say, in effect, “that’s not a given, it may not happen.” So, the market sees inflation now that the Fed says will lessen in early 2022, a booming economy that isn’t quite as hot as some would like, and a Fed that says “Don’t worry, we got this.” …What is a trader to do?

As always, follow the trend and respect support and resistance levels. However, don’t just assume those levels will hold. All trends reverse at some point and every S/R level is breached eventually. Keep moving your stops, locking in profits, and maintaining discipline. Follow those trading rules and stick to the trade plan. Remember that consistency is the key to long-term trading success.

Ed

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