by Big Wave Trader | Dec 8, 2015
After Friday’s stellar gains after the November jobs report was released it appeared the market was ready to rocket higher. Last Wednesday and Thursday’s action was not ideal looking very suspect. We certainly preached some caution, but did not bail like many we saw...
by Big Wave Trader | Dec 6, 2015
Well that was a fun little mini-roller coaster ride the past week. Due to the market’s volatility this past week, our operational models switched from BUY back to NEUTRAL. 2014 and 2015 continue the theme of volatile choppy trading that is causing our models to...
by Big Wave Trader | Dec 4, 2015
The ECB and Janet Yellen could not sway buyers into the market as another distribution day hits the market ahead of the November jobs report. Selling did not intensify until the afternoon as volume jumped on the NYSE. The NASDAQ volume did not eclipse yesterday’s...
by Big Wave Trader | Dec 3, 2015
Janet Yellen’s rhetoric all but points to a rate hike in two weeks at the next Federal Reserve meeting. Today’s Beige Book revealed moderate growth in the economy and the Federal Reserve believes it has hit its employment mandate. Sellers took to the market once...
by Big Wave Trader | Dec 2, 2015
Disappointing economic data would not derail the market from pushing higher. Led by the S&P 500’s 1.07% gain the market enjoyed gains across the board. Lagging behind the major indexes were small cap stocks as they continue to lag well behind the major market...
by Big Wave Trader | Nov 30, 2015
We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. November closed out with selling after disappointing economic news hit newswires this morning. Most notably, the Chicago PMI fell to 48.7 (contraction) with expectations of the index at 54.0. Volume was up across the board as...
