COMMENTARY

The Big Wave Trading Model is under a mixed bag of signals as US stock indexes are all doing something different. The Nasdaq is back to a NEUTRAL signal as it has undercut its 50 and 200 DMA. However, it is not switching to a SELL signal due to the low volume on the...

The market was headed for a big fall in the early afternoon with the VIX soaring above 20 points for the first time since July. Then news of the House of Representatives coming back to the hill on Sunday sent the robots into action pushing the market back to...

The market cannot escape the Fiscal Cliff saga, but was dealt a negative blow with US retail sales slumping. Sales were the worse since 2008 and the market did not take too kindly to the news. Stocks were able to sneak out gains at the open. Case-Shiller home prices...

In a surprise event 3rd quarter GDP printed above 3% above expectations. Unfortunately, the surprise to the upside failed to induce a strong response from the stock market. Initial jobless claims rose to 361,000 for the week a bit higher than expected. But, dominating...

Small caps were able to close in the green, but the major indices were unable to hold their early morning gains. At the end of the day there were some fireworks with sellers showing up and pushing the Dow, S&P 500, and the NASDAQ to the lows of the session. Perhaps...

Once again the market powers ahead in heavier trade indicating higher prices are ahead. Homebuilder sentiment came in as expected hitting 6 year highs, but a potential deal is likely in the Fiscal Cliff saga. All that matters here is we have a ton of stocks breaking...

Today we saw strong action from banks and homebuilders as the Russell 2000 led all major market indices higher. Today was quite a pivotal day with price action and volume coming together. This market still remains without a true follow-through day, but the move today...

Just the headline of a meeting between Boehner and Obama helped push the market off the lows. There is desperation for a deal for the fiscal cliff. The market for the second straight day rolled over from the morning highs. Despite doubling down on QE infinity stocks...