COMMENTARY
Stocks Close off the Highs but in the Green as AAPL and AMZN report Earnings
Another day and another rally attempt failing to hold the morning gains as stocks close just off the lows of the session. Oversold conditions can produce multi-day rallies, but today ahead of AAPL and AMZN the market was unable to hang onto gains. Jobless claims and...
The Fedral Reserve Rate Announcement Fails to Lift Stocks
There wasn’t much anticipated from the Federal Reserve today, but there was hope something may hit the wires impressing the market. New Home sales were slightly better than expected reaching a new high. However, nothing impressed the market at all and was unable to...
Dow and S&P 500 Lead Stocks Lower as NASDAQ Finds 200 Day Support
More selling hits the street despite yesterday’s end of day rally. The 200 day provided the NASDAQ with some support, but the index failed to put in a big turn around day. Earnings continue to pour in and are only helping a few stocks. FB reported after-hours and is...
Big Wave Trading Portfolio Update And Top Current Holdings
THE COLUMN BELOW WAS A PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP COLUMN PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY FOR BIG WAVE TRADING MEMBERS. ANALYSIS SPECIFIC TO TRADING POSITIONS HAS BEEN REMOVED. Happy anniversary of the October 19, 1987 crash everyone!! Well, well, well. It sure was an interesting day to...
GOOG Disaster Sends NASDAQ Lower as Technology Stocks Continue to Stumble
Earnings continue to send technology stocks lower and GOOG was not any different. To begin the day jobless claims were much worse than expected. The biggest story of the day was GOOG’s release of its earnings well ahead of the close. More than 3 billion shares traded...
S&P 500 Adds to Gains as Volume Rises Across The Board
IBM weighed heavily on the Dow Jones Industrial Average today helping keep the index in negative territory while the S&P 500 and NASDAQ close in the green. Volume on the exchanges was heavier across the board thanks to earnings trading from INTC and IBM. Both stocks...
NASDAQ Closes Positive for the Second Straight Day as Big Tech Disappoints in After-Hours Trading
Back-to-back Accumulation Days has the Big Wave Trading model switch back to BUY mode. The NASDAQ still remains below the 50 day moving average, but the S&P 500 continues to act strong on the back of bank earnings. Technology earnings are now in focus and during the...
NASDAQ Breaks Six Day Losing Streak; C Jumps more than 5% on Earnings
The market finally bounces from oversold conditions as volume ends mixed. Volume rose on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges, but SPY and QQQ volume remained light. Retail sales jumped more than expected helping set the tone early on. Sellers got the upper hand on the...
Big Wave Trading Portfolio Update And Top Current Holdings
The Big Wave Trading Portfolio is currently under a NEUTRAL condition. The model switched from BUY to NEUTRAL on Tuesday due to the Nasdaq closing below the 50 day moving average on average volume. Our model expected this switch to occur after Apple (AAPL) closed...
Morning Gains are Erased as Buyers Continue to Stay Away
A much better jobless claims figure helped set the early tone of the market. Unfortunately, it would not last as sellers continued their relentless pursuit. It certainly didn’t help that reports of the jobless claim figure being falsified by a large state not...
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