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Monday, January 29, 2024
What's Wrong With This Market? A Picture Says 1000 Words!
You can probably already guess from the title of this blog that I'm none too pleased with the recent market action, and that may also help explain why I haven't blogged in over 2 weeks!
What's Wrong With This Market?
The broader market has become pretty dull, as the $VIX continues to be hammered lower. Lower the $VIX the slower the market moves. This explains why we're not setting any records.
I remember CNBC talking about how market corrections are a thing of the past, and it looks like they may have finally achieved that goal, but booms are always followed by busts.
2. The broader market is being driven by a few FAANG stocks - as usual. The mag 7 is just another cutsie name for it. Sure, we saw a few sector rotations along the way, but they were short lived.
Of course the lame stream media couldn't wait to report - after Friday's closing bell - that small caps rallied 2%, and that brings us to #3.
3. The Lamestream financial media continually lies
I watched the host on Bloomberg falsely imply that this means that the market rally has been broad based, which couldn't be further from the truth.
A Picture Says 1000 Words
$IWM Russell 2000 ETF 15 min. chart - Obviously not leading a rally, but rather consolidating sideways. More proof that the lame stream media will lie to investors in order to confuse them.
Speaking of the lame stream media lying, in order to try to make things sound better than they are:
This morning Bloomberg is seen reporting that the market has rallied more days than it's fallen, over the past week. I call this grasping at straws.
4. Financials also not leading
You may recall; I pointed out not too long ago, that the banks were not on as sound a footing as we were being led to believe, and all you have to do is look at some key bank stocks...
$SPX overweight - Bank of America $BAC. It recently got a dead cat bounce off the 50 day moving average, but a picture says 1000 words.
Here's something that threw me off last week, and that's the taking down of Natural Gas, below support. Call this a nasty Monday morning surprise.
Rug pulled on Natural Gas #NatGas - giving back the entire Dec. rally wah wah 😠pic.twitter.com/e3FQNpY0Q4
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 21, 2024
As it turns out it was reported last week, that Joe Biden had illegally halted LNG exports, in order to placate his environmental activist fanbase. You can't make this stuff up.
The Media Coverage of Biden’s Natural Gas Decision Is Ridiculous newrepublic.com
Is it any wonder that the lame stream media is more focused on Trump being fined for something he probably didn't even do, rather than focusing on the imposter in the White House?
And where's the coverage of Kamala? But I digress.
As it turns out, Biden's move is a token gesture to fool his base, and delaying the completion of a large, new, LNG plant is only going to negatively impact greenhouse emissions.
The Media Coverage of Biden’s Natural Gas Decision Is Ridiculous newrepublic.com
There had been a few good sector trades to be had, including last week's nasty correction in semiconductors, and the recent rally in energy, but sadly most traders are focused on the eternally rigged, and ever increasingly boring $SPX.
Until next time; good luck,
AA
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Best Trade of the week
Best Trade of the week was not found trading the $SPX
Thank God I don't trade the $SPX. That's dead money. #SPY hardly moves. I'd rather trade crypto...
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 12, 2024
Bitcoin
Simple Sell the news trade: #Bitcoin. Everyone should have seen this coming, and traded it accordingly. $BITI is up 10% in 2 days #ChaChing!
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 13, 2024
I also found a decent trade selling financials ahead of the kickoff of earnings season, on Friday.
Earnings season kicks off with a thud, as expected. Banks/ Financials #DowJones pic.twitter.com/5gYlmLo3QI
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 12, 2024
Which trades have not worked?
Nearly every single trade that's been shamelessly hyped by the lame stream media, and the Fast Money - boiler room - crew @ CNBC
Just goes to show; there's always a trade somewhere, if you know where to look, and tune out the fake news.
This week is another shortened trading week, thanks to the woke, MLK holiday. We saw a little more short covering ahead of it, and I think that's probably why they created the holiday in the first place; so that the controllers would have an easier time driving financial markets at the start of each new year.
On a more serious note:
Of course this bill is unlikely to stop the ongoing Geoengineering operations
I suggest you protect yourself from the #GeoEngineering - chemical fallout - because it's only going to get worse. https://t.co/cUaFt6RPgW
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 14, 2024
Again, I'm going to suggest that you protect yourself, and your family, from the chemical fallout from this process, and especially if you live in an area that is constantly bombarded from the Geoengineering ops overhead.
The nanoparticulate fallout is highly toxic, and so small that it crosses the blood brain barrier.
I can't say that filtering the air is going to be 100% effective, but it is definitely better than nothing, and offers some peace of mind.
I run a Winix HEPA Air Purifier [linked] in my living space 24/7, and am thinking about picking up a second unit - that doesn't require replacement filters - for the office.
Kenmore PM2010 Air Purifiers with H13 True HEPA Filter, Covers Up to 1200 Sq.Foot
The newest technology in Air filtration, doesn't require replacement filters:
Nuwave Whole House Air Purifiers, Oxypure Smart Air Purifier with 5 Stage Tower Structure Air Filter, Air Quality & Odor Sensors, Sleep Mode for Bedroom, Remove 99.99% of Dust, Smoke, Pollen, Allergen
Take care, AA
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Trying to make sense of yesterday's massive rally
The number one reason stocks rallied on Monday, is the topic I touched on yesterday (linked below):
Pump N Dump Markets Continue into 2024 - Happy New Year!
Another great trading day. Was long tech, and swing trading energy, and such... pic.twitter.com/zkpQEZZ6K1
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 8, 2024
#NatGas pulls back to support... #ChaChing Natural Gas $UNG $BOIL pic.twitter.com/oi0M8tX2fU
— Veteran Market Timer (@3Xtraders) January 8, 2024