ETF Analysis & Opinion

According to my decidedly non-scientific survey, there have been 7,777 articles written this year (so far) on whether the Fed will raise interest rates, and when. The conclusion they’ve reached?...

A weekly excerpt from the Macro Review analysis sent to subscribers on 10 markets and two timeframes.Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested heading into September Options...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested heading into September Options Expiration the series of higher lows on the short term charts were showing some promise for equities....

T2108 Status: 35.4%T2107 Status: 25.7%VIX Status: 21.1General (Short-term) Trading Call: BullishActive T2108 periods: Day #4 over 20%, Day #1 under 30% (underperiod – ended 2 days over 30%), Day...

Earlier in the week, Steven Tyler sang to us about living on the edge as the S&P 500 and Volatility Index were on the edge of significant price levels. The S&P 500 had made an ascending...

The Flat-Bottomed Ascending-Top Megaphone I keep posting that SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) has a flat-bottomed rising-top megaphone on its chart (red). The reason I keep talking about it is because: 1)...

Why is it up for debate about whether a trend exists in markets and if it does the direction? Shouldn’t these things be clear cut or at least defined by rules? On the surface the answer to why...

T2108 Status: 32.6% (one month high)T2107 Status: 25.3% (highest close since flash crash on 8/24/15)VIX Status: 21.4General (Short-term) Trading Call: BullishActive T2108 periods: Day #2 over 20%, Day...

The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) put-call ratio fell to 1.20 today, just above its bottom Bollinger Band®, on another big jump in call volume. That would usually be ridiculously bearish for price...

The Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares ETF (NYSE:NUGT) has popped to challenge its Sept. resistance line at 2.98 Wednesday morning, which if hurdled and sustained, should trigger upside...

T2108 Status: 23.9% (Ends a 4-day oversold period).T2107 Status: 23.2%VIX Status: 22.5General (Short-term) Trading Call: BullishActive T2108 periods: Day #1 over 20% (ends 4-day oversold period), Day...

For the last several years, many of you may remember that my downside target box for the (NYSE:GLD) was within the 98-105 region (with an ideal target of 98), for silver it was between 12.75-14 (with...

The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) put-call ratio fell to 1.53 Tuesday, which is roughly the level it was at coming into Monday’s price drop. A drop in the ratio to this far below its middle...

I need to scoot right now, so I’ll do a longer post later, but I wanted to say I am watching the gap below on the SPDR S&P MidCap 400 (NYSE:MDY) with great interest. The “big...