Watches will be stolen and that is okay

Really quick note and then I need to prepare for opening bell. This was my second time in Miami for Art Basel and I was again confronted by obscene crypto wealth. This time it was fewer lambos with custom bitcoin paint jobs, more chaps with jewelry. So a bit of a step down maybe. Nevertheless money was being flaunted and to be honest, being flaunted by dudes I could easily twist into a pretzel.

Note—this is not my nature. I have no interest in harming anyone. But I also couldn’t care less about protecting these folks either. That is not my job.

My job is to extract as many fiat american dollars as possible from the global financial complex. Said dollars are to be converted into real goods like greenhouses and pole barns that aide me in my quest to feed as many humans as possible delicious fruity snacks.

So when a report surfaced online that two crypto bros had woken up in their hotel rooms beaten and relieved of their fine watches and other valuables by some hot Russian women (and perhaps some bowler hat wearing comrades) all I could think was, of course. Similar attackes happened in the financial markets at about the same time. The crypto futures markets were manipulated while Sam was on an airplane and many others were taking their favorite chemicals and disco dancing, liquidating many a leveraged account.

You/we could cry foul, assume a victim mentality, and ask for help from the shitheads at the SEC or some other authority assumed to be helpful. Or we can chalk it up as a learning experience and stick to the game. A game that jades sometimes but rewards humility in spades.

I’m from Detroit. The last thing we do here is show wealth. That’s a recipe for having your life challenged. We drive beat up whips and wear work clothes. There is no sense standing out. Blend in. Extract wealth. And by living this way we never need to feel the like we need to keep a gun on our person like a little trashy bitch.

Alright for now.

Raul Santos, December 6th 2021

Now here is the 367th strategy session, enjoy:

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Stocklabs Strategy Session: 12/06/21 – 12/10/21

I. Executive Summary

Raul’s bias score 2.35, medium bear. Equities are choppy but stabilize early in the week, perhaps after a brief test lower and then rally into the weekend.

II. RECAP OF THE ACTION

Gap up and rally Monday all day long. Some sustained rallying early Tuesday before a sharp sell hit the tape late morning Tuesday. Wednesday sort of choppy early on, then a hard fade lower into the close. Thursday choppy before a strong trend lower Friday.

The last week performance of each major index is shown below:

Rotational Report:

All sectors pinned lower except Utilities. Full-on risk off move.

bearish

For the week, the performance of each sector can be seen below:

Concentrated Money Flows:

The bullish skew fourteen weeks back was negated three weeks ago. We’ve had three consecutive weeks of heavy sell flows, with last week’s being the most extreme we’ve seen yet.

bearish, but nearing excessive

Here are this week’s results:

III. Stocklabs ACADEMY

Enough pity, back to work

In the past I have nailed the move from RCS to bunker buster for a huge victory on a short. This time I didn’t. Lessons were learned. Humility gained. Will be better for it next time. At least I’d better be.

Now IndexModel is neutral and Stocklabs is oversold. It is time to start working the long side of the tape, perhaps by Tuesday or even late Monday we could set a tradeable low.

Note: The next two sections are auction theory.

What is The Market Trying To Do?

Week ended searching for sellers

IV. THE WEEK AHEAD

What is The Market Likely To Do from Here?

Weekly forecast:

Equities are choppy but stabilize early in the week, perhaps after a brief test lower and then rally into the weekend.

Bias Book:

Here are the bias trades and price levels for this week:

Here are last week’s bias trade results:

Bias Book Performance [11/17/2014-Present]:

Seeing all three states at once

Markets fluctuate between two states—balance and discovery.  Discovery is an explosive directional move and can last for months.  In theory, the longer the compression leading up to a break, the more order flow energy to push the discovery phase.

We are monitoring two instruments, the Nasdaq Transportation Index and the PHLX Semiconductor Index.

Transports appear to be in a short term discovery down phase inside an intermediate term discovery up phase. The next likely thing I expect to see is a bounce, and then perhaps a new balance form.

See below:

Semiconductors appear to be holding range/balance along the highs.

V. INDEX MODEL

Bias model is neutral after signaling Bunker Buster last week. The Bunker Buster before the most recent one was fourty weeks ago.

Heading into the first full week of December neutral. No bias.

Here is the current spread:

VI.12 month Hybrid Oversold

On Wednesday, December 1^st Stocklabs went hybrid oversold on the 12-month algo. This is a bullish cycle that ends Wednesday, December 15^th end-of-day. Here is the performance of each major index so far:

VII. QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character.” – Marcus Aurelius

Trade simple, keep working

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NASDAQ futures are coming into the final day of November gap down in range after an overnight session featuring extreme range and volume. Price ticked up beyond the Monday high around 9:30pm New York Monday evening and then fell down through the Monday midpoint on heavy selling that lasted until about 1am. Sellers weren’t able to take out the Monday low, instead price stablized after returing to the Monday midpoint. Around 4:30am Fed fund futures over at the cme indicated that participants were no longer expecting a July 2022 rate hike, pushing the expectation of a 25 basis point hike out to September:

U.S. MONEY MARKETS PUSH BACK FED RATE HIKE EXPECTATIONS, NOW FULLY PRICE A 25 BPS RISE IN SEPT 2022 VS JULY LAST WEEK

U.S. 30-YEAR TREASURY YIELD FALLS 6 BASIS POINTS TO 3-WEEK LOW AT 1.812%

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) November 30, 2021

At 9am case shiller home price index came out in line with expectations, and as we approach cash open price is hovering above the Monday midpoint.

Also on the economic calendar today we have Chicago PMI at 9:45am and then consumer confidence at 10am. Also at 10am Fed Chairman Powell is set to speak. Then at 11:30am there is a 52-week T-bill auction.

Yesterday we printed a double distribution trend up. The day began with a gap up near the Friday high, leaving some of the panic of Friday down in the hole. There was a two-way battle for the first few hours. Buyers made an early surge towards the Friday high and stalled just before taking it out. Price fell down through the mid but could not go range extension down. Instead buyers heaved price to a range extension up and out of the Friday range. This triggered a rally that checked back to the scene of the omicron news, paused then continued higher, trading up beyond last Tuesday’s high as we chopped along the high into the close.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to work into the overnight inventory and close the gap up to 16,402.25. From here buyers continue higher, taking out overnight high 16,441. Look for sellers up at 16,459 and for two way trade to ensue.

Hypo 2 stronger buyers trade up to 16,500 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 3 sellers press down through overnight low 16,238.50 setting up a move down to 16,200.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measured moves:

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NASDAQ futures are coming into the second-to-last day in November up a quick +180 after an overnight session featuring extreme range and volume. Price drove higher Sunday evening and then balanced for several hours, balancing along the upper quadrant of Friday’s range. As we approach cash open price is hovering along the overnight high.

On the economic calendar today we have pending home sales at 10am followed by 3- and 6-month T-bill auctions at 11:30am.

Last week we saw an early Monday rally to record highs faded aggressively the rest of the day. Then continuation selling Tuesday. Relief rally Wednesday (into Thanksgiving). Covid-variant news hits tape very early Friday morning and price trended lower into the weekend.

The last week performance of each major index is shown below:

On Friday the NASDAQ printed a trend down. The day began with a gap down into the Wednesday midpoint. After a test higher failed to close the overnight gap sellers stepped in and began driving lower, effectively taking out the weekly lows by about 11am. Then there was a brief bounce before sellers continued pressing the tape lower, effectively closing us on the lows during the shortened holiday session.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to gap-and-go higher, tagging the omicron gap up at 16,358.50 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 2 buyers stall out around 16,300 and two way trade ensues.

Hypo 3 sellers press down to 16,100 before two way trade ensues.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measures moves:

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I was jarred awake around 3:33am by a dream about an ultra-violent storm. I’ve noticed the ferocity of natural disaster dreams have become more visceral as I grow older. It’s funny, I often quip that elder Raul will, “put the fear of a 40mph wind in you.” That surly old Italian is ornery and always looking at trees like they’re gonna fall. The winds in my dream have a real pressure to them. Maybe I’m having little strokes in my sleep.

We don’t know.

What we do know is early Friday morning the royal ‘they’ hit the newswires with a new covid-19 variant out of Africa. I am still super skeptical we needed to do all this pandemic cosplay to begin with. Before I lose you to this divisive topic, let me go back to one more fact and then I’ll do one more joke and then we’ll move on. Fact—Bill Gates goes on Netflix in 2019 on a show called Explained and warns that we are hella not ready to handle pandemics. And then bing-bang-boom, a pandemic whips up. Whatever.

Joke—Friday morning I was so shook, for a variety of reasons, that I was finally motivated to go have my booster shot. Pfizer. Got a 6pm appointment at the nearest CVS. Smoked reefer on the way and didn’t wear a mask during the jabbing. Wore a sweater with nothing underneath so I had to reveal ma belly to the pharmacist. Because the whole thing is so absurd. I only did the original inoculation because my yoga studio required it. My favorite mountain resort (revelstoke) now also requires proof of vaccination. They got me with the passport feature. Prior to these restrictions, and mind you I life like a mad degenerate sex fiend, I didn’t take any medicines. Not even a multivitamin. I grow and cook super freaking healthy food and consume a lot of it. It’s like feeding a team of horses and rabbits. I eat 7-to-20 times a day, from a giant food bowl of vegetables. Lately I eat eggs like a snake, 4-to-9 eggs per week. And enough cheese and ale to make a monk blush. I haven’t had fish meat in a while because I just haven’t bothered to pick any up. The only drugs that make it into this body are reefer, caffeine, hootch, and the occasional LSD or mushing room.

But now my body is tainted with the covid inoculations. Made my odor shift from brine to sweet. My cock is an absolute deviant, demanding relief at least 4x per day. My hair and beard are going down past my neck like Rumpelstiltskin, and strangers on the internet are telling me my heart is going to explode any minute.

Will it? Again, we don’t know.

What I do know is that dream brought me to attention, and I sat down and started looking at 30-year charts of Apple and Microsoft. I am very frustrated with myself. For weeks, weeks, 18 weeks…I waded through signal after signal from the IndexModel, which has been sending out bearish signals way more than usual since the Stocklabs fundamental score came to life. And I’ve been writing about it in my diary. About how maybe I need to tweak the system, but that I’d better stick with it for now. And I stuck with it, right up until last week. Last week I intervened because it was Thanksgiving. And the fucking sentiment of a big american family meal fucked me out of a good trade that I needed.

Listen, actively trading is so simple but it can be also fucked. Opportunities are slim. Over-trading is the enemy. Doubting yourself and your process is certain death.

Heading into next week we have a Bunker Buster. This signal hasn’t fired in a long time but it did today. My play is to not trade these weeks. Instead I focus on accumulating my absolute highest conviction long-term investments.

What are those?

Good question. I will be asking that of myself all week. But first I will flush out some of the low-conviction stuff I’ve been holding. Then I will redeploy. All this whilst traveling down to Miami to nerd out with the NFT nerds.

Winter is here.

Raul Santos, November 28th 2021

And now the 366th edition of Strategy Session. Enjoy.

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Stocklabs Strategy Session: 11/29/21 – 12/03/21

I. Executive Summary

Raul’s bias score 2.28, medium bear*. Price accelerates to the downside early in the week, perhaps fueled by commentary out of Fed Chairman Powell Tueday morning. Eventually look for the markets to form a sharp, tradable low and rally into week’s end. Non-farm payroll data due out Friday might be what ultimately pivots price higher.

*Bunker Buster triggered, see Section V.

II. RECAP OF THE ACTION

Early Monday rally to record highs is faded aggressively the rest of the day. Continuation selling Tuesday. Relief rally Wednesday (into Thanksgiving). Covid-variant news hits tape very early Friday morning and price trends lower into the weekend.

The last week performance of each major index is shown below:

Rotational Report:

Key sectors leading to the downside.

bearish

For the week, the performance of each sector can be seen below:

Concentrated Money Flows:

The bullish skew thirteen weeks back was negated two weeks ago. More strong sell flows last week.

slightly bearish

Here are this week’s results:

III. Stocklabs ACADEMY

Absolutely kicking myself

I can be my worst critic, and rightfully so when I commit errors that jeopardize my livelihood. I have been plagued by overconfidence my entire trading career. It is most often after things go well that I lose discipline.

Change is hard. The older I become, the more empathy I have for this struggle. We switched from Exodus to Stocklabs a little over a year ago, but the real switch in the data happened August 1^st. That is when the fundamental score came back to life after being pegged at 3.2 for 23 weeks.

It resulted in IndexModel generating way more bearish signals than it ever had. I am still unsure what to think, which sucks big time.

While all this data gathering and weekend researching may seem odd and low-value-added to most readers, it has been my rock. It give me the confidence to enter an arena with the most sophisticated and resource-rich competition in the world.

However losing confidence in it is a slippery slope.

I stuck to the system all the way up until last week (last week’s Section III title: “human intervention”). And then last week happened, and I am absolutely furious with myself.

Something has to change. Or maybe nothing needs to change at all.

One thing is clear—emotionally I am not in the place I need to be to work with my normal risk.

I raised a bunch of cash Friday. Probably selling into the proverbial hole. I am totally fine with that. I know where I am emotionally and I need to figure some things out before I start running hot.

This week we have a bunker buster. This has always been a difficult signal for me to trade. It calls for an acceleration to the downside that eventually results in a tradeable low. I find it is best to spend these weeks accumulating long-term positions.

Therefore my plan is to retool my portfolio a bit. I have cash to deploy. I have leverage I can deploy. But first I feel the need to purge, and then I will circle the wagons around my absolute top conviction tickers.

I’ve never done well trading/investing in too many things at once. It’s all fine and dandy until the entire risk universe goes risk off. Then you’re scrambling around like a lunatic.

Fortunately I am not spread out too much right now, but I will say I am spread out too much.

Time to circle the wagons, clarify my research, and dial back into trading the NASDAQ extremely well—but no active trading this week.

Note: The next two sections are auction theory.

What is The Market Trying To Do?

Week ended searching for buyers

IV. THE WEEK AHEAD

What is The Market Likely To Do from Here?

Weekly forecast:

Price accelerates to the downside early in the week, perhaps fueled by commentary out of Fed Chairman Powell Tueday morning. Eventually look for the markets to form a sharp, tradable low and rally into week’s end. Non-farm payroll data due out Friday might be what ultimately pivots price higher.

Bias Book:

Here are the bias trades and price levels for this week:

Here are last week’s bias trade results:

Bias Book Performance [11/17/2014-Present]:

Still looks like discovery

Markets fluctuate between two states—balance and discovery.  Discovery is an explosive directional move and can last for months.  In theory, the longer the compression leading up to a break, the more order flow energy to push the discovery phase.

We are monitoring two instruments, the Nasdaq Transportation Index and the PHLX Semiconductor Index.

Transports are about -500 points off their high and coming into an old resistance zone. Primary expectation is for buyers to defend this region and for discovery up to continue.

See below:

Semiconductors are off the highs but still appear to be in discover up.

V. INDEX MODEL

Bias model is signaling Bunker Buster. The last Bunker Buster was thirty nine weeks ago.

Bunker Buster calls for an acceleration of volatility that eventually concludes with a sharp low being printed that holds for several weeks.

Here is the current spread:

VI. QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“What matters to an active man is to do the right thing; whether the right thing comes to pass should not bother him.” – Goethe

Trade simple, trust the process

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NASDAQ futures are coming into the final day before Thanksgiving down about -115 after an overnight session featuring extreme range and volume. Price was balanced overnight, balancing along the Tuesday midpoint until 8:30am when a slew of economic data hit the tape. GDP came out in line with expectations. Durable goods order slightly below the low end of expectations. Jobless claims better-than-expected. As we approach cash openprice is hovering in the lower quadrant of Tuesday’s range.

Also on the economic calendar today we have new home sales and consumer sentiment at 10am followed by crude oil inventories at 10:30am. Then the FOMC minutes are due out at 2pm.

Yesterday we printed a normal variation down. The day began with a gap down below range. After a brief test lower buyers drove into the gap and closed it. Sellers rejected a move back into Monday range shortly thereafter setting up a selloff that lasted through to mid afternoon. Buyers stepped in ahead of last week’s low, down in the lower quadrant of Monday’s range and we ramped higher for the rest of the session, eventually crossing the mid and closing above it.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to work into the overnight inventory and close the gap up to 16,268.75. Buyers continue higher, taking out overnight high 16,356. Look for sellers up at 16,371.50. Then look for the third reaction to the FOMC minutes to dictate direction into the close.

Hypo 2 sellers press down through Tuesday low 16,118. Look for buyers down at 16,100. Then look for the third reaction to the FOMC minutes to dictate direction into the close.

Hypo 3 stronger sellers tag 16,041.75. Then look for the third reaction to the FOMC minutes to dictate direction into the close.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measured moves:

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NASDAQ futures are coming into this Tuesday before Thanksgiving with a slight gap down after an overnight session featuring extreme range and volume. Price first probed lower overnight, probing down near last Wednesday’s low before catching a bid. Since then we are about +100 points higher and as we approach cash open price is hovering just below the Monday low.

On the economic calendar today we have PMI composite flash at 9:45am, a 2-year note auction at 11:30am and a 7-year note auction at 1pm.

Yesterday we printed a double distribution trend down. The action was methodical, almost appearing choreographed. The day started out with a drive higher. Buyers drove higher for the first 45 minutes, tagging the weekly ATR high band. Before buyers could push a range extension up responsive sellers stepped in and made a hard move down through the midpoint, setting up an early range extension down and gap fill. Seller than continued lower and closed the Thursday gap. Buyers showed up here and began sort of grinding price back towards the mid but they never made it there. Instead sellers made a second leg lower, effectively tagging the weekly ATR low band as we closed out the session.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to press up through overnight high 16,414.50 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 2 stronger buyers trade up to 16,459.25 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 3 sellers press down through overnight low 16,274 setting up a move down to 16,227.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measured moves:

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NASDSAQ futures are heading into Thanksgiving week gap up after an overnight session featuring elevated range and volume. Price drifted higher overnight, drifting up to new all time highs. As we approach cash open price is pinned to all-time highs.

On the economic calendar today we have existing home sales at 10am, 6-month bill and 2-year note auctions at 11:30am and 3-month bill and 5-year note auctions at 1pm.

Last week saw some weakness early Monday. Then a week-long rally in the tech-heavy NASDAQ while the S&P sort of drifted and the other two indices were weak.

The last week performance of each major index is shown below:

On Friday the NASDAQ printed a neutral day. The day began with a gap up beyond Thursday’s high. After a brief test lower buyers stepped in and pushed a bit beyond 16,600. Price ended up making a range extension up around lunchtime and then went neutral shortly afterwards.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to gap and go, tagging 16,666 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 2 stronger buyers tag 16,700.

Hypo 3 sellers work into overnight inventory and close the gap down to 16,572.50. Look for buyers down at 16,544.25 and for two way trade to ensue.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measured moves:

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Hello there chaps,

I’ve updated the weekend research just now and was struck by a bearish signal from IndexModel. The only other bearish indication was industry flows last week, which were decidedly bearish:

Hopefully by now we all understand what is going on—there are a handful of tickers that prop up the entire equity complex. They are absolute champions of industry. Immortal giants who bestow upon us magical offerings like same-day shipping on millions of goods or free email. It takes a certain humility to only invest in these juggernauts. Everyone wants to be smart and find the next big thing.

Here’s the problem with that. Most of us are medium smart at best. And that’s okay as long as you don’t commit the mistakes of a medium smart average thinker.

The middle of anything is an absolute trap. Middle class—assholes. Middle income—wage cucks. Mid-tier hotels—LAME.

Me I lean stupid. For example. I am headed to Miami for Art Basel. Once in Miami I am in a position of privilege. My cousin is the meteorologist there, and she has inside access to the most exclusive events.

My friends are also there. They have all the trimmings of upper-class living. Lamborghini racing cars. Condominiums with warp-around ocean and bay views.

My privilege comes in the form of being really, stupidly, extremely good looking. That trait is good as gold in a town as wonderfully shallow as Miami beach. My next privilege, and I cannot claim to understand it, is people just really like me.

I am taking steerage class airfare down from Detroit for 70 dollars (round trip) and I reserved a bed at a hostile in south beach that is 1-star rated. These accommodations are certain to expose me not only to bedbugs and the delta variant but also some real-world culture that normies will never see from there 3-starred Holiday Inn.

I will experience the lowest of the low and the highest of the high. I can assure you these are the two most exciting places to be.

Fuck the middle. The middle is a trap.

Anyhow, if you’re going to be in Miami for Art Basel and want to meet up, hit me up on Twitter @vinnumbrr.

Okay for now,

Raul Santos, November 21st 2021

And now the 365th edition of strategy session. Enjoy.

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Stocklabs Strategy Session: 11/22/21 – 11/26/21

I. Executive Summary

Raul’s bias score 3.15, neutral*. Choppy sideways action, then look for FOMC minutes Wednesday afternoon to put a bid into equities during the holiday-shortened week.

U.S. markets will be closed Thursday, November 25^th in observation of Thanksgiving and Friday is a half-day.

*Rose Colored Sunglasses bearish bias triggered, see Section V.

II. RECAP OF THE ACTION

Some weakness early Monday. Then a week-long rally in the tech-heavy NASDAQ while the S&P sort of drifted and the other two indices were weak.

The last week performance of each major index is shown below:

Rotational Report:

Leadership in the right places, but seeing Utilities bullish divergent suggests some risk aversion.

slightly bullish

For the week, the performance of each sector can be seen below:

Concentrated Money Flows:

The bullish skew from twelve weeks back was finally negated by last week’s industry flows. Strong sell flows last week.

slightly bearish

Here are this week’s results:

III. Stocklabs ACADEMY

Human intervention

Alright lads you know I don’t like to bet against my signals. Indexmodel is bearish heading into Thanksgiving week—a week that is statistically bullish. My trading will be light next week, but it certainly won’t be bearish bets.

Note: The next two sections are auction theory.

What is The Market Trying To Do?

Week ended searching for buyers

IV. THE WEEK AHEAD

What is The Market Likely To Do from Here?

Weekly forecast:

Choppy sideways action, then look for FOMC minutes Wednesday afternoon to put a bid into equities during the holiday-shortened week.

Bias Book:

Here are the bias trades and price levels for this week:

Here are last week’s bias trade results:

Bias Book Performance [11/17/2014-Present]:

Discovery up across the board

Markets fluctuate between two states—balance and discovery.  Discovery is an explosive directional move and can last for months.  In theory, the longer the compression leading up to a break, the more order flow energy to push the discovery phase.

We are monitoring two instruments, the Nasdaq Transportation Index and the PHLX Semiconductor Index.

Transports still working on converting this old resistance into support. Unless they lose this level in a big way, this index remains discovery up.

See below:

Semiconductors caught a boost from Nvidia earnings last week adding more stretch to this discovery phase. Hard to participate at these levels but overall this sends a bullish signal to the overall market. Discovery up.

V. INDEX MODEL

Bias model is Rose Colored Sunglasses bearish this week.

It was extreme Rose Colored Sunglasses [RCS] bullish for four consecutive weeks before this after being bearish RCS for two consecutive weeks.

We had a Bunker Buster thirty eight weeks ago.

Rose Colored sunglasses calls for selling pressure throughout the week.

Here is the current spread:

VI. Exodus 6-mont Hybrid Overbought

The 6-month hybrid algo triggered overbought Monday, November 1^st. That is a bullish signal that runs through to Monday, November 15^th end of day. Here is the performance of each major index so far:

HYBRID-OB0-110120210-1

VII. QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“Whoever embraces necessity count as wise, skilled in divine matters.” – Euripides

Trade simple, as necessary

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The way the NASDAQ is drifting is real fine. Really fine indeed. But I see no urgency to trade it.

So let me offload something that has plagued me recently more than ever—folks rooting for my downfall.

They hate to see it. I am so freaking happy-go-lucky, and I don’t need a boss telling me what to do because I self motivate. I can work a room like Austin Powers, and I rival the beauty of America’s next top models.

While I mostly keep out of everyone’s way, and often even go out of my way to share insights I gain from hundred of hours of research and applied speculation, their are still lads who cannot stand me.

For one, I made a fortune betting on Elon Musk and for some reason that was immoral or unethical or idk just plum wrong. Then I really struck a nerve with all this NFT guff.

My main takeaway is acceptance. This is the role I was given in life and all I can do now is be the absolute best speculator and keep on being a bit of a goof. I refuse to be a serious sally. That isn’t who I am.

Okay for now. Trade’em well if you do.

Raul Santos, November 19th 2021

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NASDAQ futures are coming into Thursday up a quick +80 after an overnight session featuring extreme range on normal volume. Price drifted higher overnight, drifting up beyond the Wednesday high. At 8:30am jobless claims data came out a bit worse than expected but alongside it was Philadelphia Fed data that was much stronger than expected. As we approach cash open price is hovering above the Thursday high.

Also on the economic calendar today we have 4- and 8-week T-bill auctions at 11:30am followed by a 10-year TIPS auction at 1pm.

Yesterday we printed a normal variation up. The day began with a slight gap down down range. After a brief open-test-down, buyers stepped in and resolved the overnight gap. Said buyers then continued higher, taking out the Tuesday high and by New York lunch they had effectively tagged the upper weekly ATR band. It was selling from there onward , with sellers making a hard move down through the daily midpoint and then holding the mid into the close.

Heading into today my primary expectation is for buyers to gap-and-go, probing beyond all-time high 16,448.50 before two way trade ensues.

Hypo 2 stronger buyers tag 16,500.

Hypo 3 sellers reclaim Wednesday high 16,396.50 and then resolve the overnight gap down at 16,302.25 before two way trade ensues.

Levels:

Volume profiles, gaps and measured moves:

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