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Over the past week, we’ve been highlighting several high-probability trading setups, and today one of them has developed exactly as we anticipated. The position broke above resistance, pulled back to retest that breakout level, and buyers stepped in to defend support. That is one of the highest-quality technical patterns we look for before entering a […]

I’m continuing to closely monitor gold, silver, copper, and the broader precious metals sector. Gold mining stocks, as measured by GDX, recently slipped to a fresh low while the price of gold itself held above its previous low. That type of divergence is worth paying attention to. GDX made a new low this week before […]

Reports suggest the ceasefire with Iran is now effectively over. The news pushed stocks lower yesterday, although the market recovered some of those losses by the close. Semiconductor stocks were among the stronger areas of the market. At this point, investors appear to believe that the U.S. and Iran will eventually return to the negotiating […]

Since late March and early April, the market has delivered a series of developments that have been highly unusual. Several long-standing leadership stocks have struggled, and one of the biggest surprises has been the relative weakness in Nvidia (NVDA). That may be about to change. Take a look at the daily chart below… From the […]

Markets have rarely been harder to read than they are right now. Inflation is sticky, interest rates are elevated, and geopolitical crosscurrents are pushing and pulling stocks in directions that have little to do with underlying business quality. In that environment, the most attractive investments are often the ones hiding in plain sight… Businesses so […]