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Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019

What happens when markets flip the script? – TVO MB 3-28

The Heat Gauge was in CHILLY territory for most of the session on Thursday, and once again the bulls have…

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Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

Ready for launch or one more gap to fill? – TVO MB 3-27

The rough ride of the end of the month (and end of quarter) profit taking got a bit rougher on…

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Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

Should we short 2800 on the S&P? The answer is obvious. – TVO MB 3-26

The moment of truth has come for the obvious head and shoulders pattern on the weekly chart of the S&P…

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Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Gaps get filled but volume is not that fussy. – TVO MB 3-25

If you take away the recent recession fears from the media, the job of last 2 sessions was to fill…

Gaps get filled but volume is not that fussy. – TVO MB 3-25 Read More
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Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

What can be more reliable than the yield curve? – TVO MB 3-22

On Friday, markets made a swift about-face and erased all of Thursday’s gains and then some. In the news, they’re…

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Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

In trading, some laws were made to be broken. – TVO MB 3-20

According to Newton, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In trading this is often seen as…

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Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

What’s between here and SPY 287? – TVO MB 3-18

The price action was quite decisive on Monday as markets await this week’s Fed announcement. The overhead resistance the bears…

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Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

If you don’t like the market, get used to it. – TVO MB 3-15

These days, the market seems to take everything in stride no matter what gets thrown at it. Last Friday’s Quad…

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Posted on March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

Should we beware the ides of March? – TVO MB 3-14

Thursday’s price action across the indices was a narrow range or an “inside day.” Technical bulls favor such days as…

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Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019

The road to hell is paved with FOMO. – TVO MB 3-13

Overall volume jumped a solid 10% on Wednesday, as markets logged the first across-the-board accumulation day this month. TVO, our…

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Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

Another gap, low volume and SPY ex-div. What’s next? – TVO MB 3-12

On Tuesday SPY opened with a gap and despite the 282 hopes (from both bull and bear camps), intraday price…

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Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

When HG says UP, don’t think twice. TVO MB 3-11

Markets soared on Monday and in the same breath left not only the 200 day, but also the 50 day…

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Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019

Is it possible for bears to be frugal? – TVO MB 3-08

The Heat Gauge opened at SWELTERING on Friday, and slowly cooled off for the rest of the session. This type…

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Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

Was SPY 276 our last gap? No, there is another. TVO MB 3-07

Overall volume continued to rise on Thursday, as the market racked up its second day in a row of across-the-board…

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Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

If at first you don’t succeed, should you try, try again? – TVO MB 3-06

Overall volume rose on Wednesday in what was the first across-the-board distribution day the market has seen in almost a…

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Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019

You call it chop. TVO calls it consolidation. – TVO MB 3-05

Tuesday’s session was choppy and also what many folks would call unproductive, as far as price. Volume, on the other…

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Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019

Are you too smart to trade? – TVO MB 3-04

The gap at the open on Monday gave the bears their double top on SPY (it actually overshot by about…

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Posted on March 3, 2019March 5, 2019

All gap and no go makes SPY a dull boy. – TVO MB 3-01

Friday’s action on SPY when looking at a typical price chart can pretty much be summed up as all gap…

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Posted on March 1, 2019

Fill the gap or double top? – TVO MB 2-28

Thursday’s volume action on the Heat Gauge had a familiar feel… A large rush of down volume early in the…

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