I'm expecting less aggressive trading action and possibly lower volume as we head into FOMC - institutions don't like to make big bets ahead of HUGE reports like this.
Happy new week. You can see that VOLD and ADD is not really that bad but bonds down right is NOT doing us any favors and bonds are the most important one.
Several weeks ago I started pointing out to you that tech is becoming increasingly vulnerable.
I mentioned that chips are not seeing the reaction they are used to seeing and I mentioned that XLY - discretionary is soft - that led me to fear that tech is going to sell off - I did mention that I'm hoping to see the market cap out XLY and SMH coming into XLC - So far we are seeing EXACTLY that - let's hope it stays that way - otherwise we are all going at QQQ and asking ourselves where's the beef???
I mentioned this yesterday in the channel that the RSP is breaking the 50 day line - and now it's breaking the QVWAP which is not great.
The next level is the 100 day line - I also don't like that volume was picking up here when these moves were made - that tells us the moves were NOT random.
To the surprise of NO ONE - the PPI was even worse than expected - the headline worst case scenario was 5.3 - we got 5.4 - if anyone it the FED tells you that they are making progress on inflation - just show them this data and ask them where's the beef???
Notice there's no concentration in techs anywhere - they are all spread out within the sectors - that means we don't have strong move pending in tech one way or another - fragmented price action is what I'm expecting and what the market is showing us with only 100 stocks making 1 month highs and 1 month lows.
The bond market didn't really rally very much last few sessions and I'm expecting more weakness in light of the strong employment data last week - that gives more juice for the FED to raise rates.
The five largest hyperscalers are on track to spend near $760 billion on infrastructure in 2026, nearly double 2025. This is the capex commitment that underwrites the load projections priced into PJM's capacity market.