Itβs retailer earnings season, with Walmart, Macyβs, Home Depot, Target, TJX, and Loweβs all reporting. Plus, housing-market data, FOMC minutes, and May PMIs.
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The $QQQ post was 89 cents off the low. The $NYMO post marked the low. $ARKK was $2 off the low, but trading up pre-market Friday AM when posted.
No gloom & doom, 'all-cash' or 'sell everything' calls, just reading the charts and letting the stops do their job.
No stops hit last week (but a few in tech were close). Closed out half of a cyclical for +62%. Made one new buy Thurs AM after Weds selloff. A few posts from below for BCD Members on Thursday near the lows & Fri pre-mkt. to look for an oversold reversal.
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The rotation out of growth into other sectors isn't a new idea & is something that I've been dialed into/discussing here since last year. I'm focused on holding uptrends, avoiding downtrends, managing my risk & getting in-line w/ the market - not getting locked into a style box.
There are always trading opportunities & ways to capitalize on volatility. I'm not negative on tech, it's recently oversold & could easily resume leadership, but I'm equal weight tech at best & holding more sectors here than I have in awhile. I want to stick w/ what's working.
Tech is a core sector for me, holding some now, but $QQQ *could* underperform for awhile. From 2002-2007 $QQQ was basically flat while Russell 1000 Value $IWD doubled. I don't make predictions, but the strongest trends now are outside of tech. Spreading the positions helps.
Looking at the YTD sectors & charts, the mkt has still moved on from more speculative, higher valuation stocks to more established, lower valuation stocks. Energy, financials, retail, home builders, healthcare copper, steel, materials, industrials are all still working.
Shared with BCD Members yesterday, just before 2:00 pm, when $NYMO hit a 6 month low at 66.55. Marked the exact low for the day in $NYMO and $SPX is +77 pts from there.
Semis leading again with $SMH +3% day so far - holding most of the gains into the close is important. A nice early tell from yesterday and a few other technical signals discussed on the Members page yesterday & this AM pre-market. https://t.co/9wHqLTMKJp