The Markets
META snaps the streak with a selloff day that wipes out the last six days of gains.
One big red candle brought the price back into equilibrium between the 8- and 21-day MAs. The RSI cooled, finishing the day near 68 after hitting nearly 84. All of this occurred with heavier-than-average volume, especially during the strong rally in the last 30 minutes of the session.
Nothing goes straight up forever. In fact, no mega-cap tech company stock has gone up for 20 days like META has since, well, ever.
Bearish?
Nope. In fact, the cooling off could very well lead to the next attractive buying opportunity. Early support has already been found at the $710.79 pivot and earnings AVWAP. We’ll see how that holds in the coming days.
The Charts
SPY clocks another new closing high. After feeling lethargic most of the day, stocks rallied into the close, finishing at new highs.
QQQ did it, too, closing above the Dec. pivot high and logging a new all-time daily closing high.
IWM is still in the fight. But it's 5 on 1 with a $226.69 pivot level, and the 8, 21, 50, and 100-day MAs are all ganging up. It closed above all of those, but not by much.
DIA is parked on its 8 and 21-day MAs to start the week.
TLT just can’t keep it up. It closed the day back below the pivot and 8/21/50-day MAs.
DXY Dollar futures found a reprieve and stopped the downward slide, at least for today. The $107.05 pivot is the lid.
BTCUSD broke lower from the consolidation area — a result that would normally produce a sizeable move. However, the resilience on dips coupled with an inability to break higher is exactly what has kept prices contained for the last three months or more. You can see on the chart that price has already rebounded back into the yellow-shaded area.
The Trade
Bull market things.
Stocks keep going up in the face of increasing worry and anxieties, mostly about rates, tariffs, Russia, political battles, etc. You know, all of the same things the market has worried about for the last 60 or 70 years.
So, what’s the best trade out there?
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