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Something hit me today while going through market data and it reminded me of traps I fell into early in my investing journey.

You study the books, you fall in love with the concepts and then it happens.

You start spotting “problems.”...

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We're continuing our series on the five Fundamental Truths from Mark Douglas's Trading in the Zone. Today we tackle truth number three.

There is a random distribution between wins and losses for any given set of variables...

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When energy begins a real move, it rarely happens in just one area. Instead, you start to see broad participation across the entire ecosystem.That’s exactly what this scan shows.Nearly every major energy group is sitting right near its 52-week highs....

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Welcome to The Squeeze Watch.

Risk-on groups are slowly improving. Bounces are getting stronger, especially in the stocks that held up well during this corrective wave. Here’s today’s standout: 

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Squeeze Watch
Squeeze Watch

Earnings season is the heartbeat of the market, and every day brings fresh signals about where money is flowing.

With each report, we learn not just how companies are performing, but how investors are reacting.

In the Daily...

Daily Beat
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Every day, we sift through the filings to spot where the real conviction lies – cutting through the noise to highlight the most meaningful insider moves.

📌 Hycroft Mining $HYMC — Eric Sprott purchased $4...

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The Daily Number Bull Market Checklist 03092026

Today's number is... 6Six of the eight signals in the Bull Market Checklist remain positive, but two have now flipped bearish as risk appetite and global participation deteriorate during the latest market price action...

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Grant
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The Bears Landed A Clean Punch

Welcome back to The Sunday Stalk List.

Every weekend, I review hundreds if not thousands of charts across U.S. indices, global markets, breadth, sentiment, and intermarket relationships.

And now I’m opening up my stalk list.

The...

Thompson's Two Cents
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$XLK
$SPY
$XLP
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Earnings are the heartbeat of the market, and every week brings a fresh set of opportunities and risks. 

With each report, we get new information on corporate health, investor sentiment, and where money is rotating.

In the ...

Daily Beat
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Multi-Year Base, $1M in Calls

Every weekend I dig through the names that experienced the most interesting unusual options activity. 

We’re looking for trades that stood out, whether it was large in size or a very aggressive strike selection.

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Follow The Flow
Steve Strazza
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Buying strength in electronic equipment with a hot drone stock

Welcome back for another Top Down Trade of the Week.

This is a classic leadership scan.

We start with the best sectors, then drill into the subgroups. We pick one, and then take a look at...

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The Strazza Letter
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Top Down Trade Of The Week
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Layered Bets, Big Premium, and One Bearish Outlier

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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ASC
Follow The Flow
Steve Strazza
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The biggest weekly rally since 2020 confirms a powerful shift in the primary trend.

Over the past several weeks in Commodities Weekly, we’ve been laying out a very clear thesis: energy is in the early stages of a major leadership cycle.

First, we focused on the...

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The dollar has been wreaking havoc, bringing a critical level back into play.

After last weekend’s events, we got the classic kneejerk: oil and the dollar spiked, while risk assets sold off. A flight to safety. Sell...

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The Denim Party is Over. Grab a Gatorade.

For the last year, the mall was a one-trick pony. If you had five pockets and a zipper, you had a business. But yesterday’s bloodbath in specialty retail—headlined by American Eagle (AEO) cratering 14.7% and Gap (GAP) stumbling over its own...

The Macke Letter
Jeff Macke
The Macke Letter
$GAP
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