by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 9, 2019 | U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
The hint …… With the miserable Brexit stitch-up nearly completed at this point – as we’ve suggested along the way – I will shock all of you today and not talk about Brexit. We will return to Brexit at some point in the future because trust me, we ain’t seen...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 2, 2019 | U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
Stitch it up all you want, it ain’t gonna work……… Understanding the historical perspective on dirty politics and how patterns relate to each other across different asset classes at the moment may help us understand what’s likely next for both Brexit and the...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 27, 2019 | U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
The Stitch up As we said several times in the past, it looks as though the Brexit situation is becoming more unclear and more difficult by the day. This is not how it should be, for two reasons. First off, the British people’s verdict is clear: they do not want their...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 18, 2019 | U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
The boiling point Strength in the past week in the US stock indices may be a hint we are more advanced in the construction of the wave B rebound from the December lows. The rush to buy reflects the typical wave B psychology and can hardly be explained by the minimal...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 11, 2019 | U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
The bump in the road Over the past few weeks we have discussed the pattern and the associated internal technicals of the short-term S&P 500 uptrend. We concluded a correction was approaching and with key levels at last violated last week we must conclude that a...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 4, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
The wisdom of implied volatilities Options are remarkable products that very few people truly understand. The less sophisticated players in fact oftentimes regard them as little more than directional bets on the market. From the professional trader’s standpoint they...