Today's American Stocks Pulse
Dow climbs nearly 200 points to record close as oil eases on Iran truce hopes
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped about 200 points, closing at a fresh all‑time high. The rally was driven by a pullback in oil prices after optimism surrounding a potential Iran truce. Markets remained cautious amid mixed political signals.
Tech Falters While Energy Surges: Today's Market Analysis
The technology sector posted sharp declines on the day, with Microsoft down 2.67% and Oracle slipping 4.10%, signaling heightened bearish sentiment. In contrast, the energy sector rallied, led by Exxon Mobil’s 2.94% gain and Chevron’s 1.88% rise, buoyed by higher oil prices and favorable forecasts. Communication services also fell, while Tesla managed a modest 0.98% uptick. Analysts suggest investors rebalance toward energy to offset tech volatility and capture short‑term gains.
S&P Nears Selling Climax Amid Deep Valuation Drop
In the table below, we see that the drawdown in the S&P 500 has now reached 7.6%, with breadth reaching moderately oversold levels. That drawdown masks a far bigger decline in valuations, with the trailing P/E down 20%. The MSCI EAFE and...
Trump’s Strait Ultimatum Sparks 10% Oil Slide, Boosts Defense Stocks
President Donald Trump posted a 48‑hour ultimatum on Truth Social demanding the Strait of Hormuz be reopened, prompting oil prices above $100 a barrel to tumble 10% and defense stocks to rally. The move has intensified market volatility as investors...
Rally Fades as ES and NQ Stay Below Key Averages
Yesterdays rally continues to fade pre market as $ES_F and $NQ_F remain below🟠5SMA and 🟢WTD AVWAP (hourly chart on left) On the 10 min chart, the 🟠"TACO news" AVWAP provides us with the average price since that event, with prices below...
Morning Market Brief
In this Tuesday Market Brief, Lawrence Fuller highlights a strong equity rally that was quickly tempered by rising bond yields and higher oil prices. He notes the President’s extended diplomatic warning to Iran, which has created geopolitical uncertainty but no...
200‑DMA Breach Triggered Market Crash After April Tariffs
Why is 200dma important? Last year when S&P broke below its 200dma the markets crashed due to april tarrifs
SPY May Fall 30%, Rebuild Below $475
$SPY Can't rule out a 30% drop but I think it could take a long time. Some supports along the way but if we go sub $475 then that's the ideal zone to build back long term exposure (not financial advice just...
Trump Backs Down on Iran Threats, Oil Plunges 9% and US Stocks Rally
President Donald Trump announced a postponement of planned strikes on Iranian energy facilities, prompting a roughly 9% drop in crude prices. The de‑escalation sparked a relief rally on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones up 1.44% and the S&P 500...
SPX's Fleeting Spikes Fuel Trader Indecision
At the beginning of recent weeks, SPX wicks up and then as the week goes on, the gains are given back. Certainly a way for the market to keep people continuously second-guessing their resolve https://t.co/vJ5eWqHZA8
US Equities Outpace Global Markets After Iran Strike
Nice look at US stocks' performance vs international after geopolitical shocks. US tends to be cleanest dirty shirt in these times. This time no dif, $VOO down 4.6% since Iran strike but $EFA down 9%. Nice note (which he put...
Thanks For The Memory
President Donald Trump postponed a threatened strike on Iran, prompting a brief market rally, but analysts quickly shifted focus to the memory‑chip sector. AI‑driven demand for high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced DRAM has turned the traditionally cyclical memory market into...
SPY at $654: Stay Below or Reclaim Pressure
Simplify it today. Does the $spy stay below yesterday’s low of $654 to keep some pressure on. Or reclaim it to relieve some pressure https://t.co/55Ia8e83Mu
Market Rally Fueled by Hype, Iran Risk Remains Unpriced
Fake News Saved The Market My morning rant Monday. Strong opinions held strongly.🙃 The short-covering bounce driven by headlines & algos, not fundamentals, doesn't change the fact: IRAN RISK IS NOT PRICED IN. $SPX $6666 –6718 as $DXY falls won't save us as yields...
Markets Relieved as Trump Eases on Iran
President Donald Trump announced a five‑day suspension of U.S. strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, signaling a de‑escalation after weeks of threatening rhetoric. The move lifted U.S. equity markets, with the S&P 500 gaining and oil prices retreating from earlier spikes....
ETFs Dominate Trading, Fueling Shorting and Volatility
Citadel on Flows: - ETFs have accounted for ~35% of trading volume over the past three weeks, peaking at 47%, and setting a record streak above 35%. - This reflects active shorting via ETFs to reduce net exposure. - Levered end-of-day flows remain...
Markets Mixed, Awaiting SPY Confirmation Above $654
Mixed markets around the World after yesterday’s bounce attempt. $spx futures-7. We’ll see if $spy has an inside day above $654ish to show some commitment to yesterday. Or not. News flow remains fluid. https://t.co/tJBZY4fjc3
Citadel Securities’ Rubner Sees Short Squeeze Fueling US Stocks Rally
Citadel Securities’ equity strategist Scott Rubner warns that a record‑size short position on U.S. stocks is approaching a potential unwind, setting the stage for a short‑squeeze‑driven rally. He notes that the rally’s magnitude hinges on easing geopolitical tensions, which would...
S&P 500 Bounce Matches Chart Line—Pure Coincidence
YES - the S&P 500 "bouncing" today at one of the 700 lines you have drawn on the chart....is just a coincidence.
Multiple Stocks Reach 52‑Week Highs Today
All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK HIGHS at some point today Clear Secure $YOU Akamai $AKAM ConocoPhillips $COP Digitalocean $DOCN EOG Resources $EOG TechnipFMC $FTI GE Vernova $GEV Halliburton $HAL Mastec $MTZ Murphy Oil $MUR New York Times $NYT Pembina $PBA Restaurant Brands $QSR Tenaris $TS Tower Semi $TSEM
Watch Small-Cap Stocks as Market Tries to Recover From Last Week's Declines, Says NYSE Insider Jay Woods
Small‑cap stocks are back in focus after the Russell 2000 slipped into correction, falling about 10 % from its recent peak. The Shares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rallied over 2.7 % on Monday, buoyed by President Donald Trump’s remarks on productive U.S.–Iran talks. Market...
S&P 500 Adds $650B Market Cap in One Day
MARKET RECAP 📈 What a wild day, the S&P 500 gained over $650 BILLION in market cap today, jumping 1.15%. Earlier in the day, the index was up over $1 TRILLION in market cap, up 2% 👀 What the heck is...
SPX Needs 40‑Week MA Break to Halt Downtrend
$SPX - The attempt to close above the 200 day MA has failed. Even if it closes above the 200 DMA it won't be enough to confirm a Friday bottom. Last year before the "Liberation Day" crash it closed above...
The Regimes Are Dead. Long Live The Regimes.
Donald Trump announced a postponement of threatened strikes on Iran’s power plants, prompting a rapid rally in U.S. equities and a sharp decline in crude oil prices. CNBC seized on the move, wondering whether the market surge signaled the long‑awaited...
Dow Rebounds to 200‑day SMA Amid US‑Iran Talks
I guess we are taking the President's remarks of 'productive' talks between the US and Iran at face value and not just a fear of hitting the 48 hour deadline and having to escalate with a market reaction... Dow has rebound...
These Stocks Should See the Biggest Rally if Oil Prices Are Done Surging
JPMorgan identified a set of stocks that could post the strongest gains if oil prices stop climbing. The bank screened for companies whose returns move inversely to energy prices, highlighting Delta Air Lines, Tapestry, and Las Vegas Sands among others....
Oversold S&P Poised for Rebound After Four‑week Slide
The S&P 500 has been down 4 weeks in a row, and six of the last 12 weeks. As of Friday, we were off ~6.8% from recent highs, with the Nasdaq off ~8.2%. This looks less a case of TACO, and more...
Longs Find Breathing Room; Friday May Mark Low
We’re getting breathing room for longs this morning, but this is the tougher path for traders as price drifts back into the chop without a clear washout event. Friday could prove to be the low and the start of...
Wall St Opens Higher After Trump Postpones Strikes on Iranian Power Plants
Wall Street opened higher on Monday after President Donald Trump announced a postponement of U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants, easing geopolitical tension. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 226.3 points (0.5%) to 45,803.82, the S&P 500 gained 68.5 points (1.05%)...
Stocks at Critical Support: Oversold, Risky, Now-or-Never Rebound
Learnings and conclusions from this week’s charts: 1. Stocks are at a make-or-break point (major support level). 2. Conditions are increasingly oversold. 3. Sentiment and valuations have seen a partial reset. 4. (albeit from an overvalued/excess-greed starting point) 5. Pre-war, the global earnings/macro pulse was...
First Call March 23, 2026
Hedge Fund Telemetry launched its “First Call” suite on March 23 2026, offering a sequence of timed market briefs for traders and institutional investors. The pre‑market note summarizes overnight price moves, macro data, and geopolitical events, while subsequent Mid‑Morning, Daily, and Week‑Ahead...
Markets React After US Bombing Pause Announced
President Donald Trump announced a five‑day pause on U.S. strikes against Iranian energy targets and extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Hormuz Strait, prompting a rally across U.S. equities. The S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 all rose between...
Analysts Cite Obscure Index as Early Warning of U.S. Market Pullback
Market analysts have highlighted a little‑known index as a potential early warning sign for a broader pullback in U.S. equities. While the index’s specifics were not disclosed, the warning comes as active fund performance lags, oil price volatility spikes and...
Shorting Missed the Exit; Market Already in Sell‑the‑rip
📺 IF YOU’RE SHORTING NOW… YOU’RE LATE The key level in $SPY (~$677–$680) was lost much earlier than you think — that was the real exit signal. Once that broke, the market entered a sell-the-rip environment, where every bounce into the...
S&P 500 Near Bear Market Threshold at 45%
45% of the S&P 500 stocks are trading above their respective 200-day moving averages. The 40% level is where bear markets live. Recessions. Major market corrections. 2018. 2020. 2022. Five points away.
Technology Stocks To Watch Today – March 22nd
MarketBeat’s daily screener spotlights five technology leaders—NVIDIA, Micron Technology, Vertiv, Apple and Microsoft—as the most actively traded stocks in the sector on March 22. The selection reflects soaring AI‑driven GPU demand, a rebound in memory pricing, expanding data‑center infrastructure, and...
SPX Futures Surge Post‑Trump, Watch 6623‑6754 Resistance
The morning changed pretty fast — $SPX futures went from -45 to +130 handles after Trump said the last 48 hours of talks were very productive. There should be some resistance near 6623ish, and 6754 is the major if this...
Nasdaq Doji Signals Bullish Turn if 21522 Holds
#Nasdaq Comp Doji Candle but up on Friday's Candle. Support 21522 must hold. Resistance 22189, 22569, 22906. RSI 39 not low but flicked up. Top Bollinger Band 22879. Midpoint Line 22251. Bottom Band 21616.
S&P 500 Skyrockets as Trump Announces Ceasefire. Real TACO or Just Usual Jawboning?
U.S. equity markets surged as former President Donald Trump posted a cease‑fire announcement on Truth Social, prompting the S&P 500 to bounce sharply from near‑term lows. Technical charts show the index probing the 6,760 resistance level, with sellers poised to...
Dow Holds 200‑Day Support Amid Volatility, Awaiting Trump Impact
Through today's (massive) volatility, the #Dow has held up the 200-day SMA as former support new resistance and maintained the descending channel of the past ~5 weeks. What will the Trump headlines bring for markets tomorrow? https://t.co/t3i7qUOG2I
Record Down Volume Followed by Record Up Volume
A day after the heaviest down volume in NYSE history, we get the heaviest up volume. Totally normal market. https://t.co/odNR7bgM5P
Markets Turn Defensive as S&P Breaks 200‑Day Trend
S&P 500: four straight weekly losses. 200-day MA: decisively broken. Fed: discussing rate hikes. Gold: worst crash since 2011. Oil: above $110. 3 of 4 intermarket signals say defense. The one that doesn't? It's the least convincing of the four. https://t.co/zTqF9056g8
QQQ Flat Between 20‑50 Weekly SMA Amid Political Chaos
All this drama and $QQQ still stuck between this range between 20 and 50sma weekly. More chaos politically the more leaning technically. https://t.co/cRWdMHiEh5
XLE Soars 31.8% as Middle East Energy Hits Hard
IEA confirmed it. 40+ Middle East energy assets severely damaged. Not 1. Not 5. Forty. $XLE is the only S&P sector positive since war began. +31.8% YTD. Everyone else is still pretending this is temporary. https://t.co/5G2vuSlSjh
SPY Breaks Support; Avoid FOMO Long at Key Level
$SPY Crazy price action. Now backtesting broken support. Key level here not a good spot to FOMO long into https://t.co/lxFPici06g
S&P Dips, VIX Stays Flat Despite Market Drop
last week, as the S&P 500 $SPX made lower (ugly) lows, the volatility $VIX index did not... https://t.co/Vmdmxc3JXz
Dow Jumps 1,600 Points; Hormuz Risk Still Looms
🔴 Dow swings 1,600 points after Trump pauses Iran oil strikes - but the Strait of Hormuz risk isn't gone Oil. Gold. Rate hikes. I break it all down. Are you buying or selling into this move? Let me know below 👇 $DOW...
NVDA Signals Potential Support for Today’s Gap Up
$nvda can give some clues on how much of today’s gap up can hold https://t.co/oNBBNMrr7h
S&P Jumps as Trump Pauses Iranian Strikes, Oil Slides
Hope you’ve had your coffee Futures are ripping to start the week S&P is up 1.5% pre market after Trump says the U.S. will pause further strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for 5 days Oil reacting fast, down 10% to $90 Big week ahead...
Indices Outpace Stocks in Pre‑market Amid Ceasefire
We have a little ceasefire for the next five days, but it seems like the indices have moved a lot more than individual stocks pre-market.
SPY Spikes on Trump's 'Productive' US‑Iran Talks
$SPY printed a Sky Scraper Candle after Trump says U.S. and Iran have held ‘productive’ talks: CNBC https://t.co/1sxKxOeC2e