Market Analysis

September 14th, 2026  Happy Monday, everyone! When Monday comes along, I always like to do a full market review and look for new setups! I’m looking for tickers that have a strong confluence between technical and fundamental factors that earn multiple stars in my Five Star scoring system. Let’s talk about one of the cleaner … Read more

Friday, September 11, 2026 Hi Traders, Today, I wanted to take a look at a ticker that has recently experienced a phenomenal move: Dell. This is because trading and investing are all about patterns. Recognizing those patterns and repeating those patterns is how we continually improve our edge. While I was bullish on DELL with … Read more

Thursday, September 10th, 2026 Hi Traders! The Nasdaq futures were a little soft on Wednesday, but the price action still looks constructive, with squeezes appearing all over the place. I love consolidation because ultimately, it leads to momentum breakouts, which, of course, I love to trade! The Nasdaq futures have been sideways, stuck just below … Read more

Friday, September 4, 2026  DRAM is the cleanest way to own the entire memory complex in one ticker: Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, plus the storage names (Sandisk, Seagate, Western Digital, Kioxia). It launched in April and has already become one of the fastest-growing ETFs in history because the market finally realized memory, not just GPUs, … Read more

Hey traders! This week, NVDA earnings are the main event. It’s the most-watched report on the calendar, and with the stock’s massive weight in the indices and the AI trade, the reaction can drive significant volatility across the market. Everything from semiconductors to the broader Nasdaq tends to move with it, so this is the … Read more

August 14th, 2026 Yesterday, I wrote to you about short squeezes in NBIS & SPCX. The short squeeze is one of my favorite setups! This morning, I took profits on NBIS again, and I’m always eyeing new entries. So, I wanted to take a few minutes to break down this trading setup and explain why … Read more

August 12th, 2026 We continue to see explosive post-earnings moves in the stock market, with two notable moves occurring today in both SpaceX and Nebius. I’ve been less focused on trading the earnings reports themselves and more on trading pre- and post-earnings moves, which are more consistent than overnight earnings trades.  SpaceX (SPCX) Last week’s … Read more

August 7, 2026 Short-Squeeze Continuation SpaceX (SPCX) delivered a textbook bullish breakout today, closing at 133.11 after surging cleanly above the post-earnings gap high. This was no ordinary move—it was accompanied by continually increasing volume throughout the session and a strong close on elevated volume, exactly the kind of institutional footprint we look for in … Read more

Good afternoon, Five Star Traders! Volatility has been the name of the game this week as the market digested the final wave of Mag 7 earnings. Wednesday’s reports kicked things off, and the follow-through into Thursday and Friday has been nothing short of explosive for a couple of the leaders. Let’s break it down. Mag … Read more

Volatility continues to pick up as the Nasdaq closed at the day’s lows on high volume, with traders digesting Fed comments and getting ready for earnings after the bell. The VIX popped above 20, but the put/call ratio remained relatively low considering the pullback we have seen in the Nasdaq. The path of least resistance … Read more