Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com The new year started with a bang. We had a few days of stagnation that made people wonder if there was a bull trend to be found. Others thought the bear trend would simply continue. At the end of the day, there were...
Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com With a new year, we have the potential for major changes in the stock market’s price action. Rebalancing portfolios and a full year to prove performance for money managers mean we could see major shifts in certain sectors and the...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com We have an interesting mix of signals going on in the market. The first main indicator that I’m looking at is bonds. Let’s take a look at TLT, which is and ETF that represents US Treasury Bonds: Bonds have started to resume their...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com Perhaps it’s time to accept a holiday rally into the end of year, as many signals are aligning. Two weeks ago, I was looking at some potential upside in technology, and while it lasted for about a week, we had a short-term top a...
Are the VIX and other indicators indicating a short-term top to the market? We’ve had quite a run up after inflation numbers seem to be showing that the FOMC doesn’t have to be as aggressive in the future, but perhaps the markets have gone too far too fast. The day...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com If the lows are in (big if), what’s the sector that can lead us to prior highs? Where do we go from here? Well, there are a couple of approaches, and I think both have some logic to them. Both might work, and neither...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com The market can’t find a way to stop going down. But should everything be going down? Looking at tech, the general market, and bonds, it simply seems like the market can’t find a floor, yet. But with the drastic pullback, it...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com The market is not in a bull trend. But is it in a bear trend? When I look at the way the market is flowing, I can’t say for sure that we are in a bear market even if it feels that way after weeks of downward momentum. The...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com The market isn’t in a freefall, yet. Let’s take a look at what’s happening now. First, looking simply at the S&P 500, we see a pullback after failing to push through the 200-Day Moving Average: Given that the normal mid-term...
From Keith Harwood, OptionHotline.com Is this the beginning of a major move to the upside, or is it the end of the recovery? It seems everyone is asking the same question when looking at the major indexes. We’ve started to see a little bit of weakness in tech and the...