What a “Mar-A-Lago Accord” Means for Your Portfolio
While most people are focused on what’s happening with tariffs right now, I want to bring your attention to another related matter that’s just as important, if not more so. We have to watch the largest and most important market out there - currencies. What do currencies, and specifically, the U.S. dollar have to do…
What’s It All For, Anyway?
Bear markets have a funny way of making us stop and think a little more deeply than usual. Trading, after all, is like a staring contest with your own reflection—blink, and you lose. If you’ve been following me, you know I’ve been waving caution flags since late February when market risks started to spike. Since…
TheoTrade’s Tale of the Tape: The Bears Don’t Lie
By now, the market’s decline is dominating the news headlines. The world is paying attention and there is a sense of panic in the air. Does that mean we’ve bottomed out already? Absolutely not. But our discipline in staying on top of weekly sector performance allows us to easily measure the market’s appetite for risk…
Tariff Tantrums Are Old News - Here’s What’s Next
Stocks are roiling after the Trump Administration’s “Liberation Day,” but let’s be real here - stocks were already in a technical downtrend in the short-term, and the market’s internals have been weak for a couple of months now. Even with sentiment down in the dumpster, it doesn’t seem or feel like we’ve had true capitulation…
TheoTrade’s Tale of the Tape: Bulls Have a Lot to Prove in Q2
It’s the last day of the first quarter, and it was a tough one for the U.S. market. Traders and investors alike were reminded that a financial world of opportunity exists beyond the United States’ borders. Fortunately, we were able to participate in that emerging move. But as we head into the second quarter and…
How a Rust-Belt Town Kid Found His Way to Wall Street
My parents moved to the United States from Italy a year before I was born. My father was in the cement business (surprise, surprise) and my mother worked as a secretary at Chrysler. I grew up in a small town in southeast Michigan littered with its fair share of skeleton factories. I realized at a…
The Table is Set for Q2: Are You Ready?
The finish line is in sight for the first quarter, and it served as a humble reminder for many that volatility lurks around every corner in this market. Does that mean there weren’t any opportunities on the long-side of this market? Absolutely not. In fact, I think we have new themes that are really going…
TheoTrade’s Tale of the Tape: Energy Leads, but Is the Market Truly Bottoming?
A late-day rally on Friday saved stocks from a very nasty close on the week, but after surfing the charting landscape over the weekend, I’m not surprised to see this squeeze playing out to start the week. The billion-dollar question, of course, is whether this is another bear market rally or the start of something…
Every Bear Market Starts As a Correction
We’re heading into the final full trading week of the first quarter of 2025, and it’s been a tough one for the U.S. market. Other parts of the world, specifically Europe and China, are set to cap off a remarkable quarter, which begs the question: Can these trends continue into Q2? I’ll be covering my…
What Farming Taught Me About Trading
Spring is whispering its arrival - I can hear it in the morning birdsong and feel it in the shifting air. While this wasn't Michigan's harshest winter, I seem to have packed some of that cooler air with me during my recent Florida escape. There's something undeniably hopeful about the changing seasons. Interestingly, the legendary…