Month: July 2026

It’s a tricky tape heading into a loaded week. The Fed lands tomorrow, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon all report, and the QQQ is fighting for dear life right at critical weekly support. The equal-weight S&P and the Dow look genuinely strong, but the QQQ and the Big 10 are the problem, and until that changes I’m treating the broad “bullish” read with a healthy dose of skepticism.

The number that matters most to me is the weekly 21 EMA. We’re sitting just below it for the first time since we reclaimed it back in early April, and momentum is a hair away from a negative MACD shift. Earnings can flip that in a hurry, so I lay out both paths: the bullish case where they reclaim $690 to $695 and stabilize, and the bearish case that opens the door toward $650 and lower.

I also run through the trades we just closed in the alert room, a clean Bitcoin futures squeeze, a stacked JP Morgan setup, and a 40% winner on Amgen, plus the ranking system behind them and why Lily is the name I want for the next long.

Full breakdown is in the video below.

Stay Focused,

Taylor Horton

It’s not an easy market, but we’re still kicking butt in the alert room, over a 74% win rate on the last 150+ alerted trades. Wednesday night at 6:00pm Central,  I’m breaking down exactly how it works: the entries, the exits, the criteria, and why I think you should give the alert service a shot. Bring your beverage of choice, and join us HERE. 

There is plenty going right under the surface today. The chips and big tech are finally waking up, energy gapped higher, and $NVDA just climbed back to the top of the Big 10, something we have not seen in a long stretch. What keeps me from calling this a clean green light is momentum. The structure and the trend are there on name after name, but the MACD still has not turned.

That is really the whole story of this one. $NVDA is sitting on a 3-day squeeze that could carry it from $155 toward $240, $AMD is coiling on the daily, and the S&Ps have a squeeze of their own building. On the risk side, I need $QQQ to reclaim $720 or the tape starts to look shaky. I go level by level and show you the two trades I am already in: a long $JPM August $350/$360 call debit spread, and a long gold futures position I am trailing with a 1-hour stop.

Bottom line, the setups are stacked and the trends point the right way, but I am not chasing a thing until momentum confirms it. Get that MACD shift and these charts get their full tank of gas.

Watch the full video for the complete breakdown.

Stay Focused,

Taylor Horton

Tonight, Henry walks through his unbalanced butterfly strategy that allows him to pull income out of 0DTE trades, and it’s free to join. If you’ve heard me talk about clean setups and defined risk, this is that same discipline applied to same-day expiration. Catch it live HERE.

The market still has a lot of areas acting well, but I do not think this is a clean risk-on environment until QQQ starts to improve. IWM, the Dow, financials, healthcare, and other sectors are showing strength, but QQQ is sitting near a make-or-break level that could decide whether these setups get follow-through or start to break down.

In this video, I walk through why QQQ holding the 50 SMA matters, how today’s market compares to the stronger April and May environments, and why tech leadership is still the missing piece. I also cover the trades I’m watching and managing right now, including JP Morgan, ARKK, and the S&P 500 daily squeeze setup.

The main idea is simple: the market may look strong on the surface, but I want QQQ to confirm before assuming the next breakout is ready to go.

Check out my YouTube video to learn more!

Stay Focused,

Taylor Horton

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