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The S&P 500 Futures (/ES) has been trying to break out of its current range but continues getting pushed back to support. 

The E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) shows a weekly and daily squeeze toward the upside. My Big 3 Signals and histogram show a positive shift alongside the ATR trailing stop.

Next week, see if /NQ holds support at $13,100 and rebuild our lower time frames. The shorter time frames must shift the momentum and get these squeezes fired through our current ranges.

In the video above, we’ll review the market’s current “paper bag” range and break down recent trades we took this week and currently have open in my Compounding Growth Mastery.

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Things are shaping up for the bulls. The weekly chart of the S&P 500 Futures (/ES) has a weekly squeeze, weekly Big 3 Buy signals, and bullish lower time frame signals.

In January, things were also lining up for the bulls; however, the only thing the bulls accomplished was to take the market to the weekly ATR trailing stop. After it hit the ATR trailing stop, the market rolled back over. Since then, the ATR trailing stop has been a major resistance level.

We’re looking for the /ES to break above $4,200 to shift the market in favor of the bulls. Then the bulls have a chance to see the weekly squeeze fire long.

In the video above, we’ll review the market’s path on the way to $4,200, break down the price action in the SPX on Monday, and what we’re looking for to take our next trade in the Compounding Growth Mastery.

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We had a big push last week in the S&P 500 (SPX). All the “pretty colors” are working in favor of the bulls.

The weekly chart is showing a weekly squeeze with Big 3 buy signals. The daily chart is slightly overbought, so selfishly I’m looking for a pullback to enter longs on lower prices. The daily squeeze fired long today, so there’s still “gas left in the tank” to the upside.

In the video above, we’ll review where I’d like to buy the dip on the SPX and my favorite stock pick for the week.

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This week’s trading sessions provided a few opportunities in the S&P 500 (SPX) that we took advantage of in the Compounding Growth mastery.

The bulls continue to hold up the market. SPX is showing bullish squeezes on the daily and weekly time frames. More importantly, the junk bonds ETF (HYG) is showing a daily Big 3 Buy signal with a squeeze. Keep in mind the last time HYG rallied, SPX rallied with it. All signs indicate that the market will continue higher.

In the video above, I review Thursday’s session and how I use the ATR trailing stop, my Big 3 indicator, and the Squeeze Pro to find confirmations for the perfect entries. 

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It’s been a difficult market to swing trade, especially since the S&P 500 (SPX) is stuck in a range. Once SPX breaks to the upside or downside, swing trading might get easier.

Until that happens, I’m shifting to a more day trading approach. I’ll still use the same Big 3 indicator and Big 3 setup but on the 30-minute, 1-hour, 15-minute, and 5-minute time frames. This way, we can find more opportunities while the market stays “in a box.”

When day trading, the speed that setups will unfold will be shorter. Instead of taking a few days or weeks, we’ll know if the setup works in a few minutes or a few hours.

In the video above, I’ll review the overall market conditions and a potential setup on Microsoft (MSFT) using the Big 3 indicator. I’ll also share my watchlist this week and how I’m adjusting my trades to day trade on lower timeframes.

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Many sectors are showing Big 3 sell signals and overall “ugly”. The S&P 500 (SPX) is choppy but has a weekly squeeze with a Big 3 buy signal. If SPX continues to pump heavily-weighted names, like Apple (AAPL) , Google (GOOGL), Nvidia (NVDA), and Advanced Micro Strategies (AMD), the SPX can keep the market afloat.

These heavily-weighted names are overly extended from the daily 21 exponential moving average (EMA).

In the video above, we’ll review the five names that are holding up this market and discuss potential exhaustion using the Big 3 indicator on the smaller time frames.

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The major indexes finished the day slightly up (but mostly flat). A majority of traders are in a “waiting game” until the Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 (SPX) closed back above the daily 200 simple moving average (SMA) but remains below the 21 exponential moving average (EMA) and 50 SMA with a daily Big 3 sell signal. For now, I’m still a fan of shorting the rallies. What might give us a rally to short tomorrow is the hourly squeeze in the SPX.

In the video above, we’ll review key levels the bulls may face as there is major resistance above on the SPX and QQQ.

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The game plan coming into the wek was to short rallies in the SPX. We did that on Tuesday with a call credit spread in the Compounding Growth Mastery.

What has changed this week? SPX remains under the 50 simple moving average (SMA), 21 exponential moving average (EMA), and the 200 SMA while printing daily Big 3 sell signals. All of this does not bode well for the bulls.

The QQQ, though, is looking bullish this week. In the video above, we’ll take a look at the overall market and big tech names like AAPL and GOOGL to get a better read of this market.

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It was a tough week for the bulls as bears regained control of the S&P 500 (SPX).

The SPX flushed through the daily 21 exponential moving average (EMA) and the 200 simple moving average (SMA). Even worse, there are sell signals on the daily chart.

In the video above, we’ll use the Big 3 indicator, the Big 3 Heat Map, and review market structure. Let’s keep it simple as the market lines up for a potential push lower.

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We’re focusing on the S&P 500 (SPX) as that is what it’s all about right now. We’ll apply anything we cover on the SPX and apply it to the big names like AAPL, GOOGL, and AMZN. 

The SPX flushed to the daily 200 simple moving average (SMA) and now the market is in a short squeeze heading into the weekend.

We’ll use the Big 3 indicator and Big 3 Heat Map to observe how the market went from bearish to neutral signals. This shows the path of least resistance is to the upside, or at least some progress for the bulls.

In the video above, we’ll use the DXY and HYG to correlate where the market might go next.

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