by Mark Croock | Jan 24, 2023 | Market Lessons
Well, Evolvers … 2023 is off to a wild start! After last week’s choppy price action, the S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA: SPY) surged into the new week in style, with the index up as much as 1.6% on Monday. The bears seemed to disappear as tech stocks soared and the...
by Mark Croock | Nov 3, 2022 | Market Lessons
Yesterday, we finally got some clarity on Fed policy, something the market had been anxiously anticipating… The Fed raised interest rates another 75 basis points … no surprise there. But how traders are interpreting Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech varies widely…...
by Mark Croock | Nov 1, 2022 | Market Lessons
This week, every trader on the planet is paying attention to one thing above all — the Federal Reserve’s monthly policy meeting. That said, in recent years, most traders haven’t cared about these Fed meetings. When interest rates were near zero for so long, there was...
by Mark Croock | Oct 20, 2022 | Market Lessons
When the market is in a period of uncommon and unpredictable price action — as it has been for the entirety of 2022 — traders need to adjust their game plans. If you attempt to play this market using the same patterns and setups you were trading in 2020 or 2021,...
by Mark Croock | Oct 12, 2022 | Market Lessons
As the S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA: SPY) bounces around today’s opening level of $358 — heading towards an ‘inside day’ with almost no price change — the market is at a pivotal inflection point… And what happens next will likely come down to Thursday’s consumer...
by Mark Croock | Oct 11, 2022 | Market Lessons
We never know exactly what’s gonna happen in the stock market. But this week, one thing’s for sure … there will be plenty of volatility. The S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA: SPY) has already gone from red-to-green intraday at the time of writing. I think it goes...