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  • If/then, never predictions. Every idea has two branches.
  • Where it's wrong, every time. In the same breath as the idea.
  • A routine you learn. Then run it without us.

Written by Benito Segovia and the TrueTrader desk.

An Election, Apple, the Chip Reports and a Jobs Number

Issue 2, for the week of November 2

700750MayJunJulAugSepOct773.36last wk high770.4720-day767.4950-day759.81weekly pivot749.60Sep 16 low748.80Aug 3 low746.27weekly S1728.85200-day

SPY, daily, six months to Oct 30. Last week's high 773.36, weekly pivot 759.81 (the average of last week's high, low and close), Friday's low 750.36 on top of the September and August lows.

Hey all. Clocks went back an hour this morning, so if your alarm felt generous, enjoy it. This week won't be. Apple and Palantir report Monday night, the country votes in the midterms on Tuesday, AMD reports Tuesday night, Qualcomm, Arm and AppLovin on Wednesday night, and the October jobs report lands Friday morning. And all of that arrives on the back of a Friday where QQQ fell 3.5% in one session.

Read this week's issue

Where price has been this week

Updated after Tuesday's close.

Every level the issue printed, reached or not. Reached means the regular session, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET, traded at the level; gapped through means it opened past it.

SPYIndex
  • 773.36last wk highNot reached
  • 770.4720-dayNot reached
  • 767.4950-dayNot reached
  • 759.81weekly pivotReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 749.60Sep 16 lowNot reached
  • 748.80Aug 3 lowNot reached
  • 746.27weekly S1Not reached
  • 728.85200-dayNot reached
QQQIndex
  • 700.03weekly pivotNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 683.45Fri lowReached Mon
  • 679.52200-dayNot reached
  • 673.91weekly S1Not reached
  • 661.14Jul 29 lowNot reached
AAPLIndex
  • 351.7352-wk highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 334.35Fri lowGapped through Tue
  • 333.0450-dayReached Tue
XOMStrong
  • 188.5052-wk highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 184.68Fri lowGapped through Mon
  • 182.50pullback zoneReached Mon
  • 179.77wrong belowReached Mon
GILDStrong
  • 175.6552-wk highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 169Fri lowReached Mon
  • 165.61Thu close (gap)Not reached
  • 160.86wrong belowNot reached
MRVLOversold
  • 231.8010-dayNot reached
  • 218.34Thu closeNot reached
  • 207.61Fri highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 190.15Fri lowReached Mon
  • 183.19200-day, wrong belowReached Mon
FTNTOversold
  • 149.93weekly pivotNot reached
  • 139.44Thu highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 134.40Fri lowReached Mon
  • 128.38200-dayReached Mon
  • 127.40wrong belowReached Mon
NFLXWeak
  • 65.50wrong aboveNot reached
  • 64.9010-dayNot reached
  • 63.05Fri highReached Tue
  • Fri close
  • 61.3952-wk lowNot reached
BAWeak
  • 183.50wrong aboveNot reached
  • 181.7910-dayNot reached
  • 174.60bounce highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 165.0152-wk lowNot reached
LLYOverbought
  • 1,449.68wrong aboveNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 1,408.36Fri lowReached Mon
  • 1,373.70Thu closeNot reached
  • 1,332.73report-day openNot reached
LMTOverbought
  • 657wrong aboveNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 636.28Fri lowReached Mon
  • 611.27last wk lowNot reached
  • 601.1010-dayNot reached

Same five steps, every Sunday

The order matters. You look at the calendar before a chart, and at the market before a stock.

  1. 1

    The calendar

    Fed days, data mornings and the earnings that can gap a stock overnight. Where the landmines are, before you take a step.

  2. 2

    The indexes

    Where SPY and QQQ sit against their moving averages, and the few levels where the market changes character.

  3. 3

    The money

    Eleven sectors ranked over the month. What the market is actually rewarding, not what TV is talking about.

  4. 4

    Earnings

    Which reports deserve a plan, which ones to ignore, and how to handle the morning after.

  5. 5

    Four lists

    Strong, oversold, weak, overbought, scanned from about 700 liquid stocks. Two names each, with an if/then and where it's wrong.

What it isn't

It isn't a stock-picking service, and it doesn't tell you what the market will do. Nobody knows that, and we don't need to. Each idea is a plan with two branches: if price does this, here's what we do; if it does that instead, here's where we're wrong and out. You pull up the charts and make your own call.

Past issues

See you Sunday.

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