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Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update Notes The Process Behind the Work * Price > opinion * Trend > prediction * Risk first If you like how I think here, this is...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net This is a public episode. If y...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. The Process Behind the Work * Price > opinion * Trend > prediction * Risk first If you like how I think here, this is where that thinking...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update — Show Notes Theme: Trend lower. Today confirmed it. Key Level * SPY: Closed below 200-day → trend deterioration Index Snaps...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net This is a public episode. If y...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Show Notes Trend remains firmly higher SPY, QQQ, and IWM at new highs; DIA catching up ~11% move in just over two weeks confirms strong mo...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net Markets advance from decline →...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update — Show Notes A strong gap higher and follow-through pushed price back above the 50-day moving average and key anchored VWAP...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update — Show Notes Theme: Trend lower. Today confirmed it. Key Level * SPY: Closed below 200-day → trend deterioration Index Snaps...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net Good catch—tighten it up. Here...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net Weakness Continues as Markets...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update — Show Notes Choppy, back-and-forth action with no real progress S&P 500 consolidating just above a slightly rising 5-day MA...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net 🔹 Weekly Chart Notes Market c...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Market Update — Show Notes Theme: Trend lower. Today confirmed it. Key Level * SPY: Closed below 200-day → trend deterioration Index Snaps...

Trading Adventures is a price-focused market analysis newsletter helping traders understand trend, structure, and key levels across the market. Each week I break down charts across major indices, sectors, and individual names to provide clear technical context. Show notes: Quick take: A short-term bounce is underway, but the broader structure remains unresolved ahead of the Fed. Market Update – Ma...

Taking the analysis further If you want to go deeper than the weekly charts — including how the levels translate into actual trade planning and risk management — you can follow the work Brian Shannon and I do at Alphatrends . That’s where we walk through the same market structure in real time and apply the process to actual trade setups. Learn More at Alphatrends.net Weakness Continues as Markets...

Show notes: Summary * Major indices continue drifting lower below declining short-term moving averages * Nasdaq remains stuck in a wide multi-week range with no breakout * Former leaders (DIA and IWM) have rolled over after failed breakouts * Small caps briefly reached correction territory (~10% from highs) * Global equities and emerging markets losing momentum * Bonds gave back recent gains and n...

Ready to move from observation to execution? The Alphatrends invitation window is open for a limited time. https://alphatrends.net/WelcomeAndy Show notes: For several weeks I’ve been pointing out subtle cracks developing beneath the surface of this market. This week those cracks widened. SPY broke meaningfully below its now-declining 10-week moving average, while QQQ is testing its 40-week. Leader...

Ready to move from observation to execution? The Alphatrends invitation window is open for a limited time. Show notes: This week brought a moderation in last week’s caution signals, but no decisive resolution. Major indices remain largely range-bound, with improving short-term price action in the S&P 500, mixed leadership beneath the surface, and healthy overall breadth. The market continues to di...

The Next Step As we wrap up the week, I wanted to share something personal. Brian and I recorded this to explain why I’m excited to officially be part of Alphatrends — and what that actually means. If you’ve followed Trading Adventures for a while, you know how I think about markets. This is where that thinking gets put into action in real time. If you’re serious about refining your process, this...

Show notes: This week brought a moderation in last week’s caution signals, but no decisive resolution. Major indices remain largely range-bound, with improving short-term price action in the S&P 500, mixed leadership beneath the surface, and healthy overall breadth. The market continues to digest prior gains while key leadership groups sort themselves out. Key Takeaways * S&P 500 (SPY): Back above...

Show notes: Markets remain mixed beneath the surface, but the major indices are holding up. SPY and DIA continue to show strength near all-time highs, while IWM takes a short break, and QQQ has more work to do. We’re still watching for a sequence of higher lows and higher highs to confirm strength across the board. Sector rotation is ongoing. Some areas — like materials and staples — remain strong...

📊 After a week off, we’ve got a lot to cover. This week’s Weekly Charts video walks through the big picture: • SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA • Equal-weight vs cap-weight • Sector rotations • Small cap leadership • Relative strength dynamics • Breadth and participation • International & commodities • And what’s shifting beneath the surface From Fibonacci extensions to Bollinger Band shifts, this one covers i...

Show notes: Market Update – February 5 Recap The market continues to break down beneath the surface. SPY and QQQ are confirming short-to-intermediate downtrends with clear sequences of lower highs and lower lows. Price is now below declining 8- and 21-day moving averages, and testing the rising 50-day MA for the second time in two weeks. Crypto has rolled over hard. Bitcoin dropped over 12% intrad...

Show notes: In this mid-week market update, I discussed the ongoing pressure on stocks, particularly noting the NASDAQ futures in a series of lower lows and lower highs. While the S&P 500 is choppy and the Russell 2000 has weakened, the Dow remains relatively strong, holding near recent highs. I also highlighted the significant decline in Bitcoin and bonds, alongside the strength in defensive sect...