Next Day Prep

Stocks drifted near flat as the Fed held rates but signaled a possible December hike, while the AI trade regained momentum behind SK Hynix and Oracle. Breadth improved for a second day, keeping the regime Cautious with a bullish lean. All eyes turn to Alphabet and Microsoft earnings after the close. The post Next Day Prep #353: Big Index Rally Hides Weak Market Breadth – Wednesday 10/28/2026 first...

Tuesday extended the AI-led rebound, with the S&P 500 reclaiming its 50-day moving average and semiconductors surging on a record $63B Broadcom-backed Anthropic financing deal. Energy was the weak spot as crude fell below $100, and Boeing cratered on earnings. All eyes now turn to Wednesday’s FOMC decision and another heavy round of mega-cap earnings. The post Next Day Prep #352: Broadc...

Stocks opened the week higher as renewed AI enthusiasm lifted semiconductors and growth names, with Tesla surging on an upgrade and Anthropic filing its IPO. Breadth improved but the regime held Cautious ahead of a torrent of mega-cap earnings and Wednesday’s FOMC decision. The post Next Day Prep #351: AI Rally Masks Weak Market Breadth – Monday 10/26/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Markets...

Despite a flat Nasdaq, the Dow and S&P sold off as breadth improved but stayed below the 50% confirmation threshold, keeping the regime Cautious. Energy and security software staged trustworthy breakouts while AI-levered earnings winners got sold, and the team maps levels and scenarios for a loaded Fed, GDP, and mega-cap earnings week. Built from... The post Next Day Prep #350: Split Tape: Br...

Despite a sharp Nasdaq and semiconductor selloff, improving 40-day breadth upgraded the market regime to Cautious even as short-term momentum stayed bearish. The analyst breaks down the rotation from mega-cap tech into defensives, what the scan signals confirm, and the exact levels to watch tomorrow on QQQ, SPY, PG, LMT and RKT. Built from WaveFinder... The post Next Day Prep #349: Breadth vs. Ind...

The market regime upgraded to Cautious as the 40-day breadth jumped, but the 20-day reading slipped, signaling a narrow, large-cap-led rotation rather than broad confirmation. SMCI’s blowout guidance reignited the AI capex trade, driving momentum scans while reversal plays stayed scarce, and the focus now shifts to after-hours earnings from META, TSLA, IBM, LRCX and... The post Next Day Prep...

A nearly flat Nasdaq masked a major breadth upgrade as falling oil prices and easing yields sparked a relief rotation into small-caps, financials, and health care. The Dow surged while the S&P barely moved, exposing a guidance trap that punished General Motors and GE Aerospace despite earnings beats. The show closes with key watchlist levels... The post Next Day Prep #347: Flat Index, Hidden...

A flat headline close masked a major internal rotation as breadth surged, small-caps snapped a losing streak, and oil’s reversal unlocked rate-sensitive buying. With the market upgraded to Cautious, the desk flags Meta and Tesla earnings and the 7,704 level as the key tests for tomorrow. The post Next Day Prep #346: Rotation Under the Hood: Breadth Breaks Out as Oil Reverses – Tuesday 10/20/...

Despite a green close for the S&P 500, collapsing 20-day breadth, failed sector participation, and a still-bearish Bull-Bear spread keep the regime call at Cautious-Bearish. The hosts break down which signals actually confirmed with volume — Amazon and Datadog — versus those that faded, like the semis and CoreWeave, then map out tomorrow’s key levels... The post Next Day Prep #345: Gree...

A sharp Bull/Bear gauge collapse exposed fresh distribution even as breadth quietly improved, with energy and insurance names holding on fundamentals while AI and semis got hammered on narrative risk. The team breaks down why TRV’s earnings beat got sold anyway, sets levels on CCI, APA, and TRV, and lays out the bull/bear cases heading... The post Next Day Prep #344: 54 Bulls, 290 Bears: The...

A nearly flat S&P session masked a sharp internal regime shift, with bull-bear breadth surging and money rotating out of mega-caps into the broader market. The team breaks down which scans and tickers confirmed the rotation — CoreWeave, Micron, FICO — versus failures like Dell, HPE, and a lagging NVDA, then sets up tomorrow’s key... The post Next Day Prep #343: Flat Index, Hidden Shift:...

Breadth collapsed from Cautious-Bearish to outright Bearish as the bull-bear gauge hit a brutal 65-to-664 reading, even as the Dow masked a sharp Nasdaq and semiconductor selloff. The hosts break down why Continuation signals clustered entirely in defensives, why a bullish-looking Darvas Box breakout count was actually a trap in tech, and lay out the... The post Next Day Prep #342: Ten-to-One Wash...

A quiet S&P close masked a volatile session underneath, with energy breakouts, chip resilience, and a market-sentiment flip on breadth pushing the regime from Bearish to Cautious-Bearish. The hosts break down why Citigroup’s earnings beat got sold while JPMorgan’s miss barely moved, and preview tomorrow’s CPI print as the key test for whether the improvement... The post Next...

Despite a nearly flat S&P, 20-day breadth collapsed from 24% to 14% in a single session, exposing a bearish undertow beneath a quiet headline. The hosts break down why energy and select names like FICO held up while semiconductors and AI-infrastructure stocks got hammered, then preview tomorrow’s bank earnings and key levels to watch. The post Next Day Prep #340: Calm Surface, Strong Un...

Despite the regime holding Bearish all day, breadth expanded for a second straight session and broad-based buying pushed the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq higher together. The team breaks down the SpaceX spectrum deal’s tower-stock winners and losers, a multi-catalyst healthcare rebound, and lays out exact levels for SBAC, NET, and TWLO heading into a thin-liquidity... The post Next Day Prep #33...

A single OpenAI revenue headline knocked semiconductors down over three percent and split the market, sending the Nasdaq lower while the Dow closed green. The hosts break down why the breadth data — not the index moves — was the real warning sign, then review the night’s top signals in energy, restaurants, and healthcare before... The post Next Day Prep #338: Rotation, Not Capitulation: Read...

A flat-looking S&P close hid a brutal internal breakdown as market breadth collapsed from 44% to 32% in a single session. The hosts dig into why only health care and memory stocks held up, what cracked in industrials and rate-sensitive names, and what tomorrow’s 30-year Treasury auction means for the fragile bounce. The post Next Day Prep #337: Breadth Breaks While the Index Smiles: Ins...

The S&P hit a fresh record above 7,800, yet the regime model still reads Bearish as 20-day breadth collapsed from 44% to 32% in just five days. The team breaks down a 26-signal Darvas breakout scan with zero confirmed continuations, a one-deal utilities rally sparked by Constellation Energy, and sets up tomorrow’s Fed minutes and... The post Next Day Prep #336: Record Highs, Bearish Bre...

Despite the Nasdaq closing at a record high, the market’s regime remains technically Bearish — though today’s breadth surge signals the first real crack in that wall. We break down the scans driving it, the PTC/CHRW M&A divergence, and exact levels to watch on NU, SHOP, and TSM heading into tomorrow’s three-year Treasury auction. The post Next Day Prep #335: Record High, Sti...

All five major indices closed higher, but the regime gauge still flagged Bearish because the rally was driven by a handful of mega-caps, not broad participation. The team breaks down the breadth-versus-concentration gap, which momentum signals actually confirmed the move, and sets up tomorrow’s key levels and tiebreakers around ISM data and the ten-year yield. The post Next Day Prep #334: Gr...

A historic overnight spike and reversal in the 10-year yield drove a relief rally, but short-term breadth collapsed even as the index closed green. The team breaks down which stocks confirmed the bounce — led by Micron, Accenture, and Synopsys — and sets up tomorrow’s Nonfarm Payrolls print as the key swing factor for the... The post Next Day Prep #333: Yield Reversal Rescues the Tape — But...

Despite a nearly flat S&P close, breadth collapsed sharply as stocks above their 20-day average fell from 21% to 13% in a single session. The hosts break down narrow chip-equipment leadership, FICO’s regulatory-driven crash, and why tomorrow’s PCE print will determine whether the Correction regime deepens or eases. The post Next Day Prep #332: Calm Index, Cracking Breadth: The 8-P...

Breadth deteriorated from Bearish to Correction territory even as oil reversed, with the ten-year yield’s push to five-twenty-six doing the real damage. The team breaks down which continuation signals still worked — Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, and NVDA — versus binary shocks like MDB’s CEO exit, then sets up tomorrow’s confirmation-first playbook around Fed speakers and... The post N...

Despite every major average closing green Friday, breadth deteriorated and the regime stayed Bearish. The hosts break down why the rally is narrow and chip-driven, spotlight key earnings movers like MSFT, AKAM, and COST, and lay out the watchlist and catalysts heading into Wednesday’s PCE report. The post Next Day Prep #330: Green Tape, Rotting Core: Why Bearish Still Holds – Friday 9/25/202...

A flat close on the S&P and Nasdaq masked a deeply negative session, with 20-day breadth collapsing from 82% to 36% and decliners crushing advancers nearly 2-to-1. The team breaks down narrow leadership in META and healthcare, reviews earnings from Darden and BlackBerry, and sets levels and scenarios for tomorrow’s bearish-leaning tape. The post Next Day Prep #329: Distribution Disguise...