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📈Weekly Charts📉 Video Recap Weekly Market Recap – December 27, 2025 This week’s charts reflect exactly what the calendar suggested: a quiet, holiday-shortened period with light volume and orderly price action. From a trend, structure, and risk perspective, markets continue to behave well, with no meaningful technical damage across major areas. Weekly Charts – Christmas Week Summary * Holiday-sho...

📈Weekly Charts📉 Video Recap This week’s update walks through the broad market picture across U.S. indexes, global markets, bonds, commodities, crypto, and key breadth and risk measures. 🟢 Key Takeaways: SPX & QQQ: Still in high-level consolidations after Friday’s sharp pullback. Structure holds above key AVWAPs and rising support zones. Commodities: Silver continues its steep breakout. GSG buil...

Thursday Market Update – December 4, 2025 In today’s video, we reviewed key developments across the major indices, crypto, and several leading stock themes: * Indices (SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA): A bullish consolidation continues, with the S&P and Nasdaq drifting sideways near highs, while small caps (IWM) and the Dow (DIA) show notable relative strength. Buyers remain in control for now, but we may see...

Market Update – August 21, 2025 Pro tip — Click the three vertical dots button in the lower right-hand corner to select a 1.25x playback speed.😉 Trading Adventures is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Tuesday brought a wave of strength across the markets — from major indices to crypto and key tech names — all clo...

A comprehensive review of today's market activity, focusing on the impact of Trump's tariff comments and subsequent market recovery. Market Overview: * Sharp gap down due to Trump's comments about imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico * Strong recovery after news of Trump's friendly call with Mexico's President and one-month delay on tariffs * $SPY closed at 597.77, near the 50-day moving average...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.trading-adventures.com Analyzing the stock futures roadmap and a lightning round trip through a list of names from the watch list.

Market Overview * Stock indices gapped lower but rallied into close, with 3 out of 4 finishing green * Performance: SPY +0.16%, IWM +0.19%, QQQ -0.32%, DIA +0.87% * Bitcoin is trading at $94,200, up from $89,000, showing resilience at support levels Key Events * PPI data release tomorrow * CPI data on Wednesday * Bank earnings on Wednesday * Inauguration Day next week Trading Adventures is a reade...

The Markets The falling Dollar and rising Bonds scenario is working out well. Revisit the Monday Market Update to read more about why it matters. We’ll dig into the details of why this matters. But first, a special offer and Thanks to all of you - the readers. Get 33% off an annual subscription when you gift a friend or family member a monthly subscription.🎁 Click this button to send your gift ....

The Market Good afternoon, everyone. In this early Monday Market Update, we will examine the current state of stock index futures, focusing on key levels and potential support/resistance areas while highlighting the importance of Friday's pivot lows and the need for prices to surpass certain levels for a rally to strengthen. In short — do we hold the inside days at the close? And if so, do we get...

Consolidation Prices are consolidating and testing the 8-day moving averages in many cases after the substantial rally — a move we anticipated in Monday’s Market Update article. As we look at the completion of day four higher, are there signs that this move could slow down? There were. And it has. Now, we can examine the first support levels and see what holds. More in the video. I am pleased to a...