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Equity traders watch for signs of breakout stocks.

Stocks were up to continue the bull market, but Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin were too.

Tesla, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple were all up during the trading day.

Equity traders watch for signs of breakout stocks.
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Weekly Memorandum 3/15/2021
Beware the Ides of March! Today is the day that Roman senators, led by Brutus and Cassius, assassinated Julius Caesar, which sparked the...

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Mar 15, 20212 min read
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So You Want To Be A Trader?
The past couple weeks has seen a new influx of retail traders into the stock market, largely stemming from the Gamestop and AMC manias. I...

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Feb 4, 20214 min read
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Dec 21, 20200 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 10/19/2020
Stocks were modestly higher to start the week, although they already gave back most of their gains since the opening bell. Last week was...

Ioannis Achilleus
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 9/28/2020
Equities are up nicely after forming what may have been an important pre-election bottom last week. We are still looking for...

Ioannis Achilleus
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 8/17/2020
Equities continue to consolidate near their highs, which is bullish. The divergence between the major indices remains a concern in the...

Ioannis Achilleus
Aug 17, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 7/20/2020
The big-mover on Monday was Silver, which is now close to exceeding its 2016 high. This is one of the biggest breakouts on the cusp of...

Ioannis Achilleus
Jul 20, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 7/6/2020
In good old patriotic fashion, equities are up very nicely to start the week after the Independence Day holiday. The Nasdaq is trading...

Ioannis Achilleus
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 5/26/2020
Equities are set to gap up following the Memorial Day holiday and shortened trading week. The Nasdaq is just over 200 points away from...

Ioannis Achilleus
May 26, 20201 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 5/11/2020
Stocks are coming off another week of gains, but are down early this morning in pre-market trading. The previous week made it seem like...

Ioannis Achilleus
May 11, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 4/27/2020
Equities are up nicely again in the pre-market to start the week after posting small losses last week. Two weeks ago, we stated, "It...

Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 27, 20202 min read
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QE, but for Commodities
Obviously, this sounds crazy at face value, but Quantitative Easing for bonds was deemed crazy when it first began. But now, QE is...

Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 23, 20202 min read
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"Muh Free Market"
It just doesn't exist. It never has, it never will. Does that mean markets are rigged? Perhaps, but not necessarily. The better answer...

Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 16, 20203 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 4/13/2020
Futures are basically flat from Sunday's overnight session, as we come off the previous shortened trading week due to Easter. The most...

Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 13, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 4/6/2020
Stocks closed down slightly last week, but are up nice in the pre-market to start this week. There definitely are some opportunities...

Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 6, 20202 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 3/30/2020
Stocks rebounded nicely last week, although it is still unlikely that we have seen the final lows. The rally was likely due to...

Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 30, 20202 min read
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America: One Nation Under Stagflation
With the Federal Reserve launching QE-Infinity, an old group of individuals have resurfaced that we haven't heard from in some time-- the...

Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 26, 20204 min read
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Weekly Memorandum 3/23/2020
Equity futures witnessed another limit-down in last night's trading session. But this morning, the Federal Reserve committed to...

Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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It's a New Decade, and Economic Globalization is Dead on Arrival
We are not even three months into the new decade, and the existing economic order that has been in place since 1971 is on the verge of...

Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 19, 20203 min read
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A Macro Thesis for Higher Rates Due to the Coronavirus
This headline may seem crazy since bonds are the only asset that have gone up recently. Stocks, gold, silver, oil, bitcoin, and the...

Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 12, 20203 min read
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