SPX Support Holds-for Now: February 12 Stock Market Preview
February 12 Stock Market Preview: Wednesday marked the first test of key support areas since indices bounced off of last week’s lows, successfully holding daily support. The VIX and VVIX saw divergence today, with VVIX higher, so we await clarity regarding the markets choice of a break lower or higher following this test. What does GEX have to say?
Intraday SPX Reversal: How Far Can We Drop? February 11 Stock Market Preview
February 11 Stock Market Preview: Tuesday saw an intraday pullback that may be the beginning of a larger pullback, but we’ll have to wait and see how Wednesday unfolds. The VIX bounced where it needed to in order to maintain the trend going back to December, and indices rejected where QQQ tested key overhead resistance, setting up the next question: Will the current pullback be very shallow, or will we retest lows (or worse)?
Will The Rally Continue? February 10 Stock Market Preview
February 10 Stock Market Preview: Indices continued bouncing Monday, with QQQ testing key resistance noted as an important decision area in yesterday’s newsletter. The VIX also tested key support, so we appear to be at a key decision area. What is GEX telling us about tomorrow?
Key Test For The VIX: February 9 Stock Market Preview
February 9 Stock Market Preview: Friday saw a huge bounce, in line with Thursday’s newsletter topic and bringing indices back to key resistance, right along the lengthy consolidation trendline for QQQ and SPX. What is the most likely outcome from here? Let’s look at some possibilities.
SPX Approaching A Bounce? February 6 Stock Market Preview
February 6 Stock Market Preview: Indices saw a change of character today, with a gap down seeing follow-through lower, instead of the rebound attempts we saw the last two days. The VIX continues its spike toward 25, and IWM has reached 255. What’s next? Crash or rebound?
SPX Stuck Below Resistance: February 5 Stock Market Preview
February 5 Stock Market Preview: The VIX continues maintaining the trend of higher highs and higher lows, and this week we also see an important technical indicator turning that may suggest more downside ahead. With QQQ hitting the important 600 GEX cluster today and rebounding, will the rebound continue, or is this about to be a very dead dead cat bounce?
Chopfest 2026: February 4 Stock Market Preview
February 4 Stock Market Preview: Weakness persisted today, with the VIX spiking to 20. IWM showed early strength but reversed, maintaining a higher low compared to yesterday by .20. With indices rebounding off of lows into the close, and the VIX fading back to 18, what is most likely looking ahead?
SPX Net Vs Gross GEX: February 3 Stock Market Preview
February 3 Stock Market Preview: A wild overnight drop was nearly recovered by Monday’s cash session open, with indices turning solidly positive by mid-day. The rally brought indices to key resistance, and the VIX testing key support, so the next few days might be very telling in terms of a possible break in one direction or another.
SPX Weakness To Start Love Month? February 2 Stock Market Preview
February 2 Stock Market Preview: A picture is starting to emerge of a market that might have more downside in store after the initial tag of SPX 7000. Let’s look at the VIX and major indices to get a sense of where we might be headed, as well as a discussion surrounding where we might look first for signs of reversal.
Bounce Off Of Support: Will It Last? January 30 Stock Market Preview
January 30 Stock Market Preview: Indices dropped today, and the VIX spiked to almost 20 before fading into the close. Huge candle wicks were created as indices rebounded, but are we “out of the woods” yet?
FOMC fade, META Earnings Spike: January 29 Stock Market Preview
January 29 Stock Market Preview: A relatively tame FOMC day is behind us, with indices fading from intraday highs, yet after-hours action seeing a spike on META and TSLA earnings. Let’s take a look at the big picture as well as MSFT in tonight’s newsletter.
Pivotal Moment Into FOMC: January 28 Stock Market Preview
January 28 Stock Market Preview: VIX and VVIX saw a late-day surge after being dormant all day, potentially tied to hedging heading into the FOMC announcement and press conference Wednesday. IWM turned positive, potentially indicating a rebound attempt in coming days, though Friday GEX favors 260. What does it all mean?
SPX Turning Higher? January 27 Stock Market Preview
January 27 Stock Market Preview:While the VIX was kept at bay today, we still see IWM exhibiting relative weakness. Is this noise heading into big tech earnings and FOMC, or a warning? Let’s take a comprehensive look at the big picture.
IWM & VVIX SIgnaling Trouble Ahead? January 26 Stock Market Preview
January 26 Stock Market Preview: Friday saw weakness in IWM, which may be a harbinger for the other indices in coming days. A VIX and VVIX divergence also accompanied this move, though SPX and QQQ appear less certain, depending on the timeframe. What does GEX have to say about the current picture?
Decision Point For SPX? January 23 Stock Market Preview
January 23 Stock Market Preview: IWM has entered the nosebleed zone in the short term, but can IWM still climb higher? Let’s look at this and the far less certain SPX and QQQ (in terms of the technical picture) to see if GEX can help us tilt the odds toward the most likely directional move.
Dead Cat Bounce Or SPX 7000? January 22 Stock Market Preview
January 22 Stock Market Preview: Markets staged a rebound today, testing key support-turned-resistance from below. The VIX got crushed, and net GEX improved across the board. But did it improve enough to say we’re “out of the woods?” Let’s look at GEX and the technical picture for indices.
Looking Beyond VIX Expiration: January 21 Stock Market Preview
January 21 Stock Market Preview: Today’s big gap & go to the downside for indices brings us almost to the targets mentioned in yesterday’s newsletter, with the VIX hanging out at 20. What will we look for next?
Stock Market Weakness Entering Earnings Season? January 20 Preview
January 20 Stock Market Preview: Futures are down substantially following OpEx Friday, and the VIX has almost reached 20. With VIX expiration around the corner and earnings season upon us as well, what does GEX have to say?
Entering OpEx Friday: January 16 Stock Market Preview
January 16 Stock Market Preview: OpEx is upon us, and we have a real shot at seeing SPX 7000 tomorrow. With divergent performance from IWM today, will we see the opposite tomorrow? What about the VIX? We’ll take a closer look in tonight’s newsletter.
Deeper SPX Pullback In Play? January 15 Stock Market Preview
January 15 Stock Market Preview: We finally see the VIX fulfilling the spike that we’ve been warning about ever since we noted the ascending VIX pattern since December 26, seeing a test of the 18-strike intraday. Indices closed below the daily Hull Moving Average, except IWM, which is on a different planet. What are we watching as we look ahead?