Sectors Investors Need to Focus on After Friday’s Large Breakdown
Sectors Investors Need to Focus on After Friday’s Large Breakdown Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday the CPI numbers were reported...
Forrest Crist-Ruiz is a recent member of the MarketGauge team. He is the Assistant Director of Trading Education and Research, working closely with Mish. Forrest has experience as a trader having successfully invested in his own personal account for several years. Currently, Forrest assists Mish with trade selection and management. He also writes most of the Daily Blogs, filled with market analysis. More recently, Forrest teaches the members of Marketgauge strategies through weekly videos both on discretionary trading and key reversal patterns.
Forrest Crist-Ruiz is a native Santa Fean and an avid hiker, motorcycle enthusiast, hobbyist builder and Deejay in his spare time.
Sectors Investors Need to Focus on After Friday’s Large Breakdown Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday the CPI numbers were reported...
Watch For The Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 to Clear Their Mini Ranges Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz On Wednesday, the...
Are Gold and Silver Ready for a Momentum Breakout? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Although we are watching for another step...
3 Things Need to Align for The Next Big Market Move Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Currently, the small-cap index Russell...
Why We are Focusing on Alternative Energy Symbols Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz It has been a tough year to pick...
Is The Stock Market Looking For Temporary Relief? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Russell 2000 (IWM) closed over its previous...
Keep Oil and Energy Companies on Your Watchlist Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Energy plays have some of the best chart...
Has Stock Market Selling Become Exhausted? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For the moment the downward trend stays intact as the...
Is Oil Gearing Up for a Big Move? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The country has been under pressure from rising...
Watch the 200-Week Moving Average on These 3 Symbols Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The small cap-index Russell 2000 (IWM) is...
How Junk Bonds Saved Us from Loading Up On Equities Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Rally failed to carry the...
Fertilizer Companies Look to Follow the Recent Jump in Soft Commodities Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz So far, this week has...
The Small-cap Index Needs to Clear The 10-DMA and Hold its 200-WMA Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The small-cap index Russell...
3 Key Sectors to Watch with Hidden Momentum Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Mish’s Economic Modern Family looks to have found...
How Much Further Can the Stock Market Break Down? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Taking a step back and looking at...
Why we are Focusing on Commodities Over Equities Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) outperformed the other...
How to Handle Monday's Major Liquidity Crunch Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz All the major indices tumbled on Monday leading to...
Should the Fed Entertain 0.75% Interest Rate Hikes Going Forward? Image Source: Macrobond Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Inflation is a...
Why the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) Is a Great Trade Example for Thursday Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The rate increase came...
Can Transportation (IYT) and Retail (XRT) Make A Positive Momentum Divergence? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz In reference to Monday’s article,...
Watch for Key Resistance to Clear and Hold Before Wednesday’s Fed Announcement Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz This Wednesday the Fed...
Will the Stock Market Bloodbath Continue? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday, the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) closed -4.4% on the day....
Why Traders Should Be Waiting for Confirmation When Buying Dips Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For the past 10 years, dip-buying...
The Economic Modern Family Breaks Down Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Mish’s Economic Modern Family is made from 7 keys symbols...
Is The Small-Cap Index Showing a Dip Buying Opportunity? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, the small-cap index Russell 2000 (IWM)...
How to Prepare for Monday by Watching Trading Range Lows Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz After both the Russell 2000 (IWM)...
Does the Nasdaq 100 Index Have a Chokehold on the Stock Market? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday, the stock market...
Real Motion Shows Hidden Momentum in the Russell 2000 and S&P 500 Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, the stock market...
Why We Are Watching Wells Fargo (WFC) and National Bank Holdings (NBHC) Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Earnings season is upon...
Is the Stock Market Setting a TraP? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For the past two weeks, the market has been...
Why we Bought Invesco Agricultural Fund (DBA) Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Last Friday we bought the Invesco Agricultural fund based...
Bitcoin Scare Tactics and Where it Needs to Hold Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As of writing this article, Bitcoin is...
How to Watch for Countertrend Trades Using the Russell 2000 (IWM) Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Recently we have focused on...
Keep Eyes on Momentum in the Small-Cap Index and The Biotech Space Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday, the Russell 2000...
Regional Banking (KRE) Holds onto Support and Momentum Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Last Friday Regional Banking Sector ETF (KRE) closed...
If the Market Holds Watch Bitcoin and the Biotech Space Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The past week was a chop...
Has the Small-Cap Index (IWM) Tricked Us? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Recently we talked about the volatility fund standing its...
Commodities Make a Quick Turnaround! Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, many commodity ETFs gapped lower while the major indices gapped...
S&P 500 (SPY) Leads A Mixed Market Higher Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq 100...
Two Trade Ideas Along with Key Levels for the Stock Market to Hold Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Although we’ve had...
Can Silver (SLV) Follow Meme Stocks Higher? Though it’s easy to forget about meme stock as they’ve been out of...
Mish’s Economic Modern Family Needs to Clear Resistance Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz We have and continue to use Mish’s economic...
The 50-Day Moving Average Must Hold In the Major Indices After the quarter-percent rate increase, the market continues to rally...
Rates Increase and Transportation (IYT) Clears its Major Moving Averages Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday, the market rallied into the...
Reaching the Breaking Point in the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The overall trend in the major indices...
Strength in Commodities Ends the Week Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Major indices end on a weak note with the Russell...
Oil Drops and the Russell 2000 (IWM) Rallies Towards Resistance Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Oil makes a reversal pattern and...
Are Transportation and the Retail Space in Danger? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz After oil surges in volume from the U.S...
Are U.S Treasury Bonds (TLT) a Lagging Safety Play? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The U.S stock market continues to display...
Timing Entries For Fast Paced Hot Sectors Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The past couple of weeks have given us a...
How These 3 Symbols Can Guide Us Through the Trading Week Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Geopolitical stress from the Russia/Ukraine...
Can the Stock Market Hold Up If Commodities Soar? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Last week the major indices made a...
Regional Banking ETF (KRE) Confirmed a Bullish Phase Change Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Regional Banking ETF (KRE) has made...
Question the Crowd and Look for the Markets Hints Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz At the beginning of the week, investors...
Why You Must Choose a Trading Timeframe Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Many traders actively watch the market and believe there...
Where to Watch for a Market Buy Signal Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz By the end of Tuesday, the S&P 500...
Can the Major Indices Hold Key Support Levels? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Russell 2000 (IWM), S&P 500 (SPY), Dow...
Let's Build a Shopping List of Stocks and Areas to Watch Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday’s FOMC minutes release sparked...
Is this Another Rally into Resistance? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Mish’s Economic Modern Family which consists of 7 symbols that...
What to Do Next With No Clear Stock Market Direction Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Currently, the market is digesting last...
Taking Profits While the Market Tanks Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Both the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)...
Support and Resistance Levels to Watch for Thursday’s Trading Session Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Two of the major indices including...
Is the Biotech Space Looking for a Major Price Move? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The past four trading days have...
Why High Yield Corporate Debt (JNK) Needs to Fill the Gap Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday ends on a positive...
Transportation Gets Boosted While Retail Fumbles Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesdays the transportation sector (IYT) gapped higher on earnings from...
3 Key Price Levels The Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, and Bitcoin Need to Clear Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The stock...
Should We Start Watching Noncyclical Stocks? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The past week has been very challenging as the market...
Key Price Levels to Watch in the Current Choppy Market Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Recently we’ve talked about trading the...
The Major Indices Set a Key Support Level as Commodities Heat Up Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The market is looking...
Watch These Two Symbols as Indicators for a Continued Market Rally Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Stock market has been...
Do You Have a Solid Trading Plan? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As the stock market corrects and potentially forms a...
Is The Market Falling Into A Rangebound Trap? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz To get a quick overview of the markets...
Can Silver And Gold Breakout From Stagnant Price Action? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Everyone knows inflation is on the rise...
How Biotech Confirmed A Reversal Pattern in Both Price and Momentum Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For roughly three months the...
Could Greece (GREK) be Waking Up? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Last week Mish released her yearly outlook report with dozens...
Will the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) Hold Key Support? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz This week has been a wild ride from...
The Fed Confirms They Were Wrong About Inflation Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Earlier this week, Mish released her annual report...
What Are Tuesdays Market Outliers Telling Us? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, we talked about the potential for the market...
Can the Major Indices Avoid Rangebound Trading? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz After a roller coaster start to a new year...
Key Areas to Watch This Weekend and Into The New Year Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz With the Holiday weekend upon...
Is Everyone Loading Up on Trades Before Christmas? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz High yield corporate bonds ETF (JNK) clears its...
Is The Santa Claus Rally Finally Here? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As the year nears its end, we have a...
Is it Time to Start Range Trading? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Currently, the major indices are trading near the lows...
Is The ARKK ETF Showing Big Potential Going Into 2022? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz While the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) is...
Will Wednesday's Momentum Continue or Fade? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday, investors waited for the FOMC minutes release at 2...
ETFs to Hedge Against Increasing Inflation Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Producer Price Index is accelerating at a quick pace...
Is the Santa Claus Rally Almost Here? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tis the season for a Santa Claus rally. Though...
The Large Cap Indices Reach a Pivotal Point Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz With a stock market gap up on Tuesday,...
Is the Russell 2000 (IWM) Setting a Bad Example? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Over the past three trading days, the...
Transportation and Semiconductor ETFs Need to Make New Highs Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Two sectors within Mish’s Economic Modern Family...
Why Is the Nasdaq 100 Fighting an Internal Battle? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Nasdaq 100 continues to show a...
3 Important Tips to Improve Your Trading This Coming Week Death By a Thousand Cuts – by Wombo Dream Written...
Is the Stock Market Entering a Distribution Phase? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz A distribution phase as taught through Mish’s book...
Keep Your Eyes on Junk and Treasury Bonds Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The stock markets sits in a dicey situation...
Is the Stock Market Turning Over? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Besides the Russell 2000 (IWM), the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), S&P...
What is Going On With the Oil Market? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The oil market has the media spotlight with...
Can the Market Bounce if Junk Bonds Sell Off? The small-cap Index Russell 2000 (IWM) looks hopeful for a Wednesday...
Did the Long-Term Treasury Bonds (TLT) Turn Risk On? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday the Long-Term Treasury Bonds (TLT) closed...
Is The Retail Sector (XRT) Stronger Than Investors Expect? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As of Monday, the strongest sector within...
Stocks to Watch in the Top 3 Performing Sectors Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Last week the market faced a pullback....
Are Dip Buyers Ready for Thursday? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Over the past month, the four major indices have rallied...
Inflationary Trades Ripe and Ready Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, we talked about watching High Yield Corporate Bonds (JNK) and...
Is The Stock Market Looking to Consolidate Near Highs? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Inflation pressures take the medias focus this...
These 7 Symbols Give A Complete Market Picture Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Mish’s Economic Modern Family consists of 5 key...
How to Improve Your Profit Taking Rules Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)...
Major Indices Create Important New Support Levels Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Fed has announced it will continue with its...
Why You Should Be Watching Junk Bonds (JNK) This Week Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz This Tuesday and Wednesday the Federal...
The Major Stock Indices Must Hold these Key Support Levels Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Next week investors are expecting the...
Rotation into Big Cap Stocks-Will It Last? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Both the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) and the S&P...
Has the Housing Market Topped? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday’s market shows mixed price action amid positive earnings reports and...
Why Is Consumer Staples (XLP) Outperforming the Season? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Consumer Staples ETF (XLP) is known to...
Did Jerome Powell Jump Scare the Major Stock Indices? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday, the chair of the Federal Reserve...
Can the Major Indices Clear Their Pivotal Resistance Levels? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Both the S&P 500 (SPY) and the...
Key Price Levels to Watch for an Active Netflix (NFLX) Trade Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Netflix (NFLX) will report earnings...
IBM, LVS - Why We Are Watching These Two Companies Through Thursdays Trading Session Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Earnings season...
Are the Major Indices Geared for Another Move up on Monday? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As seen on the above...
Will the Fed Admit they are Wrong About Transitory Inflation? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For the past year, the Fed...
Key sectors Hover Over Support While the Major Indices Flounder Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, we talked about specific sectors...
Is the Market Ready to Take Another Step Lower? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, the major indices attempted a reversal...
Are Investors Worried Over the Latest Jobs Report? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The recent jobs report came in less than...
How to Predict Short-Term Price Direction With Two Special ETFs Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, we talked about the 6-month...
The S&P500 and the Nasdaq 100 Bounce Off Their 6-Month Calendar Range Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Calendar ranges have been...
Which Commodities are Countering the Market? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz While the major indices continue to weaken, U.S factories have...
Strength Rotates Into the Financial Sector Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday showed weakness in key sectors including the biotech (IBB),...
Are Transportation Stocks Setting up for Monday? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday the transportation (IYT) sector made a comeback from...
The Market Fails to Clear Key Price Levels Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Wednesday the Fed announcement continued past promises of...
Is The Market Sending Mixed Signals to Dip Buyers? Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday the Market attempted a recovery with...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Some people say that trading takes nerves of steel and insane willpower. Maybe people with these...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday, the S&P 500 (SPY) broke an important support level by closing under the 50-Day moving...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler faced pushed back from senators...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The major indices closed surprisingly well on Monday. Although the initial morning gap-up did not hold,...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz When the market struggles to decide which direction to travel in, we tend to see increased...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Representing 2000 small-cap companies, the Russell 2000 (IWM) gives a great view of the overall market...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The jobs market is growing with more companies offering higher wages and increased benefits. For instance,...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday, the Jobs report showed 235,000 new jobs reported for August. This was not good...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Recently the small-cap index Russell 2000 (IWM) cleared $225. This was a main resistance level dating...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The market is about to enter the month of September which many investors view as a...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, both the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) again climbed to new highs....
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday, the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium stimulated the market with all 4 major indices closing positive. ...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz With the Jackson Hole Fed meeting coming up, the market could be expecting taper talks as...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Bitcoin continues its rally up with a recent break over the 50K price level. However, many...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday the market continued its rally from Friday of last week with the S&P 500 (SPY)...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The Economic Modern Family now has 5 members sitting in a confirmed cautionary phase. A cautionary...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday, the retail earnings report came out -0.8% lower than expected, amid recent highs in two...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Since mid-May, the Transportation sector (IYT) has been trending lower. Currently, IYT sits just under resistance...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Recently we talked about the ongoing battle between the Regional Banking Sector (KRE) and the 20+...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz From June to late July, Regional Banking ETF (KRE) has been stuck within a downward trend....
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz One of the best ways to get a quick snapshot of the market is by using...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Monday, Bitcoin cleared its major moving average while Ethereum, the second-largest cap currency, tested its new...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Two of the major Crypto Currencies including Ethereum ($ETH) and Bitcoin ($BTC) are looking to clear...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz In the past couple of weeks, the market has shown to have higher volatility paired with...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz For the past week, the major indices have been very choppy. Without clear direction in the...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The small-cap Russell 2000 index (IWM) cannot make up its mind. For the past three trading...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The past week's earnings have set the market stage with large tech companies such as Apple,...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Google recently joined the list of growing companies to postpone their back-to-work plans as the Covid-19...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz As the Covid-19 Delta variant spreads across the United States, the CDC continues to update its...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Three of the four major indices including the S&P 500 (SPY), Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and the...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz The week started with a large rally and is now ending with the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Two of the biggest by market cap cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum have perked up near...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Tuesday the 4 major indices confirmed a reversal pattern with a close over the prior day's...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz With the markets’ recent decline, investors mindset could be shifting into protecting gains made throughout the...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Earnings season is upon us and with the rising market, earnings expectations have followed. This is...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz With the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showing an inflation increase of 5.4%...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Supply chain issues have become a common term heard throughout 2021 now that companies are struggling...
Written by Forrest Crist-Ruiz Friday the Economic Modern Family which consists of 5 sectors and 1 major Index made a...
The safest place in Tuesday’s trading session was the tech sector. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) closed a pinch up...