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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.

Trust Your Eyes – Not Your Ears
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: All indexes save the Dow closed down yesterday. Yet – as a testament to how much the market has risen – there was no change in any of the index directions. The Daily Nugget When […]

Don’t Let the Market’s Trend Pass You By
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: More positive earnings reports are extending the market’s positive momentum – leading to another upward close for all the indexes. The Daily Nugget The price action will tell you when a trend is reversing. Until then, ride it aggressively. Right now, the […]

Are You This Type of Trader?
Hey friend, And let’s see how markets have been moving as we enter the middle of the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: The market’s positive momentum shows no signs of abating – leading to upward closes for all indexes yesterday. Every direction is still firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget Don’t be an […]

How Comfortable Are You With This?
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Positive momentum from the start of earnings season buoyed stocks yesterday, leading to a positive close. All index directions are firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget If you want to be successful as a trader, you must be comfortable with buying […]

“Big Name” Stock Mistake
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we begin a brand-new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: It was a mixed close for the markets last Friday – but it didn’t matter. Stocks notched one of their best weeks ever, and all index directions are still solidly in the green. The Daily […]

When the Biggest Fastest Gains Happen
Hey friend, Here’s how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: The producer’s price index (PPI) as well as the Core PPI report both came in below analyst expectations, strengthening the narrative that inflation is indeed cooling. Naturally, this was positive for stocks – and all index directions are firmly in the green. The […]

Only Play Rigged Games
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: The latest inflation report showed inflation cooling to its slowest pace since March 2021 – predictably sending all indexes upward. The Daily Nugget In trading, the only games you want to play are rigged ones. Many people like to cry that the […]

This is More Important Than the Indexes
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we enter the middle of the trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Stocks notched another upward close yesterday, with the market clearly having positive expectations for inflation. The Daily Nugget It’s often more important to pay attention to the leading stocks rather than the broader […]

Dangerous Unknowns
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Expectations for cooling inflation and the start of the second-quarter earnings season lead to an upward close yesterday – sending all index directions back into the green. The Daily Nugget It’s the things we don’t know we don’t know that are dangerous. […]

Process vs. Outcomes (Must-Know Difference!)
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we start a brand-new trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Mixed jobs data on Friday again stoked rate hike fears, sending markets to a negative weekly close. Nevertheless, there was no change in any index directions. The Daily Nugget Understand the difference between process and […]

What It Takes to Win
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving as we close out the shortened trading week. The Daily Direction Note: Markets retreated yesterday after strong jobs data stoked fears that the Fed would likely hike rates again this year (even though they had already said this earlier). The short-term directions for the Dow Jones […]

Price Action vs. “Fundamentals”
Hey friend, Let’s see how markets have been moving. The Daily Direction Note: Markets pulled back a little yesterday as they digested the Fed’s minutes and weaker economic data from China. Yet, all index directions remain firmly in the green. The Daily Nugget Price action can predict the “fundamentals”. Many investors and traders are always […]
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