In case you didn’t see it this morning, the retail sales data came out, which sort of flies in the face of the U.S. being the – – {checks notes} – – “hottest” nation on the planet.

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In case you didn’t see it this morning, the retail sales data came out, which sort of flies in the face of the U.S. being the – – {checks notes} – – “hottest” nation on the planet.


Let’s take a look at nine index charts, augmented by the standard trio of exponential moving averages (50/100/200).
First up is the NASDAQ Composite. Tech stocks have been grinding around and making no real progress since before Halloween! The bounce of Friday petered out on Tuesday, and we got a nice, reassuring red bar on Tuesday. Notice how prices are treating the 50-day EMA as resistance.

As you well know, this is a great time to be a grifter. If you’re a convicted felon, like CZ, you get pardoned, and if you’re at the top of the heap, well, you just rock and roll……….
See, I told you Robinhood was a great pattern! Sadly, it’s too late for me to do anything about it. This thing is going to get nuked.
