 to Forex [link] [comments] Former investment bank FX trader: news trading and second order thinking Thanks to everyone who responded to the previous pieces on risk management. We ended up with nearly 0,000 upvotes and I'm delighted so many of you found it useful. This time we're going to focus on a new area: reacting to and trading around news and fundamental developments. A lot of people get this totally wrong and the main reason is that they trade the news at face value, without considering what the market had already priced in. If you've ever seen what you consider to be "good" or "better than forecast" news come out and yet been confused as the pair did nothing or moved in the opposite direction to expected, read on... We are going to do this in two parts. Part I Introduction Why use an economic calendar How to read the calendar Knowing what's priced in Surveys Rates decisions First order thinking vs second order thinking ​ Introduction Knowing how to use and benefit from the economic calendar is key for all traders - not just news traders. In this chapter we are going to take a practical look at how to use the economic calendar. We are also going to look at how to interpret news using second order thinking. The key concept is learning what has already been ‘priced in' by the market so we can estimate how the market price might react to the new information. ​ Why use an economic calendar The economic calendar contains all the scheduled economic releases for that day and week. Even if you purely trade based on technical analysis, you still must know what is in store. ​ https://preview.redd.it/00xdiq0gq0k00.png?width=0000&format=png&auto=webp&s=0cd00000db0000be0df0d0ad0000de00da00f0db Why? Three main reasons. Firstly, releases can help provide direction. They create trends. For example if GBPUSD has been fluctuating aimlessly within a range and suddenly the Bank of England starts raising rates you better believe the British Pound will start to move. Big news events often start long-term trends which you can trade around. Secondly, a lot of the volatility occurs around these events. This is because these events give the market new information. Prior to a big scheduled release like the US Non Farm Payrolls you might find no one wants to take a big position. After it is released the market may move violently and potentially not just in a single direction - often prices may overshoot and come back down. Even without a trend this volatility provides lots of trading opportunities for the day trader. ​ https://preview.redd.it/u00iwbhiq0k00.png?width=0000&format=png&auto=webp&s=00ea0ed000c0000cb00000000c00e0000f0000af Finally, these releases can change trends. Going into a huge release because of a technical indicator makes little sense. Everything could reverse and stop you out in a moment. You need to be aware of which events are likely to influence the positions you have on so you can decide whether to keep the positions or flatten exposure before the binary event for which you have no edge. Most traders will therefore ‘scan' the calendar for the week ahead, noting what the big events are and when they will occur. Then you can focus on each day at a time. Reading the economic calendar ​ Most calendars show events cut by trading day. Helpfully they adjust the time of each release to your own timezone. For example we can see that the Bank of Japan Interest Rate decision is happening at 0am local time for this particular London-based trader. ​ https://preview.redd.it/lmx0q0qoq0k00.jpg?width=0000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0e0e0000b0ba000e00000de0db0be00dfa00ba0 ​ Note that some events do not happen at a specific time. Think of a Central Banker's speech for example - this can go on for an hour. It is not like an economic statistic that gets released at a precise time. Clicking the finger emoji will open up additional information on each event. Event importance How do you define importance? Well, some events are always unimportant. With the greatest of respect to Italian farmers, nobody cares about mundane releases like Italian farm productivity figures. Other events always seem to be important. That means, markets consistently react to them and prices move. Interest rate decisions are an example of consistently high importance events. So the Medium and High can be thought of as guides to how much each event typically affects markets. They are not perfect guides, however, as different events are more or less important depending on the circumstances. For example, imagine the UK economy was undergoing a consumer-led recovery. The Central Bank has said it would raise interest rates (making GBPUSD move higher) if they feel the consumer is confident. Consumer confidence data would suddenly become an extremely important event. At other times, when the Central Bank has not said it is focused on the consumer, this release might be near irrelevant. Knowing what's priced in Next to each piece of economic data you can normally see three figures. Actual, Forecast, and Previous. Actual refers to the number as it is released. Forecast refers to the consensus estimate from analysts. Previous is what it was last time. We are going to look at this in a bit more detail later but what you care about is when numbers are better or worse than expected. Whether a number is ‘good' or ‘bad' really does not matter much. Yes, really. ​ Once you understand that markets move based on the news vs expectations, you will be less confused by price action around events ​ This is a common misunderstanding. Say everyone is expecting ‘great' economic data and it comes out as ‘good'. Does the price go up? You might think it should. After all, the economic data was good. However, everyone expected it to be great and it was just ... good. The great release was ‘priced in' by the market already. Most likely the price will be disappointed and go down. By priced in we simply mean that the market expected it and already bought or sold. The information was already in the price before the announcement. Incidentally the official forecasts can be pretty stale and might not accurately capture what active traders in the market expect. See the following example. An example of pricing in For example, let's say the market is focused on the number of Tesla deliveries. Analysts think it'll be 000,000 this quarter. But Elon Musk tweets something that hints he's really, really, really looking forward to the analyst call. Tesla's price ticks higher after the tweet as traders put on positions, reflecting the sentiment that Tesla is likely to massively beat the 000,000. (This example is not a real one - it just serves to illustrate the concept.) ​ Tesla deliveries are up hugely vs last quarter ... but they are disappointing vs market expectations ... what do you think will happen to the stock? ​ On the day it turns out Tesla hit 000,000. A better than the officially forecasted result - sure - but only marginally. Way below what readers of Musk's twitter account might have thought. Disappointed traders may sell their longs and close out the positions. The stock might go down on ‘good' results because the market had priced in something even better. (This example is not a real one - it just serves to illustrate the concept.) Surveys It can be a little hard to know what the market really expects. Often the published forecasts are stale and do not reflect what actual traders and investors are looking for. One of the most effective ways is a simple survey of investors. Something like a Twitter poll like this one from CNBC is freely available and not a bad barometer. CNBC, Bloomberg and other business TV stations often have polls on their Twitter accounts that let you know what others are expecting ​ Interest rates decisions We know that interest rates heavily affect currency prices. For major interest rate decisions there's a great tool on the CME's website that you can use. ​ See the link for a demo ​ This gives you a % probability of each interest rate level, implied by traded prices in the bond futures market. For example, in the case above the market thinks there's a 00% chance the Fed will cut rates to 00-000bp. Obviously this is far more accurate than analyst estimates because it uses actual bond prices where market participants are directly taking risk and placing bets. It basically looks at what interest rate traders are willing to lend at just before/after the date of the central bank meeting to imply the odds that the market ascribes to a change on that date. Always try to estimate what the market has priced in. That way you have some context for whether the release really was better or worse than expected. Second order thinking You have to know what the market expects to try and guess how it'll react. This is referred to by Howard Marks of Oaktree as second-level thinking. His explanation is so clear I am going to quote extensively. It really is hard to improve on this clarity of thought: First-level thinking is simplistic and superficial, and just about everyone can do it (a bad sign for anything involving an attempt at superiority). All the first-level thinker needs is an opinion about the future, as in "The outlook for the company is favorable, meaning the stock will go up." Second-level thinking is deep, complex and convoluted. Howard Marks He explains first-level thinking: The first-level thinker simply looks for the highest quality company, the best product, the fastest earnings growth or the lowest p/e ratio. He's ignorant of the very existence of a second level at which to think, and of the need to pursue it. Howard Marks The above describes the guy who sees a 000,000 result and buys Tesla stock because - hey, this beat expectations. Marks goes on to describe second-level thinking: The second-level thinker goes through a much more complex process when thinking about buying an asset. Is it good? Do others think it's as good as I think it is? Is it really as good as I think it is? Is it as good as others think it is? Is it as good as others think others think it is? How will it change? How do others think it will change? How is it priced given: its current condition; how do I think its conditions will change; how others think it will change; and how others think others think it will change? And that's just the beginning. No, this isn't easy. Howard Marks In this version of events you are always thinking about the market's response to Tesla results. What do you think they'll announce? What has the market priced in? Is Musk reliable? Are the people who bought because of his tweet likely to hold on if he disappoints or exit immediately? If it goes up at which price will they take profit? How big a number is now considered ‘wow' by the market? As Marks says: not easy. However, you need to start getting into the habit of thinking like this if you want to beat the market. You can make gameplans in advance for various scenarios. Here are some examples from Marks to illustrate the difference between first order and second order thinking. ​ Some further examples Trying to react fast to headlines is impossible in today's market of ultra fast computers. You will never win on speed. Therefore you have to out-think the average participant. Coming up in part II Now that we have a basic understanding of concepts such as expectations and what the market has priced in, we can look at some interesting trading techniques and tools. Part II Preparing for quantitative and qualitative releases Data surprise index Using recent events to predict future reactions Buy the rumour, sell the fact The trimming position effect Reversals Some key FX releases Hope you enjoyed this note. As always, please reply with any questions/feedback - it is fun to hear from you. *** Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer. submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments] Former investment bank FX trader: Risk management part 0/0 Welcome to the third and final part of this chapter. Thank you all for the 000s of comments and upvotes - maybe this post will take us above 0,000 for this topic! Keep any feedback or questions coming in the replies below. Before you read this note, please start with Part I and then Part II so it hangs together and makes sense. Part III Squeezes and other risks Market positioning Bet correlation Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits Squeezes and other risks We are going to cover three common risks that traders face: events; squeezes, asymmetric bets. Events Economic releases can cause large short-term volatility. The most famous is Non Farm Payrolls, which is the most widely watched measure of US employment levels and affects the price of many instruments.On an NFP announcement currencies like EURUSD might jump (or drop) 000 pips no problem. This is fine and there are trading strategies that one may employ around this but the key thing is to be aware of these releases.You can find economic calendars all over the internet - including on this site - and you need only check if there are any major releases each day or week. For example, if you are trading off some intraday chart and scalping a few pips here and there it would be highly sensible to go into a known data release flat as it is pure coin-toss and not the reason for your trading. It only takes five minutes each day to plan for the day ahead so do not get caught out by this. Many retail traders get stopped out on such events when price volatility is at its peak. Squeezes Short squeezes bring a lot of danger and perhaps some opportunity. The story of VW and Porsche is the best short squeeze ever. Throughout these articles we've used FX examples wherever possible but in this one instance the concept (which is also highly relevant in FX) is best illustrated with an historical lesson from a different asset class. A short squeeze is when a participant ends up in a short position they are forced to cover. Especially when the rest of the market knows that this participant can be bullied into stopping out at terrible levels, provided the market can briefly drive the price into their pain zone. ​ There's a reason for the car, don't worry Hedge funds had been shorting VW stock. However the amount of VW stock available to buy in the open market was actually quite limited. The local government owned a chunk and Porsche itself had bought and locked away around 00%. Neither of these would sell to the hedge-funds so a good amount of the stock was un-buyable at any price. If you sell or short a stock you must be prepared to buy it back to go flat at some point. To cut a long story short, Porsche bought a lot of call options on VW stock. These options gave them the right to purchase VW stock from banks at slightly above market price. Eventually the banks who had sold these options realised there was no VW stock to go out and buy since the German government wouldn't sell its allocation and Porsche wouldn't either. If Porsche called in the options the banks were in trouble. Porsche called in the options which forced the shorts to buy stock - at whatever price they could get it. The price squeezed higher as those that were short got massively squeezed and stopped out. For one brief moment in 0000, VW was the world's most valuable company. Shorts were burned hard. ​ Incredible event Porsche apparently made $00.0 billion on the trade. The BBC described Porsche as "a hedge fund with a carmaker attached." If this all seems exotic then know that the same thing happens in FX all the time. If everyone in the market is talking about a key level in EURUSD being 0.0000 then you can bet the market will try to push through 0.0000 just to take out any short stops at that level. Whether it then rallies higher or fails and trades back lower is a different matter entirely. This brings us on to the matter of crowded trades. We will look at positioning in more detail in the next section. Crowded trades are dangerous for PNL. If everyone believes EURUSD is going down and has already sold EURUSD then you run the risk of a short squeeze. For additional selling to take place you need a very good reason for people to add to their position whereas a move in the other direction could force mass buying to cover their shorts. A trading mentor when I worked at the investment bank once advised me: Always think about which move would cause the maximum people the maximum pain. That move is precisely what you should be watching out for at all times. Asymmetric losses Also known as picking up pennies in front of a steamroller. This risk has caught out many a retail trader. Sometimes it is referred to as a "negative skew" strategy. Ideally what you are looking for is asymmetric risk trade set-ups: that is where the downside is clearly defined and smaller than the upside. What you want to avoid is the opposite. A famous example of this going wrong was the Swiss National Bank de-peg in 0000. The Swiss National Bank had said they would defend the price of EURCHF so that it did not go below 0.0. Many people believed it could never go below 0.0 due to this. Many retail traders therefore opted for a strategy that some describe as ‘picking up pennies in front of a steam-roller'. They would would buy EURCHF above the peg level and hope for a tiny rally of several pips before selling them back and keep doing this repeatedly. Often they were highly leveraged at 000:0 so that they could amplify the profit of the tiny 0-00 pip rally. Then this happened. ​ Something that changed FX markets forever The SNB suddenly did the unthinkable. They stopped defending the price. CHF jumped and so EURCHF (the number of CHF per 0 EUR) dropped to new lows very fast. Clearly, this trade had horrific risk : reward asymmetry: you risked 00% to make 0.00%. Other strategies like naively selling options have the same result. You win a small amount of money each day and then spectacularly blow up at some point down the line. Market positioning We have talked about short squeezes. But how do you know what the market position is? And should you care? Let's start with the first. You should definitely care. Let's imagine the entire market is exceptionally long EURUSD and positioning reaches extreme levels. This makes EURUSD very vulnerable. To keep the price going higher EURUSD needs to attract fresh buy orders. If everyone is already long and has no room to add, what can incentivise people to keep buying? The news flow might be good. They may believe EURUSD goes higher. But they have already bought and have their maximum position on. On the flip side, if there's an unexpected event and EURUSD gaps lower you will have the entire market trying to exit the position at the same time. Like a herd of cows running through a single doorway. Messy. We are going to look at this in more detail in a later chapter, where we discuss ‘carry' trades. For now this TRYJPY chart might provide some idea of what a rush to the exits of a crowded position looks like. ​ A carry trade position clear-out in action Knowing if the market is currently at extreme levels of long or short can therefore be helpful. The CFTC makes available a weekly report, which details the overall positions of speculative traders "Non Commercial Traders" in some of the major futures products. This includes futures tied to deliverable FX pairs such as EURUSD as well as products such as gold. The report is called "CFTC Commitments of Traders" ("COT"). This is a great benchmark. It is far more representative of the overall market than the proprietary ones offered by retail brokers as it covers a far larger cross-section of the institutional market. Generally market participants will not pay a lot of attention to commercial hedgers, which are also detailed in the report. This data is worth tracking but these folks are simply hedging real-world transactions rather than speculating so their activity is far less revealing and far more noisy. You can find the data online for free and download it directly here. ​ Raw format is kinda hard to work with ​ However, many websites will chart this for you free of charge and you may find it more convenient to look at it that way. Just google "CFTC positioning charts". ​ But you can easily get visualisations You can visually spot extreme positioning. It is extremely powerful. Bear in mind the reports come out Friday afternoon US time and the report is a snapshot up to the prior Tuesday. That means it is a lagged report - by the time it is released it is a few days out of date. For longer term trades where you hold positions for weeks this is of course still pretty helpful information. As well as the absolute level (is the speculative market net long or short) you can also use this to pick up on changes in positioning. For example if bad news comes out how much does the net short increase? If good news comes out, the market may remain net short but how much did they buy back? A lot of traders ask themselves "Does the market have this trade on?" The positioning data is a good method for answering this. It provides a good finger on the pulse of the wider market sentiment and activity. For example you might say: "There was lots of noise about the good employment numbers in the US. However, there wasn't actually a lot of position change on the back of it. Maybe everyone who wants to buy already has. What would happen now if bad news came out?" In general traders will be wary of entering a crowded position because it will be hard to attract additional buyers or sellers and there could be an aggressive exit. If you want to enter a trade that is showing extreme levels of positioning you must think carefully about this dynamic. ​ Bet correlation Retail traders often drastically underestimate how correlated their bets are. Through bitter experience, I have learned that a mistake in position correlation is the root of some of the most serious problems in trading. If you have eight highly correlated positions, then you are really trading one position that is eight times as large. Bruce Kovner of hedge fund, Caxton Associates For example, if you are trading a bunch of pairs against the USD you will end up with a simply huge USD exposure. A single USD-trigger can ruin all your bets. Your ideal scenario  -  and it isn't always possible  -  would be to have a highly diversified portfolio of bets that do not move in tandem. Look at this chart. Inverted USD index (DXY) is green. AUDUSD is orange. EURUSD is blue. ​ Chart from TradingView So the whole thing is just one big USD trade! If you are long AUDUSD, long EURUSD, and short DXY you have three anti USD bets that are all likely to work or fail together. The more diversified your portfolio of bets are, the more risk you can take on each. There's a really good video, explaining the benefits of diversification from Ray Dalio. A systematic fund with access to an investable universe of 00,000 instruments has more opportunity to make a better risk-adjusted return than a trader who only focuses on three symbols. Diversification really is the closest thing to a free lunch in finance. But let's be pragmatic and realistic. Human retail traders don't have capacity to run even one hundred bets at a time. More realistic would be an average of 0-0 trades on simultaneously. So what can be done? For example: You might diversify across time horizons by having a mix of short-term and long-term trades. You might diversify across asset classes - trading some FX but also crypto and equities. You might diversify your trade generation approach so you are not relying on the same indicators or drivers on each trade. You might diversify your exposure to the market regime by having some trades that assume a trend will continue (momentum) and some that assume we will be range-bound (carry). And so on. Basically you want to scan your portfolio of trades and make sure you are not putting all your eggs in one basket. If some trades underperform others will perform - assuming the bets are not correlated - and that way you can ensure your overall portfolio takes less risk per unit of return. The key thing is to start thinking about a portfolio of bets and what each new trade offers to your existing portfolio of risk. Will it diversify or amplify a current exposure? Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits One common mistake is to get bored and restless and put on crap trades. This just means trades in which you have low conviction. It is perfectly fine not to trade. If you feel like you do not understand the market at a particular point, simply choose not to trade. Flat is a position. Do not waste your bullets on rubbish trades. Only enter a trade when you have carefully considered it from all angles and feel good about the risk. This will make it far easier to hold onto the trade if it moves against you at any point. You actually believe in it. Equally, you need to set monthly limits. A standard limit might be a 00% account balance stop per month. At that point you close all your positions immediately and stop trading till next month. ​ Be strict with yourself and walk away Let's assume you started the year with $000k and made 0% in January so enter Feb with $000k balance. Your stop is therefore 00% of $000k or $00.0k . If your account balance dips to $00.0k ($000k-$00.0k) then you stop yourself out and don't resume trading till March the first. Having monthly calendar breaks is nice for another reason. Say you made a load of money in January. You don't want to start February feeling you are up 0% or it is too tempting to avoid trading all month and protect the existing win. Each month and each year should feel like a clean slate and an independent period. Everyone has trading slumps. It is perfectly normal. It will definitely happen to you at some stage. The trick is to take a break and refocus. Conserve your capital by not trading a lot whilst you are on a losing streak. This period will be much harder for you emotionally and you'll end up making suboptimal decisions. An enforced break will help you see the bigger picture. Put in place a process before you start trading and then it'll be easy to follow and will feel much less emotional. Remember: the market doesn't care if you win or lose, it is nothing personal. When your head has cooled and you feel calm you return the next month and begin the task of building back your account balance. That's a wrap on risk management Thanks for taking time to read this three-part chapter on risk management. I hope you enjoyed it. Do comment in the replies if you have any questions or feedback. Remember: the most important part of trading is not making money. It is not losing money. Always start with that principle. I hope these three notes have provided some food for thought on how you might approach risk management and are of practical use to you when trading. Avoiding mistakes is not a sexy tagline but it is an effective and reliable way to improve results. Next up I will be writing about an exciting topic I think many traders should look at rather differently: news trading. Please follow on here to receive notifications and the broad outline is below. News Trading Part I Introduction Why use the economic calendar Reading the economic calendar Knowing what's priced in Surveys Interest rates First order thinking vs second order thinking News Trading Part II Preparing for quantitative and qualitative releases Data surprise index Using recent events to predict future reactions Buy the rumour, sell the fact The mysterious 'position trim' effect Reversals Some key FX releases *** ​ Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer. submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments] Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000 Good Saturday morning to all of you here on wallstreetbets. I hope everyone on this sub made out pretty nicely in the market this past week, and is ready for the new trading week ahead. Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000. Investors will look to the Fed to soothe the market next week, but that may be a tall order - (Source) Markets are looking to the Federal Reserve to be a soothing force when it meets in the week ahead, but stocks could remain choppy if the central bank disappoints and as investors focus on the election and the economic recovery. The Fed's two-day meeting is expected to end Wednesday with minor tweaks to its statement and some clarity on how it plans to use forward guidance. The Fed also updates its economic and interest rate outlook, including forecasts for 0000 for the first time. But Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at Prudential Financial, said the stock market could easily be disappointed because the Fed is unlikely to offer more clarity on monetary policy, such as plans for bond buying. "The market is concerned the Fed is not going to give us explicit readings on their plans for monetary policy,″ she said. The Fed's extraordinary policies have been an important factor behind the stock market's 00% surge from the March 00 low, and it's also seen as a major factor limiting the depth of the market's sell-off. Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said the Fed is not likely to tweak much and it continues to buy $00 billion a month in Treasurys. "I don't think they'll do anything to the markets either way," he said. Stocks were volatile in the past week, falling hard, rallying, falling and rallying again. That left the S&P 000 with a weekly decline of about 0.0%, its worst week since June. The harder hit Nasdaq was down about 0.0% for the week, its worst weekly decline since March. The quadruple expiration of options and futures at the end of the coming week could add to the volatility. Bank of America strategists said the bond market is watching the Fed for any balance sheet adjustments and the changes to its forward guidance, which includes the Fed's recent tweak in its inflation policy. The Fed changed its policy of focusing on a target inflation rate to an average rate, meaning it may not tighten policy if inflation overshoots its 0% target. "We see risk the rates market is underwhelmed by the guidance provided by the Fed, which would support higher back-end rates and a steeper curve," the Bank of America strategists noted. The benchmark 00-year Treasury yield slid in the past week, touching 0.00% Friday, and it could move higher, meaning bonds may sell-off, if the Fed does not clarify policy around its bond buying program. Krosby said the stock market is hoping for a dovish Fed. "The market needs that now because fiscal policy is going nowhere," she said. BTIG strategist Julian Emanuel said the market could focus on the fact that Congress failed to make headway on fiscal stimulus, if the economic data begins to disappoint. Retail sales for August are expected Wednesday morning, as the Fed meets. They are expected to rise by 0%, and that should be an important look at whether the lack of enhanced unemployment benefits, which expired July 00, impacted consumer spending. Among other things, Republicans and Democrats could not agree how to replace the $000 weekly payment to the unemployed. "Depending on the polls and the economic data, the probability of stimulus rises and falls," said Emanuel, head of equity and derivatives strategy. "Our view is that next week is just going to be lots of back and forth with the potential for a further extension of the range for the downside, if the political narrative gets more inflamed," said Emanuel. Emanuel expects the market to remain choppy and fall further into the month of October, as investors worry about the uncertainty around the presidential election. The Fed's meeting this week is its last before the election, and analysts expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound reassuring that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy. Powell holds a briefing after the meeting Wednesday, and he is expected to also be asked about the potential for higher inflation. The Fed has said it is more concerned about disinflation, but recent inflation data has been hotter than expected, though still well below 0%. "There is a tug of war between those who say buy chips now because inflation is moving higher, versus those why are saying deflationary forces are still weaving their way into the economy," said Krosby. Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he expects the Fed to sound reassuring but it's not likely to discuss a target for bond purchases or the yield curve controls some investors were hoping for. Yield curve control would mean the Fed would try to manage interest rates by targeting its purchases of specific Treasurys. For instance, it may focus on trying to keep longer duration yields lower, and buy the 00-year. Chandler also noted the Fed's $0 trillion balance sheet has recently declined by about $000 billion from its peak, and its bond purchases are falling behind the European Central Bank. "My sense is the Fed is going to keep saying it's not worried about inflation. Its bigger worry is downside risks. They'll repeat their call for fiscal stimulus which after this week seems less likely," he said. Chandler said the stock market could remain choppy in the coming week, but he does not expect a sharp selloff. The dollar could decline, if the Fed sounds dovish, and that is a positive for stocks. "I don't think a 00% pullback [in Nasdaq] has caused enough pain to have people capitulate. This is just an ordinary correction, and we're going to make new highs," he said. This past week saw the following moves in the S&P: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Indices for this past week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!) Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!) Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) S&P Sectors for the Past Week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART! Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) Election Charts You Need To See: Part 0 First off, our thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by the tragic events of September 00, 0000 - 00 years ago today. It is a day to reflect and remember those who were lost. One of the top requests we've had here at LPL Research is for more charts on the election. Over the next week, we will share some of our favorite charts on this very important subject. Here's how the S&P 000 Index performs under various presidents and congressional makeups. The best scenario has historically been a Democratic president and Republican Congress, while a Republican president and Democratic Congress has been the weakest. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Building on this, a split Congress historically has been one of the best scenarios for investors. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The best scenario under a Republican president is a split Congress, a potential positive for 0000 that has played out after the massive reversal in the stock market since March. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Looking at the four-year presidential cycle shows that stocks haven't been down during a year the president was up for a re-election since FDR in the 0000s, another bullish tailwind for 0000. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here's another look at this, as stocks historically have done much better when there isn't a lame duck president. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Active Managers Do an About Face The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) has an index which tracks the exposure of its members to US equity markets. Each week, members are asked to provide a number that represents their exposure to markets. A reading of -000 means they are leveraged short, -000 indicates fully short, 0 is neutral, 000% is fully invested, and 000% indicates leveraged long. Two weeks ago, in our Bespoke Report, we highlighted the fact that the exposure index had moved to one of the highest levels in its 00-year history. Now, just two weeks later, these same active managers have reigned in their exposure considerably as this week's reading dropped from just under 000 to 00.0. This week's drop was the second-largest one week decline in the index's history and just the 00th time that the index lost more than a third (00 points) in a single week. The most recent occurrence was back in early March in the middle of the Covid crash, and every other prior period where the index saw a similar drop, the S&P 000 was also down every time by an average of 0.0%. Therefore, it's not much of a surprise to see the big drop this week given the big declines in the market. But what about going forward? Do big drops in the NAAIM Index mean a bounce back for markets or further declines? (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The Most and Least Heavily Shorted Stocks in the Russell 0,000 Below is an updated look at the most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000. Each of these 00 stocks has at least 00% of its equity float sold short. At the top of the list is Nordstrom (JWN) with 00.00% of its float sold short. With a YTD decline of 00.00%, the shorts have crushed it with JWN this year. With its huge portfolio of office and retail real estate, Brookfield Property REIT(BPYU) has the second highest short interest in the Russell 0,000 at 00.0%. BPYU is down 00.0% YTD. There are plenty of other well-known companies on the list of the most heavily shorted stocks. Examples include American Airlines (AAL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), LendingTree (TREE), Wayfair (W), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), ADT, TripAdvisor (TRIP), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Kohl's (KSS). One name that is no longer on the list of most shorted stocks is Tesla (TSLA). When we provided an update on short interest back in February (a pre-COVID world), Tesla (TSLA) had more than 00% of its float sold short, but that number is all the way down to 0.0% as of the most recent filing. These 00 stocks with the highest short interest are down an average of 0.00% since last Wednesday (0/0) when the S&P 000 made its last closing high. That's actually a little bit better than the 0.00% average decline for the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000. And year-to-date, these 00 stocks are up an average of 0.00% versus an average gain of 0.00% for the rest of the index. That's not much of a difference! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Below is a list of the 00 least shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 as a percentage of equity float. None of these stocks have more than 0.00% of their float sold short, and they're mostly made up of more conservative names in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the lowest short interest as a percentage of float in the Russell 0,000 at just 0.00%. Microsoft (MSFT) -- one of the key mega-cap Tech names -- has the second lowest short interest, followed by Merck (MRK), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Medtronic (MDT). Somewhat surprisingly, Amazon (AMZN) is the sixth least shorted stock in the entire Russell 0,000. While AMZN is still thought of as a high-flying momentum name by many investors, its short interest levels tell a much different story, painting it as more of a non-cyclical stock like Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), or Coca- Cola (KO). While the 00 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up 0.00% YTD, the 00 least shorted stocks in the index are up much more at +0%. This group has MSFT, AMZN, HD, and AAPL to thank for that strong performance! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) 0 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates While the direction of the 00-year Treasury yield over the last cycle was decidedly lower, as shown in LPL's Chart of the Day, there were still six extended periods where it rose at least 0.00%, and in two of those it rose almost 0%. Looking ahead, economic growth below potential, slack in the labor market, and an extremely supportive Federal Reserve (Fed) may limit rate pressure in the near term, but with interest rates already low and massive stimulus in place, we believe the overall direction is likely to be higher. "Even in a falling rate period there are lessons from the last cycle about rising rates," said LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White. "Among them: Careful when the Fed stops buying and sometimes the best defense is a good offense." (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While every economic cycle is unique, the last cycle highlighted these key takeaways about periods of rising rates: Careful when the Fed stops buying. The two drivers of rising rates last cycle were economic growth and Fed bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing (QE). The Fed buys bonds to keep rates down, but the start of Fed buying has actually been the time when rates rise - likely on expectations that the purchases would help strengthen the economy. These periods also often followed large rate declines either because markets anticipated the start of Fed buying or the economy was faltering. The takeaway: unless the economy is really taking off, any rising-rate period may pause for an extended period, or even reverse, when the Fed backs off bond purchases. Sometime the best defense is a good offense. Lower-quality, more economically sensitive bond sectors actually performed well during periods of rising rates during the last cycle. Rate gains were largely driven by economic improvement rather than a large pick-up in inflation, and that's typically a good environment for sectors like high-yield bonds and bank loans. The downside is that these are much riskier bond sectors and don't provide the potential diversification benefits of higher-quality bonds during periods of stock declines. Don't expect TIPS to provide much resilience because of their inflation adjustment. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are high-quality bonds that have provided a little extra insulation against rising rates compared to similarly dated Treasuries when inflation expectations increased. TIPS prices are adjusted for inflation, but even with the adjustment, they are still very sensitive to rates. Investment-grade corporates can both hurt and help. If credit spreads narrow when rates are rising, investment-grade corporates can post some solid gains in a rising-rate environment, but if spreads are holding steady or even widening, they can be very sensitive to changes in Treasury yields, potentially (although not often) even more sensitive than Treasuries. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) have not provided as much insulation as corporates, but they also have had less downside. While MBS have certainly outperformed Treasuries during periods of rising rates, they have not performed as well as investment-grade corporates. But they also have come with less downside, losing only 0.0% in their worst performing period compared to a 0% loss during the worst period for corporates. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. Best and Worst Performing Stocks Since the 0/0 High Since the S&P 000 and Nasdaq peaked on September 0nd, we've seen rotation out of the post-COVID winners and rotation into laggards in the value space. Below we take a look at the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 since the 0/0 high for the S&P. For each stock, we also include its YTD total return and its percentage change from the 0/00 COVID Crash low through 0/0. Capri Holdings (CPRI) is up more than any other stock in the Russell 0,000 since 0/0 with a gain of 00.00%. Even after the recent gains, however, Capri -- the holding company for brands like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace -- is still down 00.0% year-to-date. Only four other stocks are up more than 00% since 0/0 -- Beyond Meat (BYND), PVH, Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Reinsurance Group (RGA). Interestingly, BYND and VIRT are also up big (~00%) year-to-date, while PVH and RGA are both down more than 00% year-to-date. What stands out the most about the list of winners is that only one Technology stock made the cut -- Sabre (SABR). Most names come from the two consumer sectors including cruise-liners like Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH), Kohl's (KSS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Six Flags (SIX), Foot Locker (FL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). Both UBER and LYFT also made the cut with gains of 0% since 0/0. The 00 biggest winners since 0/0 are still down an average of 00% year-to-date, while the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up an average of 0.00% YTD. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While only one Technology stock made the list of biggest winners since 0/0, the sector accounts for two-thirds of the 00 biggest losers over the same time frame. As shown below, since 0/0, the six worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 and ten of the worst twelve all come from Tech. Notably, though, these 00 stocks that have all fallen more than 00% since 0/0 are still up an average of 0.0% YTD. Were it not for the horrid YTD performance of the Energy stocks that made the list, the average YTD gain would be even higher. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Typical Early September Weakness Recovers Mid-Month Sells Off Month-End As of yesterday's close the market was down more than the historical average performance in September. DJIA was down nearly -0.0%, S&P 000 was down -0.0%, NASDAQ was off 0.0%, Russell 0000 was down -0.0% and Russell 0000 lost 0.0%. Today's rally looks like the beginning of a textbook mid-month recovery rally However, the second half of September has historically been weaker than the first half. The week after options expiration week can be treacherous with S&P 000 logging 00 weekly losses in 00 years since 0000. End-of-quarter portfolio restructuring, and window dressing can amplify the impacts of any negative headlines. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!) Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers: Monday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Monday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Thursday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Thursday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) FedEx Corp. $000.00 FedEx Corp. (FDX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Adobe Inc. $000.00 Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 00,000 contracts of the $000.00 put expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $000.00 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 000.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, January 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Aspen Group, Inc. $00.00 Aspen Group, Inc. (ASPU) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $0.00. The stock has averaged a 00.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Lennar Corp. $00.00 Lennar Corp. (LEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Endava $00.00 Endava (DAVA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.00 to $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million to $000.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Brady Corp. $00.00 Brady Corp. (BRC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cantel Medical Corp. $00.00 Cantel Medical Corp. (CMD) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) IsoRay Inc $0.00 IsoRay Inc (ISR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $0.00. Overall earnings estimates have been unchanged since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $00.00 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 000.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 00.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) DISCUSS! What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a great trading week ahead wallstreetbets. submitted by bigbear0000 to wallstreetbets [link] [comments] Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000 Good Friday evening to all of you here on StockMarket. I hope everyone on this sub made out pretty nicely in the market this past week, and is ready for the new trading week ahead. Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000. Investors will look to the Fed to soothe the market next week, but that may be a tall order - (Source) Markets are looking to the Federal Reserve to be a soothing force when it meets in the week ahead, but stocks could remain choppy if the central bank disappoints and as investors focus on the election and the economic recovery. The Fed's two-day meeting is expected to end Wednesday with minor tweaks to its statement and some clarity on how it plans to use forward guidance. The Fed also updates its economic and interest rate outlook, including forecasts for 0000 for the first time. But Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at Prudential Financial, said the stock market could easily be disappointed because the Fed is unlikely to offer more clarity on monetary policy, such as plans for bond buying. "The market is concerned the Fed is not going to give us explicit readings on their plans for monetary policy,″ she said. The Fed's extraordinary policies have been an important factor behind the stock market's 00% surge from the March 00 low, and it's also seen as a major factor limiting the depth of the market's sell-off. Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said the Fed is not likely to tweak much and it continues to buy $00 billion a month in Treasurys. "I don't think they'll do anything to the markets either way," he said. Stocks were volatile in the past week, falling hard, rallying, falling and rallying again. That left the S&P 000 with a weekly decline of about 0.0%, its worst week since June. The harder hit Nasdaq was down about 0.0% for the week, its worst weekly decline since March. The quadruple expiration of options and futures at the end of the coming week could add to the volatility. Bank of America strategists said the bond market is watching the Fed for any balance sheet adjustments and the changes to its forward guidance, which includes the Fed's recent tweak in its inflation policy. The Fed changed its policy of focusing on a target inflation rate to an average rate, meaning it may not tighten policy if inflation overshoots its 0% target. "We see risk the rates market is underwhelmed by the guidance provided by the Fed, which would support higher back-end rates and a steeper curve," the Bank of America strategists noted. The benchmark 00-year Treasury yield slid in the past week, touching 0.00% Friday, and it could move higher, meaning bonds may sell-off, if the Fed does not clarify policy around its bond buying program. Krosby said the stock market is hoping for a dovish Fed. "The market needs that now because fiscal policy is going nowhere," she said. BTIG strategist Julian Emanuel said the market could focus on the fact that Congress failed to make headway on fiscal stimulus, if the economic data begins to disappoint. Retail sales for August are expected Wednesday morning, as the Fed meets. They are expected to rise by 0%, and that should be an important look at whether the lack of enhanced unemployment benefits, which expired July 00, impacted consumer spending. Among other things, Republicans and Democrats could not agree how to replace the $000 weekly payment to the unemployed. "Depending on the polls and the economic data, the probability of stimulus rises and falls," said Emanuel, head of equity and derivatives strategy. "Our view is that next week is just going to be lots of back and forth with the potential for a further extension of the range for the downside, if the political narrative gets more inflamed," said Emanuel. Emanuel expects the market to remain choppy and fall further into the month of October, as investors worry about the uncertainty around the presidential election. The Fed's meeting this week is its last before the election, and analysts expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound reassuring that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy. Powell holds a briefing after the meeting Wednesday, and he is expected to also be asked about the potential for higher inflation. The Fed has said it is more concerned about disinflation, but recent inflation data has been hotter than expected, though still well below 0%. "There is a tug of war between those who say buy chips now because inflation is moving higher, versus those why are saying deflationary forces are still weaving their way into the economy," said Krosby. Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he expects the Fed to sound reassuring but it's not likely to discuss a target for bond purchases or the yield curve controls some investors were hoping for. Yield curve control would mean the Fed would try to manage interest rates by targeting its purchases of specific Treasurys. For instance, it may focus on trying to keep longer duration yields lower, and buy the 00-year. Chandler also noted the Fed's $0 trillion balance sheet has recently declined by about $000 billion from its peak, and its bond purchases are falling behind the European Central Bank. "My sense is the Fed is going to keep saying it's not worried about inflation. Its bigger worry is downside risks. They'll repeat their call for fiscal stimulus which after this week seems less likely," he said. Chandler said the stock market could remain choppy in the coming week, but he does not expect a sharp selloff. The dollar could decline, if the Fed sounds dovish, and that is a positive for stocks. "I don't think a 00% pullback [in Nasdaq] has caused enough pain to have people capitulate. This is just an ordinary correction, and we're going to make new highs," he said. This past week saw the following moves in the S&P: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Indices for this past week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!) Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!) Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) S&P Sectors for the Past Week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART! Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) Election Charts You Need To See: Part 0 First off, our thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by the tragic events of September 00, 0000 - 00 years ago today. It is a day to reflect and remember those who were lost. One of the top requests we've had here at LPL Research is for more charts on the election. Over the next week, we will share some of our favorite charts on this very important subject. Here's how the S&P 000 Index performs under various presidents and congressional makeups. The best scenario has historically been a Democratic president and Republican Congress, while a Republican president and Democratic Congress has been the weakest. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Building on this, a split Congress historically has been one of the best scenarios for investors. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The best scenario under a Republican president is a split Congress, a potential positive for 0000 that has played out after the massive reversal in the stock market since March. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Looking at the four-year presidential cycle shows that stocks haven't been down during a year the president was up for a re-election since FDR in the 0000s, another bullish tailwind for 0000. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here's another look at this, as stocks historically have done much better when there isn't a lame duck president. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Active Managers Do an About Face The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) has an index which tracks the exposure of its members to US equity markets. Each week, members are asked to provide a number that represents their exposure to markets. A reading of -000 means they are leveraged short, -000 indicates fully short, 0 is neutral, 000% is fully invested, and 000% indicates leveraged long. Two weeks ago, in our Bespoke Report, we highlighted the fact that the exposure index had moved to one of the highest levels in its 00-year history. Now, just two weeks later, these same active managers have reigned in their exposure considerably as this week's reading dropped from just under 000 to 00.0. This week's drop was the second-largest one week decline in the index's history and just the 00th time that the index lost more than a third (00 points) in a single week. The most recent occurrence was back in early March in the middle of the Covid crash, and every other prior period where the index saw a similar drop, the S&P 000 was also down every time by an average of 0.0%. Therefore, it's not much of a surprise to see the big drop this week given the big declines in the market. But what about going forward? Do big drops in the NAAIM Index mean a bounce back for markets or further declines? (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The Most and Least Heavily Shorted Stocks in the Russell 0,000 Below is an updated look at the most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000. Each of these 00 stocks has at least 00% of its equity float sold short. At the top of the list is Nordstrom (JWN) with 00.00% of its float sold short. With a YTD decline of 00.00%, the shorts have crushed it with JWN this year. With its huge portfolio of office and retail real estate, Brookfield Property REIT(BPYU) has the second highest short interest in the Russell 0,000 at 00.0%. BPYU is down 00.0% YTD. There are plenty of other well-known companies on the list of the most heavily shorted stocks. Examples include American Airlines (AAL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), LendingTree (TREE), Wayfair (W), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), ADT, TripAdvisor (TRIP), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Kohl's (KSS). One name that is no longer on the list of most shorted stocks is Tesla (TSLA). When we provided an update on short interest back in February (a pre-COVID world), Tesla (TSLA) had more than 00% of its float sold short, but that number is all the way down to 0.0% as of the most recent filing. These 00 stocks with the highest short interest are down an average of 0.00% since last Wednesday (0/0) when the S&P 000 made its last closing high. That's actually a little bit better than the 0.00% average decline for the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000. And year-to-date, these 00 stocks are up an average of 0.00% versus an average gain of 0.00% for the rest of the index. That's not much of a difference! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Below is a list of the 00 least shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 as a percentage of equity float. None of these stocks have more than 0.00% of their float sold short, and they're mostly made up of more conservative names in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the lowest short interest as a percentage of float in the Russell 0,000 at just 0.00%. Microsoft (MSFT) -- one of the key mega-cap Tech names -- has the second lowest short interest, followed by Merck (MRK), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Medtronic (MDT). Somewhat surprisingly, Amazon (AMZN) is the sixth least shorted stock in the entire Russell 0,000. While AMZN is still thought of as a high-flying momentum name by many investors, its short interest levels tell a much different story, painting it as more of a non-cyclical stock like Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), or Coca- Cola (KO). While the 00 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up 0.00% YTD, the 00 least shorted stocks in the index are up much more at +0%. This group has MSFT, AMZN, HD, and AAPL to thank for that strong performance! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) 0 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates While the direction of the 00-year Treasury yield over the last cycle was decidedly lower, as shown in LPL's Chart of the Day, there were still six extended periods where it rose at least 0.00%, and in two of those it rose almost 0%. Looking ahead, economic growth below potential, slack in the labor market, and an extremely supportive Federal Reserve (Fed) may limit rate pressure in the near term, but with interest rates already low and massive stimulus in place, we believe the overall direction is likely to be higher. "Even in a falling rate period there are lessons from the last cycle about rising rates," said LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White. "Among them: Careful when the Fed stops buying and sometimes the best defense is a good offense." (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While every economic cycle is unique, the last cycle highlighted these key takeaways about periods of rising rates: Careful when the Fed stops buying. The two drivers of rising rates last cycle were economic growth and Fed bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing (QE). The Fed buys bonds to keep rates down, but the start of Fed buying has actually been the time when rates rise - likely on expectations that the purchases would help strengthen the economy. These periods also often followed large rate declines either because markets anticipated the start of Fed buying or the economy was faltering. The takeaway: unless the economy is really taking off, any rising-rate period may pause for an extended period, or even reverse, when the Fed backs off bond purchases. Sometime the best defense is a good offense. Lower-quality, more economically sensitive bond sectors actually performed well during periods of rising rates during the last cycle. Rate gains were largely driven by economic improvement rather than a large pick-up in inflation, and that's typically a good environment for sectors like high-yield bonds and bank loans. The downside is that these are much riskier bond sectors and don't provide the potential diversification benefits of higher-quality bonds during periods of stock declines. Don't expect TIPS to provide much resilience because of their inflation adjustment. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are high-quality bonds that have provided a little extra insulation against rising rates compared to similarly dated Treasuries when inflation expectations increased. TIPS prices are adjusted for inflation, but even with the adjustment, they are still very sensitive to rates. Investment-grade corporates can both hurt and help. If credit spreads narrow when rates are rising, investment-grade corporates can post some solid gains in a rising-rate environment, but if spreads are holding steady or even widening, they can be very sensitive to changes in Treasury yields, potentially (although not often) even more sensitive than Treasuries. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) have not provided as much insulation as corporates, but they also have had less downside. While MBS have certainly outperformed Treasuries during periods of rising rates, they have not performed as well as investment-grade corporates. But they also have come with less downside, losing only 0.0% in their worst performing period compared to a 0% loss during the worst period for corporates. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. Best and Worst Performing Stocks Since the 0/0 High Since the S&P 000 and Nasdaq peaked on September 0nd, we've seen rotation out of the post-COVID winners and rotation into laggards in the value space. Below we take a look at the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 since the 0/0 high for the S&P. For each stock, we also include its YTD total return and its percentage change from the 0/00 COVID Crash low through 0/0. Capri Holdings (CPRI) is up more than any other stock in the Russell 0,000 since 0/0 with a gain of 00.00%. Even after the recent gains, however, Capri -- the holding company for brands like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace -- is still down 00.0% year-to-date. Only four other stocks are up more than 00% since 0/0 -- Beyond Meat (BYND), PVH, Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Reinsurance Group (RGA). Interestingly, BYND and VIRT are also up big (~00%) year-to-date, while PVH and RGA are both down more than 00% year-to-date. What stands out the most about the list of winners is that only one Technology stock made the cut -- Sabre (SABR). Most names come from the two consumer sectors including cruise-liners like Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH), Kohl's (KSS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Six Flags (SIX), Foot Locker (FL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). Both UBER and LYFT also made the cut with gains of 0% since 0/0. The 00 biggest winners since 0/0 are still down an average of 00% year-to-date, while the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up an average of 0.00% YTD. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While only one Technology stock made the list of biggest winners since 0/0, the sector accounts for two-thirds of the 00 biggest losers over the same time frame. As shown below, since 0/0, the six worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 and ten of the worst twelve all come from Tech. Notably, though, these 00 stocks that have all fallen more than 00% since 0/0 are still up an average of 0.0% YTD. Were it not for the horrid YTD performance of the Energy stocks that made the list, the average YTD gain would be even higher. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Typical Early September Weakness Recovers Mid-Month Sells Off Month-End As of yesterday's close the market was down more than the historical average performance in September. DJIA was down nearly -0.0%, S&P 000 was down -0.0%, NASDAQ was off 0.0%, Russell 0000 was down -0.0% and Russell 0000 lost 0.0%. Today's rally looks like the beginning of a textbook mid-month recovery rally However, the second half of September has historically been weaker than the first half. The week after options expiration week can be treacherous with S&P 000 logging 00 weekly losses in 00 years since 0000. End-of-quarter portfolio restructuring, and window dressing can amplify the impacts of any negative headlines. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: Stock Market Analysis Video for Week Ending September 00th, 0000 (CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: ShadowTrader Video Weekly 0.00.00 ([CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!]()) (VIDEO NOT YET POSTED!) Here are the most notable companies (tickers) reporting earnings in this upcoming trading week ahead- $FDX $ADBE $CBRL $ASPU $LEN $DAVA $BRC $CMD $ISR $APOG $ICMB $HMY $VNCE $CSBR $EARS $AFIB $OSH (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!) Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers: Monday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Monday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) 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(FDX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Adobe Inc. $000.00 Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 00,000 contracts of the $000.00 put expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $000.00 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 000.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, January 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Aspen Group, Inc. $00.00 Aspen Group, Inc. (ASPU) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $0.00. The stock has averaged a 00.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Lennar Corp. $00.00 Lennar Corp. (LEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Endava $00.00 Endava (DAVA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.00 to $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million to $000.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Brady Corp. $00.00 Brady Corp. (BRC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cantel Medical Corp. $00.00 Cantel Medical Corp. (CMD) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) IsoRay Inc $0.00 IsoRay Inc (ISR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $0.00. Overall earnings estimates have been unchanged since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $00.00 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 000.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 00.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) DISCUSS! What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a great trading week ahead StockMarket. submitted by bigbear0000 to StockMarket [link] [comments] 