SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Beta Monkeys

We saw some continuing movement into assets that had gotten clobbered with the risk aversion sparked by Brexit.

This is an option expiration week in stocks.

Earnings and other economic will continue to influence the market action, but on the lower volume days the 'technical action' takes the whip hand easily, and tends to look for opportunistic plays to be gained in shoving prices around.

Words like 'whistling past the graveyard' comes to mind.   But that is what bubbles are made of.

However, once this technical trade has been passed, and the shorts have been squeezed, I see the market falling into a 'chop' that will not resolve until something exogenous provokes a move.  And that move could be significant.

Have a pleasant evening.

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Stock Option Expiration This Friday

"You have to drill through mud and water to get oil; you have to sift through sand and silt to get gold; you have to chop and hack through stone to get diamonds. So why do so many people feel that the treasure of ideas should come to them with little or no effort?"

Sydney J. Harris

Since the mining stocks are some of the premier gainers for the Year-To-Date, I would expect them to be presenting some fat targets for shenanigans this week for the stock option expiration.

There will be the August metals contract option expiration on July 26th.

Gold was off a bit today, while silver held its gains.

Gold is treading water above support while it waits for silver to catch up a bit it seems

Have a pleasant evening.

SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - New High on SP as Earnings Season Begins

We will be having a stock options expiration on this Friday.

Watch this week as it will be replete with games and assorted shenanigans.

Have a pleasant evening.

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