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Despite increased selling pressures in the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, and Russell 2000, low volatility large caps reached new highs this week. The chart below depicts the S&P 500 total return index since 1972. The index made new, all-time highs this week as ...

The US dollar’s value versus other currencies is an extremely complex equation that involves political, geopolitical, and other known and unknown variables. Do not even try to forecast currency moves, especially where the US dollar will be in the future. Below ...

This article includes the performance of the PSI5 strategy applied to SPY, QQQ ETFs, and Dow 30 stocks, for Q1 2022 and year-to-date. Long-term performance results are also included, from the inception of the ETFs and since 1993 for Dow ...

Below are the results of price action anomaly detection for the week of March 28, 2022. The price action anomaly detection in the weekly timeframe is performed by DLPAL DQ software. The following markets are considered: Dow 30 stocks S&P 500 stocks Nasdaq – ...

There’s plenty of optimism during bear markets, usually by those who were pessimists during bull markets. Here are two examples from the past. 70’s Bear Market The top was put in place on November 1, 1973, when the bull market looked strong. ...

Below are the results of price action anomaly detection for the week of March 21, 2022. The price action anomaly detection in the weekly timeframe is performed by DLPAL DQ software. The following markets are considered: Dow 30 stocks S&P 500 stocks Nasdaq – ...

Sentiment drives markets, and many participants have known that for a long time. You can never know what market participants actually do, and you should never rely on their social media posts or public comments. Markets, like card games, are ...

There is a huge divergence between theory and practice in quantitative finance. Finance professionals often use fancy terminology during podcasts and in articles, but in reality they employ simple and common sense methods because they work. Optimal leverage, also known as ...

Below are the results of price action anomaly detection for the week of March 14, 2022. The price action anomaly detection in the weekly timeframe is performed by DLPAL DQ software. The following markets are considered: Dow 30 stocks S&P 500 stocks Nasdaq – ...

The S&P 500 had four consecutive up days with gains of more than 1% this week. Since 1942 this has occurred only five times. There is the right and the wrong way of looking at this pattern and also similar ...