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28 Sep 2023

To put things into perspective: Nasdaq 100 now down ~9% from high, largely in the ‘zone’ of recent NDX drawdown episodes over the last 1 year

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

26 Sep 2023

NASDAQ's 1999 analogy chart isn't perfect but given the amount of shorting by hedge funds and short gamma selling by dealers, a squeeze in Q4 (the historically strongest quarter) is a possibility

Source: TME

18 Sep 2023

Top five stocks by market cap are c.50% of Nasdaq-100 Index market cap

Source: SG

8 Sep 2023

The longer term gap between NASDAQ and the US 10 year remains huge

Source: TME, Refiitiv

4 Sep 2023

With total return data going back to March 1999, the Nasdaq 100 (NDX)’s 42.54% YTD total return is the best on record (2020’s post-Covid bounce in tech stocks came close)

Source: Jim Bianco

25 Aug 2023

NASDAQ's bearish cross. The 21 day has now crossed the 50 day moving average.

NASDAQ futures putting in the biggest down candle in a long time and it looks like we have a new short term trend channel to watch. Source: TME

25 Aug 2023

Strange day on Wall Street. Despite Nvidia blockbuster earnings the Nasdaq is in the red

Within $SPX the pockets of strength are in real estate, utilities, financials, healthcare, and consumer defensives. Low vol is outperforming high beta. There are rotations to safer parts of the market happening underneath the surface. Source: Markets Mayhem, Bloomberg

9 Aug 2023

NASDAQ is currently trading right on the 50 day moving average

15200 is a short term level to watch, but the bigger support is at 15k. NASDAQ is now established "well" below the channel. Source: The Market Ear, Refinitiv

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