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Market Update 2/26
Over the past week, the stock market has shown signs of weakness, with major indices struggling to maintain recent gains. Concerns over...
ralanbenson
Feb 263 min read
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Trading Methodology
All throughout the history of trading, stocks have followed the same basic patterns and movements. Stock movements are dictated by the...
ralanbenson
Jan 133 min read
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12/8 Weekly Market Report
This week (ending December 6, 2024), the U.S. stock market extended its recent rally with modest gains, marking the third consecutive...
ralanbenson
Dec 7, 20241 min read
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Stock Blog 12/1
This week the market did very well! Everything is working right now, whether it be setups or earnings plays, and there are so many...
ralanbenson
Dec 1, 20242 min read
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Market Report 11/3
The market pulled back to the 10-week this week and continues to rise, surfing the 10 and 20-week moving averages. QQQ closed down 2.3%,...
ralanbenson
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 10/27
The market closed relatively flat this week, but is still in a really healthy uptrend, soaring the moving averages. In terms of sectors:...
ralanbenson
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 10/20
The market did very well this week. In terms of equity markets, the S&P closed flat this week, QQQ also closed relatively flat, and the...
ralanbenson
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Basic Setups
Two Main Setups: Episodic Pivot: Buying an undervalued stock after earnings or some other good news comes out, proving the valuation...
ralanbenson
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 10/6
The market, yet again, did quite well this week, although not as well as last. The main indexes are surfing the moving averages, and...
ralanbenson
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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Stock Report 9/29
Market still doing well with yet another good climb this week. QQQ: Big move up. Building higher lows and surfing the 10-day moving...
ralanbenson
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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Stock Report 9/22/24
The market did quite well this week. QQQ and SPY both trend upwards, still recovering from August lows. QQQ: QQQ did quite well this...
ralanbenson
Sep 22, 20241 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 7/28/24
Overall this week wasn't very good. The market tanked. SPY and QQQ are in a large downtrend. IYC (Consumer Discretionary ETF): It closed...
ralanbenson
Jul 28, 20241 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 7/21/24
The market did very poorly this week. Both QQQ and SPY broke down, discontinuing the upwards trend. It isn't fully below the 50 and 20...
ralanbenson
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 6/23/24
The market did very poorly this week. ETFs like QQQ and SPY both closed down lots. Following is my sector chart review: IYC (Consumer...
ralanbenson
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 6/16
IYC (Consumer Discretionary ETF): This closed slightly up this week, breaking out on Friday. This looks really good and the ETF might...
ralanbenson
Jun 17, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 6/9
The market is continuing to do well Following is my sector review: IYC (Consumer Discretionary ETF): The consumer service industry closed...
ralanbenson
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 6/2
This week wasn't that great for the market, with SPY and QQQ making a small drawback. With this said, both indices bounced off the 10-day...
ralanbenson
Jun 3, 20243 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 5/19
The market has made a nice turn around. It is starting to do well again, but I still can't say that setups are working with full...
ralanbenson
May 19, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 4/28
This week did pretty well, with both QQQ and SPY making pretty respectable moves upwards. Despite this, market momentum and setups are...
ralanbenson
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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Weekly Stock Report 4/21
This week was pretty terrible. If you're a swing trader, or rely on any short term setups that revolve around upwards momentum, you...
ralanbenson
Apr 21, 20242 min read
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