We are in earnings season so should expect the unexpected.

A mixed market on Wednesday with Nasdaq the only one in the green, helped by MSFT earnings. Other earnings interpretations and FRC weighed down on the market.

We are in silly season so manage the trades appropriately before earnings.

SWAV is a large cap medical company that focuses on developing products intended to treat calcified cardiovascular disease (leading cause of death in the US).
ALGN is a large cap medical company that supplies dentistry with orthodontal, restorative, and aesthetic products aimed at changing lives through better smiles.

Weekly market analysis for Dynamic Traders.

Knowing when to stand aside is important for a trader to understand.

This week, economic reports have largely pointed to a slowing U.S. economy, although comments from a host of Fed officials have indicated the central bank is still likely to hike by 25bps at its May meeting.

Taking profits out of E-Mini last week and spending most of this week doing very little in a balanced market seemed the right call.

We are entering the silly season in the stock market…

TSLA having a pause after the recent 100% run-up and is now in need of a catalyst.

Let the market show its hand.

Beach trading - our trading process
Inflation
Luxury buying
Amex black dining
Tesla earnings
European space agency and SpaceX
Market analysis

The week started with the Market having had the weekend before it could react to Fridays NFP data.

The U.S. Market, main markets in Europe and all U.S. sectors, except Real Estate, saw green on the board.
VIX is testing the lows of the year and fell to below 18

The trade demonstrated uses a hypothetical position of £1 /pip at the price of the entry discussed in Dynamic Trader.

Early gains deteriorated as the market and mega-cap stocks started to roll over after the CPI data was digested.

Not much happened on Tuesday as the market prepared for today's CPI data at 1.30 pm BST.

E-Mini trade as of April 11 2023 1100am BST.

These are the positions we have taken on GBPUSD over the last month.

Monday saw the U.S. Open after Easter but with less than average volume, partly because most of Europe was closed for a bank holiday.