Market Structure Alerts – Definitions & Use Behavioral Alerts: Active investment (Story) = The money that buys your unique Story. Active holders with whom you communicate. Fast Trading (Price) = Computerized proprietary day-trading by firms like Citadel, Jane Street. Market-making.…
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What the…? Everything was awesome. Monday. Then yesterday, stocks toppled like a thawed corpse in Nederland (inside joke, there). No obvious reason. Some said it was Jay Powell testifying today and tomorrow. Others claimed it was Big Tech coming apart at…
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On Nov 15, 2021, NVDA closed at $345.30 on a hundred million shares of volume. Without context, that information is interesting but unhelpful. I’d note it was a monthly options-expirations date (those are bigger than ever for hedging, and routinely…
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If I said the name “Sherlock Holmes” to you, what’s your snap response? Probably, “Elementary, my dear Watson.” I have long favored a line by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, written for his fictitious detective Sherlock Holmes. Eliminate the impossible and what…
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Demand Signal would be a great name for a rock band. I heard it from Microsoft’s president Brad Smith, who is an attorney, not an engineer. He said Microsoft’s investments in startups often benefit from Microsoft’s “demand signal.” If we’re doing it,…
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There are 1,500 companies reporting results this week, a flood of earnings releases all seeking to differentiate a story, a company. At the same time, the Market Structure EDGE quantitative test portfolio limited to just five stocks could find…
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Former SEC chair Mary Jo White once said in a speech, “The stock market exists for investors and issuers, and their interests must be paramount.” It’s a view widely intoned by regulators and on Capitol Hill where there is now…
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