A slow session up until the last half hour. We shed 9bps, SPY -20bps and the Nasdaq -16bps. It was much better earlier on but then the evil sellers crept into the tape and lit some things aflame, namely software, JPM and a wide assortment of items. It is worth mentioning the software sector is...Read More

Overnight futures had suggested broken elevator pin action awaited us. Instead, markets bid up from the opening tick, once again proving futures traders are worthless refuse. We managed +60 crossed again a SPY +15bps. It was a solid day for risk and we made little changes due to the satisfactory nature of the current trajectory....Read More

On Friday Trump announced he wanted credit card companies to lower their interest rates to 10%, saying the current rates of 39.99% were a “scam.” Over the weekend we had renewed chatter by the administration of action pending against Iran, to topple the regime and bring peace to them via democracy. You are hoping I...Read More

The NASDAQ was weak -55bps, SPY flat — we shed 11bps. It was a high beta massacre in many parts of the tape, with losses of the largess varietal in names like CIEN, LITE, COHR, NET and DDOG. But it’s important to note that high beta strategies, although down 2.5% today, is still +5% YTD.In...Read More

Ugly session for many a stock — breadth pinned at 35-40% all day. It was a NASDAQ centric tape, with most losses in “everything else” in addition to some profit taking in the semis. Several notable headlines:Trump to restrict corporations from buying res homes — GOODTrump to restrict defense contractors from share buybacks until they...Read More