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$STUDY Friendly reminder: Health is the best investment you can make. It is the baseline multiplier for every other asset in your life.

$STUDY $SPY Furus today no nothing but QE to infinity. There’s no financial analysis. It’s all charts. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing. They are going to get a real education as the tide goes out. The equity market is separating the men from the boys. The amateurs from the pros. Anyone who is naked long in speculative dog-sh*t wrapped in cat-sh*t is going to get absolutely destroyed. We’ve been seeing this play out during year. As the cost of capital begins to rise, more furus on Stocktwits and X will be exposed.

$STUDY Key Differences Between 'Quantitative and 'Qualitative Traders Quantitative traders use tested rules, data, and repeatable systems to make decisions — entries and exits driven by structure, not emotion. Qualitative traders rely on opinions, headlines, sentiment, and interpretation. One approach is measurable, the other is narrative. And if we’re being honest, most people on Stocktwits fall into the qualitative camp.

$STUDY — Why Common Moving Averages Work (And Why 10/20 Is a Killer Pair) A lot of traders argue about which moving averages “work best.” But here’s the truth nobody likes to say out loud, so I will: "Many averages work simply because more eyes are watching them." The 10, 20, 50, and 200‑day — especially the SMAs — get massive attention from: retail traders, institutions, quant models, CTAs, algos and media headlines And when millions of traders anchor to the same levels, those levels become self‑fulfilling. Price reacts because the crowd expects it to react, and not because they are magical or holy grail material. That’s why the 200‑day SMA is the “line in the sand.” Not because the math is magical — because the crowd treats it as gospel. Same with the 50‑day. Same with the 20‑day. Same with the 10‑day. And yes — some use 8/21 because they’re Fibonacci numbers but they ARE NOT magic. 9/18 works. 10/20 works. It’s half a dozen of one and six of the other. Add the 10‑day, whether SMA or EMA and you’ve got a pure momentum average. Pair it with the 20‑day and you’ve got clean short‑term structure. The 50 day adds intermediate structure and the 200 day long-term. Crowds, indeed millions of eyes watch these and crowds create their own truth. Price respects whatever the crowd respects.

The change in US Existing Home Sales has fallen negative year-to-date, a scenario that has historically coincided with periods of significant economic strain. Sales of Existing Homes are now down by 1.4% through the first three-quarters of this year, abnormally diverging from the 7.6% rise that is average for this period. $STUDY $MACRO $ITB #Economy #Housing

Canada has just about lost all of its job gains that it has achieved this year, showing the weakest performance (outside of the pandemic) since 2009. Employment in Canada actually dropped by 186,700 persons, or 0.9% (NSA) in September, weaker than the 0.6% decline that is average for this first month of the meteorological fall season. Year-to-date, employment is now higher by a mere 0.3%, a fraction of the 1.9% increase that has been the norm three-quarters into the year. $STUDY $MACRO #CDNecon #CAD

$STUDY Most trading systems are symmetric. They use the same entry and exit logic and in the same timeframe. An asymmetric system uses different logic for entry and exit and operating in a shorter and in a longer time-frame. Entry logic is based on volatility which may be either shallow or moderate in the shorter 20 day timeframe. Exit logic, is also based on volatility which may be either moderate or deep in the longer 100 day timeframe. This is why I nearly always display charts which seemeingly have 2 channels, one conditioning the entry and the other, the exit. Here is $QQQ displayed with a moderate entry in the shorter timeframe and a moderate exit, albeit in the longer timeframe.

The strength of the manufacturing economy continues to shine through the results of industrial production. US Industrial Production has increased by 2.6% (NSA) through the first three quarters of 2026, which is the strongest performance since 2018 and more than double the 1.1% increase that is average for this timeframe. $STUDY $MACRO $XLI #Economy #Manufacturing