Swing Trade Idea – February 25, 2022
Market Setup Pre: PCE data
• Global Markets: USA slight green, Europe strong green, Japan strong green, China green, Asia strong green
• Commodities: Precious metals red, oil and natgas red, softs strong red, industrial metals green
•Yields: slightly higher and flatter
•News: Ukraine-Russia: Russia advancing on Kyiv, USA sanctions market friendly as Russia still in Swift and can sell energy. Impact was boost of markets and a drop in energy prices. Sanctions on Russian banks has had a negative impact on US banks. News report that Russia ready to meet with Ukraine USA: PCE m-m .5% expected, Durable Goods 830ET Consumer Sentiment 10am
•Stocks: SQ +18% beat Cash App 44MAU; ZS beat -12% forecast lower; ETSY beat +16%; BYND miss -10%; FTCH beat +30% FL miss -16%
•Indices: USA indices are higher ahead of the PCE print. If PCE is hot, FED concerns will be raised which can result in yields higher and stocks lower. USA indices are short term overbought so pullback at open likely. Setup pre-PCE is for a positive day. SPY Support: 425 Resistance: 430 435 440
•Sectors: Leading: bitcoin, ARKK, semiconductors, financials, IWM, QQQ Lagging TLT DBC EWZ GDX
•Stocks to watch: SQ TSLA AMD PYPL MOS ZS FL Spec Names: FTCH YNDX RIOT BYND
Pre-830ET
Earnings BYND COIN ETSY FTCH SQ INTU LPRO LPSN MNST FL
Indices /btc ICLN SLV GLD ARKF yen euro DIA XLB SPY SMH TLT XLV XLF XLK IWM
S&P500 ETSY TTWO DISH DG MOS MNST PYPL OXY AMD KMB TSLA INTU HPQ PXD DOW MRNA SEE KMX OCGN
Movers FTCH ETSY SQ LPRO EOSE DISH CNK MOS BTU FL ZS BYND DELL OPEN INTU SKLZ COIN PLTR
WSB SOFI AMD NIO RTX PLTR AMC HOOD AFRM HOOD NVDA
Trade Idea TSLA
Bonds are bouncing on Ukraine news. TLT is at 140, which is a key pivot level. Sharp move and risk of a pullback but one could consider long over 140 for a safety trade. Bonds are heavily shorted so a short squeeze is possible.