The tumbled -1.2% Friday on comparatively benign headlines.

We bought some first rate financial headlines from China, whereas the UAW hit The Large Three with focused strikes. Whereas the UAW strikes have the potential to have an effect on the US financial system in the event that they drag on lengthy sufficient, The Large Three shares have been really up throughout the session, so if their educated traders usually are not apprehensive, then the remainder of the market shouldn’t be too involved.

As a substitute, Friday’s givebacks have been nothing greater than the routine gyrations of an index consolidating 2023’s spectacular beneficial properties. Shares go up, and shares go down, the identical means you and I breathe. That is all very normal stuff. There isn’t any motive to learn extra into Friday’s dip than that.

Fortunately, none of this stunned readers. I wrote the next , and the next value motion performed out precisely as anticipated:

As for what comes subsequent, these swings are vanilla sentiment gyurations and nothing extra. Going up and down like that is as pure as respiration for the market. For the reason that newest wave of promoting wasn’t propelled by significant and surprising headlines, it received’t go far and we’re nearing the underside.

Which means locking in our brief 3x ETF income and on the brink of purchase the subsequent bounce. It’s going to in all probability take one or two extra exams of 4,400 assist earlier than we bounce for good, however taking income somewhat early makes certain we’re in the proper spot to make the most of the subsequent buying and selling alternative, which is more than likely shopping for the bounce Friday or early subsequent week.

The humorous factor is I may copy and paste final week’s evaluation into Friday’s evaluation as a result of not one factor has modified.

As for what comes subsequent, anticipate extra of the identical. We’re caught in a buying and selling vary between 4,400 assist and 4,600 resistance. Till one thing extra significant comes alongside, anticipate this sideways chop to persist.

As for buying and selling, meaning catching these waves after which taking income early and actually because if we maintain one or two days too lengthy, these income will likely be lengthy gone.

That is the unsuitable time to be buying and selling for a giant directional transfer and cussed bulls and bears will maintain getting chewed up. For the remainder of us, maintain squeezing these income out of the market a couple of dozen factors at a time. Whereas that doesn’t sound like so much, make these trades in a 3x ETF and now we’re speaking about actual cash, particularly for what quantities to some days of labor.