If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Just past the summer solstice, the month of June and second quarter ended last Friday—the halfway point for the calendar year. Yes, the S&P market type is “Bull Normal” but that’s not half of the story. Part I: The World Market […]
Bull Normal Market Type Market Update June 30th, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. In July 2021, the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market (BDM) Index (Ticker: SPCBDM) launched with the objective of being a broad investable digital asset universe benchmark. The index launched on July 13, 2021 but has a 10-year calculated history based on
Update on Cryptocurrencies June 18th, 2023 By, Nolan Loxton Read More »
I’ve been thinking about complex systems and how we relate to them as traders and investors quite a bit this past month. There is no sure and real way to understand, or solve or predict a complex system in a simplistic way. I talked about this when we discussed the January’s First Five Days indicator
The Only Effective Shortcut: Find Your Wealth-Building Passion By, D. R. Barton, Jr. Read More »
Bloomberg announced in May of 2018 that they had created a cryptocurrency index called The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index. Since Bloomberg only caters to institutional clients, an index of this nature was one of the first steps toward widespread institutional involvement. The index composition changes regularly but we show the graph every month because so
Update on Cryptocurrencies: September 18th, 2022 By, Nolan Loxton Read More »
Editor’s Note: Dear Loyal Readers, If you’re like us, you have really missed Van’s astute mid-month assessment of the cryptocurrency market. We took some time to evaluate who might be best to step into Van’s shoes on this topic and we are happy that our most recent Super Trader Program Graduate – Nolan Loxton agreed
Update on Cryptocurrencies: July 15th, 2022 By, Nolan Loxton Read More »
I do not remember having seen before such a clustering of important charting events! Forex: Three important PAR level numbers close-by or broken through: EUR, USD and CHF. Additionally, a lot of momentum going on in many pairs. For example, JPY weakness. Thus, something is brewing, Beware the Big Currency Shifts! Futures: While we are in a
Amazing and Unique Times in Global Markets: Forex and Futures By, Gabriel Grammatidis Read More »
During the 15+ years that I have known Van personally, a lot of things have changed in my life. As you likely know, the Van Tharp Institute stands for “personal transformation while using trading as a metaphor.” Over those years, I can say that I have transformed as a person on many different levels –
My Journey With Van and The Institute By, Gabriel Grammatidis Read More »
You Cannot Control the Market The market gives and takes. And, we have little—I would even say— no control over that. Still, most traders are trying to do exactly that: trying to control the market so that it goes in the direction they want. We all know this is not possible. So, why are traders
The Market Rewards You With Big Rs, But… By, Gabriel Grammatidis Read More »
This week as we offer you a very abbreviated market assessment. We will return on April 6th with a full Market Update, System Quality Number® Report and commentary. The S&P has been declining over the last two months or so. As you can tell from the S&P 500 weekly bar chart below, the growing weekly
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading, so I do the work each month and am happy to share
January 2022 Market Update Sideways Volatile Market Type By, Van K. Tharp, PhD Read More »
