When the Post-Expiration Gap Fails: A Short Below Friday's Close NASDAQ-100 RESEARCH · QQQ OPTIONS-EXPIRATION STUDY · October 19, 2026 Friday was monthly options expiration, and QQQ is set to open at least 1% higher this morning. Since 1999 QQQ has opened 1% or more higher on the session after monthly expiration 29 times. In
Five Down, Gapping Up: For QQQ, Friday’s Close Is the Line NASDAQ-100 RESEARCH · QQQ GAP STUDY · October 19, 2026 QQQ fell five sessions in a row last week and closed Friday at 709.80, its lowest close in 20 sessions. With Nasdaq futures up about 1% overnight, it is set to open at least
Research Log: A Broad Rally the S&P 500 Barely Showed Has Led to Gains, but Not Near the High, Which Is Where Today Sits Yang Market Research · Original Idea · Research Log · October 15, 2026 Today NYSE advancing issues beat decliners 3.09 to 1, one session after a 0.33-to-1 rout, yet the S&P
VIX Breaks Above Its Upper Band in Expiration Week, From a Low Base New-trigger client note · October 14, 2026 The VIX closed at 16.87 today, up 10.5% from 15.27 and above its upper Bollinger band (16.72), on the Wednesday of October’s options-expiration week, as the S&P 500 fell 1.11% to 7,718.94. Across the full
Semiconductors Wash Out While the S&P 500 Holds Above Its 20-Day Average New-trigger client note · October 13, 2026 The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index’s two-day RSI fell to 1.93 today after five straight down sessions that took the index 7.6% lower, while the S&P 500 closed at 7,805.45, still 1.0% above its 20-day average and 0.17%
Transports Sold Into Earnings Season: After a Weak Run Into the Quarter’s First Month, the Dow Transports Rose Over the Next Month 30 of 39 Times Yang Market Research · Original Idea · October 13, 2026 The Dow Jones Transportation Average closed today at 19,810.47. It is down 4.43% over the last 21 sessions and
Four Straight Days of More New Lows Than New Highs at a Record New-trigger client note · October 9, 2026 For the fourth straight session, more NYSE stocks hit 52-week lows than highs while the S&P 500 sits within days of a record close. Today 123 new lows outnumbered 41 new highs even as the
When Breadth Outruns Price: A NYSE TICK Signal for the Week Ahead BREADTH RESEARCH · NYSE TICK · October 3, 2026 A day’s cumulative NYSE TICK usually tracks the S&P 500: up days bring positive breadth, down days negative. The interesting days are the ones where breadth comes in much stronger than the index’s move