A back and forth session ahead of the after the bell tariffs news but the Dow managed a gain of 235 points on average volume. The advance/declines were better than 2 to 1 positive. This should turn the summation index back up. The NASDAQ led the way again today and that remains a positive. The short term indicators on the S&P 500 are now trending higher. The S&P remains below its 200 day moving average and the short term down trend line. However I am still more inclined to believe that we'll be heading higher in the near term. I could be wrong. Once we get past the tariff event there's still the jobs report on Friday to deal with. Gold was up $18 on the futures. The US dollar was lower and interest rates ticked up. The XAU was up 5/8 and GDX finished flat. Volume was light. GDX has trended sideways for a week. The daily candlestick chart here looks like it wants to go higher though GDX remains short term overbought. I'm still on the side of waiting until it returns to the short term up trend line at 43 before trying the calls here. Mentally I'm feeling OK. The VIX was a bit lower today. The short term indicators here are now at mid-range. So it appears the VIX is poised now to move either way. The daily candlestick chart here still looks like it wants to move lower. We'll see how the markets react to the tariffs details and take it from there. Asia was generally higher and Europe down overnight. Tomorrow should be interesting.