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Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Buyers returned as the Dow gained 356 points on heavy volume. The advance/declines were better than 2 to 1 positive. The summation index continues sideways. Gains would have been even better but there was a late last ten minute slide. The NASDAQ is still leading the way up so that's a plus. Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 closed at new all time highs again. The short term indicators for the S&P have turned back up as they remain in overbought territory. There still seems to be plenty of money to throw at stocks for now. Gold bounced back $32 on the futures. The US dollar was slightly higher and interest rates slightly lower. The XAU and GDX had fractional gains on light volume. GDX remains short term oversold and still hanging on to the longer term up trend line. I'm still looking at the GDX June calls as a potential next trade. Mentally I'm feeling OK. The VIX was lower today and some of the short term indicators here have turned back lower. Still on the oversold side of the ledger here. I'm not sure where the VIX is heading next. Waiting on the jobs report due Friday. Until then we'll probably just sit on our hands. No need to force anything until we get some type of valid technical signal. Europe was generally higher and what was open in Asia generally lower last night. We'll keep an eye on the overnight developments.

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