Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies joins Excess Returns to break down the current technical setup for the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, mega-cap tech, market breadth, sector rotation, international stocks and gold. We discuss why short-term momentum has weakened, what would confirm a more serious breakdown, how investors can use technical analysis for risk management, and where breakouts are appearing outside the AI and semiconductor trade.

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Main topics covered

Why the S&P 500 is still in a long-term uptrend but showing short-term momentum loss
How Katie defines overbought and oversold using the stochastic oscillator
Why the March monthly MACD sell signal became an unusual whipsaw
What the QQQs and Nasdaq 100 are saying about technology leadership
How investors can use stop losses, hedges and moving averages to manage risk
Why the market has held up despite underperformance in the Magnificent Seven
The difference between market breadth and market leadership
Why sector rotation is improving in healthcare, industrials, utilities, insurers and biotech
How sentiment indicators like the VIX and Fear and Greed Index fit into market timing
How the Fairlead Tactical Sector ETF uses trend following, sector rotation, Treasuries and gold
What the charts are saying about emerging markets, developed international stocks and the U.S.
Why gold has moved from a strong bull market into a more tactical trading environment

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:58 Why the S&P 500 is losing short-term momentum
05:04 How overbought conditions can reset without a major decline
08:39 Why whipsaws make confirmation so important
12:02 What the QQQs are saying about technology leadership
16:51 How to manage risk with stop losses and hedges
20:07 Why the market held up despite Mag Seven weakness
23:49 How market breadth differs from market leadership
28:14 What sentiment indicators are saying about investor positioning
32:58 Why the market is in a technical void
36:00 Sector rotation beyond technology and semiconductors
40:54 How the Fairlead Tactical Sector ETF manages drawdowns
46:05 What international stock charts are saying versus the U.S.
50:13 Why markets have been resilient despite geopolitical risk
52:05 What the chart of gold is telling investors now

Big Uptrend. Tech Momentum Fading | Katie Stockton on the Rotation Investors Are Missing

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Big Uptrend. Tech Momentum Fading | Katie Stockton on the Rotation Investors Are Missing