Expect More March Madness for Stocks

[TradeSmith Daily]( Expect More March Madness for Stocks 2022 is off to a terrible start for stocks. [I warned TradeSmith Daily readers]( back in mid-January that “as January goes, so goes the rest of the year.” And true to form, stocks have been going consistently lower since. Typically, January is one of the best months of the year to be invested in stocks. Since 1980, when the S&P 500 Index is up in January, stocks end the year higher 84% of the time. But when January is down, watch out. When the first month of the year posts positive gains, as it usually does, the S&P goes on to robust average full-year gains of 15.5%. But when stocks decline in January, as they did this year with the S&P down 5.3%, the index goes on to post much weaker average gains of only 3.3% for the entire year. Then February picked up right where January left off, with more stock losses. The S&P 500 dropped another 3.1% last month. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index was hit even harder to start the year, falling more than 12% throughout January and February. RECOMMENDED LINK [♻️ This Stock Market “Refresh Button” Unlocks Instant Cash ♻️]( Did you know the stock market has a “Refresh” button — just like your internet browser? Each month a new set of fresh trades comes online… with opportunities to score instant cash payouts of $760… $1,000… even $1,160. If you don’t click “Refresh”… you risk missing out on chances like these. Now a renowned trading expert designed a new tool SPECIFICALLY for making money from these “Refreshed” trades. [This “Refresh Button” could hand you an extra $2,880 per month (“demo” video inside)]( The relentless selling in Nasdaq stocks dropped the index into the Red Zone, according to our TradeSmith market health indicators. It joins the Russell 2000 Index of small caps in that dubious distinction. Plus, the S&P 500 Index itself has slipped into the Yellow Zone, meaning move with caution. It sits more than halfway to its Health Indicator Stop Loss. More than 50% of individual Nasdaq 100 stocks are also stopped out and in the Red Zone, while just over 25% of Nasdaq stocks are in the Green Zone and still on a buy signal. This means you will want to avoid Nasdaq-listed stocks right now. And if you own any in your portfolio, you may want to check their current health status using our tools and consider selling any that fall into the Red Zone. It’s clear the stock market is not a pretty picture right now. But bullish investors got a lift late last week when stocks staged a strong rebound. Will it last, or are we likely to see more madness in March for the markets? For a possible answer, we can turn to our trusted market timing cycle indicators shown below for the S&P 500. As you can see, our cycle indicator accurately predicted the big drop in January, plus the brief rebound early last month before stocks rolled over again. Now the indicator is forecasting a near-term valley and a possible peak mid-month, which may lead to another relief rally into April. To back up this forecast with more evidence, we can turn to seasonal stock market trends. In other words, we can look at how stocks have responded in the past under similar circumstances to what we’ve seen in January and February. In turns out that it’s rare historically for stocks to decline in both January and February, according to analysts at DataTrek research. A back-to-back drawdown for the S&P in the first two months of the year has happened only nine times in the last 40 years. RECOMMENDED LINK [The “Money Dial” WORKS! (There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it)]( This device has predicted 138 market events since June 2019. On average, those events have produced 57% gains. So, what is the “Money Dial’s” next [BIG prediction]( and why could it make you up to [1,000% gains]( [Go here now and find out]( So what typically happens next in March? Turns out, the answer is bullish. Since 1980, the S&P 500 has been up two-thirds of the time in March following back-to-back declines in January and February. Excluding the pandemic-induced decline in early 2020, stocks posted gains of 3.6% in March on average during those years. So typically stocks do recover some of their January and February losses during the month of March. Whether or not the bottom is in for stocks, relief rallies take place all the time. That’s true even when stocks may have more downside in the months ahead. If you are considering selling some stocks, particularly those that have fallen into the Red Zone, a possible rally this month could give you a good opportunity to do so. If you are more bullish and looking to add new positions after the recent decline, now might be a good time to do that as well. TradeSmith members can easily screen for new buy opportunities in a variety of ways. A good checklist to follow might include: - Healthy stocks that are in the Green Zone (preferably) or the Yellow Zone - Stocks that are still in an uptrend and are now in or approaching a valley turn area to the upside - Stocks that qualify for one or more of our exclusive TradeSmith strategies, including Low Risk Runners and Value stocks. Yesterday, I ran a quick screener using the factors above on S&P 500 stocks and came up with plenty of stocks that fit the bill. Many top stocks ranked by Health were from the Consumer Staples and Utilities sectors. But there were also several stocks that made the cut in the Energy and Financials sectors. You should err on the side of caution right now, but you can see there are always some buying opportunities to be found, even in down-trending markets. And our TradeSmith tools can help identify them. Enjoy your Thursday, [Keith Kaplan]Keith Kaplan CEO, TradeSmith P.S. If you’d like a tool that uncovers healthy Green Zone stocks in an uptrend and can focus on the industry sectors with the highest concentration of these stocks, I have good news. Because I used a tool that does just that, along with my four-part hypertrend formula, to pinpoint and vet the “Power Company of the Future.” For complete details on the hypertrend formula and how it finds the best stocks in any market, [click here now](. P.P.S. You’re invited to join our Product Education Lead, Marina Stroud, for her free Intermediate Bootcamp training session. Our second webinar this week will be a live discussion on the CoPilot Options Screener tool, which helps you find options trades that meet your criteria. You can choose up to 30 filters, including those for the underlying asset and the option itself (such as days to expiration, strike price, open interest, implied and historical volatility measures, dividends or earnings before expiration, POP, and ROI). We will explore the options filters you can incorporate across multiple sources, including your newsletters. This lesson will be focused on the CoPilot by TradeSmith program. Use of the program is available to those who hold a CoPilot by TradeSmith and/or Platinum account. However, anyone interested in CoPilot is welcome to attend. [Click here to register]( for the webinar today, March 3. Our webinars will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern. We will include time at the end for a question-and-answer session. Best of TradeSmith The chart below represents the best-performing open positions over the last two years, as recommended by our software. 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