Trading System Signals on 01-28-2026 FOMC Day

On Monday and Tuesday, we closed small profits on net longs in the Nasdaq, only to see the market rally in the overnight session. The "go down to sideways" intra-day and up overnight pattern continues in spite of FOMC Day and big cap tech earnings. The stealth six-day bullish pattern almost hit all-time highs in the Nasdaq 100.

The move at the end of the day in the Nasdaq reminded me of the move we saw in Silver on Monday where it dove for the lows of the session before rebounding. This move stopped out our NQ OT strategy and was the biggest difference on the day for the NQ strategies in the Diversified 57.

The narrow range, sloppy price action, quick moves followed by dead moves and afternoon containment as well as stop running price action has been more challenging than normal this month in the stock indexes. The markets are shifting modes many times intra-day, without any real price change since October.

Gold surged +6.39% and +$327.2 on the day. Not too long ago, a $100 move in one day was extremely rare.

V-Reversal had a nice short on the day. The market "died out" after we exited until the after hours.

There are only two trading days left in February. The stock indexes have spent nearly the entire month chopping around intra-day. I anticipate the price action is "bottled up" and ready for a move. There are only two days left to make major allocations this month. If not, markets can change their tone at the start of a new month, which starts on Sunday. We remember what happened in February 2025.

The hypothetical trading system signals for 01-28-2026:

Diversified Portfolio 57 (NQ Only) = -$3,730

Stock Index Portfolio 37 = -$3,730

Stock Index Portfolio 18 = +$805

Two System Portfolio NQ = +$1,600

Silver Portfolio = -$4,075

50K Portfolio = -$365 (without Gold and Silver)