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Trading System Signals on 02-23-2026

While we anticipate a move in the market that will break out of the current range and try to determine if the bulls or bears will gain control, it seems the put option sellers and dip buyers continue to keep the market range bound and continue to protect the early morning lows after a gap down sell off in the morning.


The markets typically do not like uncertainty and the Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs seemed to re-introduce uncertainty in the market. The stock indexes took out last Friday's early lows in a very shallow controlled sell off for some of the same uncertainty we had last February when the Nasdaq 100 index was about 4000 points lower.


It was almost exactly a year ago when the tariff tantrum started. The low made on April 7, 2025 was 16,542. The Nasdaq 100 is up about 50% off of those lows almost 11 months ago.


What started out as a nice trend lower turned into an afternoon chop and then counter trend. The afternoon rally did bring back the V-Reversal trading system to positive on the final trade but down on the day. The first V-Reversal trade was a loss while the second trade recovered some of the initial loss.


Gold and Silver rallied while Bitcoin sold off.


Hypothetical Trading System Signals on 02-23-2026

Diversified Portfolio 57 (NQ Only) = -$4,960

Seven System Portfolio NQ = -$1,060

Stock Index Portfolio 37 = -$6,810

Stock Index Portfolio 18 = -$3,005

Two System Portfolio NQ = -$305

Silver Portfolio = +$350

50K Portfolio (Micros) = +$459 (without Gold and Silver)

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