Power Hour

With breadth compressing and thrust counts collapsing on both sides, the hosts break down a choppy, stock-picker’s tape. They lay out exactly what to hold, cut, and watch into the close, then set the one breadth level that decides whether tomorrow’s bounce is real.

The post Power Hour #117: Breadth Breakdown: Cut the Cyclicals, Hold the Leaders – Wednesday 9/30/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

With sixty minutes to the close, panic selling has eased but market breadth has collapsed to just 11% of stocks above their 20-day average. The hosts break down why the bear count drop is exhaustion, not confirmation, and lay out a defensive playbook: hold AMAT, cut Energy and Materials, and watch one number — breadth...

The post Power Hour #116: Don’t Trust the Bounce: Breadth Craters as Panic Fades – Tuesday 9/29/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

A single-session breadth collapse flips the regime to Defensive and Oversold, with sentiment and trend both turning bearish. The playbook: hold institutional leaders BURL and ASML, cut rate-sensitive names like MU, META, and MDB, and watch OKTA’s $195.19 reclaim as tomorrow’s cleanest re-entry setup.

The post Power Hour #115: Breadth Break: Defensive Rotation Into the Close – Monday 9/28/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

With breadth thinning into the close, the hosts break down why the intermediate trend remains bullish despite a rough-looking tape. They map out which leaders to hold (CRDO, ISRG), which entries to size carefully (MXL), which names to cut before the bell (CHTR, LYB), and what a surge in bond ETFs signals for tomorrow’s rate-sensitive...

The post Power Hour #114: Breadth Cracks, Trend Holds: The Final Hour Playbook – Friday 9/25/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Breadth collapsed from 82% to 35% above the 20 SMA in a single session, flipping the market to a defensive, oversold regime. The analyst walks through a final-hour triage plan — holding confirmed leaders like Agilent, cutting sentiment-broken names like DELL and BWXT, and flagging ASTS and CRWV as the setups to watch into tomorrow.

The post Power Hour #113: The 47-Point Flush: Triage Before the Bell – Thursday 9/24/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Market breadth collapsed from 117 to 60 in a single session as sentiment flipped from bullish to Very Bearish intraday, hitting rate-sensitive names like DB, BKNG, Z, and TEAM hard. The hosts break down which names to exit before the close, which ones — FSLY, PANW, PLTR — are showing confirmed strength, and what to...

The post Power Hour #112: Breadth Breaks: Cut the Rate-Sensitive Names Before the Bell – Wednesday 9/23/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Breadth surges to 95 percent above the 20 SMA in a single session, confirming a trend day with room left to run since the 40 SMA is still lagging. The desk lays out the closing playbook — hold DNA and ABSI, cut XNDU and Utilities, watch VLO on confirmation — then sets up tomorrow’s carryover...

The post Power Hour #111: Breadth Thrust: Hold the Leaders, Cut the Laggards – Tuesday 9/22/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

With the major indices dark for the session, the hosts turn to breadth data to read the market’s true regime, uncovering a sharp breadth thrust led by Tech and Software while Energy and Utilities collapse on an Iran-driven crude slide. The episode closes with a volume-based playbook for late entries and sets up tomorrow’s key...

The post Power Hour #110: Breadth Thrust: Trim the Losers, Ride the Leaders – Monday 9/21/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

With SPY, QQQ, and IWM data unavailable, this episode breaks down a sudden breadth collapse and what it means for the closing hour. The hosts walk through which positions to hold, which to cut, and how to position defensively into tomorrow using CCJ, SPXC, and Health Care as key confirmation signals.

The post Power Hour #109: Breadth Breaks: Trading Blind in the Final Hour – Friday 9/18/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Bull-to-bear breadth swung sharply to 294/56, but the 40SMA gauge stays Neutral, signaling a thrust rather than a confirmed trend. The hosts break down which Health Care and Tech leaders to hold into the close, which Utilities and Industrials names to cut, and the exact levels — 294 and 28.38% — that will decide tomorrow’s...

The post Power Hour #108: Breadth Explosion or Bull Trap? Reading the Closing Bell – Thursday 9/17/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Breadth collapsed to 15% even as bullish signals flipped positive, setting up a reversal-day dynamic into the close. The hosts break down which names to cut, which to protect, and what levels to watch overnight into tomorrow’s session.

The post Power Hour #107: Breadth Breaks, Bulls Cheer: Power Hour Triage – Wednesday 9/16/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.