Power Hour

A rapid-fire final-hour breakdown of a breadth thrust colliding with a narrowing leadership base. The hosts walk through what to hold, what to cut, and what to watch at tomorrow’s open, closing with a call to size down until breadth confirms.

The post Power Hour #79: Thrust vs. Caution: The Final Hour Playbook – Wednesday 8/5/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Sentiment still reads Very Bullish, but the Bull 4% signal count fell from 544 to 414 overnight, signaling a rotational grind from Utilities into Industrials and Materials. The team breaks down which volume-confirmed names to hold into the close, which breakdowns to avoid catching, and the exact trigger levels to watch at tomorrow’s open.

The post Power Hour #78: Half the Breakouts Vanished: A Stock-Picker’s Close – Tuesday 8/4/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

A sudden breadth thrust flips sentiment sharply bullish, with 272 stocks favoring bulls against just 26 bears. The hosts break down what to hold, cut, and watch into the close, anchored by AXON’s clean continuation and setting up tomorrow’s SUPN earnings catalyst.

The post Power Hour #77: Breadth Thrust: AXON Anchors a Bull Stampede – Monday 8/3/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Breadth collapsed 26 points intraday even as mega-cap tech masked the damage on the index. The desk breaks down what to hold, what to cut, and why chasing reversal names right now is a trap — plus the key levels to watch overnight.

The post Power Hour #76: Breadth Cracks, GOOGL Carries: Control Mode Into the Close – Friday 7/31/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

Breadth flipped from 127 bulls to 319 in a single session, but with only 20% of stocks above their 20-day average, the analyst calls it an unconfirmed reversal, not a trend. The episode breaks down which names to hold (REGN, CTAS, UFPT, FIVE), which faded moves to cut (NDLS, MSS, LODE), why energy longs are...

The post Power Hour #75: Full Inversion, Half Confirmed: Trading the Bounce – Monday 7/27/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

A 29-point breadth drop looks like a top until you check the 40 SMA, which is still rising — the analysts break down why this is a rotational washout out of Tech and into Energy, not a trend reversal. They lay out exactly what to hold, add, and cut before the bell, plus flag traps...

The post Power Hour #74: Rotation, Not Reversal: Energy Takes the Baton – Friday 7/24/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

With SPY, QQQ, and IWM data dark, the desk leans entirely on breadth and sentiment to call the close — finding a short-term bounce masking a deteriorating intermediate trend. The team triages positions in real time: holding LH and SLG, trimming Financials and earnings laggards like GL and FCFS, and flagging the 40 SMA breadth...

The post Power Hour #73: Blind Without the Indexes: Reading Breadth Into the Close – Thursday 7/23/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

The market regime has sharply flipped to defensive as the Bull-Bear ratio collapses. Host and Analyst outline the immediate exit from tech beta, identify defensive leaders to hold, and set strict confirmation levels for any new entries before tomorrow’s open.

The post Power Hour #72: Power Hour: The Regime Flip to Defense – Thursday 7/2/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

The market isn’t breaking but rotating as breadth drops sharply. We identify Health Care as the new leader, cut fading momentum in crypto and energy, and set a precise entry for NKE.

The post Power Hour #71: Power Hour: Market Rotation and Sniper Entries – Wednesday 7/1/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.

The market appears green, but internal breadth signals a dangerous trap as money rotates into defensives. The hosts identify specific stocks to cut immediately and outline a strict volume-based strategy for holding leaders during month-end rebalancing flows.

The post Power Hour #70: Breadth vs. Sentiment: Navigating the Month-End Chop – Tuesday 6/30/2026 first appeared on WaveRider Reads: Trading Books Unpacked.