Gregory Markel

Here's the post-market recap and look-ahead perspective from MomentumTracker Pro's proprietary AI framework, covering stocks, finance, geopolitics and news and more. I hope it's helpful. -Gregory RECAP — LOOK-AHEAD TO MONDAY Friday's session closed mixed with a sharp internal split: the Nasdaq 100 rebounded +1.40% as traders bought the dip in chipmakers (NVDA, AMD) and AI names following Thursday's 'violent' selloff — the worst Nasdaq session in 18 months — while the Dow slipped -0.40% on rotation out of defensives and industrials, creating a notable 1.80pp DIA/QQQ divergence that signals a tech-led bounce rather than broad-based accumulation. Monday's open will hinge on whether the AI/semiconductor rebound has legs or fades, with OpenAI's reaffirmed data-center capex commitment and lingering concerns over data-center debt financing (flagged by MarketWatch) setting the tone alongside a dollar pushing higher (+0.73%) and VIX still elevated at 25.6 despite today's -9% cooling. Technology and semiconductors led Friday's bounce (QQQ +1.40%, chip stocks rebounding) while energy lagged on softer oil and Dow-heavy industrials/healthcare dragged; small-caps (IWM +0.99%) joined the risk-on move, but the DIA-QQQ spread warns that leadership is narrow and concentrated in AI beta rather than cyclical breadth. Treat the Nasdaq bounce with skepticism until breadth confirms — a 1.80pp divergence between DIA and QQQ after an 18-month-worst selloff often marks a reflex rally, not a trend reversal. Watch Monday's open for whether semis (NVDA, AMD) can hold Friday's gains on the first hour's volume; a VIX back under 22 would validate the bounce, while a re-expansion above 27 with QQQ fading would signal the selloff isn't finished. Keep position sizes tight and respect the elevated-volatility regime. Semiconductor follow-through: NVDA and AMD price action Monday open after Friday's rebound from the 'violent' selloff · Veterans Day Wednesday Nov 11 — equity markets open, bond markets closed, which can distort cross-asset signals and thin liquidity · Fed-speak and any CPI/PPI data releases next week that could reignite rate-path volatility with VIX still at 25.6. MPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: For educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. App output, not recommendations. AI can make mistakes. Always DYOR.

MOMENTUMTRACKER PRO POST-MARKET BRIEF: Monday was a split tape, and the split is the story. $DIA +0.43% vs $QQQ −1.36%: a 1.79pp gap in one session. The Dow finished +0.41%, the S&P −0.51%, the Nasdaq Composite −1.07%, and the Nasdaq-100 is now in its third correction of 2026. The VIX jumped 8.9% to 21.15. The money went to the old economy. Sherwin-Williams rose almost 6%, Home Depot 3.6%, and Honeywell, 3M and Boeing each gained 2% or more. AI did the opposite. Marvell fell almost 13% on its $115B Lumentum deal, and Oracle dropped 8% after announcing a $20B stock and debt raise. After the bell, earnings didn't help. Apple beat but guided December-quarter gross margin to 45–46%, and the stock slid about 3% after hours in Ternus' first report as CEO. Palantir put up 96% revenue growth and still fell about 4% after hours. Oil was the other big move. Brent fell 7.6% on hopes for U.S.–Iran talks, then ticked up overnight after reported U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island. What I'm watching Tuesday: Whether QQQ reclaims Monday's range. A reclaim with the VIX back under 20 would make this look like a flush. If QQQ can't, the correction story gets louder. Whether DIA keeps leading QQQ. That spread is my read on whether the rotation is still on. Apple and Palantir follow-through at the open, then $AMD and SMCI after the close. Midterm results after the bell, plus crude's reaction to the Qeshm reports. Not financial advice. -Gregory