Choppy Inside Week.
Richard Moglen
Stock Trader & Student of the Markets. I help traders improve their systems & performance at TraderLion & Deepvue
October 17, 2025
Market Action
QQQ – Overall a choppy inside week contained in the sell off bar’s range. Short term direction to be decided. Good inside day with a high closing range above the 21ema to end the week,
Bulls want to see us hold above the 21ema and continue trending
Bears want to see us reconfirm down, likely with additional negative news catalysts.
Daily Chart of the QQQ.
IWM – Reversal down below the pivot. Failed breakout for now
IBIT – Reconfirmation down from the inside day
Trends (3/4 Up) – Based on the QQQ
Shortest – 10 Day EMA – Below
Short-term – 21 ema – Above
Intermediate term – 50 sma – Above Rising
Longterm – 200 sma – Up – Above Rising
Groups/Sectors
Deepvue Theme Tracker
Deepvue Leaders
S&P 500.
Leadership Stocks & Analysis
TSLA – Strong push off the 21ema to the top of the range. Actionable with at stop a todays/prior day’s lows as it moved up. Watching for follow through next week.
AAPL Expansion higher following through. retaking the 21ema.
PLTR choppy but tightening a bit right at the 21ema. Expecting expansion next week
NVDA Push off the 50 sma after the gap down. Just under the base pivot.
META inside bar and still in this range
HOOD Gap down but upside reversal. Below the 21ema
RDDT Move lower but closing off lows. Still in this range. below the 10 and 21ema
ALAB upside reversal and still in this range below the MAs
MSFT Still a choppy range here below the pivot. So far has failed to move up the right side. Upside reversal today
Key Moves
AXP strong move on earnings close to highs.
LBRT huge earnings move. Bottoming base
Setups and Watchlist
PI watching for a base breakout
SONO watching for a range breakout. Fast mover
BABA oops reversal, watching for a range breakout. China theme
GNRC watching for a range breakout
DQ watching for a range breakout, could tighten more. base near a weekly level.
RMBS watching for a range breakout
MDGL watching for a range breakout. Biotech
MDB watching for a range breakout
NMRK watching for a range breakout. Real estate theme
NTSK watching for follow through up
CRWV has been choppy. Watching for follow through up
REZI watching for a 21ema reclaim and range breakout
TEM watching for a base pivot reclaim. this name you want to more buy on pullbacks and weakness.
Today’s Watchlist in List form
Focus List Names
PI SONO BABA GNRC DQ RMBS MDGL MDB NMRK NTSK CRWV REZI TEM TSLA NVDA PLTR
Focus:
TSLA NVDA NMRK PLTR
Themes
AI, AI Energy, rare metals, biotech. Gold names took a hit today especially with GLD reversal
Additional Thoughts
Inside week and and inside day to end it. Expecting short term direction to be revealed next week. Earnings season is upon us which can ignite new themes and momentum, or if we see a lot of gaps downs, reveal the risk appetite. If the market resumes higher there are more names than I expected to focus on early next week.
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