Gap up and Hold. Trend Change?
Richard Moglen
Stock Trader & Student of the Markets. I help traders improve their systems & performance at TraderLion & Deepvue
January 5, 2026
13 min read
Market Action
Positive Expectation Breaker. Smaller caps continue to act well.
Top Themes so far year to date:
Bitcoin Miners, Oil and Gas, Energy, Bitcoin, China Internet, Aerospace,
Bulls want to see us follow through higher
Bears want to see a break below today’s lows and the moving averages
QQQ
Positive expectation breaker. Watching for follow through up
IWM
Stronger. Strong gap and go above the 21
IBIT
Strong follow through higher testing the bottoming base pivot
Trends 4/4 Up – based on the QQQ
Shortest – 10 Day EMA – Above
Short-term – 21 ema – Above
Intermediate term – 50 sma – Above
Longterm – 200 sma – Up – Above Rising
Current View: Choppy/Corrective
Groups/Sectors
Deepvue Theme Tracker
BTC Miners, Silver Miners, Aerospace, China internet strongest themes
Deepvue Leaders Heatmap
S&P Heatmap
Leadership Stocks & Analysis
TSLA
Positive expectation breaker. Now watching for follow through higher
GOOG
Tight inside day
AAPL
Weak action. Following through down. Needs to hold this area
META
No follow through lower, moving averages still coiled
AMZN
Testing the handle pivot. Pos ex breaker
INTC
Big reversal down but was short term extended
PLTR
Pos ex breaker. below the MAs. Needs to act better or will be replaced
NVDA
Downside reversal. Range forming above the MAs
MU
Downside reversal. Trending
BE
Follow through higher. Running into the 50sma
LLY
Downside reversal breakign the range. Biotech theme has not been as strong
FSLR
Still in the base below the overall pivot. Choppy trader.
MSFT
Tight consolidation day. Needs to reclaim the 200sma quickly
Key Moves
FIG
Strong Gap and Go Move
APLD
Push from the bottoming base
HUT
Bitcoin pushing off the bottoming base while this is breaking into new highs
Setups and Watchlist
RIVN
Watching for a range breakout
YPF
Watching for a range breakout
NAVN
Watching for a range breakout and follow through
RKLB
Watching for a range breakout.
VOYG
Watching for a bottoming range breakout
AEVA
Lidar Company. NVDA Partnership. Watching for a gap and go.
Watchlist & Themes
Larger Watchlist
RIVN
YPF
NAVN
RKLB
VOYG
AEVA
TSLA
Daily Focus List
RIVN
TSLA
AEVA
Universe List
AAPL
ALAB
AMD
AMZN
APLD
ARM
BABA
BE
BKKT
CCJ
CLSK
CRDO
CRS
DELL
FIX
FLS
FSLR
GGAL
GOOG
GOOGL
GRAL
HOOD
HUT
INSM
INTC
LEU
LMND
MELI
META
MSFT
MU
NBIS
NET
NIO
NVDA
OPEN
PATH
PLTR
QCOM
RGTI
RKLB
RMBS
SHOP
SNDK
SNOW
SOUN
STNG
STRL
STUB
TAC
TEM
TER
TWLO
VRT
MDGL
RIVN
SEDG
TDC
VCYT
U
QLYS
NXT
DDOG
METC
TXG
ASTS
CRWD
FLY
CSIQ
RDDT
ANF
BTU
FROG
LRCX
LUMN
REAL
UPWK
VICR
SANM
INOD
GSAT
JAZZ
APPN
COLL
ESTA
SMTC
DOCN
TSLA
DY
GEV
WGS
AMTM
EGO
KSS
FLNC
CIFR
AEIS
BKV
LSCC
EOSE
PL
TVTX
PARR
SEI
LLY
HCC
CLS
TTAN
HOUS
RGEN
MDB
GEMI
YOU
HNGE
TARS
COCO
GH
NTRA
LLY
Recent Gaps
AKAM
AMD
AMGN
AMZN
ANF
APPN
BBAI
BE
CAH
COHR
CRS
DDOG
DOCN
DY
EXPE
FLS
FROG
GCT
GGAL
GH
GTX
HAE
HCC
ILMN
INTC
ISRG
LC
LMND
MEDP
NET
OPEN
PAM
PBF
PEGA
PGNY
PLNT
QCOM
QLYS
RDDT
RIVN
ROK
SANM
SITM
SLDP
TDC
TWLO
TXG
U
VCYT
VIAV
VICR
VIST
XMTR
YPF
AEO
FROG
CRDO
MDB
CRDO
AEO
PATH
PL
PLAB
MSOS
TLRY
PL
MU
RCL
CUK
Additional Thoughts
Semis with some downside reversals. Other names taking off today. Very mixed market with smaller caps leading. Focus on the leading developing themes.