Wall Street wrapped up a highly volatile but net-positive week. The market navigated massive tech earnings, fluctuating energy commodities, and a major labor market surprise to push key benchmarks back toward record levels. The defining economic event occurred on Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July, drastically missing expectations of an 83,000 gain. Revisions also shaved another 103,000 jobs off prior months. While this signaled a clear cooling in the labor market under the weight of regional energy strains, equity investors cheered the data. The weak payroll expansion sharply lowered the probability of an upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate hike, causing the 10-year Treasury note yield to slide to 4.63

Three charts caught my attention heading into this week. The semiconductor trade is approaching another key test, while $AAPL is beginning to show signs of a longer rebuilding phase after its recent reversal. Here's what I'm watching on $SMH, $AMD, and $AAPL. 1. $VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$ Price action reversed on Friday from the 20 day moving average for the third time recently. If the move repeats its previous sequence, the lower Bollinger Band is the destination once again, resting today at $504. Different this time? 2. $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ AMD earnings this week. The rally faded last Friday when the price faced rejection at the 20 daily moving average. Decline to the lower band and bounce a

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It was a volatile and difficult week on Wall Street, as major U.S. indexes finished lower across the board. The market logged its first back-to-back weekly losses since March, primarily dragged down by anxiety over massive corporate spending on artificial intelligence (AI), surging energy costs, and new trade policies. Key Market Drivers This Week Big Tech AI Spending Jitters: Q2 earnings sparked investor concern as $Alphabet(GOOG)$ dropped -7.8% for the week following raised capital expenditure guidance for AI data centers, while $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ plummeted -17.8% amid negative free cash flow driven by massive investments in AI and robotics. Geopolitical Escalation & Energy Volatility: Oil (CL=F <

Tech sector shares faced heavy downward pressure during the session, heavily influenced by $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , which drove capital expenditures above analyst expectations and posted negative cash flow for the first time, alongside $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ , which tumbled following its earnings report due to margin contraction and softer-than-expected delivery metrics. Furthermore, premarket gains in $ServiceNow(NOW)$ completely evaporated during the regular session, weighing heavily on the broader software industry's performance. However, the definitive catalyst driving the market lower extended beyond tech alone. By 8:29 AM, futures were already sliding steadily, but

I remain bullish when technical conditions support it and bearish when a reversal is likely. For instance, there are metal-focused outlets that have maintained a bullish stance since March in Gold and Silver despite of the clear overextension that needed a major correction, crypto publications insisting in a bounce when technicals did not support that, and others that remain dogmatically bullish on semiconductors regardless of the charts. Will they reach all-time highs again? Certainly. However, identifying exactly when and how much pain is required to get there is where neutral, professional technical analysis provides the most value. I was bullish at the market bottom in late March providing clear references, targeting 7,638 for the $S&P 500(.SP