Market Turning Points - 2026

QQQ continues to outpace SPY in 2025, fueled by narrow tech leadership and the AI boom. While the S&P 500 offers diversification, QQQ’s concentrated exposure to mega-cap tech is showing structural strength. This article explores why that matters, what traders should be watching in the cycles, and how to position accordingly. Understand the broader opportunity that narrow leadership can still unlock.

Many traders get caught chasing strength in sideways markets, only to find themselves trapped in whipsaws and false breakouts. This article explains why disciplined patience—guided by price channels, cycle analysis, and crossover averages—is key during range-bound conditions. It explores how confirmation is more powerful than momentum alone, and how ignoring this can lead to costly errors. Learn how to spot structure before the headlines shift.

Leveraged ETFs demand more than just market exposure—they require timing, structure, and discipline. In this article, we show how traders using Steve’s cycle-based strategy navigated 2025’s volatility with TQQQ and SPXL, turning drawdowns into opportunity. With confirmation and patience, real results followed.

SPY and QQQ are setting up for an intermediate cycle low into early June. With long-term uptrends intact and inflation cooling, the structure may soon confirm a new rally phase. Until then, we stay patient, letting price action guide re-entry. This disciplined approach—rooted in cycles, price channels, and crossover signals—keeps us aligned with what truly matters: structure over noise.

A mid-cycle peak isn’t the end of a trend—it’s the setup before the next leg. With long-term cycles still rising and structure intact, this pullback offers tactical opportunity, not panic.

Powell’s latest warning links tariffs and inflation in a way traders can’t ignore. As cycle projections near a May peak, macro pressures are reinforcing structural fatigue. Don’t chase headlines—track the real shift.