Today's price action was one of the noisiest and ugliest days we have seen in awhile. Very spiky price action with a last hour Truth Social post about the Middle East that generated even more spikey price action in a reversal of a market that could have handled a normal and steady cyclical pullback. There is a force "striving for perfection" in the stock indexes.
The 18 System Portfolio has been a top portfolio this year, released last May, and consistently recovering from drawdowns this year. It is in a good drawdown entry alert after today's session. The cycles historically have shown some of the biggest days after some of the worse days.
Higher Crude Oil prices and higher interest rates continue to persist. NVDA earnings are after the bell on Wednesday.
Hypothetical Trading System Signals on 05-18-2026
25 System Portfolio NQ = -$14,780
7 System Portfolio NQ = -$5,680
3 System Portfolio NQ = -$3,815
2 System Portfolio NQ = -$2,790
Stock Index Portfolio 18 = -$20,045
Diversified Portfolio 57 (NQ Only) = -$20,005
Silver Portfolio = -$4,300
50K Portfolio (Micros) = -$435.50 (without Gold and Silver)