US Weekly Market Insights & Ideas
Market Close: 21 November 2025
U.S. stock markets experienced significant volatility over the past week. An initial surge following Nvidia's earnings announcement on Thursday gave way to sharp declines as investors reassessed AI investment returns and adjusted expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% and Nasdaq dropped 2.16% amid these concerns, though markets recovered somewhat on Friday after Fed officials hinted at possible rate reductions, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.98% on Friday but down 2% on the week.
TEVO Swing Trade Ideas (1-4 Weeks)
Key: Advancing | Declining
- NASDAQ INC (NDAQ:XNYS) | MT-Qscore -5.0 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Friday. | Target1: 91.58 (4.47%) | Hit Rate: 71%
- BROADRIDGE FINL (BR:XNYS) | MT-Qscore -7.3 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Friday. | Target1: 237.45 (3.97%) | Hit Rate: 80%
- CNA FINL CORP (CNA:XNYS) | MT-Qscore -4.6 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Friday. | Target1: 47.95 (3.16%) | Hit Rate: 68%
- LYONDELLBASELL-A (LYB:XNYS) | MT-Qscore -8.7 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Friday. | Target1: 48.89 (9.12%) | Hit Rate: 73%
- SHERWIN-WILLIAMS (SHW:XNGS) | MT-Qscore -5 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Friday| Target1: 353.84 (4.98%) | Hit Rate: 79%
- COHERENT CORP (COHR:XNYS) | MT-Qscore 8.3 | Confirmed Medium-Term Reversal negative signal on Friday | Target1: 116.37 (-16.59%) | Hit Rate: 68%
TEVO Long Trades are selected only when the expected value is positive, Target 1 offers at least +3% upside, and similar historical setups have a >60% chance of hitting that target with controlled downside risk. The Q-Score must be deeply negative (below –4) but improving, signaling a high-probability reversal.
Tactical Sector Analysis
- Overweight: Defensives, Food/Staples
- Neutrals: Energy, Health Care, Materials, Retailing, Banks, Commercial Svcs
- Underweight: Cyclicals - Transportation, Capital Goods, Autos
- Avoid: Regime fragile - Utilities, Pharma, Semis/Tech
The U.S. equity market is exhibiting a sharply bifurcated profile:
- Broad momentum is deteriorating rapidly: >50% of stocks in >90% of sectors are now on deceleration signals, signaling fading trend strength and heightened risk of regime breaks in former leadership groups.
- Defensive Staples stand out as the lone pocket of acceleration: >60% of constituents showing positive momentum inflection → clear Overweight conviction as the primary ballast in a risk-off tape.
Sector Positioning Recommendations
- Staples: Overweight – only sector with convincing acceleration inside a constructive breadth regime.
- Energy & Financials (Banks): Neutral with tactical upside bias. Both have produced larger rebound weeks than drawdown weeks recently (positive △/▼ ratio) and are holding key support zones (Energy ≈ -6.8% from local high). Suitable for mean-reversion/long-gamma scalps, but not for new strategic overweights.
- Utilities & Health Care (especially Biotech): Downgrade to Avoid. Despite still being in medium-term uptrend regimes (>75% of stocks above key MAs), both are experiencing sharp momentum erosion and early downside reversals. Biotech in particular is highly vulnerable to continuation lower.
- High-Beta Technology complex (Semiconductors, Hardware, Software): Defensive posture warranted (reduce/hedge). Extreme downside breadth (>90% deceleration) is now clashing with still-positive (but fragile) trend regimes → classic setup for vicious mean-reversion/pullback. XLK’s -5.19% weekly drop is the first confirmation; risk of further 8–12% downside near-term is elevated.
Bottom line for allocations
We are rotating into Staples as the primary offensive/defensive sleeve, staying nimble around Energy and Banks for tactical mean-reversion, and materially de-risking Utilities, Biotech, and the entire high-beta tech stack ahead of probable regime failures. Overall market momentum is rolling over — favor capital preservation and selective quality over chasing former leaders.
Market Movements
Major North American indices advanced on Friday, with the Russell 2000 leading at +2.8% and the Dow Jones up 1.1%, while the S&P 500 and Russell 1000 gained 1.0% and 1.0% respectively. Week-to-date, indices posted losses, including -1.9% for the Dow Jones and Russell 1000, and -2.0% for the S&P 500. The Cboe Volatility Index declined 11.3% daily but rose 18.2% over the week.
Top Gainers (1-Day)
| Agilon Health In (AGL:XNYS) | +19.0% |
| Azenta Inc (AZTA:XNGS) | +16.3% |
| Quidelortho Corp (QDEL:XNGS) | +14.3% |
Top Losers (1-Day)
| New Fortress Ene (NFE:XNGS) | -17.1% |
| Elastic NV (ESTC:XNYS) | -14.7% |
| Veeva Systems-A (VEEV:XNYS) | -9.8% |
Top Gainers (WTD)
| Azenta Inc (AZTA:XNGS) | +17.3% |
| 10x Genomics I-A (TXG:XNGS) | +15.4% |
| New Fortress Ene (NFE:XNGS) | +15.2% |
Top Losers (WTD)
| Elastic NV (ESTC:XNYS) | -22.9% |
| AECOM (ACM:XNYS) | -22.5% |
| Adv Micro Device (AMD:XNGS) | -17.4% |
Mag 7
- Alphabet Inc-C (GOOG:XNGS) rose 3.3% over the last trading day, leading Mag 7 gains and extending WTD momentum of +8.2%.
- Rallied after unveiling Gemini 3 AI model, gaining roughly 7% week-to-date as analysts called it "state-of-the-art"
- Custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) seen as strong Nvidia GPU competitors boosted gains
- Apple Inc (AAPL:XNGS) rose 2.0% | medium-term Qscore steady despite slight WTD decline of -0.3%.
- Caught in market rotation away from high-growth tech stocks.
- Amazon.com Inc (AMZN:XNGS) rose 1.6% | short-term Qscore advancing amid WTD pressure of -6.0%.
- Down ~7% week-to-date as part of broader Mag 7 weakness
- Meta Platforms-A (META:XNGS) rose 0.9% | momentum holding firm despite -2.5% WTD.
- Faced weakness alongside other Mag 7 stocks amid AI spending concerns.
- Microsoft Corp (MSFT:XNGS) fell 1.3% | extending WTD losses of -7.5% with declining Qscore.
- Declined ~7% week-to-date amid concerns about AI investment returns
- Market grew skeptical about whether the AI capex boom will generate sufficient returns.
- Tesla Inc (TSLA:XNGS) fell 1.1% | medium-term momentum fading alongside -3.3% WTD.
- NVIDIA Corp (NVDA:XNGS) fell 1.0% | registered Medium-Term Reversal negative signal At today's Market Close, contributing to -5.9% WTD decline.
- Beat Q3 earnings expectations but reversed, rising 5% intraday before closing down 3.15%
- Concerns over AI monetization and whether capex spending will pay off weighed on sentiment
Overall Mag 7 momentum is fading, with only Alphabet showing strength amid broader tech rotation.
Quantmatix Success Stories
- Exact Sciences (EXAS:XNCM) | 44.8% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Tuesday, 18 November.
- Jazz Pharmaceuti (JAZZ:XNGS) | 24.9% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Thursday, 13 November.
- Veeva Systems-A (VEEV:XNYS) | 16.8% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Friday, 14 November.
- Quidelortho Corp (QDEL:XNGS) | 16.0% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Wednesday, 19 November.
- Coinbase Globa-A (COIN:XNGS) | 15.4% profit following a Medium-Term Reversal on Friday, 14 November.
- Quantumscape Cor (QS:XNYS) | 14.6% profit following a Medium-Term Reversal on Friday, 14 November.
- Jacobs Solutions (J:XNYS) | 14.6% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Tuesday, 18 November.
- Lucid Group Inc (LCID:XNGS) | 13.4% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Friday, 14 November.
- Datadog Inc-A (DDOG:XNGS) | 12.6% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Monday, 17 November.
- Plug Power Inc (PLUG:XNCM) | 11.8% profit following a Short-Term Reversal on Friday, 14 November.
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