The Market Map

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend!

A quick note to say “Thank You” to everyone for your feedback on the new format. I will incorporate (to the degree possible) the suggestions you have made.

Okay, let’s jump into this week’s newsletter…

• Structure = Bullish

• Signal = Buy

• Signal Grade = A

• Minimum Target = 7,912

• Stop Loss = a weekly close below 7,458

• Reward-to-Risk = 0.5x

• Structure = Bullish

• Signal = Buy

• Signal Grade = A

• Minimum Target = 27,190

• Stop Loss = a weekly close below 25,145

• Reward-to-Risk = 0.3x

Each week, I analyze over 150 global ETFs across seven broad asset classes using my proprietary systematic process, which I call “The Market Map.”

The Market Map combines my proprietary “Market Structure” methodology with my proprietary “Turn Signal” indicator to provide a “Market Bias” for each asset class.

The Market Bias tells us the possible direction (bullish 🟢, bearish 🔴, or neutral 🟡) of each asset class over the short- to medium-term.

The Market Map is a rules-based, systematic framework that removes emotion from the investment decision-making process.

There were twenty changes this week, but they aren't twenty independent signals.

Thirteen of them — the miners, copper, natural resources, three currency positions, international bonds, and the EM complex — are the same trade expressed in different ways: the dollar is weakening.

If the dollar reverses, most of last week's signals may reverse with it.

Summary of the Week-Over-Week changes:

• Neutral 🟡 —> Bullish 🟢 = 15

  • International (1), Emerging Markets (4), Fixed Income (2), Commodities (5), Currencies (3)

• Bearish 🔴 —> Neutral 🟡 = 3

  • US Equities (2), Commodities (1)

• Bullish 🟢 —> Neutral 🟡 = 2

  • US Equities (1), Commodities (1)

EWW (iShares MSCI Mexico ETF): Neutral 🟡 —> Bullish 🟢

• Structure = Bullish

• Signal = Buy

• Signal Grade = A+

• Minimum Target = 80.47

• Stop Loss = a weekly close below 76.15

• Reward-to-Risk = 2.2x

“Signal Grade” measures the quality of the setup and has one of the following four grades:

• A+ = “Double Triangle” where signal and structure are aligned.

• A = “Single Triangle” where signal and structure are aligned.

• B+ = “Double Triangle” where signal and structure are not aligned.

• B = “Single Triangle” where signal and structure are not aligned.

“Reward-to-Risk” is a measure of the target price vs. the stop loss price based on an entry at Friday’s close.

Note: A high-grade signal can have a poor “Reward-to-Risk” if price is already extended.

Would you like to see the same analysis for the other 19 securities that changed on a week-over-week basis? Plus, the current Market Bias for all 150+ securities?

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I like to highlight the results of our “SGR - Turn Signal” indicator each week.

The SGR - Turn Signal is one of the two key components used in our proprietary Market Map methodology. The other is our analysis of Market Structure.

This week, we’ll highlight ZBRA:

Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA) returned 28.14% last week.

The SGR - Turn Signal initiated a “Buy” signal for ZBRA on May 15, 2026.

With the SGR - Turn Signal, you could have been in ZBRA almost three months before last week’s breakout.

If not, consider joining our FREE LIVE webinar this Thursday, August 13th, at 7:00 pm (ET), where you can learn more about the SGR - Turn Signal, how to get access to it, and how it works within the context of our Market Map methodology.

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