Credit stress, SOFR spike, and a stock market with tail risks
5:43 pm October 17, 2025//
Welcome back everyone to Stock Market Weekly Episode #804 for Friday, October 17, 2025 where we will be breaking down the most important trends, price action, and noteworthy moves across financial markets.
As always, we will share extensive analytics on the S&P500 (SPX), Nasdaq 100 (NDX), Russell 2000 (RUT), and current volatility environments.
Markets covered
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Stocks covered
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In this week’s episode
- 0:00 Introduction – key events from this week’s trading
- 0:48 Regional Banks and credit concerns
- 3:01 US banks tapping repo facility
- 5:39 Index returns, sector analysis, and market breadth
- 6:05 Major indices price action analysis (SPY, QQQ, IWM)
- 10:18 Technical levels and support zones
- 11:47 Dollar index and Treasury yields
- 12:16 Sector performance breakdown
- 13:01 52-week highs and lows analysis
- 14:48 Gold market dynamics
- 15:52 Oil market analysis
- 15:24 Bitcoin volatility and trading thesis
- 18:33 Earnings season preview
- 19:18 Long-term portfolio model
- 19:24 Short-term tactical trading system
- 20:04 Momentum model and stock picks
- 21:24 Key takeaways and risk management
We hope that you enjoyed this week’s episode, and look forward to having you back next week!
