Fed cuts rates: Small caps steal the show and momentum surges
5:46 pm September 19, 2025//
Welcome back everyone to Stock Market Weekly Episode #800 for Friday, September 19, 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
- 0:47 Fed meeting and rate cut analysis
- 2:08 Nvidia stake in Intel announcement
- 3:39 Index returns, sector analysis, and market breadth
- 6:04 Sector performance breakdown
- 7:14 Smart trend filter indicator analysis
- 7:14 Market breadth discussion
- 8:52 Bitcoin and crypto analysis
- 9:06 Economic events for the upcoming week
- 9:36 Trading system performance review – Galahad
- 10:23 Lamar tactical model update
- 11:13 Quant Rockets momentum model highlights
- 13:05 Actionable trading ideas – Coinbase
- 14:18 Major indices price action analysis (SPY, QQQ, IWM)
- 16:07 Gold and precious metals performance
- 17:15 International markets and Bitcoin ETF
- 18:54 Individual stock analysis – MSTR and Tesla
- 19:15 Closing thoughts and wrap-up
We hope that you enjoyed this week’s episode, and look forward to having you back next week!
