In this video, I break down the charts of all three major ETFs and explain what this choppy price action really means and whether we should expect a breakout to the upside going forward.

The current market environment is characterized by a "bullish bias" on the hourly charts, with institutional focus shifting to bear traps and range rotations for the Thursday session.

The January 2026 jobs report is under fire as "nonsense" following a 1-million-job downward revision for 2025. Critics argue that the reported +130k gain is a mirage, masking a late-2025 loss of 45,000 jobs.

In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the financial markets' response to a surprising jobs report, which showed 130,000 new jobs compared to the expected 50,000 to 70,000...

For all of 2025, less than 200,000 jobs were added. Even with this month’s good report, the 12 month increase was only 359,000 jobs, or an average of 30,000 per month.