Sep. 19th 2025

Fed cuts rates; QQQ closes at another all-time high

Market Signal+7 STRONG BULLISH

The NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) has closed higher for 11 of the last 13 days. On the heels of the Federal Reserve rate cut, the index set new all-time highs for the second week in a row. The Market Signal remains STRONG BULLISH.

NASDAQ-100 52-week highs

The following NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) holdings closed at a 52-week high today:

  • GOOG $255.24 +1.15%
  • GOOGL $254.72 +1.07%
  • ASML $932.15 +0.47%
  • APP $649.59 +4.52%
  • LRCX $126.92 +0.47%
  • CDNS $373.35 +2.32%
  • TTWO $250.85 +0.44%

πŸ“ˆ98th day of uptrend

Day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend occurred on Thurs. May 1st 2025.

  • QQQ +24.43% since start of current uptrend
  • TQQQ +81.40% since start of current uptrend
A B C D E F G
1
Market Signal Trend Count QQQ Close QQQ %chg since πŸ“ˆ1 TQQQ close TQQQ %chg since πŸ“ˆ1 Date
2
2 πŸ“ˆ1 $481.68 0.00% $56.77 0.00% Thu 5/1/25
3
2 πŸ“ˆ2 $488.83 1.48% $59.43 4.69% Fri 5/2/25
4
2 πŸ“ˆ3 $485.93 0.88% $58.40 2.87% Mon 5/5/25
5
2 πŸ“ˆ4 $481.41 -0.06% $56.74 -0.05% Tue 5/6/25
6
2 πŸ“ˆ5 $483.30 0.34% $57.40 1.11% Wed 5/7/25
7
2 πŸ“ˆ6 $488.29 1.37% $59.11 4.12% Thu 5/8/25
8
2 πŸ“ˆ7 $487.97 1.31% $58.97 3.88% Fri 5/9/25
9
3 πŸ“ˆ8 $507.85 5.43% $66.11 16.45% Mon 5/12/25
10
3 πŸ“ˆ9 $515.59 7.04% $69.14 21.79% Tue 5/13/25
11
3 πŸ“ˆ10 $518.68 7.68% $70.36 23.94% Wed 5/14/25
12
3 πŸ“ˆ11 $519.25 7.80% $70.58 24.33% Thu 5/15/25
13
3 πŸ“ˆ12 $521.51 8.27% $71.45 25.86% Fri 5/16/25
14
3 πŸ“ˆ13 $522.01 8.37% $71.64 26.19% Mon 5/19/25
15
3 πŸ“ˆ14 $520.27 8.01% $70.89 24.87% Tue 5/20/25
16
3 πŸ“ˆ15 $513.04 6.51% $67.94 19.68% Wed 5/21/25
17
2 πŸ“ˆ16 $514.00 6.71% $68.29 20.29% Thu 5/22/25
18
2 πŸ“ˆ17 $509.24 5.72% $66.32 16.82% Fri 5/23/25
19
4 πŸ“ˆ18 $521.22 8.21% $70.94 24.96% Tue 5/27/25
20
3 πŸ“ˆ19 $518.91 7.73% $70.03 23.36% Wed 5/28/25
21
3 πŸ“ˆ20 $519.93 7.94% $70.37 23.96% Thu 5/29/25
22
3 πŸ“ˆ21 $519.11 7.77% $70.00 23.30% Fri 5/30/25
23
4 πŸ“ˆ22 $523.21 8.62% $71.61 26.14% Mon 6/2/25
24
4 πŸ“ˆ23 $527.30 9.47% $73.28 29.08% Tue 6/3/25
25
3 πŸ“ˆ24 $528.77 9.78% $73.87 30.12% Wed 6/4/25
26
3 πŸ“ˆ25 $524.79 8.95% $72.15 27.09% Thu 6/5/25
27
4 πŸ“ˆ26 $529.92 10.01% $74.21 30.72% Fri 6/6/25
28
3 πŸ“ˆ27 $530.70 10.18% $74.54 31.30% Mon 6/9/25
29
3 πŸ“ˆ28 $534.21 10.91% $75.98 33.84% Tue 6/10/25
30
3 πŸ“ˆ29 $532.41 10.53% $75.20 32.46% Wed 6/11/25
31
3 πŸ“ˆ30 $533.66 10.79% $75.69 33.33% Thu 6/12/25
32
2 πŸ“ˆ31 $526.96 9.40% $72.83 28.29% Fri 6/13/25
33
3 πŸ“ˆ32 $534.29 10.92% $75.80 33.52% Mon 6/16/25
34
2 πŸ“ˆ33 $529.08 9.84% $73.56 29.58% Tue 6/17/25
35
2 πŸ“ˆ34 $528.99 9.82% $73.46 29.40% Wed 6/18/25
36
2 πŸ“ˆ35 $526.83 9.37% $72.45 27.62% Fri 6/20/25
37
7 πŸ“ˆ36 $531.65 10.37% $74.70 31.58% Mon 6/23/25
38
7 πŸ“ˆ37 $539.78 12.06% $78.10 37.57% Tue 6/24/25
39
7 πŸ“ˆ38 $541.16 12.35% $78.48 38.24% Wed 6/25/25
40
8 πŸ“ˆ39 $546.22 13.40% $80.63 42.03% Thu 6/26/25
41
7 πŸ“ˆ40 $548.09 13.79% $81.42 43.42% Fri 6/27/25
42
8 πŸ“ˆ41 $551.64 14.52% $83.00 46.20% Mon 6/30/25
43
7 πŸ“ˆ42 $546.99 13.56% $80.89 42.49% Tue 7/1/25
44
7 πŸ“ˆ43 $550.80 14.35% $82.50 45.32% Wed 7/2/25
45
8 πŸ“ˆ44 $556.22 15.48% $84.81 49.39% Thu 7/3/25
46
7 πŸ“ˆ45 $552.03 14.61% $82.92 46.06% Mon 7/7/25
47
7 πŸ“ˆ46 $552.34 14.67% $83.03 46.26% Tue 7/8/25
48
7 πŸ“ˆ47 $556.25 15.48% $84.75 49.29% Wed 7/9/25
49
7 πŸ“ˆ48 $555.45 15.32% $84.36 48.60% Thu 7/10/25
50
7 πŸ“ˆ49 $554.20 15.06% $83.72 47.47% Fri 7/11/25
51
7 πŸ“ˆ50 $556.21 15.47% $84.61 49.04% Mon 7/14/25
52
7 πŸ“ˆ51 $556.72 15.58% $84.83 49.43% Tue 7/15/25
53
7 πŸ“ˆ52 $557.29 15.70% $85.07 49.85% Wed 7/16/25
54
7 πŸ“ˆ53 $561.80 16.63% $87.05 53.34% Thu 7/17/25
55
7 πŸ“ˆ54 $561.26 16.52% $86.75 52.81% Fri 7/18/25
56
7 πŸ“ˆ55 $564.17 17.13% $88.07 55.13% Mon 7/21/25
57
7 πŸ“ˆ56 $561.25 16.52% $86.70 52.72% Tue 7/22/25
58
7 πŸ“ˆ57 $563.81 17.05% $87.84 54.73% Wed 7/23/25
59
7 πŸ“ˆ58 $565.01 17.30% $88.42 55.75% Thu 7/24/25
60
7 πŸ“ˆ59 $566.37 17.58% $88.92 56.63% Fri 7/25/25
61
7 πŸ“ˆ60 $568.14 17.95% $89.79 58.16% Mon 7/28/25
62
7 πŸ“ˆ61 $567.26 17.77% $89.38 57.44% Tue 7/29/25
63
7 πŸ“ˆ62 $568.02 17.92% $89.69 57.99% Wed 7/30/25
64
6 πŸ“ˆ63 $565.01 17.30% $88.21 55.38% Thu 7/31/25
65
5 πŸ“ˆ64 $553.88 14.99% $82.92 46.06% Fri 8/1/25
66
7 πŸ“ˆ65 $564.10 17.11% $87.46 54.06% Mon 8/4/25
67
6 πŸ“ˆ66 $560.27 16.32% $85.64 50.85% Tue 8/5/25
68
7 πŸ“ˆ67 $567.32 17.78% $88.84 56.49% Wed 8/6/25
69
7 πŸ“ˆ68 $569.24 18.18% $89.74 58.08% Thu 8/7/25
70
7 πŸ“ˆ69 $574.55 19.28% $92.16 62.34% Fri 8/8/25
71
7 πŸ“ˆ70 $572.85 18.93% $91.35 60.91% Mon 8/11/25
72
7 πŸ“ˆ71 $580.05 20.42% $94.72 66.85% Tue 8/12/25
73
7 πŸ“ˆ72 $580.34 20.48% $94.86 67.10% Wed 8/13/25
74
7 πŸ“ˆ73 $579.89 20.39% $94.60 66.64% Thu 8/14/25
75
7 πŸ“ˆ74 $577.34 19.86% $93.26 64.28% Fri 8/15/25
76
7 πŸ“ˆ75 $577.11 19.81% $93.14 64.07% Mon 8/18/25
77
6 πŸ“ˆ76 $569.28 18.19% $89.34 57.37% Tue 8/19/25
78
5 πŸ“ˆ77 $565.90 17.48% $87.71 54.50% Wed 8/20/25
79
5 πŸ“ˆ78 $563.28 16.94% $86.49 52.35% Thu 8/21/25
80
6 πŸ“ˆ79 $571.97 18.74% $90.38 59.20% Fri 8/22/25
81
6 πŸ“ˆ80 $570.32 18.40% $89.59 57.81% Mon 8/25/25
82
6 πŸ“ˆ81 $572.61 18.88% $90.63 59.64% Tue 8/26/25
83
7 πŸ“ˆ82 $573.49 19.06% $91.04 60.37% Wed 8/27/25
84
7 πŸ“ˆ83 $577.08 19.81% $92.70 63.29% Thu 8/28/25
85
5 πŸ“ˆ84 $570.40 18.42% $89.36 57.41% Fri 8/29/25
86
5 πŸ“ˆ85 $565.62 17.43% $87.08 53.39% Tue 9/2/25
87
6.5 πŸ“ˆ86 $570.07 18.35% $89.11 56.97% Wed 9/3/25
88
7 πŸ“ˆ87 $575.23 19.42% $91.52 61.21% Thu 9/4/25
89
7 πŸ“ˆ88 $576.06 19.59% $91.82 61.74% Fri 9/5/25
90
7 πŸ“ˆ89 $578.87 20.18% $93.13 64.05% Mon 9/8/25
91
7 πŸ“ˆ90 $580.51 20.52% $93.89 65.39% Tue 9/9/25
92
7 πŸ“ˆ91 $580.70 20.56% $93.99 65.56% Wed 9/10/25
93
7 πŸ“ˆ92 $584.08 21.26% $95.57 68.35% Thu 9/11/25
94
7 πŸ“ˆ93 $586.66 21.79% $96.76 70.44% Fri 9/12/25
95
7 πŸ“ˆ94 $591.68 22.84% $99.23 74.79% Mon 9/15/25
96
7 πŸ“ˆ95 $591.18 22.73% $98.96 74.32% Tue 9/16/25
97
7 πŸ“ˆ96 $590.00 22.49% $98.33 73.21% Wed 9/17/25
98
7 πŸ“ˆ97 $595.32 23.59% $100.98 77.88% Thu 9/18/25
99
7 πŸ“ˆ98 $599.35 24.43% $102.98 81.40% Fri 9/19/25

Market Signal, Trend Count, closing prices, and cumulative return (%) over current uptrend


TQQQ vs QQQ Holdings

TQQQ is outperforming 97% of QQQ holdings since day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend (Thurs. May 1st 2025).

A B C D E
1
Market Cap Symbol %Chg since πŸ“ˆ1 Close on πŸ“ˆ1 Close
2
378,519 M QQQ 24.43% $481.68 $599.35
3
219,724 M APP 132.42% $279.49 $649.59
4
47,857 M WBD 129.30% $8.43 $19.33
5
182,115 M MU 109.25% $77.77 $162.73
6
28,232 M TQQQ 81.40% $56.77 $102.98
7
160,633 M LRCX 76.94% $71.73 $126.92
8
1,628,933 M AVGO 74.80% $197.33 $344.94
9
255,419 M AMD 62.85% $96.65 $157.39
10
4,301,384 M NVDA 58.29% $111.61 $176.67
11
199,238 M SHOP 58.02% $97.01 $153.30
12
3,080,584 M GOOGL 57.92% $161.30 $254.72
13
432,692 M PLTR 56.96% $116.20 $182.39
14
3,086,873 M GOOG 56.79% $162.79 $255.24
15
137,875 M KLAC 54.49% $676.31 $1,044.81
16
1,416,747 M TSLA 51.89% $280.52 $426.07
17
138,146 M INTC 48.05% $19.98 $29.58
18
35,160 M MCHP 41.69% $45.98 $65.15
19
366,522 M ASML 39.81% $666.72 $932.15
20
52,496 M IDXX 39.20% $471.38 $656.16
21
103,375 M CEG 37.52% $240.62 $330.90
22
1,955,401 M META 36.03% $572.21 $778.38
23
113,331 M DASH 35.21% $196.20 $265.29
24
46,672 M BKR 30.81% $36.19 $47.34
25
48,413 M DDOG 30.57% $106.32 $138.82
26
46,583 M ZS 29.60% $227.06 $294.27
27
20,886 M ON 28.96% $39.60 $51.07
28
151,442 M AMAT 27.62% $148.96 $190.10
29
120,691 M ADI 26.63% $193.74 $245.33
30
60,804 M AXON 24.70% $621.10 $774.53
31
101,734 M CDNS 24.56% $299.73 $373.35
32
151,379 M ARM 23.84% $115.40 $142.91
33
180,031 M QCOM 23.40% $135.21 $166.85
34
56,486 M NXPI 23.21% $181.84 $224.05
35
183,802 M PDD 22.18% $105.97 $129.47
36
64,020 M MRVL 21.84% $60.95 $74.26
37
3,849,860 M MSFT 21.75% $425.40 $517.93
38
2,468,714 M AMZN 21.70% $190.20 $231.48
39
43,308 M EA 19.29% $145.10 $173.09
40
68,729 M ADSK 17.98% $273.49 $322.67
41
54,605 M FAST 17.90% $40.35 $47.58
42
20,893 M BIIB 17.84% $120.93 $142.50
43
269,648 M CSCO 17.36% $58.12 $68.21
44
61,484 M CSX 17.32% $28.11 $32.98
45
126,118 M CRWD 16.36% $431.88 $502.55
46
3,643,316 M AAPL 15.09% $213.32 $245.50
47
36,900 M CSGP 13.74% $76.58 $87.10
48
163,072 M TXN 13.34% $158.26 $179.37
49
139,258 M PANW 11.77% $186.27 $208.19
50
52,227 M PCAR 10.78% $89.78 $99.46
51
88,184 M ORLY 10.75% $93.85 $103.93
52
34,201 M GEHC 10.70% $67.67 $74.91
53
141,564 M GILD 10.50% $103.25 $114.09
54
191,796 M INTU 10.39% $623.19 $687.92
55
72,892 M MAR 10.07% $243.95 $268.52
56
521,372 M NFLX 8.25% $1,133.47 $1,226.97
57
236,506 M AZN 8.18% $70.51 $76.28
58
92,038 M SNPS 7.87% $459.36 $495.50
59
62,618 M MNST 7.75% $59.52 $64.13
60
224,612 M LIN 6.91% $448.05 $479.01
61
124,327 M MELI 6.88% $2,294.52 $2,452.34
62
176,454 M BKNG 6.72% $5,101.43 $5,444.44
63
46,274 M TTWO 6.67% $235.17 $250.85
64
194,080 M PEP 6.15% $133.55 $141.76
65
47,542 M ROST 5.22% $138.93 $146.18
66
65,176 M PYPL 4.30% $65.41 $68.22
67
40,433 M FANG 3.59% $134.83 $139.67
68
96,119 M SBUX 3.11% $82.01 $84.56
69
77,778 M ABNB 2.44% $124.01 $127.04
70
42,648 M XEL 2.43% $70.40 $72.11
71
153,654 M AMGN 0.57% $283.78 $285.41
72
40,821 M CCEP 0.45% $89.54 $89.94
73
62,744 M REGN 0.34% $590.00 $591.99
74
57,255 M AEP -0.45% $107.54 $107.06
75
132,928 M HON -0.65% $210.74 $209.37
76
21,130 M CDW -0.73% $162.40 $161.22
77
118,273 M ADP -2.24% $298.69 $292.00
78
155,215 M ADBE -2.33% $374.63 $365.90
79
268,041 M TMUS -3.57% $247.00 $238.17
80
26,451 M DXCM -4.00% $70.26 $67.45
81
80,642 M CTAS -4.50% $209.55 $200.13
82
421,818 M COST -4.79% $999.04 $951.16
83
62,377 M WDAY -5.27% $246.61 $233.62
84
82,437 M MDLZ -6.13% $67.87 $63.71
85
29,600 M ODFL -6.46% $150.56 $140.84
86
18,259 M GFS -6.48% $35.18 $32.90
87
116,637 M CMCSA -6.59% $33.82 $31.59
88
43,844 M EXC -6.85% $46.60 $43.41
89
31,271 M KHC -7.30% $28.50 $26.42
90
54,304 M ROP -9.50% $557.59 $504.62
91
97,755 M MSTR -9.66% $381.60 $344.75
92
32,693 M CTSH -11.02% $75.23 $66.94
93
46,749 M PAYX -11.33% $146.61 $130.00
94
73,241 M TRI -12.51% $185.74 $162.51
95
157,271 M ISRG -15.17% $517.18 $438.72
96
21,743 M TTD -16.19% $53.06 $44.47
97
34,016 M VRSK -17.33% $294.51 $243.47
98
64,527 M FTNT -19.19% $104.21 $84.21
99
36,827 M KDP -20.36% $34.04 $27.11
100
98,228 M VRTX -23.20% $498.86 $383.12
101
44,334 M CPRT -24.21% $60.50 $45.85
102
44,348 M TEAM -26.20% $229.07 $169.05
103
35,862 M CHTR -31.45% $383.00 $262.55
104
20,114 M LULU -36.85% $268.60 $169.62

Assuming 3% for the risk-free rate, the Sharpe Ratio for this investment is 3.95.


For a TQQQ position opened at close on day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend (Thurs. May 1st 2025):

  • Up +50% or more almost half of the time (45 of 98 days, or 45.92% of the uptrend)
  • In the red (-0.05%) for just 1 day, or 1.02% of the time

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