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Swing Trade Ideas – October 7, 2026

Date: Oct 7, 2026

Laurie’s Abbreviation Index:

** ‘div’ – dividend

** ‘m/m’ – month over month

** ‘y/y’ – year over year

** ‘Inven’ – inventories

** ‘mfg’ – manufacturing ** +/- – plus or minus, positive or negative

** Underlined text – higher volume premarket

** ‘d’ – day

** ‘Y’ – year

**govt – government

Color Key: Positive – Neutral – Negative

Global Markets:  USA, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong –negative  set-up

• Commodities:  Gold, Silver, Copper,  Oil, natgas, Gasoline  AGGS,  Bitcoin
• Yields: 30Y Bond -0.94%  Currencies:  USA$+0.51% CAD -0.15% YEN -0.18%  BTC/USD-2.4%  Vix:17.65
• Events USA:  FOMC meeting minutes 14ET; Trump speaking 13ET
• Stock News STZ-6.5%  NEOG+14% Earnings SPCX seeking $40B to buy NVDA chips
   Comments Global indices lower as yields and energy higher. Continuing middle east military actions couple with potential gulf storms are positive for oil prices.  Global debt concerns are with Europe the latest concern and IMF is raising concerns about the high level of global debt. FOMC meeting minutes today are potential market moving with in theory market scouring for some bullish crumbs to support the bulls. SPY, QQQ Tues hit the upper weekly expected move and pulling back to the lower daily expected move which can act as support or lead to further downside. Principal weakness is the AI/Semi basket which has been supporting the S&P.  MAGS are red ex-AAPL which tends to outperform on weak days. META is the best of the red lot.  STZ is the earnings victim today with not enough beer being bought. Bitcoin sharply lower as typical with risk-off days. Software is outperforming semis so potential for some names to catch a bid with PLTR a potential. SPX 0DTE positioning indicates well supported with 7785-7750 potential bounce levels and 7820 resistance. Barring a further spike in yields, would look for SPX to make a bottom for a playable bounce. There is potential for an outsized move lower in QQQ given it was very extended and many are trapped in semi/AI so will depend on whether BTD is still a thing
  
  Stock AAPL DHR COST COP WMT   MU NVDA TLT     Speculative   BE COIN COHR HOOD
  Indices UNG /CL XLE USO UUP   ETHE IBIT SLV GDX DRAM SMH EWY AIPO FEZ ARKK GLD XME ARKG KWEB

S&P500  STZ BE COIN COHR HOOD MU VST AMD MRNA NCLH ORCL SNDK 

WMT

WMT has been a dog but if market remains risk-off today, potential for some continuation as managers rotate into staples. Lots of headwinds with consumers strapped and inflation so may be a dead cat bounce. 50sma just above is a level that potentially can act as a line in the sand.  If monkeys BTD in AI/Semi, WMT may reverse. Other risk is upcoming COST earnings which will move WMT