TOP 5 STOCKS TO WATCH THIS WEEK | MARCH 2026
In a Nutshell
Markets face potential retracement amid geopolitical tensions in Iran and overbought signals, with no major sell-off expected; key events include Tuesday's pending home sales, Wednesday's critical FOMC rate decision (98.3% pause probability) and Powell's press conference. Top stocks to watch: XOM (oil volatility play, not for beginners), UNH (long-term hold), MSTR/HIMS (short opportunities on momentum fade), F (oversold but fundamentally weak), IRENU (high-risk long if breaks $45), and NKE (bearish, wait for reversal). Focus on FOMC for trades; membership offers lifetime access to live trading and lessons via description link.
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Ricky with Tech Solutions, live on March 15th, 6:40 p.m. in Arizona. Using Weeble trading application and Mumu, links in description (fifth link, affiliate). Sunday stock talks highlight things to watch for the week.
Markets react to series of attacks over the weekend. NASDAQ and crypto market, Bitcoin back up, NASDAQ gapped up but looking like overbought reversal. Possible push leading to retracement into close. Larger time frame indifferent: false gap up but NASDAQ oversold. People entertaining long based on technicals, but recent events support going lower. Markets irrational, always looking to recover. Day time frame trading up for past four almost 5 months, no new lows since November 2025, consolidating near moving average. Events in Iran not enough trigger for sell-off. This is just pullback, not sell-off like 2022 (12 months consecutive lower lows and highs) or COVID 2020 (3 months then new all-time highs).
People loading up at these levels expecting higher in 2026, buying quality companies like Nvidia, Amazon, Google, Meta at oversold levels. Mag 7 stocks hit hard. Microsoft down nearly 30% from all-time highs a few months ago, in correction territory (down 28%). Meta significant retracement. Apple pulled back but consistent, not irrational, no huge upswings. Nvidia at lows of $180, not good enough deal (speaker's average purchase below $100/share, would buy on significant sell-off). Markets trading sideways despite weekend events.
Pending home sales data Tuesday. Wednesday: PPI inflation report (producer side), most important FOMC rate decision. Federal Reserve decides raising, pausing, or cutting rates. Fed rate monitor tool (investing.com): 98.3% probability of pause. Markets up on rate cuts, down on raises. One rate cut projected for 2026. Watch Jerome Powell's tone in 30-minute press conference post-decision (hawkish or dovish). Livestreams it.
XOM bull flag? Oil up, markets up overnight, US oil fund and futures up. Indifferent on larger time frame. Beginners stay away from oil due to volatility. Oil pushes to all-time highs on events/attacks/uncertainty, then sharp declines (e.g., Trump tweet saying war over). Experienced traders can day trade/scalp. Makes sense to long oil if Iran worsens. Created watch list with LPP team: oil/inverse oil ETFs, companies. Risk: hype now (oil big talk, not gold/silver). If Middle East settles, oil declines sharply. Trade at elevated levels, don't invest. ETFs: United States Oil Fund, inverse SCO (up when oil down). Not for beginners. XOM not reporting earnings this week.
Nothing new, made video on it. Daughter's investment account bought after initial selloff. No expectation of recovery, long-term hold. Not worth trading, doesn't move enough. Investing: fundamentally good deal, timeline months/years. UNH not lucrative range for day/swing trading.
Careful, Bitcoin upswing, lacking new lows. All for shorting MSTR but not blindly. BTC uptick supports MSTR. Fundamentally: insiders/execs selling (red flag). FOMC and Iran events this week, Bitcoin not forefront (oil is). One-off: HIMS gapped from $13-14 lows to $27 highs (76% in 6 days), watching to short on fading volume/momentum loss. LPP team email. Top stock to watch, not necessarily trade.
Nothing special, getting whooped, consistent downturn, oversold. Broke ascending uptrend from $8 lows to nearly $15 highs, now $11. Needs fundamental play. Pearl research: guidance lowered for 2026? Revenue fine, net income expected to grow, dividends, negative PE. Losing $8 billion/year, weak gross profit, not profitable last 12 months, razor thin margins. Q4 2025 lost $11 billion. First brand's bankruptcy ($9B liabilities) disrupted supply chain, $48M short-term financing. Added to oversold watch list, but not investing if losing more money. Follow up on financials/reports.
Not a fan, calls fluffy companies. Higher performer last year. Revenue great. Not the one with Nvidia investment (that's NBIS). Risk tolerance differs. Plays safer, higher risk intraday only. Could go long: past momentum (lows $34 to highs $63, 80% return; half is 34% to $55). If markets recover to all-time highs/bullish, supports recovery. Concern: elevated, overvalued stocks crash hardest if markets worsen (to $5/share). Break of pattern: below day chart moving average, 10-15% sell-off. Break above $45, go long if high risk tolerance.
Site for Ford revenue/graphs: Investing Pro (sponsored videos, first link description, affiliate). Uses it with investing.com. Digs deeper fundamentally. $9.50/month. Worth it? Has AI like ChatGPT for investors/traders.
Getting whooped. Household name, down significantly. Would invest in daughter's/son's account long-term? Direction bearish until proven otherwise. Safe: set alert for reversal signs. Aggressive: small position, tolerate 20-50% more downside. Been consistently down, cheap for years. Fundamentally decent upside but revenue no longer increasing, tariffs, China manufacturing issues. Be greedy when fearful (Warren Buffett). Deregulation could upswing.
Overnight markets up 0.5%, nice gap up, see if holds open. Big focus Wednesday FOMC rate decision/press conference, plans to livestream. Trades live daily since 2018.
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