The largest insider transaction on today’s list is a Form 4 filing by EcoR1 Capital LLC.

The hedge fund reported a purchase worth roughly $7.8 million in Zymeworks Inc $ZYME.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It's Friday the 13th.

We had a few banks report earnings this morning, and as of now they're trading lower.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It was a powerful day in the market. $SPY closed its gap at 396.31 and pushed along.

I said in the live trading room a week back that SPY has potential up to 405, then 410.  

Today's Hot List is a short one.

The only Form 4 on our list was filed by the chief marketing officer of Dave & Buster's Entertainment $PLAY, who revealed a small purchase of $149,684.

This activity comes on the heels of a handful of Form 4 and Form 13 filings for PLAY by Hill Path Capital over the past month.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

With the December CPI up on deck for release at 8:30 a.m. ET, I think I'll hold off on talking about ideas until the data is released.

Let's see how the market reacts.

A question that keeps coming up to me is why Consumer Staples and Low Volatility stocks are outperforming.

These are normally the types of things you see when stocks in general are under pressure.

This is the kind of rotation you get in bear markets.

But the back half of 2022 was good for stocks. The 4th quarter was great.

Most stocks have been ripping for almost 7 months now. This is NOT the type of environment where Staples and Low Volatility stocks tend to outperform.

And while they might be making new multi-year highs relative to the S&P500, it's pretty easy to outperform an index with so much exposure to growth stocks. So can we even call that 'outperformance'?

This week we're looking into the Infrastructure sector.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

When investing in the stock market, we always want to approach it as "a market of stocks."

Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks showing leadership and trending higher.

We may have to look harder to identify them depending on current market conditions. But there are always stocks that are going up.

The same can be said for weak stocks. Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks that are going down, too. 

We already have multiple scans focusing on stocks making all-time highs, such as The Hall of Famers, The Minor Leaguers, and The 2 to 100 Club.

We filter these universes for stocks that are exhibiting the best momentum and relative strength characteristics. 

Clearly, we spend a lot of time identifying and writing about leading stocks every week, via multiple reports.

Now, we're also highlighting lagging stocks on a regular basis.

Welcome to the Short Report.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market gapped up nicely and held strong today.

We've got CPI in the morning, so be on your toes.

This is the video recording of our January 11, 2023, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

The only Form 4 on today’s list was filed by the chairman and CEO of Erasca $ERAS, who revealed a purchase of $231,420.

Aequim Alternative Investments filed a 13G reporting a passive ownership stake of just over 5% in the oil & gas explorer, Chesapeake Energy $CHK.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Yesterday we saw a lot of whipsaw.

And then we had a slow grind higher to finish the day above the 50-day moving average on $SPY at 389.92.