The Nasdaq 100 is a beast and will allow you to gain financial freedom if you can trade and keep risk management along the way. Recent strong tech earning are allowing the upside movement of this prolific stock index. The correlation from the SP 500 has not been strong lately as Nasdaq 100 has recently shown that it has had an independent route in short-term trends. The overall trends will be correlated, but this information is essential for day traders. Trend trading is the most profitable way to gain profits using technical analysis.