Get Ready To Trade Earnings Season
As we embark on the April monthly options expiration it is time to do a market analysis. This...
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Commodities: 3 Year Cycle Low Is Due
Commodities (S&P GS commodity index) saw their first rally in three weeks last week with a...
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The Natural Gas Market’s Biggest Traders Say Sell
Natural gas producers sold more than 28,000 contract’s worth of forward production last week. This...
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More Tesla, Earnings Coming, and Green Goes The Market
So, 325,000 is the total of pre-orders in the first week for Tesla’s Model 3. The goal is 500,000,...
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What Is OPEC Doing Now?
May Crude Oil rallied during the Wednesday night session for Thursday, April 7. Itreached its high...
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Biotech Phoenix is Rising
The expected pop in Biotech is well underway. I hope you didn’t miss it. It has the hallmarks of a...
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Negative Rates Could Trigger Another Housing Bubble
From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate...
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Stocks: It’s Time To Protect Your Portfolio
Protecting one’s portfolio can be done in various ways – by neutralizing long stocks...
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Land of the Rising Yen
–$/yen breakout yesterday with further gains this morning, now nearing 108 from 109.70...
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Alaska Air, Telecoms, Utilities, Rising – Good Sign?
The VIX and gold rising … a “marketological” omen or a sign of good fortune? Normally, omen is...
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Coffee Market Sets Up for Call Sellers
Despite Spring Rally, Fundamentals, Seasonals Spell Trouble for Coffee Prices Coffee prices have...
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A E-Mini S&P 500 Strangle To Play The Range
Wednesday’s release of the FOMC Minutes didn’t generate much of a reaction in the markets. The...
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Ride The Yen Waves For Profit
In the weeks since our last post about USD/JPY futures, price has moved upward and slightly beyond...
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Is the currency hedge trade over?
In 2014-2015 the US dollar became stronger and the yen and euro depreciated. As a result, there...
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Time To Party Like It’s 1999?
I frequently like to take the opposing view of my positions and play devil’s advocate — something...
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UAL, Will It Fly Higher With The Market?
One thing the market is not is sentimental, which is ironic because it often runs on sentiment,...
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Grain Update: Post Planting Intention Positioning
Weekly soybean export sales came in at 271 thousand metric tons down 34% from last week. Number...
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Rollercoaster Ride in Fed Fund Spreads
Fed fund futures settle to the average Fed Fund effective rate over the calendar month. Since the...
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What’s Next for the Nasdaq ($NDX)?
The Nasdaq 100 index ($NDX) has rallied from below 4000 to above 4500 in the space of 2 months. ...
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Market Down, Service Sector Up – Time To Speculate?
The Service Sector of the US economy is a big deal. It comprises over 70% of US GDP. The U.S....
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