Posted on October 25th, 2023
10-year bonds yields went up to their highest level not seen since 2007. This was also true for the 5-year. Equity and Bond traders pore over the economic data as it is that data the Fed uses in determining where they set interest rates. When you hear from the financial news networks stocks are lower […]
Posted on October 20th, 2023
I am going to cover how one can learn how to scan for a trending move, whether it be a bullish or bearish trend. This article will discuss using only the stock with this analysis. Trading options, for those of you who trade options, will be discussed in a future educational piece. For now, […]
Posted on October 18th, 2023
The economic reports due out this week, starting with the PPI that was released today, is what investors and stock/ option traders are going to use to gauge the pulse of the Federal Reserve and what there stance on monetary policy is going to be. The PPI came out today at 0.5% for September. This […]
Posted on October 13th, 2023
When it come to options trading many option traders haven’t given consideration to how much they are willing to risk and or lose on their trades and this educational piece is here to provide a couple of considerations to help one preserve their capital in the world of options trading. Earnings Today we got our […]
Posted on October 6th, 2023
As the markets continued its September swoon into the first few trading days of October, which based on seasonal patterns shows the month tends to be more bullish than bearish, one had to start asking themselves, what if the season expected for October doesn’t happen? A concern for the markets going in to today is […]
Posted on October 4th, 2023
September lived up to its expectations of being a bearish month in the financial markets. Should seasonality remain consistent to at least its past 10-years history, investors and options traders should find October a successful month, at least for market bulls. Every day for the month of October shows a majority of bullish patterns. Market […]
Posted on September 29th, 2023
Bullish options traders had a challenging past couple of months. September played out as it typically does and as the seasonal patterns in my tools showed they were likely to do and that was trade down. This article will wrap up my final thoughts on this and look forward to what may be a contrarian, […]
Posted on September 27th, 2023
From Chairman Powell’s mouth to the market’s ear… The Fed decided to… Drum roll…………………. Nothing. They left the interest rate where it is/was and decided not to raise this month. They indicated there is likely one more hike to come by years end. Last it was stated net year there will be cuts, but not […]
Posted on September 22nd, 2023
Getting paid to buy something seems like a Tom Sawyer trick, but it is doable, and this article will educate you how. I am going to show you how to get paid to potentially acquire GLD at below current market prices. This involves using put options. If one is primarily an investor or an options […]
Posted on September 20th, 2023
There are a vast number of economic reports that come out on a regularly scheduled basis. These numbers and whether they come out as expected. Mis or beat expectations can affect the financial markets and send it higher or lower on the day and subsequent following number of days. Today and tomorrow the markets are […]
