Current Events
Often times when someone hears a term used on the financial networks, it is easy to just let it be said, not understand it or know what it means, and just keep on with their day. I am going to actually take a bit of time to explain one such term to help my subscribers, […]
Tom Gentile
Let me highlight an interesting option strategy for your consideration based on Trump announcing his decision on tariffs at the close of market today. It is a Straddle. Here is a scenario of an options strategy on the Diamonds, the DIA, which is the ETF for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I’ve taught the basics […]
It seems that every time you turn on the news, whether it be on a financial news network or are even watching your local news; or when you look up news online or read a news headline from the actual newspaper (for those still reading those), you are getting bombarded with information regarding the tariff […]
One signal markets are bullish is when the IPO or Initial Public Offering activity is going strong. Though we’ve had a nice, bull market run since October/November of last year, it happened and is still going without a noticeable batch of IPO activity. 2022 and 2023 were two years which saw the slowest activity since […]
Here we are in November, and I know the prevailing event that may be dominating everyone’s thoughts is either Thanksgiving or how soon is too soon to put up one’s Christmas Tree. There is one other holiday that is very important or should be to all Americans, though it isn’t an official National Holiday, and […]
Options Traders should be making good money with the equities markets running as bullishly as they have been since the March 2023 low. To say we picked the low or that bottom is NOT what I am saying. If someone says they always pick the top and or bottoms of markets that is probably not […]
Friday saw the end of the week for the financial markets listening in on a conference with Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the “Perspectives on Monetary Policy” panel in Washington, D.C. hosted by the central bank. All the Fed chairs are not unanimous in what they feel is the best approach in getting their target […]
Happy Bullish Energy and Oil Day! Wait, what? Isn’t it Valentines Day you may be asking? Yes it is. But it is also the start date for what I have studied and come to know as a seasonal pattern I deem the Bullish Energy and Oil Pattern. It isn’t so much a day, but rather […]
Sector ETF Performance and Money Calendar Continued Let’s stick with the process brought to light to you all last week. We looked at the 1-month sector performance seeing which sector had weakness and then looked for a security with a bearish Money Calendar pattern for which we would try and find a bearish option opportunity. […]
