Category: Daily Report

Is A Bull Market Starting at Least in the NASDAQ?

Posted on May 9th, 2023

You might not get too excited to read the NASDAQ closed the day of trade up 0.2% on the day. What if we told you this had the NASDAQ closing up 20% from its closing December 28 of 2022 low? You might be at least encouraged by that last piece of information if you are […]

Where Options Traders are Prior to the Fed Announcement This Week

Posted on May 1st, 2023

This Wednesday, we are going to get yet another interest rate hike decision from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). The decision will be either no rate hike or it will be another hike and for a certain amount. The market activity for the underlying securities and the options will likely be pretty flat, […]

Creating an Options Trading Game Plan

Posted on April 28th, 2023

There has been many an article written lately concerning earnings.  One thing we want to emphasize or even re emphasize is how one can prepare for options trading during earnings season. One of the Morning Reports lists is title Expensive IV. IV is the options implied volatility.  In and around earnings an options IV tends […]

Late Day Sell Off in Equities Ahead of Economic Reports Starting Tomorrow

Posted on April 13th, 2023

One might have expected a bit of light day trading and maybe not so much of a directional move higher due to the CPI due to come out tomorrow morning at 8:30am US ET.  But for almost the entire day the markets did trade higher.  But in less than an hour going into the close […]

Late Day Sell Off in Equities Ahead of Economic Reports Starting Tomorrow

Posted on April 11th, 2023

One might have expected a bit of light day trading and maybe not so much of a directional move higher due to the CPI due to come out tomorrow morning at 8:30am US ET.  But for almost the entire day the markets did trade higher.  But in less than an hour going into the close […]

Will the Momentum Continue for Oil Stocks and ETF’s?

Posted on April 4th, 2023

Yesterday, OPEC+, which stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, (the + is for the other Non-OPEC countries in the group) announced a surprise decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day (bpd)./ The de facto leader of the group, Saudi Arabia said the cut, which equals 2% of the global […]

Where to Hunt for Options Trades: 3 Financial News Stories

Posted on April 3rd, 2023

When starting out ones trading day, the question is usually where to I start looking for options trading ideas? My team and I contest it should be the Morning Reports Lists in my tools www.tomsoptiontools.com/ It has 6 lists each with their own unique classification and 10 stocks that meet that classification. Even with those […]

Jobless & GDP Numbers Didn’t Derail the Market

Posted on March 30th, 2023

The Initial Jobless Claims Number and 2022 4th Qtr. GDP Did NOT Derail Yesterday’s Bullish Move in the Stock Market This article is going to show you another perspective to take when analyzing the Morning Reports Lists so you can consider an option trade or at least which stock or ETF to consider researching more […]

Is Today Signaling a Pending Move Higher for the Stock Market?

Posted on March 27th, 2023

March was a tough time for investors.  Especially those in the Financials; specifically investors in the Regional Banks Sector.  Take a look at a chart of KRE if you don’t believe me. There is some talk and actions that things may be improving and may end the regional banking crisis someday… soon?  Not sure how […]

Options Activity Ahead of the Federal Reserve This Week

Posted on March 20th, 2023

The Federal Reserve is schedules to make their latest decision on whether to hike interest rates and if so by how much this week. The 2-year fight against inflation persists and the expectations of yet another Fed rate hike this week was a virtual slam dunk, (thought a phrase to go along with March Madness […]