Trading Discipline & Missing Out
We have been tempted here at theOptionsEdge.Com to make a trade suggestion on both Walmart and NVIDIA, both of whom reported earnings yesterday. We decided to take the conservative route and stand down for…
Natural Gas is On Fire!
Natural gas has been in the doldrums for what seems like forever. Oil and gas, exploration and production companies have been "fracking" like mad going after the very high-quality light…
The Selloff Begins
Inquiring minds reached out yesterday asking if it was too late to participate in the selloff of equity prices. After all, a 600 point (2.3%) selloff in the DJIA, a 55…
The Week Ahead | 11/12/2018
United States President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919 by saying, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of…
Equities: Brutal Drop, Wicked Bounce, What’s Next?
To our way of thinking, the equity market is changing its character and we are doing our best to keep up with it. On October 9, 2018, we did not like…
Its Fed Day Today
The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve is wrapping up their November meeting where they discuss the state of the economy and their next move with interest rates. We…
Should You Play the Dead CAT Bounce?
On Friday, the Options Action panel took a look at Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) the big industrial machine manufacturing company. For the last few years, CAT has looked overpriced to us,…
The Week Ahead | 11/05/2018
This week we have a normal economic calendar. Earnings are still strong with some warnings. and the Midterm election is Tuesday. Most polls are showing a split decision where the…
De-Risk Your Portfolio Before the Election
The elections are coming up this Tuesday and this has us quite nervous. Animosity is running high and so are the stakes. The equity markets have been very volatile this…
Crypto Update
It was not long ago that people were talking about the volatility in the price of crypto. That day seems to have come and gone. It seems that even CNBC…