Be It a Top or Correction the Sell Off Will Be Vicious
Many market observers have been screaming "look out for the bear," equity prices have risen too far too fast, "this strongly bullish move is not to be believed," yadda, yadda,…
Covered Call Report
Covered call writing is the most common options trading strategies used by individuals and professionals alike. Some people believe it is a low-risk strategy that generates income. We like to…
Trade Suggestion Update | What to Do on Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have 4 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to decide…
Update: Precious Metals
Gold has frustrated both the bulls and bears during the post-financial crisis era. Monetary theory suggests that massive money printing would cause massive inflation in the price of goods &…
The Week Ahead 1/15/2018
The SP500 continued its rise last week with a close at 2786.24. Up 3.6% year to date. Traders have a short holiday trading week due to MLK day on Monday.…
Sector Performance Update
The talk of late has been focused on rising stock prices. The S&P 500 is already up 3.51% so far this year. If you consider that over the very long hall,…
When Will We See the Next Correction? | How Will We Recognize It In Real Time?
We have been asked from time to time about the age of this ongoing bull market and what would have to change to become neutral or even bearish equity prices?…
Interest Rate Update | Time to Manage Your Interest Rate Risk
Interest rates are the price of money, or one might say the price to rent money. The US Treasury Yield curve represents the rate of interest across the maturity spectrum…
Lyondell (LYB) Under Valued, Moving Higher | Here’s the Trade, Even If the Share Price Takes a Pause
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) is a name we successfully traded last year. It is our favorite company in the chemical/process plant space as if it well runs, highly profitable and…
The Week Ahead 1/8/2018
Welcome to 2018. I hope you all had a good break and are ready to make some money in the new year. Last year was our first year and here…