Futures
Apple Heartbreak, Bond Breakout, They Asked Evans, Trading Tesla, Going Nuclear
Treasury yield spreads continue to move if not into a healthy configuration, at least a healthier-looking direction.
If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of the Futures Market
This has been a tough year for traders; let's step back and look at commodities, oil, the dollar and gold -- and see what could 'normalize' the bond market.
Charting the Indexes, When We'll Find a Bid, King Dollar, 3 Stocks I'm Trading
The FOMC continues to fiddle despite evidence inflation is peaking or has peaked and while all of Rome is burning down around them.
Think Ahead, Don't Trade Ahead
Charts slide further and lack reversal signals.
Oil Will Bubble Up and Spill: Make Sure You Time a Trade Right
Trends are relative to time frame, and energy traders must decide which bet to make -- and when to make it -- as I see a big swing ahead.
Relief Rally, Powell and the Fed Heads, Deflationary Forces, Apple's Clever Move
Is a Fed pivot near? Not necessarily. However, at least one of the Fed's key thinkers is at least doing just that... thinking.
Here's My Approach to Trading This Market Right Now
An oversold bounce is no surprise, but how long will it last?
Serious Fed, Traders More Than Investors, Top Dog Energy, 3M, Trading Belite Bio
The Fed was too easy for far too long and now will be too tight, probably for far too long.
A Bullish Gold Play for the Brave and Those OK Seeing Some 'Naked Leg'
Don't worry, if you're conservative and have little room for error, what I'll show you here would make a great paper trade for educational purposes, too.
Being Long the U.S. Dollar Isn't as 'Easy' as Some Say
It wasn't that long ago the masses assumed being short the dollar was the 'easy' trade.
Let's Update 3 Recent Trades on Meta, Gold and Bumble
It's clean-up time.
The Market Was Out of Whack in 2022, So Time to Reset Your Strategy
Let's perform an intermarket correlation check, and see how commodities moved vs. themselves and the buck -- and what to expect next.
El Toro Returns, A Wednesday Full of Wow, The Technical Setup, Disney Reports
All hail the new bull. Same as the old bull? Not a chance.
Nvidia's Stunner, Minty Fresh or Just Meme Stock Momentum? Trading Lemonade
Can or will any of these revived meme names strike while the iron is hot, so to speak?
OPEC+ Knows Which Way the Oil Wind Blows
The commodity has fallen back into the pre-war trading pattern.
3 High Yield Energy Stocks With Attractive Growth Tailwinds
These names are are growing their earnings and dividends thanks to $90+ oil.
Walmart's Woes, Standing Before the Payphones, Coinbase Crumbles, Yardeni's Call
Monday's trading action reminded me of a quiet bus ride into the mayhem.
Big Week, Big Earnings, Collision Course, Tracking Trend, Fed, Fun With Numbers
The longer-term trend is still to the downside, but the short-to medium-term trend has improved as has relative strength.
Changing Sentiment, Bad Headlines, Reality Bites, Bright Side, Apple of My Eye
Enough portfolio managers are acting out of a fear that they missed the very tradeable mid-June bottom and may have been under-invested over the past month.
Sitting on a Pile of Sidelined Cash? Here's a Strategy to Hedge It
There is a way to hedge cash positions in a portfolio while we wait to see if this is a bull trap or the real deal.
Crisis in Europe, Sour Apple, U.S. Safe Haven? ECB Hike, CHIPS (Act) Ahoy
Russian energy giant Gazprom has apparently invoked 'force majeure,' for its failure to deliver natural gas shipments to European clients in recent weeks.
As Oil Continues to Fall, What Does That Mean for the XLE?
Watch these key price levels.
Nasdaq's Key Line, Fed Minutes, Trouble With the Yield Curve, Sun Valley Deals?
The FOMC flat out tells us here that they are willing to damage the economy in order to get a handle on and tamp down consumer-level inflation.
Tuesday Setup, Semiconductor Gut Punch, Tradable July? Stay Inside the Lines
Earnings season kicks off in about 10 days. It does not look to the plain eye that analysts are ready.
Commodity Bull Runs Have Proven Unsustainable; Can This Time Be Different?
It's possible, but unlikely, as we've yet to see the commodity complex hold gains forged in a bull market.
Epically Bad First Half, Inflation's Origins, Defense Stocks, Seasonal Investing
Is Defense recession proof? Not in 'normal' peacetime, but maybe this time.
Zero-Covid? NATO's China Challenge, Quarter-End Volume, Yields, Trading Chevron
There was a time when Covid vaccine news was headline material. Not now, though, and this news could matter.
Baltic Powder Keg? Telltale Treasuries, Cringy Congress, Lost in Fed Translation
Despite Wednesday's hit, XLE remains the only sector SPDR ETF still up year to date (+34.8%).
An Oversold Bounce Is Developing -- But Don't Be Too Trusting
Now is not the time to build longer-term positions.
How Far Down? Inflation Torment, Sign of Relief? Bewitched, Trading Chip Stocks
there was a high level of professional participation on Thursday and almost all of it was on the same side of the market.