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• Dow Chemical Calls Active

  Big prints in weekly call options on Dow Chemical (Ticker: DOW) right around midday pushed the stock onto our ‘most active by options volume’ market scanner... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Movement – Major Danger Ahead!

  

  These are not good chart patterns: We haven't gone anywhere on the Dow, S P or NYSE since early March and we've lost 6% on the Nasdaq and 8. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Sector Detector: False Breakout Just Another Tease, but Fundamental Rankings...

  

  Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Rather than a Great Rotation from bonds into equities, the rotation instead has been from growth into... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• How to Turn $25,000 into $500,000 in 15 Years

  

  Would you like a 20x return on your investments? In our Weekly Webcast on Tuesday (replay available here), we discussed various ways you can make a nice... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Options Expiration Friday – Anything Can Happen

  

  Another crazy day ahead. What else is new in this market? As you can see from Dave Fry's SPY chart, the pattern is holding up of high-volume (relatively)... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Faltering Thursday – Trouble at the Top?

  

  Options expire on Friday and last expiration day (4/18), we were 2.5% higher on the Russell and Nasdaq , which is about how much higher the Dow, S P and NYSE ar... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Dean Foods Calls Active

  

  The most traded contracts on Dean Foods are the Jan ’15 17.0 strike calls, with volume in excess of 4,800 lots as of the time of this writing. Time and sales... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• May Portfolio Reviews – Members Only

  

  Not much to report here, GMCR burned us but now we can turn that into a nice winner if it comes back down. Since we made $5 on the short puts, our break-even i... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Which Way Wednesday – Breaking Out Or Breaking Down?

  

  The same can be said about a dog with three legs and no tail, I suppose. So, the question is, is the market a dog in a nice sweater or whatever the metaphor... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• ICICI Bank Call Buyer Rings The Register

  

  Front month options activity on the operator of a network of banks in India today suggests one strategist who was well positioned to benefit from recent gains i... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Too High Tuesday? 10 Bullish Trade Ideas That Made Over 1,200%

  

  As noted on Dave Fry's chart, the S P made a new record high with narrow participation and essentially all of the gains were one big move in the Futures to... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Just Another Manic Monday

  

  That's all that really seem to matter in the Global markets as we shake off terrible Japanese trade numbers, which was somewhat counterbalanced by China's plan... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Sector Detector: Stocks Stuck in Neutral as Both Sides Seek a Directional...

  

  The technical picture for stocks has shifted from bearish into neutral, and our fundamentals-based sector rankings appear to have moved from bullish to... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• TGIF – Can We Stop The Week Before Our Indexes Fail?

  

  Look at the Nasdaq! Are you seriously still holding onto your Dow, S P and NYSE stocks? That's exactly what people did in 2008, when they were so used to the... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Office Depot Calls Active

  The most traded options contracts on the stock today were the Jan’16 $5.0 strike calls, with upwards of 16,000 contracts traded against open interest of fewer... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Thankful Thursday – Janet Does It Again!

  

  Not that Yellen said anything of substance but that won't stop her from saying it again this morning (9:30) so let the rally continue – for another day, at... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• FB, TWTR Shares Under Pressure

  Consider however, that in contrast, shares in Twitter, which traded up to a lofty P/S ratio in excess of 74x following its IPO in November, today trade at a... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Weakening Wednesday – Can Yellen Save the Day?

  

  All of last week, I kept saying the market was only hitting highs because it was being manipulated that way and, by Friday we'd had enough and took our... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• SolarCity Options Active With Earnings On Tap

  

  It looks like a 6,065-lot 16May'14 $60/$65 call spread was purchased at a net premium of $0.77 per contract. The bull call spread starts making money if shares... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Tempting Tuesday – Weak Dollar Props Up the Markets

  

  And what a dive we've had! As you can see from Dave Fry's Chart, the Dollar is down 7% since last summer and down 2.5% this year and that keeps stocks and... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS