A Not so Friendly FED

The FED came out swinging with a .25 basis point cut then turned around and indicated this was a ONE and DONE rate cut. Markets protested with an extreme move and the opportunities have started to mount. Don explores how to gauge your risk in the days to come and why this volatility is not likely to back down in the near future…

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Why Wednesday is So Important

Wednesday will be the big trading day of the week.  What’s happening and what’s the plan?  Corey walks you through the Federal Reserve interest rate decision and how it will affect stocks, bonds, Gold, and Oil and what levels you can use in your current or new trades.  Not to be outdone by the fed, 200 companies will also report earnings Wednesday so be safe but active in your trades.

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Will Apple Come up Short?

This is a critical week in the markets with the FOMC announcement on Wednesday and July unemployment numbers released on Friday. Before that AAPL releases key earnings and outlook tomorrow (Tuesday) after the close. Watch this video to find out what trade ideas you could take around AAPL earnings…

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Central Bankers, Low Rates, Buybacks – What could go wrong?

In this weekends update Don provides some insight on what to expect from the FED but more importantly how to turn those ideas into trades. We will also look at earnings trades, specifically what strategy is working well right now and to round things out Don makes a critical call on the financials.

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Your Plan for Friday’s Earnings Outcomes

Amazon (AMZN) is down big but other stocks are up after Thursday’s big earnings events.  How did your position fare?  And what ‘fade trade’ opportunities are setting up Friday on these expected moves?  Corey details this and more in tonight’s snap-earnings update after the close.

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Financials Break Higher but for How Long?

Earnings are in full swing and we have hit expected move butterfly’s on CAT and SNAP with many more trading opportunities to come. More importantly the Russell and the Financials broke massively higher today in the face of lower interest rate, leaving the savviest of traders guessing as to what is driving these index products and sectors.

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Trade These Earnings Plays Before it’s Too Late

Wednesday and Thursday will provide dozens of opportunities to trade major stocks announcing earnings. From butterflies to vertical spreads to intraday opportunities, strike now while the opportunities are hot. In tonight’s video, Corey discusses daily chart price levels that may help your butterfly or option strategy selection if you’re playing these stocks before or after earnings this week.

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A Big Earnings Week Calls for this Strategy

Lots of big name earnings announcements this week will set the tone for the rest of the summer. Here are specific earnings strategies you can use to generate unusual returns this week. Watch this video newsletter now to find out these opportunities because after this week you’ll have missed them…

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How Fragile Are these Markets?

Risks are mounting of a global slowdown and central banks are stepping in… what are the implications to the future of markets but more importantly how can we turn these risks into trade opportunities? Don goes deep into risk/reward and why these markets have become so opportunistic.

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These Commodities Are On the Move

With the Fed inching closer to lowering rates later in July, main commodities such as Oil and Gold along with Treasuries and stocks are on the move. In tonight’s video, Corey updates you on key levels and price movement occurring as money flows and positions in these markets – and what opportunities are there for short-term traders now.

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Don Kaufman Don Kaufman

TheoTrade co-founder, former CBOE market maker and thinkorswim Chief Derivatives Instructor.

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