What’s Hot and What’s Not With Oil at $130
Light sweet crude oil futures touched $130.50 overnight as geopolitical risk and short supply drive prices higher. With rising commodity prices, what industries are showing signs of life today and which are falling under the pressure? Let’s use the Magnifi platform to flesh bullish and bearish opportunities. You can open a free Magnifi account here and get […]
3 Environmental Service Stocks With a Breakout Week
While oil, gold and agricultural stocks stole the show this week, it was the Environmental Services Industry that really stood out. Let’s take a closer look at the movers in this industry and use the Magnifi platform to identify and compare companies. You can open a free Magnifi account here and get free access to TheoINVEST! See […]
Option Bears Find a Home in ITB Following Data
You know how the story goes. Goldilocks wanders into the home of the three bears and tries to find which bed, etc. is “just right”. Trading can be the same way. You think you see something in a chart, data, news, etc. and wonder if what you’re seeing is “just right”. On the heels of […]
Gold and the Inflation Machine
In case you’ve missed it, gold has had a rather spectacular past couple of days. Just as you though it would fade today, it began to heat up into the close. In fact, there were sizable options trades in Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) and VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA: GDX). Of course, if you’ve […]
CCJ Earnings Beat Draws Option Market Attention
Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) released their Q4 2021 EPS results today. The share price reacted with a nearly 15% advance in the price as the company beat quarterly analyst estimates and raised their dividend by 50%. The large call option activity served to enhance today’s bullish move. However, one trade suggests that the move isn’t […]
Ford Large Equity Trades Reveals Key Price Level for Stock
Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F) closed nearly 10% lower last Friday following their earnings report. The company missed estimates both on the top and bottom line and announced today that they plan to cut or suspend production at eight plants. After over doubling in price in 2021, the current sell-off may provide further potential downside […]
AGNC Option Bears Understand the Interest Rate Impact
It was on January 10, 2022, that I reviewed a bearish combo on AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC) in the nightly video. Since that day there have been several other bearish option trades on AGNC that have been significant. Another one of those trades happened today and happens just before their corporate earnings on February […]
Option Bulls Eye Energy Sector as Sell-off Slows
The past week should be a wake-up call for many investors that have relied on the rising tide to lift their ships. What happens when the tide is moving out? That’s what we’re about to experience as the Federal Reserve is expected to begin tightening monetary policy and will provide their statement tomorrow. Rather than […]
Inflation Sensitivity: How Do Your Stocks Stack Up?
What are the current inflation risks to the market? I guess it depends on who you ask. More importantly, what is the market saying about inflation and is your portfolio positioned to outperform based on that direction? Let’s talk about some of the data on inflation, how the market’s posturing and the sensitivity of certain […]
Traders Guide to Analyzing Short Interest
If you’re following the market at all, you’ve likely heard the term “short.” The word short is used for selling shares you don’t own or even an selling an option or futures contract. Typical short sellers of stock are hedge funds or more sophisticated traders. However, what does that mean for the average trader? How […]