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Taking Advantage of Crude Oil’s Pullback
What was a “sigh of relief” rally in equities was in turn a pullback on the strong uptrend in crude oil. This was yet another test of the 13 EMA on the daily. What are the implications and what are the opportunities? There is a lot to like about this move.
Inflations Setups are Setting Up
Sure the indices and treasuries are gearing up for the 1/4 or 1/2 point rate hike from the FOMC but there is a parallel narrative, in fact it is the catalyst for the rate hikes: INFLATION. Commodities are an ideal way to trade this macroeconomic trend. In this update I will walk through crude oil, corn, beans, and more, as well as how to select the contract month for the trade.
Earnings Strategies In RBLX
Roblox is set to report earnings Tuesday after the close. As options traders we can participate in these events using risk-defined option spreads. Tonight we’re going to look at two of my favorites and how you can participate on either side of the trade.
Max Pain, But For Who?
Between Fed meetings and tensions overseas you don’t have to look far for a headline to pin market movement on. I’d like to bring you a few thoughts that aren’t in every tabloid and what I think may be driving stocks over the next several days.
Market pricing in some additional risk premium
With Fed’s Bullard commenting about the FOMC rate schedule and now the Russia/Ukraine situation, the market seems to be pricing some additional risk premium in preparation for one or both of those events.
I’ll say again, there are easier trades
While the SPX trades violently back and forth in a 200 point range, Energy, Softs & Ag commodity products are providing clearer opportunity with direction to boot. No bonus points for the harder trades.
MSFT Bounces From Support
Microsoft bounced from a measured support cluster today, but it needs to continue through resistance if it is going to gain traction.