AMZN and GOOGL Earnings Trade Setups
After hours today AMZN & GOOGL reported earnings. Both companies beat their expectations and have moved close to 1 standard deviation to the upside. As we have talked about if you look at earnings trades over 1000s of occurrences there is no statistical edge in Iron Condor trades. However, there is an edge in placing…
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Earnings season in full force as stocks like Facebook rockets higher based on earnings news. There was little news from the Fed announcement today. The market has become sensitized to the veiled threats of increasing rates. If we look at the Fed watch tool we can say market is expecting a low probability of a…
Matching Strategy to the Market Character
There are two types of market that we have seen over the last several years. They have been either quiet and trending or sideways and volatile. It seems to me that markets may have broken out in another quiet and trending market. With volatility we like to use a combination of calendar spreads and directional…
What's Next for Stocks?
Stocks have paused after making new highs. Is the market preparing for the next move to the upside or is it stalling at new highs? Let's find out what we think has the greatest possibility of happening next...
Shopping for Value at the Helipad
We take a look into the last 100 years of the S&P 500.
New Highs and FedSpeak for a Sideways Week
Markets hit new highs... here's what to expect going forward.
The Fed is Out of the Way
Thanks to Brexit, political and global uncertainty the Fed is now out of the way for the foreseeable future. TheoTraders will know what the risks are in the market. Here's what to look for in bonds and stocks.
Is the Bubble about to burst?
TheoTraders look back at past bubbles in the market to look for similarities within the markets today. It is important that TheoTraders keep risk at a minimum during a time when volatility can explode at anytime. Let's look at some of the pitfalls of trading in today's market so you can avoid them and become…
Is the Panic Over?
A strong 3 day rally takes the S&P back to nearly pre-Brexit levels. Is the panic over? Well, let's go back and look at some other past events in recent stock market history. Also, we will look at a few fractal charts to determine some possible trade entries.
Volatility Continues as Trouble Overseas Grow
The markets have some strong headwinds to overcome. From a fundamental perspective multinational companies have a lot of currency risk at stake. From a geopolitical point of view "global Order" has been rocked as the movement towards nationalism and away from globalism continue to gain steam. And tonight we look at the markets breaking down…