Santa or Grinch? Big Week Ahead as Volatility Expectations Soar!
The VIX rose today as S&P finished over one-percent higher on the session. That's highly unusually, but fitting given the slate of economic news and the FOMC meeting that is on tap this week. Of course, it's Tuesday's CPI inflation data that is at the forefront on the economic side, and the big news will…
Markets on Alert! Is Catastrophic Risk Imminent?
-oil screams recession imminent -reality sets in with a hot ppi, are you afraid? -moment of truth, here comes CPI and FED -it’s all binary; you best be ready! -calculating next week's risk in your portfolio Get your trade on-- This week's Profits and Losses - XLP out, covering more shorts, XLE, AAPL intraday -new…
Earnings Movers and Sector Leaders: Your Stock Scan Update
Three key stocks had after-hours movement, but quick fizzles after their announcement. In tonight's video, we pinpoint what expected move price levels are in play for Friday and then drill-down into key stocks leading major sectors including two big leaders threatening new lows.
Are Markets In the Midst of Repricing Downside Risk?
Stocks are sitting in a precarious position already moving 2 standard deviations for the week and hanging on to a key gravity point level. With several risk events next week traders and investors are reducing their positions to wait for the risk events to pass. Here's the key level in TSLA to watch because if…
Your Sector Check-Up and Targets to Start December
In tonight's Theo Evening Video, we highlight the nine major sectors (ETFs) and pinpoint the strongest and weakest in play and then drill down to some of the leading stocks and what they're saying both about the sector and the broader market in general as we continue moving toward the start of a new year.
Did Santa Come Early? Risk on or Off Into 2023?
Positive data today pushed stocks lower as the U.S. Dollar strengthened. With a bullish October and November, is December slated to be a dud, or is this only a bump in the road to a strong finish to 2022? (KRE, BX, MS, ACRE, BTU)
Are Markets Trading in the Upside-Down?
-Market of Data Dependency! -JPOW -Fed goes dove? -263k - Employment situation beats -Weeks worth of moves in minutes -Next big boy data Dec 13, 14th -Sector updates.. XLF, XLE, QQQ Get your trade on - This week's Profits and Losses - covering short premium /ES, QQQ, SPY intraday - new ideas, XLP (retail in…
Jobs Report Caps a Volatile Week: What to Expect
Friday morning will give us the monthly "Jobs Report" or Non-Farm Payrolls and any major surprise could once again move markets as we saw this week. Outside of that, we update our stock market plans along with a quick overview of Oil, Bonds, Gold, Silver, and the US Dollar and what levels we're watching closely.…
Powell Pounds the Bears into Hibernation!
Today's explosive rally, brought to you by Jerome Powell, reminds us all that volatility, in this marketplace, is far from over. In addition, there remains an immense amount of risk, still to come, in the employment numbers due out this Friday morning. It may also stand to reason, that we may see a slight pullback…
Planning the Week Ahead and Salesforce (CRM) Earnings
Salesforce.com (CRM) is the only major stock reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon so we pinpoint the option-based expected move targets for its earnings. We then highlight the main events on the economic calendar that could move markets and there are some big ones. Know what to expect as we wind down November and get ready to…