In a display of unprecedented dovish policy, last Thursday the European Central Bank (ECB) expanded the size of its bond-purchase program (aka quantitative easing, or, QE) by 33 percent to a rate of €80 billion per month. Additionally, the ECB cut the key refinance rate to 0 percent and said… Read More
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Yesterday, we added a new option position, the Cheniere Energy (LNG) June 40 call option. This was not an indicator-based move. Rather, we think Cheniere is a quality company well positioned to benefit from the abundance of natural gas production at home and the international demand for gas and expect… Read More
Buy to open the Cheniere Energy (LNG) June 40 call option Today we make an aggressive bullish bet on Cheniere Energy (LNG). The stock is down roughly 5 percent today. We think the selling is overdone and expect a bounce in the stock. Note that this is… Read More
Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days After repeatedly having talked up the possibility of more stimulus to combat deflationary risks, European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers finally acted yesterday at their regularly scheduled Governing Council meeting. Read More
Over the last several weeks, helped by the rebound of oil prices—driven by major oil exporters’ willingness to at least discuss cooperation to support prices—and decent U.S. economic data that allayed fears of a recession, the stock market has calmed. The respective oil benchmarks for the international… Read More
It was a busy morning for us today. Via two separate Trade Alerts, we closed out our two option trades. We closed our SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) July 205 call option position, even though our stock indicator still registers a moderately bullish signal. When it comes… Read More
Sell to close the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) June 121 put option Yesterday, we recommended buying the GLD June 121 put option as a short-term hedge. The move has worked as the option has made a nice gain in just one day. We recommend… Read More
Sell to close the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) July 205 call option We rolled into a longer-dated S&P 500 ETF call option a week ago to add leverage. Given the bad China trade data, there’s a chance market volatility may return. We feel it prudent to… Read More
Buy to open the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) June 121 put option Our gold indicator is bearish, predicting a negative bias for gold in the near term. We recommend the at-the-money GLD June 121 put option to hedge against possible gold weakness in the near term. Read More
Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today that the U.S. economy gained 242,000 nonfarm jobs in February, well above the expected 195,000 print. The BLS also… Read More