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Holy reversals, Batman!

The tactical direction flipped for the dollar and rates this morning on the heels of stronger-than-expected job growth. 

Whipsaws are dotting the charts,...

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The FOMC stuck to its script this week, kicking the can and keeping rates steady.

Everyone was expecting the news. But the market wasn’t expecting Fed Chairman Jerome Powell (the man...

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We love our bottoms-up scans here at All Star Charts. We tend to get really creative when making new universes as we want to be sure they will deliver us the best opportunities the market has to...

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Let me remind everyone what a bad idea it is to sell naked calls.

We don't do it.

I often ...

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Welcome to The 2 to 100 Club.

As many of you know, something we've been working on internally is using various bottom-up tools and...

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I really like the risk vs reward from the short side here.

The divergences and rotation into defensives are finally there.

The Dollar has been strong throughout all of January.

That was the first heads up.

The new highs...

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It doesn't happen very often that a bearish setup presents an opportunity for us to position with a simple long puts purchase. Usually, when we want to buy puts, the whole world is on to the idea and the premiums in the options market reflect that....

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The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a series of Form 4 filings by GSK plc.

The British multinational pharmaceutical company reported a purchase of $16.5 million...

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When you wake up knowing that you have a fresh batch of Monthly Candlesticks waiting for you at the end of the day, it's a great feeling.

Enjoy it.

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From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

The entire marketplace is fixated on tomorrow’s FOMC meeting.

Will the Fed make its first rate cut in March, or will it be in June?

Who knows.

I enjoy speculating as much as...

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Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management is on our list today, as it just filed multiple 13G filings on the following stocks:

  • Teladoc Health, Inc $TDOC,...
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I understand that some people are lazy and don't like to count.

I get that.

Also, journalists are NOT in the business of telling...

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Welcome to The Minor Leaguers.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it back in 2020 and...

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Precious metal charts aren't painting a bullish picture for investors.

Silver is underperforming...

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We got stopped out of a Wells Fargo trade a couple of weeks ago, and it looks like that was the whipsaw it needed to shake weak hands out. And since I was shaken out, I consider myself among the weak hands squad. I'm ok with that.

But given...

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Precious metal charts aren’t painting a bullish picture for investors.

Silver is underperforming gold. The Gold Miners ETF $GDX is posting new all-time lows versus the broader market. And...

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The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a series of Form 4 filings by Elias Sabo, director and CEO of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC $CODI.

Sabo reported an...

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