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I don’t think Jerome Powell is confused.I don’t think he’s panicking.And I definitely don’t think he’s flying blind.

I think Powell sees exactly what the market is showing anyone willing to look past CPI headlines: inflation is bubbling under...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. IN: USO
  2. OUT: ETHA
  3. PROFIT TARGETS: None
  4. Current status of open campaigns.
  5. Volatility Snapshot.

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For nearly twenty years, the market played by a simple set of rules:

Growth over value.

This trend guided portfolios and dominated positioning for more than a decade.

But now the question is...

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Earnings season is the heartbeat of the market, and every day brings fresh signals about where money is flowing.

With each report, we learn not just how companies are performing, but how investors are reacting.

In the Daily...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. IN: XLP
  2. OUT: USO
  3. PROFIT TARGETS: None
  4. Current status of open campaigns.
  5. Volatility Snapshot.

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From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The 2 to 100 Club.

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

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This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying trend.

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Earnings season is the heartbeat of the market, and every day brings fresh signals about where money is flowing.

With each report, we learn not just how companies are performing, but how investors are reacting.

In the Daily...

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Gold vs Stocks

What if Gold still hasn’t begun to outperform equities in any meaningful way?

I know it sounds counterintuitive, especially after precious metals led the tape and outpaced nearly everything last year.

But the...

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This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying trend.

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Welcome to Boomtown

Most natural resource stocks, even the bellwethers of Metals or Energy, for example, can’t scale to $3 Trillion in market cap. They’re simply not built like the juggernauts of tech or communications.

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Yesterday, I put on a type of options trade I don't do a lot of—a put ratio spread.

For those unfamiliar, a put ratio spread involves selling one slightly out-of-the-money put while buying two (or more) puts at a further out-of-the-money strike...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. IN: USO
  2. OUT: XLP
  3. PROFIT TARGETS: None
  4. Current status of open campaigns.
  5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

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As technicians, we love to talk about Dow Theory.

One of its most important principles is the concept of confirmation—the idea that major averages should be trending in the same direction.

And right now, that’...

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There were no S&P 500 earnings reactions on Monday, but we heard from one of our favorite Indian tech stocks.

Sify Technologies $SIFY is quietly becoming one of the most important digital infrastructure stories in India. 

The...

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Our key intermarket ratios confirm this precious metals bull market is intact.

This market is on fire.

Every dip continues to get bought, and the message from price could not be clearer. 

Gold and Silver futures are printing fresh all-time highs. 

Platinum and Palladium are digesting gains in tight,...

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This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying trend.

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China is kicking off the week with a bang and we’re moving out on the risk spectrum, buying some of the most offensive stocks. 

We were early to...

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The move in metals, and in particular Silver, has been absolutely amazing. And it could have further to climb...

But, what if the top is near? 

I'd like to position for the possibility of catching the reversal, while not putting...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. IN: ETHA
  2. OUT: SLV
  3. PROFIT TARGETS: None
  4. Current status of open campaigns.
  5. Volatility Snapshot.

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IWM VS QQQ

The little guys are back—and they’re leading the market higher.

The Russell 2000 $IWM just closed the week at its highest level in its history. 

After nearly four years of going nowhere, it’s finally...

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There were no S&P 500 earnings reactions on Friday, but the materials sector continues to stand out to us. Here's a name that we like. 

Olympic Steel $ZEUS is a classic under-the-radar materials name that is often overlooked until...

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