Expert technical analysis of financial markets by JC Parets
From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley
It’s inescapable. If you haven’t read it in the news, seen it on Twitter, or heard it from a co-worker, here’s the scoop…
The euro has tumbled to parity with the dollar for the first time in almost 20 years!
That’s the big news in the currency markets these days. Sure, it’s a significant development.
But what currency isn’t falling against the US dollar right now?
It’s an interesting question. And it draws our attention to the Canadian dollar.
Let’s take a look.
Volatility still remains relatively high across the board, with this morning’s trading action further boosting it.
I’m on the hunt for some delta-neutral, short-premium plays to take advantage of this environment. But the trick is finding an instrument that is showing signs of potential range-bound action. Too many of my go-to sector ETFs are trending (mostly lower) and trends are the enemy of delta-neutral strategies.
I had to dig a little, but I think I found the right instrument for us to earn some options premium in.
From the Desk of Louis Sykes
They’re everywhere.
The long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope images…
Moments like these are not only significant for the scientific quest. They also deeply change the human condition and what we think is possible.
When Copernicus discovered the heliocentric model — that the universe doesn’t rotate around Earth — it humbled humanity.
When Newton discovered that the motion of the celestial bodies followed strict laws of mathematics, it gave a seemingly entropic universe order.
When man landed on the moon, it changed our entire perception of what’s possible.
And when the Hubble Space Telescope and the more recently launched JWST send back awe-inspiring images, it gives us a perspective of the cosmos we’ve never seen before.
From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza.
Welcome back to our latest Under the Hood report, where we’ll cover all the action for the week ended July 8, 2022. This report is published bi-weekly and rotated our Minor Leaguers report.
What we do here is analyze the most popular stocks during the week and find opportunities to either join in and ride these momentum names higher, or fade the crowd and bet against them.
We use a variety of sources to generate the list of most popular names.
There are so many new data sources available that all we need to do is organize and curate them in a way that shows us exactly what we want: a list of stocks that are seeing an unusual increase in investor interest.
Watch this video for a behind-the-scenes look at our process.
Whether we’re measuring increasing interest based on large institutional purchases, unusual options activity, or simply our proprietary lists of trending tickers, there’s a lot of overlap.
