The VIX is warning you about next week
What a week for the markets. Monday and Friday set us up for potential disaster. We limped into Tuesday thinking things could get very, very, very bad. Then Tuesday brought a glimmer of hope with “Hey, maybe things aren’t that bad.” Wednesday delivered a big, giant rally with solid follow-through. But what caught me completely […]
One Stock at Rock Bottom, One Near the Top
Hey, Charles here. Andrew Giovinazzi has a thing for timing cycles. Not predicting them. Recognizing when you're in one. This week he's got two names that sit on opposite ends of the same idea. One stock has been beaten down by regulation, tagged its 52-week low twice, and is starting to bounce. The other rode […]
The chart says buy one, dump the other.
Hey, Charlie here. Licia Leslie doesn't chase headlines. Because news… Well, it can be manipulated. It can be biased. Or downright fabricated. But a stock’s chart? Licia knows it can reveal price action that doesn’t lie. And when she combines her chart-reading expertise with her pitchfork analysis, she finds a high probability price point a […]
Iran News Sent Stocks Ripping Higher
The Option Pit team went live Tuesday afternoon with a special State of the Market broadcast after developing events in the Middle East sent stocks surging in real time. The S&P 500 had already climbed about 1.3% on the session when reports surfaced that an Iranian official was signaling a willingness to negotiate. Within minutes, […]
AI Can’t Whittle me a Bag of Cement
Dear Trader, Everybody's scared of this market. And honestly? They should be, if they're still holding the same names they were holding two years ago. Hans has been beating this drum since January: the AI trade isn't dead, it just moved. The question is whether you moved with it. This week he's got one stock […]
Four weeks of red and counting
Hi Traders, Another ugly week for the market. This is now four weeks in a row where the S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) have been down. Frankly, I don't see a lot of reasons for the market to rally until the Strait of Hormuz finally opens up again. The VIX is now […]
Bearish on the SP and bullish on crude
Dear Trader, Charlie here. The S&P 500 just snapped a 214-session streak above its 200-day moving average. That is the line institutional money watches more than any other. When price sits above it, managers stay long. When it breaks below, risk desks start cutting. This week, Licia Leslie is leaning into that breakdown with a […]
The Plumber vs. The Toll Booth
Dear Trader, Charles here. Hans is back with another One to Love, One to Leave. And this week he went right for the jugular on a question most investors are ignoring. If AI agents are about to start doing real work (booking flights, managing code, executing trades) who actually benefits? Not the model companies. Not […]
One to Buy and One to Bury
Hey, Charles here. Andrew's back with a fresh One to Love, One to Hate from the Ceres Scanner (his AI momentum tool that identifies stocks setting up for big moves in either direction). One streaming giant that dodged a bullet and one former safe haven that keeps sliding. Let's get into it. They lost but […]
When stocks and bonds drop together
Hi Traders, The S&P 500 has fallen every week since the war started. From its peak at the end of January to Friday's low, it's down roughly 400 points. The talk around the S&P is being driven by oil. And yes, oil is higher. But it's the effect oil is having on interest rates that's […]