Every month I host a conference call for All Star Charts Premium Members where we discuss ongoing themes throughout the global marketplace as well as changes in trends where new positions would be most appropriate. This includes U.S. Stocks & Sectors, International Stock Indexes, Commodities, Currencies and Interest Rate Markets.
The new volatility regime in 2018 has caused many to question the uptrend in stocks that we've seen the past couple of years. In this call we will go over all of the markets around the world including intermarket relationships that help us identify whether risk appetite overwhelms any risk aversion we're seeing from institutional investors. On Tuesday, we'll focus on the strongest sectors and strongest stocks that we believe will be leaders during the next leg higher throughout the rest of 2018.
This month's Conference Call will be held on Tuesday May 15th at 7PM ET. Here are the Registration Details:
In a recent report to Allstarcharts Premium subscribers, J.C. laid out a case why he's bullish on the Industrials sector and why that's important to the overall market. Not ever one to mince words: "we want to be buying right here right now and very aggressively. The bet is that Industrials are now heading higher and leading the market to new all-time highs." That sounds pretty convincing to me!
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sean McLaughlin and I’ve been involved in financial markets as a Trader, Exchange Member, blogger, in building social communities, podcasting, training and in sales for 20 years.
Some of you may already know me or have engaged with me on Twitter, Medium, or StockTwits where I go by the handle @chicagosean. Others may know me from the 7 years I spent as Director of Community at StockTwits, and a few more may know me in my role of Sales, Training, & Strategy at Trade Ideas, LLC.
Wherever you may or may not know me from, I’m happy to be teaming up with my friend JC Parets at Allstarcharts.com to build upon his excellent and unparalleled work in providing actionable insights to the financial community.
I've been looking forward to this day all year. All Star Options is now live - Go check it out!
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In my last post I outlined the evidence from India and around the globe that suggests equities as an asset class are headed higher. I pointed out the failed head and shoulders topping patterns in the Nifty 50 and other indices that should fuel the move higher. With that being said, I wanted to outline the Nifty 50 stocks where I believe the risk is defined best and the reward/risk is still favorable.
When I go through all of the crypto currencies, the healthiest one and the only one already pressing up against key resistance is Ethereum. You guys know I look for relative strength and positive momentum. Ethereum is showing characteristics of both right now.
Today I want to take a look at what we're seeing in Ether, as the great Nasir Jones would refer to it. He's one of our generations greatest poets and I think what we're seeing in the Ether right now is pure poetry.
When I go through charts of the most popular crypto currencies, it's hard to ignore the fact that we're seeing prices breaking out above downtrend lines from their respective highs. Go one by one, we're seeing it all over.
So what does that mean? Should we be buying all the crypto currencies right now?
Since the market's volatility picked up in late January, one key piece of the bear thesis has been weakness in Technology, yet we've not seen a crack and flush lower. I don't know about you, but I was promised a "Tech Wreck" and will not leave until we get one or Mr. Market provides me a refund.
Okay I'm being facetious, but in this post I want to outline what I'm watching and explore what the implications are if the potential bearish patterns in this sector don't pan out.
Just because a stock or an index is choppy and moving sideways doesn’t mean we can’t participate in some profits. There’s opportunity in every situation, especially with options.
I'm going to disappoint the options eggheads with my opinions here, because I'm going on gut feel.
I haven't done any exhaustive research. I haven't done any volatility skew analysis or 3D modeling. I haven't reviewed seasonality patterns, or dug deep into open interest imbalances.
No, I haven't done any of that.
Simply trusting my gut, it feels to me fear of stock market risk is being overplayed and everyone who is scared of headlines, trouble in the White House, geopolitics, etc (which seems is nearly everyone) has already fully hedged their risk or has put on speculative short positions and are thus natural buyers into any dips to profitably cover their positions -- which in effect helps to put a floor under equities.
Many have fixated their attention on the "triangle pattern" that's formed the NYSE Composite Index and other major US indices. This pattern is a visual representation of the indecision between buyers and sellers in the market, and its resolution typically leads to a significant move in the direction of its breakout. In times like this where the index itself has little directional conviction, a study of the components may offer some insight into which way the market resolves.
It's impossible for me to ignore. As someone who pays such close attention to Momentum, the fact that there are so few stocks showing bearish momentum characteristics is absurd. The overwhelming strength being shown here from stocks is spectacularly bullish in my opinion. Combine that with the fact that everyone thinks the world is coming to end, and boom, you've got a trade!
