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Going forward, for our weekly issues, we will focus less on general economic happenings—except for things of great significance—and more on our proprietary indicators and their forecasts for the market. After all, you pay us a subscription fee to help you make money, and we increasingly have incorporated our indicators… Read More

Sell to close the Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) August 12 call option. Sell The China Fund (CHN) and Ensco (ESV). We recommend selling to close the Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) August 12 call option and taking the quick gains.  Also, as we noted last week, we seek to… Read More

Buy to open the Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) August 12 call option. Our copper indicator is bullish enough to take a leveraged long position. The problem with trading options on copper is that there are no liquid copper ETF (or even ETN) options. As an alternative, we recommend buying… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 26.3% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 19.9% Average Holding Period: 284 days Today’s government monthly job report shows that hiring slowed in April, confirming the earlier, separate, April report from payrolls processor ADP that similarly showed less robust job growth. According… Read More

Sell to close the PowerShares D.B. U.S. Dollar Bullish ETF (UUP) September 24 call option. We recommend taking the nice gain on this trade. Our dollar indicator is still in positive territory; however, based on recent data, April was not a good month for the labor market. Read More

After a rather uneventful Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week that did not alter market expectation of monetary policy, two Fed officials questioned the view that there would be no rate hike at the next, mid-June, FOMC confab. Atlanta regional Fed chief Dennis Lockhart commented… Read More

On Monday we recommended selling to open the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) July 27 call option as our gold stocks indicator suddenly turned bearish. On Tuesday, we recommended buying to close the option position for a very solid one-day gain as GDX moved sharply downward, showcasing once again… Read More

Buy to close the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) July 27 call option. We have a very nice gain in the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) July 27 call option trade in just one day. We recommend buying the option to close the short position… Read More

Sell to open the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) July 27 call option. Sell SPDR Gold Shares (GLD). Buy to open the PowerShares D.B. U.S. Dollar Bullish ETF (UUP) September 24 call option. Our gold and gold-stocks indicators have both… Read More