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Oil has had a wild start to the week, with huge swings on Monday and Tuesday, but oil stocks have been decidedly in the green. Our oil-stocks indicator remains bullish. Our two most recent option recommendations, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) March 69 call and the SPDR S&P… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 30.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 21.3% Average Holding Period: 263 days Several of our recommendations reported this week. Let’s take a look. Read More

Payrolls processor ADP reported a surprisingly poor July. Private firms added only 185,000 jobs, according to ADP, well below consensus expectations of 215,000; the report missed even the lowest prediction amongst economists surveyed. The pace of hiring in small companies slowed dramatically compared to June and the manufacturing sector only… Read More

Oil reversed its early gains today after the EIA reported that oil production rose in the week ended July 31. Although crude inventory fell, it wasn’t enough to keep oil in the green. Despite today’s unfavorable trading action, I still strongly believe there’s a good chance oil will stage a… Read More

Sell to close the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) ETF December 211 call option. Buy to open the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) March 69 call option. Our stock indicator has retreated into neutral territory, while our indicator that tracks oil stocks has become increasingly bullish. Read More

Sell to close the iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN (JJC) December 36 call option. Buy to open the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) January 40 call option. Our copper indicator has retreated into neutral territory. Unfortunately, the indicator’s bullish… Read More

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded its latest policy-setting meeting today. Widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged, the FOMC did not disappoint. Compared to its policy statement from mid-June (the previous FOMC confab), Yellen and company noted that the labor and housing markets… Read More

Our market indication is currently in neutral territory with a slight bullish inclination. It has become less bullish as the market rebounded in the last few days. We still have the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) December 211 call option open. Although our stock indicator is less bullish than it had… Read More