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Equity Oracle: 06/10/15

This is a stock that we did very well with when we traded it last year. Once again, AXAS is giving us a buy signal with a nice green candle on higher volume.

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Equity Oracle: 06/05/15

The iShares Gold Trust (IAU) is a great way to trade gold without having to spend a lot of money on the more expensive GLD. In fact, IAU trades at roughly 10% of the price of GLD and follows the technical signals just as well.

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Options Oracle: 06/04/15

Credit call spreads are one of my favorite ways to trade in a bear market. If you look at the chart of the S&P 500 ETF you will see that the price has broken out below the bottom triangle line on high volume. This tells us that the sellers are starting to take over.

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Equity Oracle: 05/29/15

This is a stock that we’ve traded many times in the past with great success. Like other stocks in the precious metals sector, Barrick Gold trades in line with the technical signals. In this chart you can see how the price is pivoting nicely after yesterday’s bullish engulfing pattern.

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Options Oracle: 05/28/15

Gaps above the market, hammer candles, and spinning tops are just a few of the things I look for when I’m shopping for a buy candidate. In this case, we have all three of these signs as GLD starts to make a turn higher just three days after the last gap was formed.

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Options Oracle: 05/21/15

Selling vertical credit put spreads is a bullish position and as you can see from the chart above, Baidu is showing a bullish engulfing pattern as the price is bouncing off of a key role reversal support level. The other bullish confirmation is the fact that the volume has been dropping as the stock has […]

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Equity Oracle: 05/21/15

One of the best ways to “short” the market is to buy into a bearish ETF. In this case, I’ve selected the Proshares Ultrapro Short Russell 2000 (SRTY). As you can see from the candle chart, the stock is showing higher lows, which is a sign that the buyers are getting more aggressive. The other […]

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Equity Oracle: 05/13/15

First Majestic Silver Corp (AG) is a Canadian based mining company that is focused on silver production in Mexico. Fortunately for this company the price of silver rallied today, which means their profit margins will most likely widen due to the inventory of silver, they hold in supply. Historically this stock price of AJ lags […]

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Options Oracle: Expiration Week Alert: 05/13/15

This Friday marks expiration day for the May option chain. We are currently holding positions in the following companies; Gold ETF (GLD), The Traveler’s Companies, Inc. (TRV), Netflix (NFLX), Diamonds (DIA), Oil Services ETF (OIH), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Alibaba Group (BABA) US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP), and Google, Inc. (GOOG).

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Equity Oracle: 05/08/15

Yes, as crazy as it sounds, the market rallied today after the employment numbers showed that there were a record number of Americans OUT of the workforce. It’s amazing how so many people are being fooled into thinking the stock market is a good long-term investment. That is the farthest thing from the truth… this […]

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