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Flash Alert: Seasonality Navigator is Now on the Web!

To the OFI Community: I have an exciting announcement. The 10-Year Seasonality Navigator app has transferred to the web. No more messy software downloads with false positive virus warnings, no more incompatibility with Apple operating systems, and no more Tiingo symbol data limits. Just effortless ease of usage! Thanks to the hard work and creative […]… Read More

BLK, JPM: Shining Financials

Financial stocks shine when interest rates come down and two more Federal Reserve rate cuts are in the offing later this year…. Read More

SPX: 0DTE Volatility Trade

Iron Condor on S&P 500 Index Security Root Symbol: SPX Expiration Date: Wednesday, October 8th Strategy Overview: Buy to Open: $6640 Put Sell to Open: $6710 Put Buy to Open: $6810 Call Sell to Open: $6740 Call Option Symbols: SPXW251008P6640 and SPXW251008P6710 and SPXW251008C6740 and SPXW251008C6810 Order Details: Limit Order Price: Net credit of $13.00 […]… Read More

EEM, GM, KO: Domestic Over Foreign

The S&P 500 has risen seven days in a row, so bullish momentum is strong and U.S. stocks can continue higher, but a pullback in emerging markets is also a strong possibility…. Read More

SCHW, AVGO: Silicon Street

Markets this week turn to the FOMC minutes from the September 16–17 meeting, out Wednesday, for clues on the Fed’s next rate move. Weekly jobless claims arrive Thursday, though the ongoing federal shutdown has already delayed some reports and could disrupt this release. Friday brings the University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment, an early look at confidence and spending. Meanwhile, OPEC+’s modest November output increase of 137,000 barrels per day is helping keep oil prices firm, and Bank of America now expects the Fed’s first rate cut as soon as October amid signs of a softening labor market. With few data releases and Washington gridlock in focus, political headlines and Fed expectations may drive markets more than fundamentals this week…. Read More

MCD, NSC: Early October Rolls

Two rolls to end the first week of October…. Read More

IWM: Closeout

Cashing in for a profit…. Read More

QQQ: No Bears Allowed

The market continues to power ahead, obliterating all bearish seasonality in its path. Consequently, a roll to a neutral iron condor makes sense. … Read More

SPX: Mauled Bear Roll

Bearish seasonality has not worked this autumn season, so we’ll punt to a neutral iron condor…. Read More

AMP, AVGO: Tips and Chips

With the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, financials and semiconductors are likely to outperform into year end…. Read More