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The dollar index has gone to sleep in a 103 to 104 trading range. After trading below the 100 level in July and above 107 in October, the index has not moved much as stability returned to the dollar against the other reserve currencies. Meanwhile, given the geopolitical landscape, the…

The Chart of the Day belongs to the wood products company Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the...

Shorting out-of-the-money (OTM) Amazon put options makes sense here as an income play in near-term expiry periods. That especially benefits AMZN stock shareholders as there is no dividend.

Meta Platforms stock seems stuck in a trading range - despite the recent market rally. This is good for short sellers of near-term out-of-the-money (OTM) put options as an income play.

The long bond futures reached a sixteen-year low in October 2023. Rising short-term Fed Funds rates and quantitative tightening caused bonds to fall and rates to rise, choking economic growth. Higher rates weighed on the stock market and other asset classes over the past months. However, bonds have recovered since…

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.06%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.2%. Earlier this morning the S&P 500 posting a 23-month...

With markets looking a quite bullish these days, I thought it would be a good time to look at our Naked Put Screener.

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +1.16%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.2%. Stocks are surging this afternoon, with the S&P 500 and...

AMD stock has had a large number of in-the-money put options traded today along with a large call option tranche. This could be from bullish investors hedging their bets on their AMD shares.

The Chart of the Day belongs to the cancer biomedical company Blueprint Medicines (BPMC) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the...

The Chart of the Day belongs to the concrete products company Smith-Midlands (SMID) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart...