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  1. Altavest_Erik

    ‘Bonds are the bubble, not stocks,’ says billionaire investor Cooperman

    While market bears argued that the rise in yields and stock-market reaction belied investor fears that a growth slowdown is around the corner, Cooperman, the founder of Omega Advisors, argued that the economy, “if anything, is too strong” and that the conditions “that normally lead to a big...
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    The Market Isn't The Economy: A Snapshot From The Depression

    One lesson to never forget: Markets can and do indeed prosper during tough economic cycles due to fiscal and monetary stimulus. Markets falter when rates increase. As the Fed continues to drain liquidity from the system, target a neutral rate, normalize (whatever that is), all of us as...
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    Algo Trading and Automated Systems At Your Fingertips - Online Workshop

    Hello, There are many systems across multiple sectors and markets, working in various time frames, that are on the platform and searchable, sortable, filterable by associated parameters. Many of these systems are being traded with real money by real people, and have multi-year live track...
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    Algo Trading and Automated Systems At Your Fingertips - Online Workshop

    "Algo trading activity is dominating the US equity markets and is rising elsewhere" Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab. You will discover how easy it is to have professionally developed algos working in your investment portfolio. Live Online Workshop Friday, October...
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    Proprietary Automation Selects & Manages S&P Option Spreads -- Online Workshop

    How You Can Systematically Trade Credit Spreads (and debit spreads too) And Manage Risk/Reward In Minutes Per Day Live Online Workshop and Demonstration on Thursday, October 18 @ 1:00 PM EST. Register Here (A link to the recorded workshop will be emailed to all registrants)
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    The factors that helped U.S. stocks to solidly outperform other global equity markets this year fade

    Historically, most periods of divergence between U.S. and global markets have lasted for about half a year, and have involved emerging markets playing catch up, according to Goldman Sachs analysts. One notable period in which U.S. markets fell and became more in line with the performance of...
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    Cramer: Trump shouldn't publicly attack the Fed, but I agree with him

    "I agree with President Trump that the Fed needs to tighten less aggressively, even as he probably shouldn't have said those nasty things in public because he's making it harder, not easier, for Jerome Powell to give him what he wants," he said. "When you look at the economy empirically right...
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    Stocks smell like 2000 & 2007 again?

    Did the top in the S&P 500 in 2007, have anything in common with the 2000 top? Yes! In 2000 the S&P made a nominal new high near the first day of fall, as monthly momentum was creating lower highs. Once it broke support selling pressure increased. In 2007 the S&P made a nominal new high near...
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    On the heels of the latest Fed rate hike, credit card interest rates are at record highs.

    Meanwhile, the average household with credit card debt has a balance of $5,700, according to the Federal Reserve's latest survey of consumer finances. Total credit card debt has reached its highest point ever, surpassing $1 trillion in 2017, according to a separate report by the Fed...
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    "The Crash Is Coming" - Fred Hickey Sees Gold Gains As "Money-Printing Never Works"

    Today’s situation reminds me of the fall 2000 which was a very difficult time for me as a contrarian investor. The internet bubble had broken in March when the Nasdaq peaked at 5132 and all those crazy valued dotcom stocks had crashed. In the three weeks after the Nasdaq had peaked it looked...
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    How You Can Easily Use Algo Systems in Your Portfolio - LIVE Online Workshop

    What specifically would make you say that?
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    How You Can Easily Use Algo Systems in Your Portfolio - LIVE Online Workshop

    "Algo trading activity is dominating the US equity markets and is rising elsewhere" Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab. You will discover how easy it is to have professionally developed algos working for you in your investment portfolio. You too can harness the power...
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    Systematic Options Credit Spreads -- Live Online Workshop

    How You Can Systematically Trade Credit Spreads (and debit spreads too) And Manage Risk/Reward In Minutes Per Day Live Online Workshop and Demonstration on Thursday, October 11 @ 1:00 PM EST. Register Here (A link to the recorded workshop will be emailed to all registrants)
  14. Altavest_Erik

    Here’s a trade we filled yesterday for a .20 credit. At what price would you exit?

    Yes, the entries are correct...and yes a bearish posture...short an otm call spread and long an otm put spread, done at a small credit. Just curious what some of you think in regards to managing the position.
  15. Altavest_Erik

    Here’s a trade we filled yesterday for a .20 credit. At what price would you exit?

    There was a total of 19.0 in premium collected on the two short options, and 18.8 paid for the long options, for a .20 credit.
  16. Altavest_Erik

    Here’s a trade we filled yesterday for a .20 credit. At what price would you exit?

    The symbol is e3x, that is the e-mini s&p 500 week 3 expiration for november. It trades in relation to the dec e-mini futures, that's now at 2895.
  17. Altavest_Erik

    Here’s a trade we filled yesterday for a .20 credit. At what price would you exit?

    Here’s a trade we filled for a .20 credit. At what price would you exit? B e3x 2770 p 15.3 S e3x 2750 p 13.5 B e3x 3030 c 3.5 S e3x 3010 c 5.5
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    Manufacturing confidence at all-time high despite workforce shortage

    Optimism among U.S. manufacturers is soaring as the Republican-led tax cuts help fuel a white-hot economy with the lowest unemployment numbers in over a decade, but a significant labor shortage is undermining the gains, a new report shows. Nearly 93 percent of manufacturers are projecting...
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    "The labor market is in excellent shape heading into the end of 2018, perhaps the best it has been i

    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/05/us-nonfarm-payrolls-september-2018.html
  20. Altavest_Erik

    Get ready for an 8% to 13% stock market correction

    When should we expect the market decline to begin? Martin says that it’s impossible to say, though added that it may have already started with the big decline in Thursday’s trading session. In any case, Martin says it’s safe to assume that “the decline will start in the next month or two, if not...
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