Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets lean to the downside. Hong Kong is down 1.7%, and New Zealand and Taiwan are down 0.4% and 0.5%. Australia and South Korea are out-performing. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down 2.6% and Austria 0.8%. Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and […]
Before the Open (Jun 20)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Option Expiration day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. South Korea dropped 1.2%; Australia and New Zealand also dropped noticeably. Europe is currently trading mixed. London and Germany are up; Russia, Italy and France are down, but no market has moved much from its unchanged level. Futures here in the […]
Before the Open (Jun 19)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Australia rallied 1.6 and 1.5%. China dropped 1.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is leading the way with a 1% gain, followed by Spain, Italy, London, Germany, France and Russia. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash […]
Before the Open (Jun 18)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed leaning to the downside. India dropped 1.1%; South Korea, China and Indonesia also dropped noticeably. Japan rallied almost 1%; Taiwan also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Russia and Norway are leading the way; otherwise gains are small. Prague and Greece are […]
Before the Open (Jun 17)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 0.9%; Hong Kong and Singapore dropped around 0.45%. India rallied 1.3%; Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium, Norway and Russia are down noticeably. There are no big winners. Futures here in the States point towards an up open […]
Using Put/Call Open Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Before the Open (Jun 16)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped 1.1%, followed by Indonesia (down 0.8%). China moved up 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly down. Italy and Spain are down 1%, followed by Stockholm (down 0.8%), Russian (down 0.7%) and Norway (down 0.6%). Futures here in the States […]
Before the Open (Jun 13)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India and Korea dropped more than 1% followed by Australia and New Zealand. Japan, Hong Kong and China did well. Europe is currently down across-the-board. London, France, Germany, Stockholm, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Greece are all posting noticeable losses. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Oil Stocks Have Been Rocking
Oil stocks have been mainstays on the Leavitt Brothers’ Long List. Here are many of our set ups from teh last couple months. No cherry picking here. These were real set ups posted for our members.
Before the Open (Jun 12)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Indonesia, Australia and Hong Kong posted the biggest losses. India and New Zealand did fine. Europe is currently mixed, and there are no big movers. Greece (down 0.55%) is the biggest down market; Spain (up 0.32%) is the biggest up market. Futures here in […]