Downturn to Overheat

Hello All,

It’s been a relatively quieter week in regard to news flow / economic data & the indices have kicked off into Summer-mode as volumes have drastically dropped off & the indices have more so been in a slow churn / grind higher (VIX back to a 16-handle) with Small-caps currently leading the way, +119bps on the week whereas the Dow has been the laggard although still sits higher by 24bps.

Biggest event into the remainder of the week boils down to an update in regard to the developments between the U.S. & China trade talks in London along with CPI / PPI #’s into the remainder of the week.

Just over a month ago, we wrote about hard assets & the structural framework behind hard assets given recent events & future outlook along with some historical perspective as well… you can check it out below for those whom may have missed. The piece has aged quite well to say the least.

We also published the follow up educational piece which has been highly requested and majority of the topics covered were all suggested by you all, so I hope you find good benefit.

For those who may have missed, a link to Educational Piece Part: Deux can be found here.

For those who may have missed the first educational piece, I included the range of topics covered below along with a link to the piece for those who would like to go back and read:

- General background / knowledge on all option strategies

- In-depth talk on risk / reversals & how to go about expressing / utilizing them

- Options Structuring

- When to used naked calls / puts vs. spreads

- Choosing expiration dates

- Identifying key pivots / supports / resistance zones

- General briefing on stock gaps

- What to look for in regards to fundamentals

- Implementing fundamental / macro / technicals into a trade

- Hedging

- Creating risk/reward setups

- Taking profits / managing losses

- Overall Process

- Book recommendations

A link to the first educational write-up can be found here.