Category: Market Overview

Hey guys, It was a crazy day in the market, so we’re doing this a day earlier than usual. Having both calls and puts — hedges — in place is the only way to go. And I see that being the case for the foreseeable future.  So let’s...

Hey guys, Every time I feel like it’s time to take the training wheels off and go heavy to the long side, I’m reminded how important it is to have bearish bets on… or you’ll get crushed. This market gets rolling waves of bad...

Hey guys, We’re looking at a market that is nothing but bearish. People are just puking all over themselves, trying to buy the dip and getting smacked around. It’s the toughest tape I’ve seen in many, many years if not ever. But...

Hey guys, It’s times like these that you’re super happy to have short positions on at all times. Because what happened Tuesday reminded me of the fact that we’re doing the right thing with this strategy… If you wake up at 4:30...

Hey guys, This market is incredibly difficult to time right now… We have a lot of volatility and news bombs coming from all over, this week’s big one comig out of China after a major city was completely shut down because of...

Hey guys, We have a market on pins and needles, moving up and down on several news bombs…  Just last night, China deployed more stimulus, which we did not see coming — but it gives us a great opportunity to add another unit...

Hey guys, It’s been a tough tape with some choppiness following a super bullish move that saw a few names explode, like Bed Bath & Beyond, which became the latest meme stock craze. It’s impossible to predict what the apes...

Hey guys, It’s been a difficult two weeks as the market’s gone vertical, led by a countertrend move in a bunch of junk stocks, which has been hurting our puts. I do, however, expect those puts to come back into play next week in...

Hey guys, It’s been a crazy week. We have a new month and new flows… a lot of choppiness and little decisive action… Then Friday morning, we had an enormous unemployment number, almost double what was expected. So today I want...

Hey guys, We had a awesome week! We have some of the best longs out there in this market with Etsy, which Wall Street told us to sell but I doubled down and we hit a home run this morning. Same thing with XLE. I'm being very...

Hey guys, We had a pretty good week! As of lunchtime on Friday, our options positions in total were up about 20%. We also had an opportunity to add a unit to one of our trades, and it’s always nice when the market gives you...

Hey guys, We had a bit of a bounce Friday morning on a positive retail sales number after a week of extraordinarily bad economic data indicating high inflation and out of control price increases… These inflation numbers were a...

Hey guys, In place of your regular Link Trades weekly review, I’m bringing you this month’s Burn Notice Mastermind Call! In it I discuss my short-term outlook, a chart that's keeping me up at night and more....

Hey guys, Welcome to your Link Trades weekly review. Despite the pain in the broader market this week, we closed out some killer puts in Bed Bath & Beyond and Intel. I’m still bearish on Intel, because there’s a rumor going...

Hey guys, Welcome to your Link Trades weekly review. The hits just keep coming with inflation... Friday morning’s Consumer Price Index came in even hotter than expected at 8.6%, the highest year-over-year inflation number in...

Hey guys, Welcome to your Link Trades weekly review. The markets have had a crazy week. At this point, I think what we need to be worried about is the economy falling apart much faster than we expect. Despite the fear and...