A Creamy NUGT

Yesterday I got to tell the world about my lousy trade, being short 3x gold miner bull NUGT.  Writing a post about it was the easy part.  Losing money hand…

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MSCC: Scene of the Crime

They say in trading only an amateur returns to the scene of a crime recently profitable trade, lest he give back the gains.  Well, my name is Gary and I…

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NFTRH; Multi Market Update

Stock Markets

US stock markets probed a bit further into the resistance (and if current analysis is correct, topping) zone equivalent to SPX 2000-2030 yesterday, closing at a new recovery high.

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Which Thing is Right on Interest Rates?

I own Thing 2 (XLU) from an NFTRH+ update, but took profit (and dividends) on its running mate, TLT.  TLT is the 'long bond' iShares and it is roughly inverse…

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NFTRH: A Genius Free Zone

Last week I got to post up my bounce longs, showing the little sliver of the world that visits NFTRH.com my great prowess in trading.  Add in a couple of…

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NFTRH 385 Excerpt: Post-Payrolls

A short wrap up to the employment situation from NFTRH 385... Hourly wages eased and this, along with the quality (or lack thereof) of jobs created has given the bears…

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NFTRH 385 Out Now

A whopping 49 pages and not nearly as difficult to digest as that sounds.  Lots of charts and graphics populate what I think is a very cohesive report managing multiple…

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Bounce Vehicle #4 Sold (MYGN)

It was an adorable little pattern on a quality stock that got beat up post-earnings for some reason.  Taking 7% and this leaves only one bounce vehicle (medical device company…

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Bounce Vehicle #3 Sold (IDTI)

It's got higher to go to reach the 50 day averages and is not over bought, but in keeping with the recent theme, I sold IDTI (as w/ MSCC and…

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Launch!

While at near-term risk, the gold sector is launching, not blowing off Okay, the title of the post is a bit of a joke at this late stage of the…

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Bounce Vehicle #2 Sold (FARO)

Considering I did something that is very difficult for me (momo'd FARO after its good earnings report as it popped and pulled back in-day) I am taking my chips in…

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Employment by Industry

Ref. BLS Employment Situation (+242,000, unemployment @ 4.9%) for February. The theme remains unchanged as the relatively strong dollar continued to pressure people who make things and mine things and…

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NFTRH+; Energy Sector Short and Long-term Views Updated

Updating the short and long-term views of XLE and sending to the entire list as it is a sector of interest to so many economies and markets and thus, of macro concern.

XLE Daily broke above the key resistance level yesterday and assuming we have a weekly close above it tomorrow, that is now support.  Indeed, it is tentative support now but I kept it red to play devil’s advocate.  A reasonable measurement from the pattern is 64-65.  That is for the traders among us.

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NFTRH+; SAND

As you may know, I have a friend in junior mining analyst ‘Otto Rock’ from IKN.  As is noted each week on the last page of NFTRH reports, I recommend his work because it is put forth honestly and he calls it like it is, whether that makes him look good or not.  Point being, I trust the guy as a nugget of gold among the lumps of coal that make up the gold stock analyst community.

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