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It’s Over
French elections are over. The Populist hydra has been slain (for now) and the world has taken a step back from a repeat of pre-WW2 political turmoil. Center globalist Macron bulldozed the “French Trump”, winning 66.1% of the vote.Macron did very well among the rich and educated white collar demographic. Le Pen on the other…
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Europe’s Big Test
A large impetus to the next thrust higher in European equities will be the final round of French elections this Sunday. We’ve covered the rise of populism and how it affects markets for some time now… If Macron should win Sunday, as we expect, the populist threat will likely recede for the time being. The…
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What Market Liquidity Is & Why It’s The Most Important Fundamental
I’m sure you’ve heard analysts, financial pundits, and other babbling heads yabber on and on about how these markets don’t reflect the “fundamentals”. They’ve ranted non-stop about how the fundamentals prove that a bear market is around the corner. They’ve raved about valuations being stretched and how stocks will collapse any day now… If you’ve…
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Le Pen Is The Last Thing Standing Between Equity Bulls And The Promised Land
The Trump-flation narrative has driven U.S. stocks to valuations last seen in the tech bubble. On a relative value basis, Europe is a bit more appealing. As a result, hedge funds have been increasing their equity exposure to Europe since early 2017. The Fed is also in the middle of a rate hiking cycle while…
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Welcome To Macro Ops
Alex here.Our team has 3 primary directives: Assist you in reaping profits from global markets Train you in the art of market speculation Provide you with a solid community of diehard traders and investors Directive #1: Assist You In Profiting From Global Markets We’re global macro traders. That means we go anywhere and trade anything.…
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Amos Hostetter Trading Strategy Explained
Amos Hostetter cofounded Commodities Corporation (otherwise known as CC) along with Helmut Weymar back in 1969. CC is the trading shop that produced more legendary trading talent than the Yankees have All-Stars. Alumni include: Bruce Kovner, Michael Marcus, Paul Tudor Jones, Ed Seykota and more…Hostetter was considered the wise sage and mentor of the group.…
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Profiting From French Election Volatility
Attempting to predict the outcome of an election is a fool’s errand — we don’t bother with it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make money off the vote… Over the last few weeks we’ve discussed the reasons for the rise of populism and how it’s impacted the false trend in European equities. We explained…
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Donald Trump: The Embodiment Of Trading Greatness
Paul Tudor Jones, Bruce Kovner, Jesse Livermore… forget about em. The only name you need to know when it comes to trading greatness is Donald Trump. He’s everything a trader should aspire to be. When it comes to having “strong opinions, weakly held”, Trump has EXTREMELY strong opinions, EXTREMELY weakly held. At the beginning of…
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Do Buyers Of Options Benefit From High Volatility?
Search “options and volatility” in Google and you’ll get a dozen websites that say the same thing: option buyers want high volatility and option sellers want low volatility. Oddly enough, this old and relied upon rule of thumb isn’t completely correct.In reality, as an option trade plays out, trend has a far more powerful effect…
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James R. Keene — The Man Jesse Livermore Called The Greatest Trader Of Them All
While digging into old articles about James R. Keene for a piece I’m writing I came across this nugget that I have to share — it’s so good. For those of you not familiar with Keene, he is one of the most successful market operators of the late 19th century. Jesse Livermore, when talking about…