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Derek Myers / New Trades

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Join our FREE May Training Series: Starts Wednesday, May 6th at 1:00 PM Est.

Derek Myers / New Trades

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APO, ORCL: Houston, Oracle Has the Answer

Jim Fink, Derek Myers / New Trades

Markets enter the week with labor data back in the driver’s seat, as investors work toward Friday’s April jobs report after a busy stretch of earnings and rate-sensitive headlines. The calendar also includes ISM Services, JOLTS job openings, ADP private payrolls, factory orders, trade balance, and consumer sentiment, giving traders a fuller read on whether the economy is slowing or simply cooling. Earnings remain active, with reports expected from Palantir, AMD, Disney, Uber, PayPal, Shopify, Airbnb, McDonald’s, and others, keeping stock-specific volatility elevated. Energy prices and Middle East headlines remain an added wild card, with oil still influencing inflation expectations and risk appetite. Overall, this week looks less like a broad “Fed-watch” week and more like a test of labor-market durability, consumer confidence, and whether earnings strength can continue supporting the tape…. Read More


CRM, META, NOC, SPY: Island of Misfit Rolls

Jim Fink / Rolls

Four rolls to end the week…. Read More


ABBV, STZ: Take One Daily, With a Twist of Lime

Jim Fink, Derek Myers / Rolls

Two rolls this Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend! … Read More


MCK, PBR, SYY: Early May Rolls

Jim Fink / Rolls

The stock market keeps powering ahead to new all-time-highs, leaving some consumer defensive names in the dust and needing rolls…. Read More


PAYX, TTWO: Grand Theft Payroll

Jim Fink / New Trades

PAYX’s U.S.-focused payroll services make it one of the most defensively positioned companies one could pick during Middle East chaos. TTWO is influenced more by upcoming product launches than geopolitics and the mother of product launches is set for November…. Read More


CBOE, CRWV, SPY: One Up, Two Down

Jim Fink / New Trades

Although the stock market continues to hit new all-time highs, geopolitical uncertainty and earnings remain paramount and either could turn sour at any moment…. Read More


TDG, TTWO: No Respawns at 30,000 Feet

Jim Fink, Derek Myers / New Trades

Markets enter a pivotal week driven by a combination of heavy earnings, key labor-market data, and ongoing policy and geopolitical developments. Corporate results from major companies across technology, industrials, and consumer sectors are expected to play a central role in shaping sector leadership and broader sentiment, with investors focused on forward guidance and margin trends. On the macro side, attention builds toward the U.S. jobs report at the end of the week, alongside releases such as consumer confidence, job openings (JOLTS), and manufacturing data, all of which will help refine expectations for economic growth and the path of interest rates. Continued commentary from Federal Reserve officials and movement in energy markets tied to global tensions remain additional variables influencing volatility. With earnings and macro catalysts converging, markets are likely to stay highly responsive to incoming information, reinforcing the need for disciplined positioning and risk management…. Read More


PEP: Flat Soda Roll

Jim Fink / Rolls

PEP has lost its fizz and can’t hold the line at 155, so a last-minute roll to July is required…. Read More


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