December - 2018

TM

81% YTD

Up over 1,300% - 2016 to Present

Intraday Swings Gone Wild

As you've noticed the intraday swings are amazing. This past Friday we saw the market move up about 350 points on the remarks of New York Federal Reserve President John Williams were deemed dovish - i.e. no more rate increases as the Fed keeps an eye on the economy. But after the gain on those remarks the markets decided it was not enough and finished the day down on the Dow -414 points, a swing of over 760 points during Friday's session! CRAZY! We think that there is mor

Volatility the New Standard

Volatility the New Standard

In recent weeks we've seen big swings in the markets. In fact, some days 500 points or more on the Dow. There is a lot happening in the United States and the world. In the US, markets/investors are concerned about the Fed raising rates; political stalemate as the Democrats take the House and economic slowdown. In the world there is the question of trade war with China as well as global slowdown. Each day we have news about one or more of these market movers and we've wit

Optik Up 290% YTD - Beating the Dow and the S&P

Optik Up 290% YTD - Beating the Dow and the S&P

We had a pause to adjust to the new market volatility and the big daily swings up and down we've been experiencing. But amidst the big swings we issued an alert on the SPY to purchase calls and in one day made a 35% gain. Some subscribers held and actually hit the original 50% target we projected. It appears that markets will continue this level of volatility and it is really not unusual. It is taking time to adapt to the fact that the Dow is around 24,000 and as a percent

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