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Longer Term $XOP Thoughts, Past and Future
Nov 11, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Longer Term $XOP Thoughts, Past and Future
I haven’t been writing too much about the Energy Sector lately, as I took June – September off. One factor that persuaded me to take the summer off was that I just didn’t agree with where the sector was going. I was completely bearish, […] Continue Reading…
The Hidden Element of Daytrading
Sep 6, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on The Hidden Element of Daytrading
Sorry for the lack of posting this summer, I’ve been trying to sharpen my trading method and haven’t been doing too much actual trading lately. I’m going to be posting a series of articles on the things I have come across this summer that […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Weekly Outlook for Monday, April 23
Apr 22, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Weekly Outlook for Monday, April 23
It was a very strong week for the XOP and energy stocks in general. I was mostly on the sidelines until Friday, but I’m starting to get back in the flow with the bullish side of the market. To be honest, the spike in […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 16
Apr 15, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 16
It wasn’t a good week for my short XOP position due to the Syria and geopolitical events and it looks like I’m going to be on the sideline this week in energy. I feel like I’m the lone bear in a world full of […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 9
Apr 8, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 9
The XOP and XLE both made nice recoveries Friday afternoon to end the week in fairly decent shape. Things could have really got out of had late Friday, but there seemed to be some bargain shoppers sitting down near the bottom of the range […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 2
Apr 2, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, April 2
Sorry for the lack of posting lately, but there just hasn’t been much to say with energy stocks trading in a very tight range for the last couple of weeks. I’ve actually been trading the SPY more than the XOP/XLE because of the complete […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Friday, March 23
Mar 23, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Friday, March 23
Energy stocks just can’t catch a break. We finally get the long awaited breakout of 35 and a move over the 50 day moving average for the XOP and now the SPY decides to roll over. The XOP closed back under 35 again Thursday, […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, March 19
Mar 18, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Monday, March 19
Friday’s action was interesting. Around 11:30 am someone hit oil really hard sending price up sharply. That move carried the XOP up with it and the index managed to hold most of those gains sitting between 34.40 and 34.60 for the rest of the […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Friday, March 16
Mar 16, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Friday, March 16
I see people stepping in and buying energy stocks right now and all I can think is “WHY?”. I know many people are much longer term players than I am, but even if you are, why step out there and buy right now? I […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Equities Outlook for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
I’ve been trading energy stocks for awhile and I can’t recall the last time I was more discouraged with this group. They seem to be the most hated sector in the entire market and absolutely no amount of good news can change their status. […] Continue Reading…