We’ll do this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm ET in the TWC Chat Room or just email us your question to support@tradingwithcody.com. It's been a wild year so far and the market has been completely dominated by the mega cap tech stocks as they've accounted for all of the broader market's gains this year. Long-time Trading With Cody subscribers have, of course, been in all the … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: This Hedgie Is Hedging As The Blow-Off Top Action Is Back
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Trade Alert: Solar and EV Shorts
Well, we are back at it with another busy week of earnings ahead. To start off, let's get through a couple of trade alerts. We sold almost all of our remaining puts on the solar stocks (ENPH, FSLR, SPWR, and RUN) for a nice gain. Those stocks are all down big since we started betting against them in early April and we want to lock in these profits. As we have said before, solar … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Solar and EV Shorts
The Banking Crisis and Minor Trade Alerts on Solar Stocks, Space Stocks, COIN, UBER, and UPWK
"...the U.S. banking system is sound and resilient." - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell yesterday at 2:30pm ET. Four hours later: Not four hours after Chairman Powell claimed that all was peachy in the banking system, we found out that two more large regional banks -- PacWest and Western Alliance -- are both exploring sales of their distressed businesses, and … [Read more...] about The Banking Crisis and Minor Trade Alerts on Solar Stocks, Space Stocks, COIN, UBER, and UPWK
Trade Alert: Bullish On Wolf, Rivian and Tesla; Bearish on Fisker and Lucid and GM etc
First off, let me mention that we are picking up a little bit of Wolfspeed pre-market with the stock getting hit this morning. WOLF actually beat topline and bottom line estimates for the quarter but the market is punishing the stock because management lowered their FY24 revenue guidance down to $1.0-$1.1bb from $1.6bb. The reason for the reduction in full-year revenue is … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Bullish On Wolf, Rivian and Tesla; Bearish on Fisker and Lucid and GM etc
Trade Alert: Two Trims, Fed Prediction, And ChatGPT Helps Me Write a Wall Street Comedy
A few notes to turn through for today. Also, let's do this week's Live Q&A Chat at noon ET tomorrow (Wednesday). First off, I'm selling DOCU and SHOP and removing them from the portfolios for now. I still like both companies but I'm want to free up that capital as we are digging deep into some other stocks that are probably more Revolutionary than these two and that I … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Two Trims, Fed Prediction, And ChatGPT Helps Me Write a Wall Street Comedy
Revolutionary Magnets (PLUS Trade Alert: Buying Rivian, Selling U)
"No self-control A chain reaction as my body lets go A strange kind of light The tempo takes me and the circuit excites Magnetic The rhythm of a dangerous dance (Let's dance in the static) Suck you in twice as fast Magnetic The rhythm of a dangerous dance (Let's dance in the static) Suck you in, you'll never last" Earth, Wind and Fire Before we jump into the … [Read more...] about Revolutionary Magnets (PLUS Trade Alert: Buying Rivian, Selling U)
Trade Alert: Trimming And Even Selling Some Here
I'm back and am pretty much full speed after that heart attack thingee I lived through a couple weeks ago. Fact is that I'm actually feeling pretty darn well and healthy at this point. I'm eating better, I don't get to drink beer any more and on Friday I go to the New Heart Foundation to get my new workout regimen. I can't wait to get for the weather to get a little better so I … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Trimming And Even Selling Some Here
A Framework For Successful Revolution Investing And Avoiding Black Swans
Before we jump in, and more on this below: I'm taking most of the rest of the profits on these call options that we bought a few weeks ago when the markets were near those recent lows that seem so far away now... Now, onto the column. It's very important to have a baseline outlook for the economy and the markets. Part of that is thinking through the various major … [Read more...] about A Framework For Successful Revolution Investing And Avoiding Black Swans
Trade Alert: A Naturally Healthy US Economy
By numbers. By mirrors. By water.By dots made at random on paper. By salt. By dice.By meal. By mice.By dough of cakes.By sacrificial fire. By fountains. By fishes.Writing in ashes.Birds. Herbs.Smoke from the altar. A suspended ring or the mode of laughingPebbles drawn from a heapOne of these thingsWill tell you something. Let's tell the future Here are some markets, … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: A Naturally Healthy US Economy
Trade Alert: Putting Some Money To Work On The Long Side
This is the kind of ugliness that a bear market can bring. It's U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi ugly out there, people getting panicky.It's what I was warning about over and over last year and during the good times. Remember when everybody in chat was always like, "Cody, this is so much fun buying stocks and making tons of money every day!" And I was always like, "Please … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Putting Some Money To Work On The Long Side