5 Trade Ideas for Monday: Aflac, Amazon, Antero, Prudential and Tesla
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Aflac, Ticker: $AFL
Aflac, $AFL, comes into the week pulling back to the 50 day SMA. It has a RSI falling and a MACD dropping but positive. Look for a reversal to participate…..
Amazon, Ticker: $AMZN
Amazon, $AMZN, comes into the week breaking short term resistance. It has a RSI in the bullish zone with the MACD positive. Look for continuation to participate…..
Antero Resources, Ticker: $AR
Antero Resources, $AR, comes into the week rising off a low. It has a RSI moving higher with the MACD about to cross up. Look for continuation to participate…..
Prudential Financial, Ticker: $PRU
Prudential Financial, $PRU, comes into the week pulling back from a top. it has a RSI that is overbought with the MACD positive. look for continuation to participate…..
Tesla, Ticker: $TSLA
Tesla, $TSLA, comes into the week pressing at resistance. It has a RSI in the bullish zone with the MACD positive. Look for a move higher to participate…..
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After reviewing over 1,000 charts, I have found some good setups for the week. These were selected and should be viewed in the context of the broad Market Macro picture reviewed Friday which with the December FOMC meeting and Quadruple Witching in the books, saw equity markets post another stellar week as they head into the last full week of the year.
Elsewhere look for Gold to continue higher while Crude Oil continues to trend lower. The US Dollar Index continues to drift to the downside while US Treasuries continue in their short term uptrend. The Shanghai Composite looks to continue the trend lower while Emerging Markets possibly break resistance to the upside.
The Volatility Index looks to remain very low and stable making the path easier for equity markets to the upside. Their charts look strong, especially the SPY and QQQ on the longer timeframe. On the shorter timeframe the IWM, QQQ and SPY could use a reset on momentum measures as all are extended. Use this information as you prepare for the coming week and trad’em well.
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Do you have some queer book recommendations, then? Regarding the recent post?
OH BOY DO I!
I'm a professional bookseller and try to get paid for my opinions but let's be honest, when someone asks for queer book recs you are going to struggle to shut me up two hours later
Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
This transcendent memoir chronicles the author's experience training to fight in a charity boxing match as an absolute novice--and by extension his exploration of masculinity as a transgender man. Beautiful writing about what it means to be a man in 21st-century America.
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin et al
Bingo Love made me cry on an Amtrak train. It's a wonderful romance about two women who fall in love as teenagers, but are separated by their families, only to come into each other's lives again when they are grandmothers.
The Rules do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
Ariel Levy's blistering memoir is a beautiful piece of writing that centers around a time of her life that can only be described as devastating. Perhaps it is her journalistic training that keeps this story from feeling sentimental. I loved every word.
The Manor House Governess:A Novel by C A Castle
This is a modern queer take on Jane Eyre (which was never really my thing -- Heathcliff rules, Rochester drools) in which a gender queer young person takes a job as essentially a governess for the daughter of a wealthy British landholder. The household is full of mystery, including the girl's brooding older brother who our hero is undeniably drawn to.
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
I've read this book so many times.
The reader never learns the gender of the narrator of this love story--which would feel like a gimmick in the hands of a lesser writer. Winterson uses the premise to explore the nature of love and self.
The Magic Fish (A Graphic Novel) by Trung Le Nguyen
This is a gorgeous coming of age story, full of art nouveau-esque illustration, fairy tales, immigrant longing and struggles, and young queer hearts just pulsing with life.
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
**read this one when you need the same feeling as you got from Red White and Royal Blue but with a little less sex**
This book charmed my pants off. Liz is a wonderful, memorable heroine, with a lot of obstacles in her way, but that doesn't stop her from finding her path forward. I laughed, I cried, I didn't want it to end.
Check, Please! Book 1 by Ngozi Ukazu
**read this when you need the same feeling you got from Heartstopper but with a little more sex**
You don't HAVE to love ice hockey to be totally charmed by Eric "Bitty" Bittle, the newest member of Samwell University's men's hockey team, and by Jack Zimmerman, the team's moody, stern, and totally gorgeous captain. Along with Book 2, presented here are Bitty's 4 years as a college hockey player, and the lessons he learns about life--and himself--in that time.
Outlawed by Anna North
A gender-bent, feminist, alternate universe Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid retelling, set in a world where the fledgling United States was decimated by a flu epidemic in the early 1800s. The remaining colonizer population is dedicated wholeheartedly to fertility and childbearing, so women (like Ada, our heroine) who cannot bear healthy babies are sent off to convents at best, or tried as witches at worst. She teams up with the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, and her adventures begin.
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
High-brow science fiction that takes on issues of class (& related issues of race), corporate power, and personal identity.
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
A novel like none I've ever read before. Emezi drew from their own experiences for this narrative about self and power and sex, integrated with Nigerian folklore.
Mortal Follies: A Novel by Alexis Hall
A lesbian Regency romance narrated by Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream? Yes please! A sexy, fun, fantastical tale that's kicked off with the protagonist falling under a curse that promises ever increasing scandal and danger.
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
A lush, thrilling sapphic fantasy set in an Indian inspired world full of dangerous magic and even more dangerous politics.
Mrs. S by K Patrick
Mrs S is gorgeous and casually devastating, a sexy slow burn obsessive forbidden queer love story. Every note is exactly right.
I'm stopping there cuz it's late and I've had a day but this is just pulling a fraction of the titles on my staff picks list.
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4 Trade Ideas for Amazon: Bonus Idea
Amazon, $AMZN, comes into the week moving back towards the all-time high. This follows a shallow pullback in April. The RSI reset lower and held in the bullish zone. It is rising again now. The MACD has crossed up and turned positive after a reset lower. There is no resistance above 189.77. Support lower comes at 182.75 and 174.50. Short interest is low under 1%. The stock does not pay a dividend. The company is expected to report earnings next on August 1st after the close.
The May options chain show big open interest at every $5 strike from 185 to 165, biggest at 175 and 170, on the put side. The call side builds form 165 to a peak at 190 then tails lower to 210. The June chain has biggest open interest at the 185 then 170 put strikes and the 200 then 185 call strikes. The July chain has huge slugs of open interest at the 145 then 150 put and spread from 180 to 215 on the call side. Finally in the August chain open interest builds from 200 to a peak at 175 then slowly tails to 140 on the put side. There is a build form 165 to a peak at 210 on the call side.
Amazon, Ticker: $AMZN
Trade Idea 1: Buy the stock on a move over 188 with a stop at 181.50.
Trade Idea 2: Buy the stock on a move over 188 and add a June 182.50/172.50 Put Spread ($2.75) while selling the June 200 Calls ($2.10).
Trade Idea 3: Buy the June/August 200 Call Calendar ($5.35) while selling the July 175 Put ($3.40).
Trade Idea 4: Buy the August 170/195/210 Call Spread Risk Reversal (25 cents).
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After reviewing over 1,000 charts, I have found some good setups for the week. These were selected and should be viewed in the context of the broad Market Macro picture reviewed Friday which with April and the May FOMC meeting in the books, saw equity markets show some strength moving higher in a busy week for news.
Elsewhere look for Gold to pullback in its uptrend while Crude Oil pulls back in the long uptrend as well. The US Dollar Index is on the edge of a break out to the upside while US Treasuries pause in their downtrend. The Shanghai Composite looks to continue the short term move higher as it returns from a Labor Day holiday while Emerging Markets with further upside will confirm a new uptrend.
The Volatility Index looks to remain very low making the path easier for equity markets to the upside. Their charts look strong on the longer timeframe. On the shorter timeframe the IWM is leading the way to a reversal higher while both the QQQ and SPY still have some work to do before they are in the clear. Use this information as you prepare for the coming week and trad’em well.
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