Archive Category: Max Profit Alert Archive

Given the holiday yesterday and weak market action today, there aren’t any new opportunities that meet the strict criteria of our method. You’ll see on today’s Leaders & Laggards Board that the energy sector has risen to the top of the rankings. I’m watching this sector closely for new opportunities ahead, though we do already have bullish exposure through the long-calls we own on Argentinian oil and gas producer, YPF Sociedad Anonima ADS (YPF), as well as the put-write position we have on Valero Energy (VLO). Those positions are giving us a play on the budding energy-sector trend for now … and I’ll let you know as soon as another opportunity is lined up correctly.

Wow – what a year it’s been! Considering how the S&P 500 fell 19% into the April “Tariff Tantrum” lows, and then didn’t recover to make new highs until July … there were no “easy” bull market gains to be had. Fortunately, we’re traders.

Hello and CONGRATULATIONS! Earlier this week I sent out what I expected to be a pretty controversial trade recommendation — buying put options to short Nvidia (NVDA), one of the best-performing stocks of the AI boom. Nvidia is an amazing business, and I’m sure they’ll continue being great for years into the future.

Like our trend-and-momentum strategy, there’s a cyclical nature to the financial publishing world… That’s why I’m out of pocket today, working on a few exciting new projects with someone who’s undoubtedly a familiar face to long-time Max Profit Alert subscribers. Stay tuned for more on that front!

Last week, I shared a historical analysis of “non-emergency” rate cuts, defined as instances when the Federal Reserve began a rate-cutting cycle while stocks were within 5% of all-time highs. I hope you took a minute to read it – go here if you missed it. Not only does the analysis include a close look at historical tendencies — specifically, which sectors have typically benefitted the most (or least) from rate-cut cycles … we also ran analysis to show that sector performance since late July, when the latest cut began getting priced in, is following those historical tendencies so far.