Archive Category: Andrew Zatlin's Superforecast Trader (Alerts)

This morning’s jobless claims came in at 206,000. Last week’s number was 207,000. That’s flat. Superforecast Trader makes money on surprises. My Super Divergence signal hunts for the gap between what the data says and what Wall Street expects. When a number lands right where it was last week, there’s no gap to trade.

We’ve got a big one this week, folks… There’s an unusually large seasonal adjustment coming our way with the end-of-summer job market data, and it’s going to create a massive Super Divergence trading opportunity in the days ahead. Click the video below for the full story, then scroll down for trade specifics from Mr. Clark:

After a great showing the first two days of our Super Divergence trade, the market turned on us once again on the final day of holding. However, just as last week, the market’s fall had nothing to do with our data on initial jobless claims — claims fell to their lowest level since 1969. It was more headline noise…

Jobless claims are down… But tensions in Iran are once again heating back up… Meanwhile, we’ve got another Super Divergence trading opportunity for this week. Matt Clark’s got all the details below, but first I’d like to recap what we’ve been seeing these past few weeks in jobless claims, and what that’s telling me about the broader economy. Click below to start the video, then scroll down for your recommendation.

Coming into our Super Divergence trade on Tuesday, I mentioned there was an expectation of more market volatility this week. And the market didn’t disappoint. Here’s how I framed market expectations this week…