Tag Archives: (TLT)

Playing the Short Side with Vertical Bear Put Debit Spreads

At some point in 2024, we are going to need to SELL. Maybe there will be an economic slowdown, a surprise election outcome, or a flock of black swans. However, there is selling and then there is selling. I have a new training video on how to execute a vertical bear put debit spread. You […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or the United States of Debt

There is only one number traders and fund managers need to know that came out of the US budget for fiscal 2026, which starts on October 1, 2025: $5.0 trillion. This is the new debt ceiling increase that was signed into law on Friday and is guaranteed to take the National Debt from $37 trillion […]

June 30, 2025

Global Market Comments June 30, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE LOOKING GLASS MARKET) (SPY), (GLD), (CRCL), (CRWD), (PANW), (FTNT), (ZS), (AVGO), (DHI), (KBH), (LEN), (PHM), (MSTR), (TSLA), (BA), (WPM), (AAPL), (TLT), (QQQ), (SPY)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Looking Glass Market

We all read Alice in Wonderland when we were kids. In it, Alice enters a strange world where everything is the opposite of reality. Chess pieces can walk, and cats can talk. Traders these days can be forgiven for believing that they have also stepped through the looking glass and entered a strange world where […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Iran War and Your Portfolio

If you are worried about the Israel-Iraq war causing a third oil shock and sending your portfolio to the junk yard, you can rest easy. Only a few Israeli attacks targeted Iranian oil facilities. It helps that there is a global oil glut and widespread tax-subsidized overproduction. The Strait of Hormuz remains open, which I […]

June 11 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the June 11 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Will the LA riots have any impact on the market? A: So far, they have not. The demonstrations have been confined to just a two-block area around the federal building—although on TV, it […]