Lawrence Chan's Blog, page 21
September 29, 2021
Maximum Chaos with Many Planets Going From Retrograde Back To Direct In October 2021
With Mercury turned retrograde September 27, we now have quite a number of planets in retrograde, a rare event by itself. However, it is even more rare that quite a number of them will go direct in October. This signifies potential drastic changes to the world. Buckle up for the ride. Pluto is the first …
September 24, 2021
TLC Weekly Update September 24, 2021
Canada has turn colder since the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some even say that this year we may encounter extreme coldness this winter. Hopefully it will be just another year with normal winter. It is hard to deal with extreme coldness here … A lot of talks about “gamma squeeze” over the past few months. I was …
September 17, 2021
TLC Weekly Update September 17, 2021
Today is quarterly expiration for index options, index futures and index future options. More and more retail traders are engaging in option trading activities. That in turn forced the market makers to create larger and larger hedged positions that has to be unwind by option expiration. The exaggerated price swings are expected. There is really …
September 10, 2021
TLC Weekly Update September 10, 2021
Rollover week for index futures this week. So far this week volatility picked up a bit but every attempt to move lower are forced back up fiercely. All overnight selloffs are erased so that normal people can’t tell that they ever happened as it does not show in their portfolio. Now that today the markets …
September 3, 2021
TLC Weekly Update September 3, 2021
Last month of the third quarter just started. Another week of all-time-high price actions. Some gurus even believe that the stock market will continue to melt up just like Germany back in 1919 to 1933. If so, I guess we will see S&P500 going a lot higher from here. For those of you who find …
August 27, 2021
TLC Weekly Update August 27, 2021
Jackson-Hole Fed meeting started with Powell’s speech sending the stock markets printing yet another new all-time-high today. The so-called uncertainty about these Fed governors whether they would do anything to ruin the gravy train is obviously an outright lie. Why would they do that and be blamed for causing market crash or whatever economic disaster? …
August 20, 2021
TLC Weekly Update August 20, 2021
Another week of market weaknesses saved by magic rally on Friday. Many are wondering who are buying these dips. Well, there are two main groups of people who can’t wait. First, it is the retail traders and investors who are piling everything they have into this easy money game. Second, it is the hedge funds …
August 18, 2021
A Non-Conventional Approach to Investing by Following the Long Term Cycles of CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers
The financial industry is full of idiotic ideas on how to pick the right stocks using all kinds of so-called scientific approaches like fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Lately, they even added physicists and other hard science PhDs to find new ways to profit from the markets. Based on my 30+ years of trading experience, …
August 13, 2021
TLC Weekly Update August 13, 2021
Today is Friday the 13th. Another record setting day for the stock markets worldwide. According to multiple sources, retail players are now going all-in. If that is really the case, then this rally will last at least until majority of these retail investors used up all their bullets first. I wonder when that will be. …
August 6, 2021
TLC Weekly Update August 6, 2021
Another week of all-time-high wild actions by the stock market. This energizer bunny just keeps going and going. Fun to watch but not easy to navigate if you are an active trader. Howard Marks summarizes this nicely in this interview. I find this video very interesting because of its implications in improving the electricity grid …
