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Oct 1 2022 Option Professor Observations & Opinions

We went on a wonderful holiday during Fed Hiking Week to South & Central America as to us it was obvious that the trends are down, the Fed is NOT kidding around and catching falling knives gets bloody.

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LAST YEAR; we spoke of VALUATION having to come down as interest rates RISING will CONTRACT valuations ( which means stock prices drop. We said the DOLLAR wold RISE as our rates and economy blows away the rest and this would hurt MULTINATIONALS ( see AAPL NKE SBUX lately?) We have also explained ROLLING a 0-24 month TREASURY ladder since 2020 March (top of Bond prices) would be a good place to have relative stable principal (shorter duration) and a INCREASE in your yield (now 4.2%) backed by the USA. We have said that IF you must be in stocks the GROWTH to VALUE Ration we follow gave a SWITCH to VALUE (staples-utils ect) in NOV 2021 and a SWITCH to GROWTH in MAY 2022 and in AUGUST 2022 SWITCH back to VALUE. To date; these have been accurate assessments.

We also said to STAY AWAY from Gold unless it could sustain ABOVE $1850-$1900 which again has been accurate. We said that Crude Oil $131 was way overbought and so were ENERGY stocks & we saw a BIG DROP in shares & oil into the 70’s recently. RIGHT NOW- Oil is a crowded trade and i in a trading range of 92-65 in our view. A move ABOVE 82-92-100 (closed at 78+) needed to turn the ship which could happen BUT if we fail this stampede into energy stocks may look like the stampede into AAPL above 175. ENERGY & AGRICULTURE are being touted as the place to hide out-did we see their high points already?

There is Chaos in Global Markets (BOE flinches, Global Inflation & Central Banks Hikes, Currency & Germany Energy War-Ukraine. Central Banks are making it up as they go along which has led to BAD liquidity in financial markets and the money supply tanking an QT ain’t helping. Do we FALL into the abyss with SPX under 3800 or do we get a RALLY as the Dollar corrects & Treasury yields back off? NOV-DEC???

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September 17 2022 Option Professor Inc Opinions & Observations

Hello Everyone…We’re on our way to a week long holiday and most of what we have been saying has come to pass. Why more of you are not contacting us to glean our insight is an unsolved mystery?????

For a LONG time we have been telling investors in STOCKS about HEDGING downside risk and upside spikes. Has that been a bad idea??? For a LONG time we been telling investors who are in BONDS that a 0-24 Treasury ladder gives good INCOME and low duration risk. Has that been a bad idea?? For a long time we have warned investors that the run up in COMMODITIES in 2022 may be a top. Hs that been a bad idea??? For a long time we have told investors that the DOLLAR would be strong due to our yield advantage and strong economy. Has that been a bad idea??? For a long time we have told investors to NOT FIGHT THE FED in that their goal is lower inflation and slower growth & spending which at some point can mean lower earnings & tighter P/E ratios. Has that been a bad idea? Who’s views are better??

The truth is no NEWLETTER or FORECASTER will tell you to go to short term Treasury Bills and wait this tightening cycle out. Every time we get a bear market rally they can return to the old mantra of if you get out you’ll never get back in. Truth be told after the RIDICULOUS expansion of money and credit there is a better than even chance that 1962-1982 may repeat itself and the indexes may go net nowhere for a long time as we work off the hangover of zero interest rates which were a joke & has now been found out.

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September 10 2022 Option Professor Observations & Opinions

There is a lot going on but cutting to the chase we told everyone in our ALERTS that SPX 4350 area was a SELL ZONE and 3900 SPX area was a BUY ZONE and everything else is conversation! We have rate HIKES coming from all sides (Fed-Aussie-ECB- BOE -delayed in respect of The Queen’s passing and many more around the globe. The point is the WORLD is hiking to PROTECT TEIR CURRENCIES and to fight inflation which may be abating but far from going away. Energy prices rebounded, China economy slows, and interest rates yields eased a bit off their recent run up to test or exceed the highs. The US Dollar rolled over a bit but our economic strength and yield advantage makes calling a definitive top a bit dicey now.

If you have been listening to us; the GYRATIONS in the SPX have made sense and been quite easy to comprehend as the FIBONACCI retracements among other things have made the turns understandable. The front end of the yield curve (which we suggested for 2 years!) has been a great place to get ever INCREASING yield without duration risk to kill your principal. The SWITCH we suggested from GROWTH to VALUE in Nov Dec 2021 followed by a SWITCH back in May 2022 and SWITCH back in Aug 2022 has been great historically….that’s Tech to Staples/Dividends back to Tech and now back to Staples-Dividends.

When & if the Dollar has a legitimate turn (has hit our target around 110 with BP Euro Yen Decades Lows); the other markets like crypto & Gold & Silver may see a legitimate TURN-Dollar OVERBOUGHT-Gold OVERSOLD?? We told you the 2013-2019 time frame wore out commodities so we’re concerned a repeat.

The bullishness and speculation that comes out of the closet every time SPX rallies is suggestive to us that we may fail UNDER SPX 4200 and accelerate to the downside by early October. We don’t play hunches so we will see if we get price evidence supporting our suspicion. The Fed is resolute-consumers are spending

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August 26 2022 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

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Being summertime and what is occurring is what we have told investors about all year long; we will be as Jay Powell said brief and to the point. The inflation rate must decline as far as the Fed mandate is truly concerned( do you really think we can sustain an economy with prices on homes, gas, food, jobs going nuts ad infinitum?). DON”T FIGHT THE FED…so this week when we went toward the 200 day moving average AND hawkish Powell was a slam dunk…we reminded investors that the first attempt to break it FAILS and we have retrace OVER 250 SPX points off the highs in 3 DAYS! The Treasury rates are JUMPING and the FED as usual is playing catch up to market rates. BULLS say this is a dip to be bought as inflation will tank and jobs will be lost and the Fed will slow to a snails pace after September. Hey…anything can happen BUT as you go around and see prices up everywhere…who’s gonna cut unless forced to? It used to be lower for longer when the Fed was easing…so since they’re draining the balance sheet and halting the money supply is it so hard to understand it will be higher for longer & Jobs lost-possible profits hit?? We told you Tues that the VALUATIONS had jumped to about 19X on SPX and 27X on Nasdaq of 15 & 21. NOW you have higher rates potentially hitting P/E’s and a demand hit desired by the Fed hitting Earnings! RIGHT NOW! A trade range may develop (4350-3950) until Sept 21-if the Fed sez pace to slow-stocks ok. HOWEVER! If we get EARNINGS cut in Sept AND we test take out 3.50% on 10 yr Treasuries-more “pain”!

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August 20 2022 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

In the movie Wall Street; there is a scene with an insightful quote by Gordon Gekko talking to Bud Fox when describing how he made money on his painting. He says the Illusion (perception) has become Reality and the more real it becomes the more they will pay. In the first half of the year the Illusion or perception was that rates would rise substantially and valuations would compress. As the first half of 2022 unfolded; the perception or illusion became more and more real and the more real it became the more selling and shorting occurred. This was a classic case of the aforementioned happening on the downside.

In June; the FED hiked 75 basis points and Powell made a comment that “at some point the Fed would slow the pace of rate hikes” which he probably said so that markets would some hope and not panic while the Fed took 7 weeks off and cause systemic problems. However; that is not the perceptive result. The Market’s perception in the last 2 months has been the Fed is about done and inflation a year out will be close to 2% and the terminal rate for fed funds is about 3.25%. We are about to see if that is reality.

THIS WEEK we got retail sales which were up .7% ex gas prices BUT were UP 2.8% in online sales and we all know that’s where a lot of shopping is done…so the consumer spends. We also saw the jobs numbers are still in line with a strong jobs market so consumers have money to spend and even if they don’t we see from credit card data they are running up quite the tab there as well. Where’s the DEMAND faltering?

In the NEXT 4 WEEKS; we will have Jackson Hole and the next Fed hike. The hikes that the Fed has done so far has NOT yielded the expected result IN FACT monetary conditions have loosened (HY spreads tighten, asset values UP 20%++, Wages up, spending up, and inflation still in the 8%-9% range-a loser.

The perception that began on a Fed comment was becoming real due to the fact the Fed was on hiatus and stocks have been bid up because of it & short covering at the 3rd highest level in 10 years (GS data)

In the next 4 weeks; we will see if that PERCEPTION will turn to the perception of the first half of 2022 and if it does the SPX 4350-4400 and VIX 19 range could turn to selling as that perception becomes more real

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August 12 2022 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

Since we hit the lows in the stock market in mid June; there has been NO LIQUIDITY on the offer (sell) side of the market…..Why would there be?….if you held you stocks….you were underwater and living the mantra “NEVER GET OUT”…..if you were out of the market…..you had NOTHING TO SELL….if you were a trader….you were probably SHORT the stock market (particularly ARKK-Tech companies). Since the middle of June; we got Q2 EARNINGS which by no means were world beaters (some the polar opposite). BUT they were NOT HORRIFIC and everybody’ working and making money and spending on goods AND services. We then got INFLATION DATA that showed Inflation was “SLOWING” on both the consumer side (CPI) and the wholesale side (PPI) which was received like the Second Coming! In the last 8 WEEKS; we have cleaned out the shorts, got sideline money mobilized (VIX UNDER 25 breeds confidence), and put smiles back on investors faces replacing panic and frowns. A classic “FACE RIPPER” bear market rally fueled on technicals and a SIGH of RELIEF that any recession will be in 2023 (EARNINGS OK), the Fed will SLOW HIKES, the break in Inflation will ACCELERATE, and the JOBS market is BULLETPROOF. All BULLISH!

Is it Time to THROW CAUTION to the WIND? The funny thing about markets is they tend to SURPRISE Us! From January to June; stock prices tanked as investor hope was lost. July-August; Investors hope is back

Here’s the rub….

#1. The 200 day moving averages are pointing DOWN on both the S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq (QQQ)…..they also LOOM ABOVE at SPX 4350 area (also a Fibonacci retracement of SPX 4800 to 3630 or 1170 points X 61.8% or 723 + 3630 =4353). The QQQ 200 day moving average is at 343 area ( a Fibonacci retracement of 408 to 269 = 355). These may be DIFFICULT LEVELS to exceed and should be MONITORED

#2. The VIX is UNDER 20 which has occurred a number of times in the last 9 months and did not end well. In late December/early January; the VIX was about 16 and the SPX was about 4800….within a months we saw SPX near 4200. In late March/early April; the VIX hit about 18 and the SPX was 4600 and the next month we saw SPX 3800. In early June (after Memorial day rally); the VIX about 24 and SPX 4200…later that month VIX hit 35 and SPX saw 3630. RIGHT NOW-VIX 19 and SPX into 4250-4400 Zone…next month?

#3. Everybody is speaking for the Fed and seem to know that all waves will break their way. Somehow with a $5 Trillion rally in asset prices, full employment, 8% to 9% INFLATION….slower hikes & cuts loom?? The Fed plans: DRAINING LIQUIDITY (QT) & do a RATE HIKE in September…thin/volatile markets follow?Anything can happen…but if there is an Achilles heel for the bulls…this belief of the Fed is done is risky.

#4 BUYBACKS by corporations; in our view, can be at times where they should be the LEAST confident. In 2018; they bought back $1.1 Trillion (last Fed tightening) followed by $918 Billion-2019 right before DROP In 2021; there was RECORD $1.2 Trillion in Buybacks and this Year 2022 the plans are already OVER $800B! What does that mean for 2023? Maybe nothing…but it does seem their boat legs can lead to rough seas:):

The next month SEPTEMBER may be a wild one for EITHER Up or Down Markets so Caveat Emptor-Ready

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August `6 2022 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

We’re 6 weeks away from the next Fed decision but a couple of things are becoming more obvious. The “neutral” is way ABOVE the 2.25%-2.50% the Fed said it was and to curb this kind of price/wage spiral; the Fed has to go to near 4% and maybe far beyond as we said before PUTTING ON A TRADE (adding $5 Trillion to the balance sheet) is a lot easier than the UNWIND ($90 billion a month way too slow). This week we heard ISM services was supposed to be decline to 53 and came in about 57. This told us the JOBS number would be an UPSIDE surprise as if services demand is huge they will need more people. So rather than 250K jobs it came in at MORE than TWO TIMES at 528K and the prior month was revised UP!! No need to candy coat it…3.5% rate…wages YOY up OVER 5%…participation dropped…where’s the Slack??

Truth is the Q2 earn and revenues are LOWER than 1 year ago but hardly the fall out of bed once feared. Here in lies the key to the future. We’re at 2.28 on SPX this year which puts us at about 18.5 X P/E. Next year is expected 2.45 X 18.5 =SPX 4410. The BULLS cite that the 10 yr Treasury will stay at 2.70% (33 P/E) and therefore SPX 20X P/E is ok value and that the employment pictures underwrites the earning forecast. Here’s the rub…if the Fed wants 2% inflation the 10 yr Treasury will go way past 2.70% (now at about 2.85%) and as the savings are depleted and credit cards are maxed (EOY); the consumer spending abates. Should this occur; repricing occurs. The Fed has picked a GREAT time to play HARDBALL. The deficits are LOW and the JOBS are HIGH…we got a rally restoring asset values….so hit it hard NOW while it’s sunny !

Being the OPTION PROFESSOR; we’ve kept our eyes on the VIX which BROKEDOWN on the break UNDER 25 and has now approached 20. We believe a mover OVER 25 VIX and AAPL UNDER 160-155=a rollover. The BULLS say that it’s all priced in, everybody’s in cash, earnings hold up, retail is out…UP UP & AWAY!? The BEARS say the parents (FED) are coming home in 6 weeks; even if we see SPX 4200-4400..it won’t last!

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July 30 2022 Option Professor Opinions & Observations

We told you 54% of the S&P was reporting this week and the Fed meets and GDP & PCE & ECI was coming out……so expecting smooth sailing was foolhardy….and WOW! did we get fireworks galore!

Our VIEW has been that SPX breaking ABOVE resistance at 3790-3850 set the stage for this HUGE rally COMBINED with the VIX breaking UNDER 24-22 which both occurred. We targeted SPX 4085-4150-4295 and 4400 as most likely points where the rally ends. –In fact; the VIX & AAPL may very well tell us when the coffee (FED) shows up at this drunks party. If we see the VIX (Volatility Index) sustaining ABOVE 25+ reading COMBINED with AAPL sustaining a price UNDER 159; the stampede we saw this week may fade.

There were TWO (2) MAJOR catalysts for this weeks rally & BOTH may be the fruit of MISCALCULATIONS.

  1. The Federal Reserve (Powell) announced a 75 basis point hike (2 in a row & most since Volker ‘s 1980’s). He followed up with a “pivot” in that the Fed will be meeting to meeting data dependent rather than aggressively raising rates and “at some point” they will pause. He said the Fed Funds rate is now at “Neutral” at 2.25%-2.50% which means it is NEITHER restrictive nor accommodative policy.

OUR VIEW- Powell made it CLEAR that INFLATION & the LABOR MARKET were TOO HIGH & TOO TIGHT. He said their MANDATE was to get INFLATION DOWN to 2% and that LABOR Rates must ease as they try to get “SLACK” in the economy by DEMAND DESTRUCTION. The median INCOME in the USA is 51K a year which means that those people and those BELOW the median are SQUEEZED by Gas-Food and Rents Ect. The Fed’s been TERRIBLE AT FORECASTING so they threw in the towel after their “TRANSITORY” debacle. Unfortunately; we feel their NEW TERRIBLE FORECAST is that 2.25%-2.50% on Fed Funds is NEUTRAL. The CPI (Consumer Price Index), ECI (Employment Cost Index), PCE Index (Personal Consumption Price Index) are ALL so far ABOVE 2.25%-2.5% that to call that number NEUTRAL is LAUGHABLE:) In Fact; the Fed’s favorite is PCE which rose 1% in June was 6.8% (up from prior month) is at a 40YEAR HIGH (1982)! The Fed Funds rate @ 2.25%-2.50% is ACCOMMODATIVE and the likelihood rates will go well ABOVE neutral is almost certainty. The Fed did NOT want to leave for 8 WEEKS with financial markets in a PANIC so they threw out the “at some point we will pause” line so investors getting wiped out in June have some hope & the long held belief by advisors that you should NEVER get out of your stocks would have plausibility. Of course; at some point they will pause….at some point the Knicks will win the NBA title…maybe sooner:)

2. EARNINGS are being touted as “surprising on the upside especially with AMZN & AAPL which is almost 20% of Nasdaq. OBVIOUSLY; at SPX 3600-3800, TOO MUCH WEAKNESS was discounted as consumers continue to spend (now using credit cards apparently). Stocks with high valuations (ROKU/ServiceNow) got clobbered. Margins were a problem for some (QCOM) and ad sales for others (SNAP META). As far as AMZN’s earnings operating cash flow DECREASED 40% for the trailing 12 months, free cash flow DECREASED for the trailing 12 months, while sales INCREASED which probably relates to HIKING prices. Finally; operating income DECREASED in Q2 vs, Q2 2021 and there was a NET LOSS was $2 Billion in Q2! AAPL’s revenue was UP 2% in Q2 COMPARED to 36% GROWTH in Q2 2021. Earnings per share (EPS) was DOWN 8% YOY, I-Phone & Services revenue was UP 3%/12% YOY but DOWN was revenue in other products, Mac, I-Pad. Growth is SLOWING at BOTH companies…they’re optimistic…does that make it so?

OUR VIEW is that last year 2021 was a banner year for cheap money, valuations, asset values and NOW we are faced with earnings and profits that are at best slowing which could be a prelude to declining IF the Fed is truthful to their MANDATE of inflation fighting and creating slack in the economy. If the Fed is NOT truthful…well we saw it this week…stocks will go thru the roof…commodities too…their dilemma is more like the 70’s stagflation where they never finished the antibiotic schedule and the illness returned.

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July 23 2022 Option Professor Observations & Opinions

We just came off a wild week where the SPX was up 2x more than where it closed on Friday. Earnings first told us that while misses on revenue & Margins could be overlooked for growth (TSLA) BUT missing on ad sales & guidance was unforgivable (SNAP). The news this week is kind of all over the place with the ECB hiking for the first time since 2011 (50 basis points) to a grain deal from Ukraine and Russia albeit thru that trustworthy country Turkey:):). Aggregate demand in the world has pushed past the breaking point so inflation is here to stay. The money supply has come to an abrupt has and the Fed run off the balance sheet is getting its boat legs. The S&P came out with a report that the Services sector contracted to 47 (slowdown) BUT so far XLY (consumer discretionary has been fairly stable) which means investors think it’s not as reliable as ISM numbers or all hell will break lose next week. Speaking of NEXT WEEK; we have big tech AAPL AMZN GOOGL MSFT META all coming out with earnings (and a HUGE number of more companies) BUT the big boys will shed light on how the Dollar, Enterprise Spending, and dodgy Ad Spending will affect multinational & ad supported tech businesses state their present & guide the future.

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July16 2022 Option Professor Observations & Opinions

Sometimes we wonder if we are on the same planet as some of the “experts”. Most people you hear from are LONG stocks and LOST a very large amount of money at best on paper. The Fed has made it about as clear as a bell that they want INFLATION at 2% and last report has CPI at 9%+ and the PPI at 11%+! Unemployment is still at a mid 3% level. How’s that going to happen if stocks are going to roar back to their highs (wealth effect) & the Fed is DONE in September & will start to pivot.. Where’s the EVIDENCE? We are more than willing to get BULLISH but SPX 4000-4200-4400 are formidable opponents for now.

Every Report that comes out is cherry picked to put it in the best possible light (CPI PPI Retail Sales ect). We see the Core still way up in the inflation numbers and if you back out Gasoline prices & Food and adjust for inflation…retail sales are suspect. With the inversion in the yield curve; we’ve seen companies RAISE prices as to front run the slowdown and get the money from consumers BEFORE savings and credit dries up (did you see reserves for losses at the banks?). This consumer sentiment and future inflationary expectations (U of M) is at best stable at low levels and who made this survey the end all and be all. Our view has been that SPX either has bottomed at 3600 (soft landing) or 2800-3200 (hard landing). Everyone who is on TV or writes pricey newsletters or main street brokerage firms won’t be saying we were dead wrong, shoulda sold in Jan, and 20%+ to go! BEST DEAL was simple rolling short term T-bills-Tril$$ Saved!

Old adage; if you don’t get the joke…it’s probably on you. Who knows if the market is going to SPX 4800 or 2800? We do know that many moving averages (intermediate/long term are pointing DOWN and we are very far from the Fed’s inflation mandate. If you were ever going to front load hikes….now’s the time with jobs still plentiful, household & Corp balance sheets green,& a consumer that hasn’t screamed uncle! Things take time and to unwind 12 years of printing money and a balance sheet 2X pre covid..Patience! If a stock goes from 10 to 2 and then jumps to 3; you could say it’s up 50% but for most that is misleading.

RIGHT NOW! SPX needs to stay ABOVE 3720 & NO CLOSES UNDER 3740 BEST CASE RALLY 4100-4350. The QQQ needs to Get ABOVE 293 with BEST CASE RALLY 335-350. IWM ABOVE 182 BEST CASE 200-205. The Reality is the longer the markets stay UNDER the BEST CASE targets… the more likely we see a BREAK! With the Central Banks having printed so much money; it feels you need Marco Polo for price discovery:):)

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