Monday, November 30, 2015

NFP and FOMC

Starting from today, you will see traders setting up their positions for nonfarm payrolls and the FOMC meeting in 2 weeks.  You have to think ahead of what the Street will do ahead of those events.   A risk off sentiment should persist for the next week or two, as the market prepares for a Fed rate hike.  The best set up seems to be to short crude oil and bonds.  I don't have as much interest in shorting equities due to the beginning of the month tailwind that equities usually experience.

There is a lot of speculation in small caps going on lately and it has kept me busy with some intraday trading in that space.  Nothing exciting today however.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's your thought on WTW Weigh Watchers.

Market Owl said...

WTW is a great short long term, but so many funds are short the stock, they probably take their tax loss by covering before year end. So I don't see much downside till next year