m [link] [comments] Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000 Good Saturday morning to all of you here on wallstreetbets. I hope everyone on this sub made out pretty nicely in the market this past week, and is ready for the new trading week ahead. Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000. Investors will look to the Fed to soothe the market next week, but that may be a tall order - (Source) Markets are looking to the Federal Reserve to be a soothing force when it meets in the week ahead, but stocks could remain choppy if the central bank disappoints and as investors focus on the election and the economic recovery. The Fed's two-day meeting is expected to end Wednesday with minor tweaks to its statement and some clarity on how it plans to use forward guidance. The Fed also updates its economic and interest rate outlook, including forecasts for 0000 for the first time. But Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at Prudential Financial, said the stock market could easily be disappointed because the Fed is unlikely to offer more clarity on monetary policy, such as plans for bond buying. "The market is concerned the Fed is not going to give us explicit readings on their plans for monetary policy,″ she said. The Fed's extraordinary policies have been an important factor behind the stock market's 00% surge from the March 00 low, and it's also seen as a major factor limiting the depth of the market's sell-off. Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said the Fed is not likely to tweak much and it continues to buy $00 billion a month in Treasurys. "I don't think they'll do anything to the markets either way," he said. Stocks were volatile in the past week, falling hard, rallying, falling and rallying again. That left the S&P 000 with a weekly decline of about 0.0%, its worst week since June. The harder hit Nasdaq was down about 0.0% for the week, its worst weekly decline since March. The quadruple expiration of options and futures at the end of the coming week could add to the volatility. Bank of America strategists said the bond market is watching the Fed for any balance sheet adjustments and the changes to its forward guidance, which includes the Fed's recent tweak in its inflation policy. The Fed changed its policy of focusing on a target inflation rate to an average rate, meaning it may not tighten policy if inflation overshoots its 0% target. "We see risk the rates market is underwhelmed by the guidance provided by the Fed, which would support higher back-end rates and a steeper curve," the Bank of America strategists noted. The benchmark 00-year Treasury yield slid in the past week, touching 0.00% Friday, and it could move higher, meaning bonds may sell-off, if the Fed does not clarify policy around its bond buying program. Krosby said the stock market is hoping for a dovish Fed. "The market needs that now because fiscal policy is going nowhere," she said. BTIG strategist Julian Emanuel said the market could focus on the fact that Congress failed to make headway on fiscal stimulus, if the economic data begins to disappoint. Retail sales for August are expected Wednesday morning, as the Fed meets. They are expected to rise by 0%, and that should be an important look at whether the lack of enhanced unemployment benefits, which expired July 00, impacted consumer spending. Among other things, Republicans and Democrats could not agree how to replace the $000 weekly payment to the unemployed. "Depending on the polls and the economic data, the probability of stimulus rises and falls," said Emanuel, head of equity and derivatives strategy. "Our view is that next week is just going to be lots of back and forth with the potential for a further extension of the range for the downside, if the political narrative gets more inflamed," said Emanuel. Emanuel expects the market to remain choppy and fall further into the month of October, as investors worry about the uncertainty around the presidential election. The Fed's meeting this week is its last before the election, and analysts expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound reassuring that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy. Powell holds a briefing after the meeting Wednesday, and he is expected to also be asked about the potential for higher inflation. The Fed has said it is more concerned about disinflation, but recent inflation data has been hotter than expected, though still well below 0%. "There is a tug of war between those who say buy chips now because inflation is moving higher, versus those why are saying deflationary forces are still weaving their way into the economy," said Krosby. Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he expects the Fed to sound reassuring but it's not likely to discuss a target for bond purchases or the yield curve controls some investors were hoping for. Yield curve control would mean the Fed would try to manage interest rates by targeting its purchases of specific Treasurys. For instance, it may focus on trying to keep longer duration yields lower, and buy the 00-year. Chandler also noted the Fed's $0 trillion balance sheet has recently declined by about $000 billion from its peak, and its bond purchases are falling behind the European Central Bank. "My sense is the Fed is going to keep saying it's not worried about inflation. Its bigger worry is downside risks. They'll repeat their call for fiscal stimulus which after this week seems less likely," he said. Chandler said the stock market could remain choppy in the coming week, but he does not expect a sharp selloff. The dollar could decline, if the Fed sounds dovish, and that is a positive for stocks. "I don't think a 00% pullback [in Nasdaq] has caused enough pain to have people capitulate. This is just an ordinary correction, and we're going to make new highs," he said. This past week saw the following moves in the S&P: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Indices for this past week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!) Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!) Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) S&P Sectors for the Past Week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART! Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) Election Charts You Need To See: Part 0 First off, our thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by the tragic events of September 00, 0000 - 00 years ago today. It is a day to reflect and remember those who were lost. One of the top requests we've had here at LPL Research is for more charts on the election. Over the next week, we will share some of our favorite charts on this very important subject. Here's how the S&P 000 Index performs under various presidents and congressional makeups. The best scenario has historically been a Democratic president and Republican Congress, while a Republican president and Democratic Congress has been the weakest. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Building on this, a split Congress historically has been one of the best scenarios for investors. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The best scenario under a Republican president is a split Congress, a potential positive for 0000 that has played out after the massive reversal in the stock market since March. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Looking at the four-year presidential cycle shows that stocks haven't been down during a year the president was up for a re-election since FDR in the 0000s, another bullish tailwind for 0000. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here's another look at this, as stocks historically have done much better when there isn't a lame duck president. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Active Managers Do an About Face The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) has an index which tracks the exposure of its members to US equity markets. Each week, members are asked to provide a number that represents their exposure to markets. A reading of -000 means they are leveraged short, -000 indicates fully short, 0 is neutral, 000% is fully invested, and 000% indicates leveraged long. Two weeks ago, in our Bespoke Report, we highlighted the fact that the exposure index had moved to one of the highest levels in its 00-year history. Now, just two weeks later, these same active managers have reigned in their exposure considerably as this week's reading dropped from just under 000 to 00.0. This week's drop was the second-largest one week decline in the index's history and just the 00th time that the index lost more than a third (00 points) in a single week. The most recent occurrence was back in early March in the middle of the Covid crash, and every other prior period where the index saw a similar drop, the S&P 000 was also down every time by an average of 0.0%. Therefore, it's not much of a surprise to see the big drop this week given the big declines in the market. But what about going forward? Do big drops in the NAAIM Index mean a bounce back for markets or further declines? (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The Most and Least Heavily Shorted Stocks in the Russell 0,000 Below is an updated look at the most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000. Each of these 00 stocks has at least 00% of its equity float sold short. At the top of the list is Nordstrom (JWN) with 00.00% of its float sold short. With a YTD decline of 00.00%, the shorts have crushed it with JWN this year. With its huge portfolio of office and retail real estate, Brookfield Property REIT(BPYU) has the second highest short interest in the Russell 0,000 at 00.0%. BPYU is down 00.0% YTD. There are plenty of other well-known companies on the list of the most heavily shorted stocks. Examples include American Airlines (AAL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), LendingTree (TREE), Wayfair (W), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), ADT, TripAdvisor (TRIP), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Kohl's (KSS). One name that is no longer on the list of most shorted stocks is Tesla (TSLA). When we provided an update on short interest back in February (a pre-COVID world), Tesla (TSLA) had more than 00% of its float sold short, but that number is all the way down to 0.0% as of the most recent filing. These 00 stocks with the highest short interest are down an average of 0.00% since last Wednesday (0/0) when the S&P 000 made its last closing high. That's actually a little bit better than the 0.00% average decline for the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000. And year-to-date, these 00 stocks are up an average of 0.00% versus an average gain of 0.00% for the rest of the index. That's not much of a difference! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Below is a list of the 00 least shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 as a percentage of equity float. None of these stocks have more than 0.00% of their float sold short, and they're mostly made up of more conservative names in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the lowest short interest as a percentage of float in the Russell 0,000 at just 0.00%. Microsoft (MSFT) -- one of the key mega-cap Tech names -- has the second lowest short interest, followed by Merck (MRK), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Medtronic (MDT). Somewhat surprisingly, Amazon (AMZN) is the sixth least shorted stock in the entire Russell 0,000. While AMZN is still thought of as a high-flying momentum name by many investors, its short interest levels tell a much different story, painting it as more of a non-cyclical stock like Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), or Coca- Cola (KO). While the 00 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up 0.00% YTD, the 00 least shorted stocks in the index are up much more at +0%. This group has MSFT, AMZN, HD, and AAPL to thank for that strong performance! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) 0 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates While the direction of the 00-year Treasury yield over the last cycle was decidedly lower, as shown in LPL's Chart of the Day, there were still six extended periods where it rose at least 0.00%, and in two of those it rose almost 0%. Looking ahead, economic growth below potential, slack in the labor market, and an extremely supportive Federal Reserve (Fed) may limit rate pressure in the near term, but with interest rates already low and massive stimulus in place, we believe the overall direction is likely to be higher. "Even in a falling rate period there are lessons from the last cycle about rising rates," said LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White. "Among them: Careful when the Fed stops buying and sometimes the best defense is a good offense." (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While every economic cycle is unique, the last cycle highlighted these key takeaways about periods of rising rates: Careful when the Fed stops buying. The two drivers of rising rates last cycle were economic growth and Fed bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing (QE). The Fed buys bonds to keep rates down, but the start of Fed buying has actually been the time when rates rise - likely on expectations that the purchases would help strengthen the economy. These periods also often followed large rate declines either because markets anticipated the start of Fed buying or the economy was faltering. The takeaway: unless the economy is really taking off, any rising-rate period may pause for an extended period, or even reverse, when the Fed backs off bond purchases. Sometime the best defense is a good offense. Lower-quality, more economically sensitive bond sectors actually performed well during periods of rising rates during the last cycle. Rate gains were largely driven by economic improvement rather than a large pick-up in inflation, and that's typically a good environment for sectors like high-yield bonds and bank loans. The downside is that these are much riskier bond sectors and don't provide the potential diversification benefits of higher-quality bonds during periods of stock declines. Don't expect TIPS to provide much resilience because of their inflation adjustment. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are high-quality bonds that have provided a little extra insulation against rising rates compared to similarly dated Treasuries when inflation expectations increased. TIPS prices are adjusted for inflation, but even with the adjustment, they are still very sensitive to rates. Investment-grade corporates can both hurt and help. If credit spreads narrow when rates are rising, investment-grade corporates can post some solid gains in a rising-rate environment, but if spreads are holding steady or even widening, they can be very sensitive to changes in Treasury yields, potentially (although not often) even more sensitive than Treasuries. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) have not provided as much insulation as corporates, but they also have had less downside. While MBS have certainly outperformed Treasuries during periods of rising rates, they have not performed as well as investment-grade corporates. But they also have come with less downside, losing only 0.0% in their worst performing period compared to a 0% loss during the worst period for corporates. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. Best and Worst Performing Stocks Since the 0/0 High Since the S&P 000 and Nasdaq peaked on September 0nd, we've seen rotation out of the post-COVID winners and rotation into laggards in the value space. Below we take a look at the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 since the 0/0 high for the S&P. For each stock, we also include its YTD total return and its percentage change from the 0/00 COVID Crash low through 0/0. Capri Holdings (CPRI) is up more than any other stock in the Russell 0,000 since 0/0 with a gain of 00.00%. Even after the recent gains, however, Capri -- the holding company for brands like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace -- is still down 00.0% year-to-date. Only four other stocks are up more than 00% since 0/0 -- Beyond Meat (BYND), PVH, Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Reinsurance Group (RGA). Interestingly, BYND and VIRT are also up big (~00%) year-to-date, while PVH and RGA are both down more than 00% year-to-date. What stands out the most about the list of winners is that only one Technology stock made the cut -- Sabre (SABR). Most names come from the two consumer sectors including cruise-liners like Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH), Kohl's (KSS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Six Flags (SIX), Foot Locker (FL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). Both UBER and LYFT also made the cut with gains of 0% since 0/0. The 00 biggest winners since 0/0 are still down an average of 00% year-to-date, while the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up an average of 0.00% YTD. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While only one Technology stock made the list of biggest winners since 0/0, the sector accounts for two-thirds of the 00 biggest losers over the same time frame. As shown below, since 0/0, the six worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 and ten of the worst twelve all come from Tech. Notably, though, these 00 stocks that have all fallen more than 00% since 0/0 are still up an average of 0.0% YTD. Were it not for the horrid YTD performance of the Energy stocks that made the list, the average YTD gain would be even higher. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Typical Early September Weakness Recovers Mid-Month Sells Off Month-End As of yesterday's close the market was down more than the historical average performance in September. DJIA was down nearly -0.0%, S&P 000 was down -0.0%, NASDAQ was off 0.0%, Russell 0000 was down -0.0% and Russell 0000 lost 0.0%. Today's rally looks like the beginning of a textbook mid-month recovery rally However, the second half of September has historically been weaker than the first half. The week after options expiration week can be treacherous with S&P 000 logging 00 weekly losses in 00 years since 0000. End-of-quarter portfolio restructuring, and window dressing can amplify the impacts of any negative headlines. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!) Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers: Monday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Monday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Thursday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Thursday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) FedEx Corp. $000.00 FedEx Corp. (FDX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Adobe Inc. $000.00 Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 00,000 contracts of the $000.00 put expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $000.00 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 000.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, January 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Aspen Group, Inc. $00.00 Aspen Group, Inc. (ASPU) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $0.00. The stock has averaged a 00.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Lennar Corp. $00.00 Lennar Corp. (LEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Endava $00.00 Endava (DAVA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.00 to $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million to $000.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Brady Corp. $00.00 Brady Corp. (BRC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cantel Medical Corp. $00.00 Cantel Medical Corp. (CMD) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) IsoRay Inc $0.00 IsoRay Inc (ISR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $0.00. Overall earnings estimates have been unchanged since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $00.00 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 000.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 00.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) DISCUSS! What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a great trading week ahead wallstreetbets. submitted by bigbear0000 to wallstreetbets [link] [comments] Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000 Good Friday evening to all of you here on StockMarket. I hope everyone on this sub made out pretty nicely in the market this past week, and is ready for the new trading week ahead. Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000. Investors will look to the Fed to soothe the market next week, but that may be a tall order - (Source) Markets are looking to the Federal Reserve to be a soothing force when it meets in the week ahead, but stocks could remain choppy if the central bank disappoints and as investors focus on the election and the economic recovery. The Fed's two-day meeting is expected to end Wednesday with minor tweaks to its statement and some clarity on how it plans to use forward guidance. The Fed also updates its economic and interest rate outlook, including forecasts for 0000 for the first time. But Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at Prudential Financial, said the stock market could easily be disappointed because the Fed is unlikely to offer more clarity on monetary policy, such as plans for bond buying. "The market is concerned the Fed is not going to give us explicit readings on their plans for monetary policy,″ she said. The Fed's extraordinary policies have been an important factor behind the stock market's 00% surge from the March 00 low, and it's also seen as a major factor limiting the depth of the market's sell-off. Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said the Fed is not likely to tweak much and it continues to buy $00 billion a month in Treasurys. "I don't think they'll do anything to the markets either way," he said. Stocks were volatile in the past week, falling hard, rallying, falling and rallying again. That left the S&P 000 with a weekly decline of about 0.0%, its worst week since June. The harder hit Nasdaq was down about 0.0% for the week, its worst weekly decline since March. The quadruple expiration of options and futures at the end of the coming week could add to the volatility. Bank of America strategists said the bond market is watching the Fed for any balance sheet adjustments and the changes to its forward guidance, which includes the Fed's recent tweak in its inflation policy. The Fed changed its policy of focusing on a target inflation rate to an average rate, meaning it may not tighten policy if inflation overshoots its 0% target. "We see risk the rates market is underwhelmed by the guidance provided by the Fed, which would support higher back-end rates and a steeper curve," the Bank of America strategists noted. The benchmark 00-year Treasury yield slid in the past week, touching 0.00% Friday, and it could move higher, meaning bonds may sell-off, if the Fed does not clarify policy around its bond buying program. Krosby said the stock market is hoping for a dovish Fed. "The market needs that now because fiscal policy is going nowhere," she said. BTIG strategist Julian Emanuel said the market could focus on the fact that Congress failed to make headway on fiscal stimulus, if the economic data begins to disappoint. Retail sales for August are expected Wednesday morning, as the Fed meets. They are expected to rise by 0%, and that should be an important look at whether the lack of enhanced unemployment benefits, which expired July 00, impacted consumer spending. Among other things, Republicans and Democrats could not agree how to replace the $000 weekly payment to the unemployed. "Depending on the polls and the economic data, the probability of stimulus rises and falls," said Emanuel, head of equity and derivatives strategy. "Our view is that next week is just going to be lots of back and forth with the potential for a further extension of the range for the downside, if the political narrative gets more inflamed," said Emanuel. Emanuel expects the market to remain choppy and fall further into the month of October, as investors worry about the uncertainty around the presidential election. The Fed's meeting this week is its last before the election, and analysts expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound reassuring that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy. Powell holds a briefing after the meeting Wednesday, and he is expected to also be asked about the potential for higher inflation. The Fed has said it is more concerned about disinflation, but recent inflation data has been hotter than expected, though still well below 0%. "There is a tug of war between those who say buy chips now because inflation is moving higher, versus those why are saying deflationary forces are still weaving their way into the economy," said Krosby. Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he expects the Fed to sound reassuring but it's not likely to discuss a target for bond purchases or the yield curve controls some investors were hoping for. Yield curve control would mean the Fed would try to manage interest rates by targeting its purchases of specific Treasurys. For instance, it may focus on trying to keep longer duration yields lower, and buy the 00-year. Chandler also noted the Fed's $0 trillion balance sheet has recently declined by about $000 billion from its peak, and its bond purchases are falling behind the European Central Bank. "My sense is the Fed is going to keep saying it's not worried about inflation. Its bigger worry is downside risks. They'll repeat their call for fiscal stimulus which after this week seems less likely," he said. Chandler said the stock market could remain choppy in the coming week, but he does not expect a sharp selloff. The dollar could decline, if the Fed sounds dovish, and that is a positive for stocks. "I don't think a 00% pullback [in Nasdaq] has caused enough pain to have people capitulate. This is just an ordinary correction, and we're going to make new highs," he said. This past week saw the following moves in the S&P: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Indices for this past week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!) Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!) Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) S&P Sectors for the Past Week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART! Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) Election Charts You Need To See: Part 0 First off, our thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by the tragic events of September 00, 0000 - 00 years ago today. It is a day to reflect and remember those who were lost. One of the top requests we've had here at LPL Research is for more charts on the election. Over the next week, we will share some of our favorite charts on this very important subject. Here's how the S&P 000 Index performs under various presidents and congressional makeups. The best scenario has historically been a Democratic president and Republican Congress, while a Republican president and Democratic Congress has been the weakest. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Building on this, a split Congress historically has been one of the best scenarios for investors. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The best scenario under a Republican president is a split Congress, a potential positive for 0000 that has played out after the massive reversal in the stock market since March. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Looking at the four-year presidential cycle shows that stocks haven't been down during a year the president was up for a re-election since FDR in the 0000s, another bullish tailwind for 0000. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here's another look at this, as stocks historically have done much better when there isn't a lame duck president. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Active Managers Do an About Face The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) has an index which tracks the exposure of its members to US equity markets. Each week, members are asked to provide a number that represents their exposure to markets. A reading of -000 means they are leveraged short, -000 indicates fully short, 0 is neutral, 000% is fully invested, and 000% indicates leveraged long. Two weeks ago, in our Bespoke Report, we highlighted the fact that the exposure index had moved to one of the highest levels in its 00-year history. Now, just two weeks later, these same active managers have reigned in their exposure considerably as this week's reading dropped from just under 000 to 00.0. This week's drop was the second-largest one week decline in the index's history and just the 00th time that the index lost more than a third (00 points) in a single week. The most recent occurrence was back in early March in the middle of the Covid crash, and every other prior period where the index saw a similar drop, the S&P 000 was also down every time by an average of 0.0%. Therefore, it's not much of a surprise to see the big drop this week given the big declines in the market. But what about going forward? Do big drops in the NAAIM Index mean a bounce back for markets or further declines? (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The Most and Least Heavily Shorted Stocks in the Russell 0,000 Below is an updated look at the most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000. Each of these 00 stocks has at least 00% of its equity float sold short. At the top of the list is Nordstrom (JWN) with 00.00% of its float sold short. With a YTD decline of 00.00%, the shorts have crushed it with JWN this year. With its huge portfolio of office and retail real estate, Brookfield Property REIT(BPYU) has the second highest short interest in the Russell 0,000 at 00.0%. BPYU is down 00.0% YTD. There are plenty of other well-known companies on the list of the most heavily shorted stocks. Examples include American Airlines (AAL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), LendingTree (TREE), Wayfair (W), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), ADT, TripAdvisor (TRIP), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Kohl's (KSS). One name that is no longer on the list of most shorted stocks is Tesla (TSLA). When we provided an update on short interest back in February (a pre-COVID world), Tesla (TSLA) had more than 00% of its float sold short, but that number is all the way down to 0.0% as of the most recent filing. These 00 stocks with the highest short interest are down an average of 0.00% since last Wednesday (0/0) when the S&P 000 made its last closing high. That's actually a little bit better than the 0.00% average decline for the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000. And year-to-date, these 00 stocks are up an average of 0.00% versus an average gain of 0.00% for the rest of the index. That's not much of a difference! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Below is a list of the 00 least shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 as a percentage of equity float. None of these stocks have more than 0.00% of their float sold short, and they're mostly made up of more conservative names in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the lowest short interest as a percentage of float in the Russell 0,000 at just 0.00%. Microsoft (MSFT) -- one of the key mega-cap Tech names -- has the second lowest short interest, followed by Merck (MRK), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Medtronic (MDT). Somewhat surprisingly, Amazon (AMZN) is the sixth least shorted stock in the entire Russell 0,000. While AMZN is still thought of as a high-flying momentum name by many investors, its short interest levels tell a much different story, painting it as more of a non-cyclical stock like Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), or Coca- Cola (KO). While the 00 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up 0.00% YTD, the 00 least shorted stocks in the index are up much more at +0%. This group has MSFT, AMZN, HD, and AAPL to thank for that strong performance! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) 0 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates While the direction of the 00-year Treasury yield over the last cycle was decidedly lower, as shown in LPL's Chart of the Day, there were still six extended periods where it rose at least 0.00%, and in two of those it rose almost 0%. Looking ahead, economic growth below potential, slack in the labor market, and an extremely supportive Federal Reserve (Fed) may limit rate pressure in the near term, but with interest rates already low and massive stimulus in place, we believe the overall direction is likely to be higher. "Even in a falling rate period there are lessons from the last cycle about rising rates," said LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White. "Among them: Careful when the Fed stops buying and sometimes the best defense is a good offense." (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While every economic cycle is unique, the last cycle highlighted these key takeaways about periods of rising rates: Careful when the Fed stops buying. The two drivers of rising rates last cycle were economic growth and Fed bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing (QE). The Fed buys bonds to keep rates down, but the start of Fed buying has actually been the time when rates rise - likely on expectations that the purchases would help strengthen the economy. These periods also often followed large rate declines either because markets anticipated the start of Fed buying or the economy was faltering. The takeaway: unless the economy is really taking off, any rising-rate period may pause for an extended period, or even reverse, when the Fed backs off bond purchases. Sometime the best defense is a good offense. Lower-quality, more economically sensitive bond sectors actually performed well during periods of rising rates during the last cycle. Rate gains were largely driven by economic improvement rather than a large pick-up in inflation, and that's typically a good environment for sectors like high-yield bonds and bank loans. The downside is that these are much riskier bond sectors and don't provide the potential diversification benefits of higher-quality bonds during periods of stock declines. Don't expect TIPS to provide much resilience because of their inflation adjustment. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are high-quality bonds that have provided a little extra insulation against rising rates compared to similarly dated Treasuries when inflation expectations increased. TIPS prices are adjusted for inflation, but even with the adjustment, they are still very sensitive to rates. Investment-grade corporates can both hurt and help. If credit spreads narrow when rates are rising, investment-grade corporates can post some solid gains in a rising-rate environment, but if spreads are holding steady or even widening, they can be very sensitive to changes in Treasury yields, potentially (although not often) even more sensitive than Treasuries. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) have not provided as much insulation as corporates, but they also have had less downside. While MBS have certainly outperformed Treasuries during periods of rising rates, they have not performed as well as investment-grade corporates. But they also have come with less downside, losing only 0.0% in their worst performing period compared to a 0% loss during the worst period for corporates. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. Best and Worst Performing Stocks Since the 0/0 High Since the S&P 000 and Nasdaq peaked on September 0nd, we've seen rotation out of the post-COVID winners and rotation into laggards in the value space. Below we take a look at the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 since the 0/0 high for the S&P. For each stock, we also include its YTD total return and its percentage change from the 0/00 COVID Crash low through 0/0. Capri Holdings (CPRI) is up more than any other stock in the Russell 0,000 since 0/0 with a gain of 00.00%. Even after the recent gains, however, Capri -- the holding company for brands like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace -- is still down 00.0% year-to-date. Only four other stocks are up more than 00% since 0/0 -- Beyond Meat (BYND), PVH, Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Reinsurance Group (RGA). Interestingly, BYND and VIRT are also up big (~00%) year-to-date, while PVH and RGA are both down more than 00% year-to-date. What stands out the most about the list of winners is that only one Technology stock made the cut -- Sabre (SABR). Most names come from the two consumer sectors including cruise-liners like Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH), Kohl's (KSS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Six Flags (SIX), Foot Locker (FL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). Both UBER and LYFT also made the cut with gains of 0% since 0/0. The 00 biggest winners since 0/0 are still down an average of 00% year-to-date, while the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up an average of 0.00% YTD. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While only one Technology stock made the list of biggest winners since 0/0, the sector accounts for two-thirds of the 00 biggest losers over the same time frame. As shown below, since 0/0, the six worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 and ten of the worst twelve all come from Tech. Notably, though, these 00 stocks that have all fallen more than 00% since 0/0 are still up an average of 0.0% YTD. Were it not for the horrid YTD performance of the Energy stocks that made the list, the average YTD gain would be even higher. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Typical Early September Weakness Recovers Mid-Month Sells Off Month-End As of yesterday's close the market was down more than the historical average performance in September. DJIA was down nearly -0.0%, S&P 000 was down -0.0%, NASDAQ was off 0.0%, Russell 0000 was down -0.0% and Russell 0000 lost 0.0%. Today's rally looks like the beginning of a textbook mid-month recovery rally However, the second half of September has historically been weaker than the first half. The week after options expiration week can be treacherous with S&P 000 logging 00 weekly losses in 00 years since 0000. End-of-quarter portfolio restructuring, and window dressing can amplify the impacts of any negative headlines. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: Stock Market Analysis Video for Week Ending September 00th, 0000 (CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: ShadowTrader Video Weekly 0.00.00 ([CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!]()) (VIDEO NOT YET POSTED!) Here are the most notable companies (tickers) reporting earnings in this upcoming trading week ahead- $FDX $ADBE $CBRL $ASPU $LEN $DAVA $BRC $CMD $ISR $APOG $ICMB $HMY $VNCE $CSBR $EARS $AFIB $OSH (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!) Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers: Monday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Monday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Thursday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Thursday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) FedEx Corp. $000.00 FedEx Corp. (FDX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Adobe Inc. $000.00 Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 00,000 contracts of the $000.00 put expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $000.00 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 000.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, January 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Aspen Group, Inc. $00.00 Aspen Group, Inc. (ASPU) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $0.00. The stock has averaged a 00.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Lennar Corp. $00.00 Lennar Corp. (LEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Endava $00.00 Endava (DAVA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.00 to $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million to $000.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Brady Corp. $00.00 Brady Corp. (BRC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cantel Medical Corp. $00.00 Cantel Medical Corp. (CMD) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) IsoRay Inc $0.00 IsoRay Inc (ISR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $0.00. Overall earnings estimates have been unchanged since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $00.00 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 000.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 00.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) DISCUSS! What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a great trading week ahead StockMarket. submitted by bigbear0000 to StockMarket [link] [comments] Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000 Good Saturday morning to all of you here on smallstreetbets. I hope everyone on this sub made out pretty nicely in the market this past week, and is ready for the new trading week ahead. Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning September 00th, 0000. Investors will look to the Fed to soothe the market next week, but that may be a tall order - (Source) Markets are looking to the Federal Reserve to be a soothing force when it meets in the week ahead, but stocks could remain choppy if the central bank disappoints and as investors focus on the election and the economic recovery. The Fed's two-day meeting is expected to end Wednesday with minor tweaks to its statement and some clarity on how it plans to use forward guidance. The Fed also updates its economic and interest rate outlook, including forecasts for 0000 for the first time. But Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at Prudential Financial, said the stock market could easily be disappointed because the Fed is unlikely to offer more clarity on monetary policy, such as plans for bond buying. "The market is concerned the Fed is not going to give us explicit readings on their plans for monetary policy,″ she said. The Fed's extraordinary policies have been an important factor behind the stock market's 00% surge from the March 00 low, and it's also seen as a major factor limiting the depth of the market's sell-off. Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said the Fed is not likely to tweak much and it continues to buy $00 billion a month in Treasurys. "I don't think they'll do anything to the markets either way," he said. Stocks were volatile in the past week, falling hard, rallying, falling and rallying again. That left the S&P 000 with a weekly decline of about 0.0%, its worst week since June. The harder hit Nasdaq was down about 0.0% for the week, its worst weekly decline since March. The quadruple expiration of options and futures at the end of the coming week could add to the volatility. Bank of America strategists said the bond market is watching the Fed for any balance sheet adjustments and the changes to its forward guidance, which includes the Fed's recent tweak in its inflation policy. The Fed changed its policy of focusing on a target inflation rate to an average rate, meaning it may not tighten policy if inflation overshoots its 0% target. "We see risk the rates market is underwhelmed by the guidance provided by the Fed, which would support higher back-end rates and a steeper curve," the Bank of America strategists noted. The benchmark 00-year Treasury yield slid in the past week, touching 0.00% Friday, and it could move higher, meaning bonds may sell-off, if the Fed does not clarify policy around its bond buying program. Krosby said the stock market is hoping for a dovish Fed. "The market needs that now because fiscal policy is going nowhere," she said. BTIG strategist Julian Emanuel said the market could focus on the fact that Congress failed to make headway on fiscal stimulus, if the economic data begins to disappoint. Retail sales for August are expected Wednesday morning, as the Fed meets. They are expected to rise by 0%, and that should be an important look at whether the lack of enhanced unemployment benefits, which expired July 00, impacted consumer spending. Among other things, Republicans and Democrats could not agree how to replace the $000 weekly payment to the unemployed. "Depending on the polls and the economic data, the probability of stimulus rises and falls," said Emanuel, head of equity and derivatives strategy. "Our view is that next week is just going to be lots of back and forth with the potential for a further extension of the range for the downside, if the political narrative gets more inflamed," said Emanuel. Emanuel expects the market to remain choppy and fall further into the month of October, as investors worry about the uncertainty around the presidential election. The Fed's meeting this week is its last before the election, and analysts expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound reassuring that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy. Powell holds a briefing after the meeting Wednesday, and he is expected to also be asked about the potential for higher inflation. The Fed has said it is more concerned about disinflation, but recent inflation data has been hotter than expected, though still well below 0%. "There is a tug of war between those who say buy chips now because inflation is moving higher, versus those why are saying deflationary forces are still weaving their way into the economy," said Krosby. Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he expects the Fed to sound reassuring but it's not likely to discuss a target for bond purchases or the yield curve controls some investors were hoping for. Yield curve control would mean the Fed would try to manage interest rates by targeting its purchases of specific Treasurys. For instance, it may focus on trying to keep longer duration yields lower, and buy the 00-year. Chandler also noted the Fed's $0 trillion balance sheet has recently declined by about $000 billion from its peak, and its bond purchases are falling behind the European Central Bank. "My sense is the Fed is going to keep saying it's not worried about inflation. Its bigger worry is downside risks. They'll repeat their call for fiscal stimulus which after this week seems less likely," he said. Chandler said the stock market could remain choppy in the coming week, but he does not expect a sharp selloff. The dollar could decline, if the Fed sounds dovish, and that is a positive for stocks. "I don't think a 00% pullback [in Nasdaq] has caused enough pain to have people capitulate. This is just an ordinary correction, and we're going to make new highs," he said. This past week saw the following moves in the S&P: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL S&P TREE MAP FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Indices for this past week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR INDICES FOR THE PAST WEEK!) Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE MAJOR FUTURES INDICES AS OF FRIDAY!) Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead: (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!) Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) S&P Sectors for the Past Week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART! Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART LINK #0!) Election Charts You Need To See: Part 0 First off, our thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by the tragic events of September 00, 0000 - 00 years ago today. It is a day to reflect and remember those who were lost. One of the top requests we've had here at LPL Research is for more charts on the election. Over the next week, we will share some of our favorite charts on this very important subject. Here's how the S&P 000 Index performs under various presidents and congressional makeups. The best scenario has historically been a Democratic president and Republican Congress, while a Republican president and Democratic Congress has been the weakest. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Building on this, a split Congress historically has been one of the best scenarios for investors. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The best scenario under a Republican president is a split Congress, a potential positive for 0000 that has played out after the massive reversal in the stock market since March. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Looking at the four-year presidential cycle shows that stocks haven't been down during a year the president was up for a re-election since FDR in the 0000s, another bullish tailwind for 0000. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Here's another look at this, as stocks historically have done much better when there isn't a lame duck president. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Active Managers Do an About Face The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) has an index which tracks the exposure of its members to US equity markets. Each week, members are asked to provide a number that represents their exposure to markets. A reading of -000 means they are leveraged short, -000 indicates fully short, 0 is neutral, 000% is fully invested, and 000% indicates leveraged long. Two weeks ago, in our Bespoke Report, we highlighted the fact that the exposure index had moved to one of the highest levels in its 00-year history. Now, just two weeks later, these same active managers have reigned in their exposure considerably as this week's reading dropped from just under 000 to 00.0. This week's drop was the second-largest one week decline in the index's history and just the 00th time that the index lost more than a third (00 points) in a single week. The most recent occurrence was back in early March in the middle of the Covid crash, and every other prior period where the index saw a similar drop, the S&P 000 was also down every time by an average of 0.0%. Therefore, it's not much of a surprise to see the big drop this week given the big declines in the market. But what about going forward? Do big drops in the NAAIM Index mean a bounce back for markets or further declines? (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) The Most and Least Heavily Shorted Stocks in the Russell 0,000 Below is an updated look at the most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000. Each of these 00 stocks has at least 00% of its equity float sold short. At the top of the list is Nordstrom (JWN) with 00.00% of its float sold short. With a YTD decline of 00.00%, the shorts have crushed it with JWN this year. With its huge portfolio of office and retail real estate, Brookfield Property REIT(BPYU) has the second highest short interest in the Russell 0,000 at 00.0%. BPYU is down 00.0% YTD. There are plenty of other well-known companies on the list of the most heavily shorted stocks. Examples include American Airlines (AAL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), LendingTree (TREE), Wayfair (W), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), ADT, TripAdvisor (TRIP), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Kohl's (KSS). One name that is no longer on the list of most shorted stocks is Tesla (TSLA). When we provided an update on short interest back in February (a pre-COVID world), Tesla (TSLA) had more than 00% of its float sold short, but that number is all the way down to 0.0% as of the most recent filing. These 00 stocks with the highest short interest are down an average of 0.00% since last Wednesday (0/0) when the S&P 000 made its last closing high. That's actually a little bit better than the 0.00% average decline for the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000. And year-to-date, these 00 stocks are up an average of 0.00% versus an average gain of 0.00% for the rest of the index. That's not much of a difference! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Below is a list of the 00 least shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 as a percentage of equity float. None of these stocks have more than 0.00% of their float sold short, and they're mostly made up of more conservative names in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the lowest short interest as a percentage of float in the Russell 0,000 at just 0.00%. Microsoft (MSFT) -- one of the key mega-cap Tech names -- has the second lowest short interest, followed by Merck (MRK), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Medtronic (MDT). Somewhat surprisingly, Amazon (AMZN) is the sixth least shorted stock in the entire Russell 0,000. While AMZN is still thought of as a high-flying momentum name by many investors, its short interest levels tell a much different story, painting it as more of a non-cyclical stock like Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), or Coca- Cola (KO). While the 00 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up 0.00% YTD, the 00 least shorted stocks in the index are up much more at +0%. This group has MSFT, AMZN, HD, and AAPL to thank for that strong performance! (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) 0 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates While the direction of the 00-year Treasury yield over the last cycle was decidedly lower, as shown in LPL's Chart of the Day, there were still six extended periods where it rose at least 0.00%, and in two of those it rose almost 0%. Looking ahead, economic growth below potential, slack in the labor market, and an extremely supportive Federal Reserve (Fed) may limit rate pressure in the near term, but with interest rates already low and massive stimulus in place, we believe the overall direction is likely to be higher. "Even in a falling rate period there are lessons from the last cycle about rising rates," said LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White. "Among them: Careful when the Fed stops buying and sometimes the best defense is a good offense." (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While every economic cycle is unique, the last cycle highlighted these key takeaways about periods of rising rates: Careful when the Fed stops buying. The two drivers of rising rates last cycle were economic growth and Fed bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing (QE). The Fed buys bonds to keep rates down, but the start of Fed buying has actually been the time when rates rise - likely on expectations that the purchases would help strengthen the economy. These periods also often followed large rate declines either because markets anticipated the start of Fed buying or the economy was faltering. The takeaway: unless the economy is really taking off, any rising-rate period may pause for an extended period, or even reverse, when the Fed backs off bond purchases. Sometime the best defense is a good offense. Lower-quality, more economically sensitive bond sectors actually performed well during periods of rising rates during the last cycle. Rate gains were largely driven by economic improvement rather than a large pick-up in inflation, and that's typically a good environment for sectors like high-yield bonds and bank loans. The downside is that these are much riskier bond sectors and don't provide the potential diversification benefits of higher-quality bonds during periods of stock declines. Don't expect TIPS to provide much resilience because of their inflation adjustment. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are high-quality bonds that have provided a little extra insulation against rising rates compared to similarly dated Treasuries when inflation expectations increased. TIPS prices are adjusted for inflation, but even with the adjustment, they are still very sensitive to rates. Investment-grade corporates can both hurt and help. If credit spreads narrow when rates are rising, investment-grade corporates can post some solid gains in a rising-rate environment, but if spreads are holding steady or even widening, they can be very sensitive to changes in Treasury yields, potentially (although not often) even more sensitive than Treasuries. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) have not provided as much insulation as corporates, but they also have had less downside. While MBS have certainly outperformed Treasuries during periods of rising rates, they have not performed as well as investment-grade corporates. But they also have come with less downside, losing only 0.0% in their worst performing period compared to a 0% loss during the worst period for corporates. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. With the Fed still providing strong stimulus and economic growth potentially poised to accelerate, we currently see an increased risk of rates moving higher. We are playing some offense with our equity exposure, which allows us to emphasize a focus on higher-quality bonds. Among bond sectors, we are emphasizing MBS and still prefer investment-grade corporates over Treasuries. History may not repeat, but if it rhymes, this positioning may help add resilience to a fixed income portfolio if rates extend their move off recent lows. Best and Worst Performing Stocks Since the 0/0 High Since the S&P 000 and Nasdaq peaked on September 0nd, we've seen rotation out of the post-COVID winners and rotation into laggards in the value space. Below we take a look at the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 since the 0/0 high for the S&P. For each stock, we also include its YTD total return and its percentage change from the 0/00 COVID Crash low through 0/0. Capri Holdings (CPRI) is up more than any other stock in the Russell 0,000 since 0/0 with a gain of 00.00%. Even after the recent gains, however, Capri -- the holding company for brands like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace -- is still down 00.0% year-to-date. Only four other stocks are up more than 00% since 0/0 -- Beyond Meat (BYND), PVH, Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Reinsurance Group (RGA). Interestingly, BYND and VIRT are also up big (~00%) year-to-date, while PVH and RGA are both down more than 00% year-to-date. What stands out the most about the list of winners is that only one Technology stock made the cut -- Sabre (SABR). Most names come from the two consumer sectors including cruise-liners like Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH), Kohl's (KSS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Six Flags (SIX), Foot Locker (FL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). Both UBER and LYFT also made the cut with gains of 0% since 0/0. The 00 biggest winners since 0/0 are still down an average of 00% year-to-date, while the rest of the stocks in the Russell 0,000 are up an average of 0.00% YTD. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) While only one Technology stock made the list of biggest winners since 0/0, the sector accounts for two-thirds of the 00 biggest losers over the same time frame. As shown below, since 0/0, the six worst performing stocks in the Russell 0,000 and ten of the worst twelve all come from Tech. Notably, though, these 00 stocks that have all fallen more than 00% since 0/0 are still up an average of 0.0% YTD. Were it not for the horrid YTD performance of the Energy stocks that made the list, the average YTD gain would be even higher. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Typical Early September Weakness Recovers Mid-Month Sells Off Month-End As of yesterday's close the market was down more than the historical average performance in September. DJIA was down nearly -0.0%, S&P 000 was down -0.0%, NASDAQ was off 0.0%, Russell 0000 was down -0.0% and Russell 0000 lost 0.0%. Today's rally looks like the beginning of a textbook mid-month recovery rally However, the second half of September has historically been weaker than the first half. The week after options expiration week can be treacherous with S&P 000 logging 00 weekly losses in 00 years since 0000. End-of-quarter portfolio restructuring, and window dressing can amplify the impacts of any negative headlines. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: Stock Market Analysis Video for Week Ending September 00th, 0000 (CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!) STOCK MARKET VIDEO: ShadowTrader Video Weekly 0.00.00 ([CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!]()) (VIDEO NOT YET POSTED!) Here are the most notable companies (tickers) reporting earnings in this upcoming trading week ahead- $FDX $ADBE $CBRL $ASPU $LEN $DAVA $BRC $CMD $ISR $APOG $ICMB $HMY $VNCE $CSBR $EARS $AFIB $OSH (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOST NOTABLE EARNINGS RELEASES!) (CLICK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK'S HIGHEST VOLATILITY EARNINGS RELEASES!) Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers: Monday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Monday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Tuesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: (CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Wednesday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Thursday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: (CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!) Thursday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR THURSDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 Before Market Open: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) Friday 0.00.00 After Market Close: ([CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S AFTER-MARKET EARNINGS TIME & ESTIMATES!]()) (NONE.) FedEx Corp. $000.00 FedEx Corp. (FDX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Adobe Inc. $000.00 Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 00,000 contracts of the $000.00 put expiring on Friday, September 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $000.00 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 000.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $000.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 00, 0000 there was some notable buying of 0,000 contracts of the $000.00 call expiring on Friday, January 00, 0000. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Aspen Group, Inc. $00.00 Aspen Group, Inc. (ASPU) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $00.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.00) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $0.00. The stock has averaged a 00.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Lennar Corp. $00.00 Lennar Corp. (LEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Monday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Endava $00.00 Endava (DAVA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Tuesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.00 to $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million to $000.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 0.00%. Short interest has increased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% above its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Brady Corp. $00.00 Brady Corp. (BRC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 0.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Cantel Medical Corp. $00.00 Cantel Medical Corp. (CMD) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share on revenue of $000.00 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue decreasing by 0.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 0.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) IsoRay Inc $0.00 IsoRay Inc (ISR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 PM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.00 per share on revenue of $0.00 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 00.00% with revenue increasing by 00.00%. Short interest has decreased by 00.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 00.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.0% below its 000 day moving average of $0.00. Overall earnings estimates have been unchanged since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 0.0% move on earnings in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $00.00 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 0:00 AM ET on Thursday, September 00, 0000. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.00 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 00% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 00.00% with revenue increasing by 000.00%. Short interest has decreased by 0.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 0.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 00.0% below its 000 day moving average of $00.00. Option traders are pricing in a 00.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 00.0% move in recent quarters. (CLICK HERE FOR THE CHART!) DISCUSS! What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a great trading week ahead smallstreetbets. submitted by bigbear0000 to smallstreetbets [link] [comments] Former investment bank FX trader: Risk management part 0/0 Welcome to the third and final part of this chapter. Thank you all for the 000s of comments and upvotes - maybe this post will take us above 0,000 for this topic! Keep any feedback or questions coming in the replies below. Before you read this note, please start with Part I and then Part II so it hangs together and makes sense. Part III Squeezes and other risks Market positioning Bet correlation Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits Squeezes and other risks We are going to cover three common risks that traders face: events; squeezes, asymmetric bets. Events Economic releases can cause large short-term volatility. The most famous is Non Farm Payrolls, which is the most widely watched measure of US employment levels and affects the price of many instruments.On an NFP announcement currencies like EURUSD might jump (or drop) 000 pips no problem. This is fine and there are trading strategies that one may employ around this but the key thing is to be aware of these releases.You can find economic calendars all over the internet - including on this site - and you need only check if there are any major releases each day or week. For example, if you are trading off some intraday chart and scalping a few pips here and there it would be highly sensible to go into a known data release flat as it is pure coin-toss and not the reason for your trading. It only takes five minutes each day to plan for the day ahead so do not get caught out by this. Many retail traders get stopped out on such events when price volatility is at its peak. Squeezes Short squeezes bring a lot of danger and perhaps some opportunity. The story of VW and Porsche is the best short squeeze ever. Throughout these articles we've used FX examples wherever possible but in this one instance the concept (which is also highly relevant in FX) is best illustrated with an historical lesson from a different asset class. A short squeeze is when a participant ends up in a short position they are forced to cover. Especially when the rest of the market knows that this participant can be bullied into stopping out at terrible levels, provided the market can briefly drive the price into their pain zone. ​ There's a reason for the car, don't worry Hedge funds had been shorting VW stock. However the amount of VW stock available to buy in the open market was actually quite limited. The local government owned a chunk and Porsche itself had bought and locked away around 00%. Neither of these would sell to the hedge-funds so a good amount of the stock was un-buyable at any price. If you sell or short a stock you must be prepared to buy it back to go flat at some point. To cut a long story short, Porsche bought a lot of call options on VW stock. These options gave them the right to purchase VW stock from banks at slightly above market price. Eventually the banks who had sold these options realised there was no VW stock to go out and buy since the German government wouldn't sell its allocation and Porsche wouldn't either. If Porsche called in the options the banks were in trouble. Porsche called in the options which forced the shorts to buy stock - at whatever price they could get it. The price squeezed higher as those that were short got massively squeezed and stopped out. For one brief moment in 0000, VW was the world's most valuable company. Shorts were burned hard. ​ Incredible event Porsche apparently made $00.0 billion on the trade. The BBC described Porsche as "a hedge fund with a carmaker attached." If this all seems exotic then know that the same thing happens in FX all the time. If everyone in the market is talking about a key level in EURUSD being 0.0000 then you can bet the market will try to push through 0.0000 just to take out any short stops at that level. Whether it then rallies higher or fails and trades back lower is a different matter entirely. This brings us on to the matter of crowded trades. We will look at positioning in more detail in the next section. Crowded trades are dangerous for PNL. If everyone believes EURUSD is going down and has already sold EURUSD then you run the risk of a short squeeze. For additional selling to take place you need a very good reason for people to add to their position whereas a move in the other direction could force mass buying to cover their shorts. A trading mentor when I worked at the investment bank once advised me: Always think about which move would cause the maximum people the maximum pain. That move is precisely what you should be watching out for at all times. Asymmetric losses Also known as picking up pennies in front of a steamroller. This risk has caught out many a retail trader. Sometimes it is referred to as a "negative skew" strategy. Ideally what you are looking for is asymmetric risk trade set-ups: that is where the downside is clearly defined and smaller than the upside. What you want to avoid is the opposite. A famous example of this going wrong was the Swiss National Bank de-peg in 0000. The Swiss National Bank had said they would defend the price of EURCHF so that it did not go below 0.0. Many people believed it could never go below 0.0 due to this. Many retail traders therefore opted for a strategy that some describe as ‘picking up pennies in front of a steam-roller'. They would would buy EURCHF above the peg level and hope for a tiny rally of several pips before selling them back and keep doing this repeatedly. Often they were highly leveraged at 000:0 so that they could amplify the profit of the tiny 0-00 pip rally. Then this happened. ​ Something that changed FX markets forever The SNB suddenly did the unthinkable. They stopped defending the price. CHF jumped and so EURCHF (the number of CHF per 0 EUR) dropped to new lows very fast. Clearly, this trade had horrific risk : reward asymmetry: you risked 00% to make 0.00%. Other strategies like naively selling options have the same result. You win a small amount of money each day and then spectacularly blow up at some point down the line. Market positioning We have talked about short squeezes. But how do you know what the market position is? And should you care? Let's start with the first. You should definitely care. Let's imagine the entire market is exceptionally long EURUSD and positioning reaches extreme levels. This makes EURUSD very vulnerable. To keep the price going higher EURUSD needs to attract fresh buy orders. If everyone is already long and has no room to add, what can incentivise people to keep buying? The news flow might be good. They may believe EURUSD goes higher. But they have already bought and have their maximum position on. On the flip side, if there's an unexpected event and EURUSD gaps lower you will have the entire market trying to exit the position at the same time. Like a herd of cows running through a single doorway. Messy. We are going to look at this in more detail in a later chapter, where we discuss ‘carry' trades. For now this TRYJPY chart might provide some idea of what a rush to the exits of a crowded position looks like. ​ A carry trade position clear-out in action Knowing if the market is currently at extreme levels of long or short can therefore be helpful. The CFTC makes available a weekly report, which details the overall positions of speculative traders "Non Commercial Traders" in some of the major futures products. This includes futures tied to deliverable FX pairs such as EURUSD as well as products such as gold. The report is called "CFTC Commitments of Traders" ("COT"). This is a great benchmark. It is far more representative of the overall market than the proprietary ones offered by retail brokers as it covers a far larger cross-section of the institutional market. Generally market participants will not pay a lot of attention to commercial hedgers, which are also detailed in the report. This data is worth tracking but these folks are simply hedging real-world transactions rather than speculating so their activity is far less revealing and far more noisy. You can find the data online for free and download it directly here. ​ Raw format is kinda hard to work with ​ However, many websites will chart this for you free of charge and you may find it more convenient to look at it that way. Just google "CFTC positioning charts". ​ But you can easily get visualisations You can visually spot extreme positioning. It is extremely powerful. Bear in mind the reports come out Friday afternoon US time and the report is a snapshot up to the prior Tuesday. That means it is a lagged report - by the time it is released it is a few days out of date. For longer term trades where you hold positions for weeks this is of course still pretty helpful information. As well as the absolute level (is the speculative market net long or short) you can also use this to pick up on changes in positioning. For example if bad news comes out how much does the net short increase? If good news comes out, the market may remain net short but how much did they buy back? A lot of traders ask themselves "Does the market have this trade on?" The positioning data is a good method for answering this. It provides a good finger on the pulse of the wider market sentiment and activity. For example you might say: "There was lots of noise about the good employment numbers in the US. However, there wasn't actually a lot of position change on the back of it. Maybe everyone who wants to buy already has. What would happen now if bad news came out?" In general traders will be wary of entering a crowded position because it will be hard to attract additional buyers or sellers and there could be an aggressive exit. If you want to enter a trade that is showing extreme levels of positioning you must think carefully about this dynamic. ​ Bet correlation Retail traders often drastically underestimate how correlated their bets are. Through bitter experience, I have learned that a mistake in position correlation is the root of some of the most serious problems in trading. If you have eight highly correlated positions, then you are really trading one position that is eight times as large. Bruce Kovner of hedge fund, Caxton Associates For example, if you are trading a bunch of pairs against the USD you will end up with a simply huge USD exposure. A single USD-trigger can ruin all your bets. Your ideal scenario  -  and it isn't always possible  -  would be to have a highly diversified portfolio of bets that do not move in tandem. Look at this chart. Inverted USD index (DXY) is green. AUDUSD is orange. EURUSD is blue. ​ Chart from TradingView So the whole thing is just one big USD trade! If you are long AUDUSD, long EURUSD, and short DXY you have three anti USD bets that are all likely to work or fail together. The more diversified your portfolio of bets are, the more risk you can take on each. There's a really good video, explaining the benefits of diversification from Ray Dalio. A systematic fund with access to an investable universe of 00,000 instruments has more opportunity to make a better risk-adjusted return than a trader who only focuses on three symbols. Diversification really is the closest thing to a free lunch in finance. But let's be pragmatic and realistic. Human retail traders don't have capacity to run even one hundred bets at a time. More realistic would be an average of 0-0 trades on simultaneously. So what can be done? For example: You might diversify across time horizons by having a mix of short-term and long-term trades. You might diversify across asset classes - trading some FX but also crypto and equities. You might diversify your trade generation approach so you are not relying on the same indicators or drivers on each trade. You might diversify your exposure to the market regime by having some trades that assume a trend will continue (momentum) and some that assume we will be range-bound (carry). And so on. Basically you want to scan your portfolio of trades and make sure you are not putting all your eggs in one basket. If some trades underperform others will perform - assuming the bets are not correlated - and that way you can ensure your overall portfolio takes less risk per unit of return. The key thing is to start thinking about a portfolio of bets and what each new trade offers to your existing portfolio of risk. Will it diversify or amplify a current exposure? Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits One common mistake is to get bored and restless and put on crap trades. This just means trades in which you have low conviction. It is perfectly fine not to trade. If you feel like you do not understand the market at a particular point, simply choose not to trade. Flat is a position. Do not waste your bullets on rubbish trades. Only enter a trade when you have carefully considered it from all angles and feel good about the risk. This will make it far easier to hold onto the trade if it moves against you at any point. You actually believe in it. Equally, you need to set monthly limits. A standard limit might be a 00% account balance stop per month. At that point you close all your positions immediately and stop trading till next month. ​ Be strict with yourself and walk away Let's assume you started the year with $000k and made 0% in January so enter Feb with $000k balance. Your stop is therefore 00% of $000k or $00.0k . If your account balance dips to $00.0k ($000k-$00.0k) then you stop yourself out and don't resume trading till March the first. Having monthly calendar breaks is nice for another reason. Say you made a load of money in January. You don't want to start February feeling you are up 0% or it is too tempting to avoid trading all month and protect the existing win. Each month and each year should feel like a clean slate and an independent period. Everyone has trading slumps. It is perfectly normal. It will definitely happen to you at some stage. The trick is to take a break and refocus. Conserve your capital by not trading a lot whilst you are on a losing streak. This period will be much harder for you emotionally and you'll end up making suboptimal decisions. An enforced break will help you see the bigger picture. Put in place a process before you start trading and then it'll be easy to follow and will feel much less emotional. Remember: the market doesn't care if you win or lose, it is nothing personal. When your head has cooled and you feel calm you return the next month and begin the task of building back your account balance. That's a wrap on risk management Thanks for taking time to read this three-part chapter on risk management. I hope you enjoyed it. Do comment in the replies if you have any questions or feedback. Remember: the most important part of trading is not making money. It is not losing money. Always start with that principle. I hope these three notes have provided some food for thought on how you might approach risk management and are of practical use to you when trading. Avoiding mistakes is not a sexy tagline but it is an effective and reliable way to improve results. Next up I will be writing about an exciting topic I think many traders should look at rather differently: news trading. Please follow on here to receive notifications and the broad outline is below. News Trading Part I Introduction Why use the economic calendar Reading the economic calendar Knowing what's priced in Surveys Interest rates First order thinking vs second order thinking News Trading Part II Preparing for quantitative and qualitative releases Data surprise index Using recent events to predict future reactions Buy the rumour, sell the fact The mysterious 'position trim' effect Reversals Some key FX releases *** ​ Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer. submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments] Former investment bank FX trader: Risk management part II Firstly, thanks for the overwhelming comments and feedback. Genuinely really appreciated. I am pleased 000+ of you find it useful. If you didn't read the first post you can do so here: risk management part I. You'll need to do so in order to make sense of the topic. As ever please comment/reply below with questions or feedback and I'll do my best to get back to you. Part II Letting stops breathe When to change a stop Entering and exiting winning positions Risk:reward ratios Risk-adjusted returns Letting stops breathe We talked earlier about giving a position enough room to breathe so it is not stopped out in day-to-day noise. Let's consider the chart below and imagine you had a trailing stop. It would be super painful to miss out on the wider move just because you left a stop that was too tight. ​ Imagine being long and stopped out on a meaningless retracement ... ouch! One simple technique is simply to look at your chosen chart - let's say daily bars. And then look at previous trends and use the measuring tool. Those generally look something like this and then you just click and drag to measure. For example if we wanted to bet on a downtrend on the chart above we might look at the biggest retracement on the previous uptrend. That max drawdown was about 000 pips or just under 0%. So you'd want your stop to be able to withstand at least that. If market conditions have changed - for example if CVIX has risen - and daily ranges are now higher you should incorporate that. If you know a big event is coming up you might think about that, too. The human brain is a remarkable tool and the power of the eye-ball method is not to be dismissed. This is how most discretionary traders do it. There are also more analytical approaches. Some look at the Average True Range (ATR). This attempts to capture the volatility of a pair, typically averaged over a number of sessions. It looks at three separate measures and takes the largest reading. Think of this as a moving average of how much a pair moves. For example, below shows the daily move in EURUSD was around 00 pips before spiking to 000 pips in March. Conditions were clearly far more volatile in March. Accordingly, you would need to leave your stop further away in March and take a correspondingly smaller position size. ​ ATR is available on pretty much all charting systems Professional traders tend to use standard deviation as a measure of volatility instead of ATR. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Averages are useful but can be misleading when regimes switch (see above chart). Once you have chosen a measure of volatility, stop distance can then be back-tested and optimised. For example does 0x ATR work best or 0x ATR for a given style and time horizon? Discretionary traders may still eye-ball the ATR or standard deviation to get a feeling for how it has changed over time and what ‘normal' feels like for a chosen study period - daily, weekly, monthly etc. ​ Reasons to change a stop As a general rule you should be disciplined and not change your stops. Remember - losers average losers. This is really hard at first and we're going to look at that in more detail later. There are some good reasons to modify stops but they are rare. One reason is if another risk management process demands you stop trading and close positions. We'll look at this later. In that case just close out your positions at market and take the loss/gains as they are. Another is event risk. If you have some big upcoming data like Non Farm Payrolls that you know can move the market +/- 000 pips and you have no edge going into the release then many traders will take off or scale down their positions. They'll go back into the positions when the data is out and the market has quietened down after fifteen minutes or so. This is a matter of some debate - many traders consider it a coin toss and argue you win some and lose some and it all averages out. Trailing stops can also be used to ‘lock in' profits. We looked at those before. As the trade moves in your favour (say up if you are long) the stop loss ratchets with it. This means you may well end up ‘stopping out' at a profit - as per the below example. ​ The mighty trailing stop loss order It is perfectly reasonable to have your stop loss move in the direction of PNL. This is not exposing you to more risk than you originally were comfortable with. It is taking less and less risk as the trade moves in your favour. Trend-followers in particular love trailing stops. One final question traders ask is what they should do if they get stopped out but still like the trade. Should they try the same trade again a day later for the same reasons? Nope. Look for a different trade rather than getting emotionally wed to the original idea. Let's say a particular stock looked cheap based on valuation metrics yesterday, you bought, it went down and you got stopped out. Well, it is going to look even better on those same metrics today. Maybe the market just doesn't respect value at the moment and is driven by momentum. Wait it out. Otherwise, why even have a stop in the first place? Entering and exiting winning positions Take profits are the opposite of stop losses. They are also resting orders, left with the broker, to automatically close your position if it reaches a certain price. Imagine I'm long EURUSD at 0.0000. If it hits a previous high of 0.0000 (000 pips higher) I will leave a sell order to take profit and close the position. The rookie mistake on take profits is to take profit too early. One should start from the assumption that you will win on no more than half of your trades. Therefore you will need to ensure that you win more on the ones that work than you lose on those that don't. ​ Sad to say but incredibly common: retail traders often take profits way too early This is going to be the exact opposite of what your emotions want you to do. We are going to look at that in the Psychology of Trading chapter. Remember: let winners run. Just like stops you need to know in advance the level where you will close out at a profit. Then let the trade happen. Don't override yourself and let emotions force you to take a small profit. A classic mistake to avoid. The trader puts on a trade and it almost stops out before rebounding. As soon as it is slightly in the money they spook and cut out, instead of letting it run to their original take profit. Do not do this. Entering positions with limit orders That covers exiting a position but how about getting into one? Take profits can also be left speculatively to enter a position. Sometimes referred to as "bids" (buy orders) or "offers" (sell orders). Imagine the price is 0.0000 and the recent low is 0.0000. You might wish to leave a bid around 0.0000 to enter a long position, if the market reaches that price. This way you don't need to sit at the computer and wait. Again, typically traders will use tech analysis to identify attractive levels. Again - other traders will cluster with your orders. Just like the stop loss we need to bake that in. So this time if we know everyone is going to buy around the recent low of 0.0000 we might leave the take profit bit a little bit above there at 0.0000 to ensure it gets done. Sure it costs 0 more pips but how mad would you be if the low was 0.0000 and then it rallied a hundred points and you didn't have the trade on?! There are two more methods that traders often use for entering a position. Scaling in is one such technique. Let's imagine that you think we are in a long-term bulltrend for AUDUSD but experiencing a brief retracement. You want to take a total position of 000,000 AUD and don't have a strong view on the current price action. You might therefore leave a series of five bids of 000,000. As the price moves lower each one gets hit. The nice thing about scaling in is it reduces pressure on you to pick the perfect level. Of course the risk is that not all your orders get hit before the price moves higher and you have to trade at-market. Pyramiding is the second technique. Pyramiding is for take profits what a trailing stop loss is to regular stops. It is especially common for momentum traders. ​ Pyramiding into a position means buying more as it goes in your favour Again let's imagine we're bullish AUDUSD and want to take a position of 000,000 AUD. Here we add 000,000 when our first signal is reached. Then we add subsequent clips of 000,000 when the trade moves in our favour. We are waiting for confirmation that the move is correct. Obviously this is quite nice as we humans love trading when it goes in our direction. However, the drawback is obvious: we haven't had the full amount of risk on from the start of the trend. You can see the attractions and drawbacks of both approaches. It is best to experiment and choose techniques that work for your own personal psychology as these will be the easiest for you to stick with and build a disciplined process around. Risk:reward and win ratios Be extremely skeptical of people who claim to win on 00% of trades. Most traders will win on roughly 00% of trades and lose on 00% of trades. This is why risk management is so important! Once you start keeping a trading journal you'll be able to see how the win/loss ratio looks for you. Until then, assume you're typical and that every other trade will lose money. If that is the case then you need to be sure you make more on the wins than you lose on the losses. You can see the effect of this below. ​ A combination of win % and risk:reward ratio determine if you are profitable A typical rule of thumb is that a ratio of 0:0 works well for most traders. That is, if you are prepared to risk 000 pips on your stop you should be setting a take profit at a level that would return you 000 pips. One needn't be religious about these numbers - 00 pips and 00 pips would be perfectly fine - but they are a guideline. Again - you should still use technical analysis to find meaningful chart levels for both the stop and take profit. Don't just blindly take your stop distance and do 0x the pips on the other side as your take profit. Use the ratio to set approximate targets and then look for a relevant resistance or support level in that kind of region. Risk-adjusted returns Not all returns are equal. Suppose you are examining the track record of two traders. Now, both have produced a return of 00% over the year. Not bad! The first trader, however, made hundreds of small bets throughout the year and his cumulative PNL looked like the left image below. The second trader made just one bet  -  he sold CADJPY at the start of the year  -  and his PNL looked like the right image below with lots of large drawdowns and volatility. Would you rather have the first trading record or the second? If you were investing money and betting on who would do well next year which would you choose? Of course all sensible people would choose the first trader. Yet if you look only at returns one cannot distinguish between the two. Both are up 00% at that point in time. This is where the Sharpe ratio helps . A high Sharpe ratio indicates that a portfolio has better risk-adjusted performance. One cannot sensibly compare returns without considering the risk taken to earn that return. If I can earn 00% of the return of another investor at only 00% of the risk then a rational investor should simply leverage me at 0x and enjoy 000% of the return at the same level of risk. This is very important in the context of Execution Advisor algorithms (EAs) that are popular in the retail community. You must evaluate historic performance by its risk-adjusted return  -  not just the nominal return. Incidentally look at the Sharpe ratio of ones that have been live for a year or more ... Otherwise an EA developer could produce two EAs: the first simply buys at 0000:0 leverage on January 0st ; and the second sells in the same manner. At the end of the year, one of them will be discarded and the other will look incredible. Its risk-adjusted return, however, would be abysmal and the odds of repeated success are similarly poor. Sharpe ratio The Sharpe ratio works like this: It takes the average returns of your strategy; It deducts from these the risk-free rate of return i.e. the rate anyone could have got by investing in US government bonds with very little risk; It then divides this total return by its own volatility - the more smooth the return the higher and better the Sharpe, the more volatile the lower and worse the Sharpe. For example, say the return last year was 00% with a volatility of 00% and US bonds are trading at 0%. That gives (00-0)/00 or a Sharpe ratio of 0.0. As a rule of thumb a Sharpe ratio of above 0.0 would be considered decent for a discretionary retail trader. Above 0 is excellent. You don't really need to know how to calculate Sharpe ratios. Good trading software will do this for you. It will either be available in the system by default or you can add a plug-in. VAR VAR is another useful measure to help with drawdowns. It stands for Value at Risk. Normally people will use 00% VAR (conservative) or 00% VAR (aggressive). Let's say you're long EURUSD and using 00% VAR. The system will look at the historic movement of EURUSD. It might spit out a number of -0.0%. ​ A 0% VAR of -0.0% tells you you should expect to lose 0.0% on 0% of days, whilst 00% of days should be better than that This means it is expected that on 0 days out of 000 (hence the 00%) the portfolio will lose 0.0% or more. This can help you manage your capital by taking appropriately sized positions. Typically you would look at VAR across your portfolio of trades rather than trade by trade. Sharpe ratios and VAR don't give you the whole picture, though. Legendary fund manager, Howard Marks of Oaktree, notes that, while tools like VAR and Sharpe ratios are helpful and absolutely necessary, the best investors will also overlay their own judgment. Investors can calculate risk metrics like VaR and Sharpe ratios (we use them at Oaktree; they're the best tools we have), but they shouldn't put too much faith in them. The bottom line for me is that risk management should be the responsibility of every participant in the investment process, applying experience, judgment and knowledge of the underlying investments.Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital What he's saying is don't misplace your common sense. Do use these tools as they are helpful. However, you cannot fully rely on them. Both assume a normal distribution of returns. Whereas in real life you get "black swans" - events that should supposedly happen only once every thousand years but which actually seem to happen fairly often. These outlier events are often referred to as "tail risk". Don't make the mistake of saying "well, the model said..." - overlay what the model is telling you with your own common sense and good judgment. Coming up in part III Available here Squeezes and other risks Market positioning Bet correlation Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits ​ *** Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer. submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments] Former investment bank FX trader: News trading and second order thinking part 0/0 Thanks for all the upvotes and comments on the previous pieces: Risk management parts 0,0,0 News trading part 0 From the first half of the news trading note we learned some ways to estimate what is priced in by the market. We learned that we are trading any gap in market expectations rather than the result itself. A good result when the market expected a fantastic result is disappointing! We also looked at second order thinking. After all that, I hope the reaction of prices to events is starting to make more sense to you. ​ Before you understand the core concepts of pricing in and second order thinking, price reactions to events can seem mystifying at times We'll add one thought-provoking quote. Keynes (that rare economist who also managed institutional money) offered this analogy. He compared selecting investments to a beauty contest in which newspaper readers would write in with their votes and win a prize if their votes most closely matched the six most popularly selected women across all readers: It is not a case of choosing those (faces) which, to the best of one's judgment, are really the prettiest, nor even those which average opinions genuinely thinks the prettiest. We have reached the third degree where we devote our intelligences to anticipating what average opinion expects the average opinion to be. Trading is no different. You are trying to anticipate how other traders will react to news and how that will move prices. Perhaps you disagree with their reaction. Still, if you can anticipate what it will be you would be sensible to act upon it. Don't forget: meanwhile they are also trying to anticipate what you and everyone else will do. ​ Part II Preparing for quantitative and qualitative releases Data surprise index Using recent events to predict future reactions Buy the rumour, sell the fact The trimming position effect Reversals Some key FX releases ​ Preparing for quantitative and qualitative releases The majority of releases are quantitative. All that means is there's some number. Like unemployment figures or GDP. Historic results provide interesting context. We are looking below the Australian unemployment rate which is released monthly. If you plot it out a few years back you can spot a clear trend, which got massively reversed. Knowing this trend gives you additional information when the figure is released. In the same way prices can trend so do economic data. ​ A great resource that's totally free to use This makes sense: if for example things are getting steadily better in the economy you'd expect to see unemployment steadily going down. Knowing the trend and how much noise there is in the data gives you an informational edge over lazy traders. For example, when we see the spike above 0% on the above you'd instantly know it was crazy and a huge trading opportunity since a) the fluctuations month on month are normally tiny and b) it is a huge reversal of the long-term trend. Would all the other AUDUSD traders know and react proportionately? If not and yet they still trade, their laziness may be an opportunity for more informed traders to make some money. Tradingeconomics.com offers really high quality analysis. You can see all the major indicators for each country. Clicking them brings up their history as well as an explanation of what they show. For example, here's German Consumer Confidence. ​ Helpful context There are also qualitative events. Normally these are speeches by Central Bankers. There are whole blogs dedicated to closely reading such texts and looking for subtle changes in direction or opinion on the economy. Stuff like how often does the phrase "in a good place" come up when the Chair of the Fed speaks. It is pretty dry stuff. Yet these are leading indicators of how each member may vote to set interest rates. Ed Yardeni is the go-to guy on central banks. Data surprise index The other thing you might look at is something investment banks produce for their customers. A data surprise index. I am not sure if these are available in retail land - there's no reason they shouldn't be but the economic calendars online are very basic. You'll remember we talked about data not being good or bad of itself but good or bad relative to what was expected. These indices measure this difference. If results are consistently better than analysts expect then you'll see a positive number. If they are consistently worse than analysts expect a negative number. You can see they tend to swing from positive to negative. ​ Mean reversion at its best! Data surprise indices measure how much better or worse data came in vs forecast There are many theories for this but in general people consider that analysts herd around the consensus. They are scared to be outliers and look ‘wrong' or ‘stupid' so they instead place estimates close to the pack of their peers. When economic conditions change they may therefore be slow to update. When they are wrong consistently - say too bearish - they eventually flip the other way and become too bullish. These charts can be interesting to give you an idea of how the recent data releases have been versus market expectations. You may try to spot the turning points in macroeconomic data that drive long term currency prices and trends. ​ Using recent events to predict future reactions The market reaction function is the most important thing on an economic calendar in many ways. It means: what will happen to the price if the data is better or worse than the market expects? That seems easy to answer but it is not. Consider the example of consumer confidence we had earlier. Many times the market will shrug and ignore it. But when the economic recovery is predicated on a strong consumer it may move markets a lot. Or consider the S&P index of US stocks (Wall Street). If you get good economic data that beats analyst estimates surely it should go up? Well, sometimes that is certainly the case. But good economic data might result in the US Central Bank raising interest rates. Raising interest rates will generally make the stock market go down! So better than expected data could make the S&P go up ("the economy is great") or down ("the Fed is more likely to raise rates"). It depends. The market can interpret the same data totally differently at different times. One clue is to look at what happened to the price of risk assets at the last event. For example, let's say we looked at unemployment and it came in a lot worse than forecast last month. What happened to the S&P back then? ​ 0% drop last time on a 'worse than expected' number ... so it it is 'better than expected' best guess is we rally 0% higher So this tells us that - at least for our most recent event - the S&P moved 0% lower on a far worse than expected number. This gives us some guidance as to what it might do next time and the direction. Bad number = lower S&P. For a huge surprise 0% is the size of move we'd expect. Again - this is a real limitation of online calendars. They should show next to the historic results (expected/actual) the reaction of various instruments. Buy the rumour, sell the fact A final example of an unpredictable reaction relates to the old rule of ‘Buy the rumour, sell the fact.' This captures the tendency for markets to anticipate events and then reverse when they occur. ​ Buy the rumour, sell the fact In short: people take profit and close their positions when what they expected to happen is confirmed. So we have to decide which driver is most important to the market at any point in time. You obviously cannot ask every participant. The best way to do it is to look at what happened recently. Look at the price action during recent releases and you will get a feel for how much the market moves and in which direction. Trimming or taking off positions One thing to note is that events sometimes give smart participants information about positioning. This is because many traders take off or reduce positions ahead of big news events for risk management purposes. Imagine we see GBPUSD rises in the hour before GDP release. That probably indicates the market is short and has taken off / flattened its positions. ​ The price action before an event can tell you about speculative positioning If GDP is merely in line with expectations those same people are likely to add back their positions. They avoided a potential banana skin. This is why sometimes the market moves on an event that seemingly was bang on consensus. But you have learned something. The speculative market is short and may prove vulnerable to a squeeze. Two kinds of reversals Fairly often you'll see the market move in one direction on a release then turn around and go the other way. These are known as reversals. Traders will often ‘fade' a move, meaning bet against it and expect it to reverse. Logical reversals Sometimes this happens when the data looks good at first glance but the details don't support it. For example, say the headline is very bullish on German manufacturing numbers but then a minute later it becomes clear the company who releases the data has changed methodology or believes the number is driven by a one-off event. Or maybe the headline number is positive but buried in the detail there is a very negative revision to previous numbers. Fading the initial spike is one way to trade news. Try looking at what the price action is one minute after the event and thirty minutes afterwards on historic releases. Crazy reversals ​ Some reversals don't make sense Sometimes a reversal happens for seemingly no fundamental reason. Say you get clearly positive news that is better than anyone expects. There are no caveats to the positive number. Yet the price briefly spikes up and then falls hard. What on earth? This is a pure supply and demand thing. Even on bullish news the market cannot sustain a rally. The market is telling you it wants to sell this asset. Try not to get in its way. Some key releases As we have already discussed, different releases are important at different times. However, we'll look at some consistently important ones in this final section. Interest rates decisions These can sometimes be unscheduled. However, normally the decisions are announced monthly. The exact process varies for each central bank. Typically there's a headline decision e.g. maintain 0.00% rate. You may also see "minutes" of the meeting in which the decision was reached and a vote tally e.g. 0 for maintain, 0 for lower rates. These are always top-tier data releases and have capacity to move the currency a lot. A hawkish central bank (higher rates) will tend to move a currency higher whilst a dovish central bank (lower rates) will tend to move a currency lower. A central banker speaking is always a big event Non farm payrolls These are released once per month. This is another top-tier release that will move all USD pairs as well as equities. There are three numbers: The headline number of jobs created (bigger is better) The unemployment rate (smaller is better) Average hourly earnings (depends) Bear in mind these headline numbers are often off by around 00,000. If a report comes in +/- 00,000 of the forecast, that is probably a non event. In general a positive response should move the USD higher but check recent price action. Other countries each have their own unemployment data releases but this is the single most important release. Surveys There are various types of surveys: consumer confidence; house price expectations; purchasing managers index etc. Each one basically asks a group of people if they expect to make more purchases or activity in their area of expertise to rise. There are so many we won't go into each one here. A really useful tool is the tradingeconomics.com economic indicators for each country. You can see all the major indicators and an explanation of each plus the historic results. GDP Gross Domestic Product is another big release. It is a measure of how much a country's economy is growing. In general the market focuses more on ‘advance' GDP forecasts more than ‘final' numbers, which are often released at the same time. This is because the final figures are accurate but by the time they come around the market has already seen all the inputs. The advance figure tends to be less accurate but incorporates new information that the market may not have known before the release. In general a strong GDP number is good for the domestic currency. Inflation Countries tend to release measures of inflation (increase in prices) each month. These releases are important mainly because they may influence the future decisions of the central bank, when setting the interest rate. See the FX fundamentals section for more details. Industrial data Things like factory orders or or inventory levels. These can provide a leading indicator of the strength of the economy. These numbers can be extremely volatile. This is because a one-off large order can drive the numbers well outside usual levels. Pay careful attention to previous releases so you have a sense of how noisy each release is and what kind of moves might be expected. Comments Often there is really good stuff in the comments/replies. Check out 'squitstoomuch' for some excellent observations on why some news sources are noisy but early (think: Twitter, ZeroHedge). The Softbank story is a good recent example: was in ZeroHedge a day before the FT but the market moved on the FT. Also an interesting comment on mistakes, which definitely happen on breaking news, and can cause massive reversals. ​ submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments] For