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Oil and Gas Stock Daytrading List, Part 2
Jul 29, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Stock Daytrading List, Part 2
Continuing the list of my 12 favorite oil and gas daytrading stocks and trying to establish a bit of personality for each one. I covered APA, APC and CLR here last week. Up this week: COP, DVN, EOG and NBL.
ConocoPhillips – COP has a […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Stock Daytrading List
Jul 22, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Stock Daytrading List
In the last post, I described the general requirements that I look for in my everyday list of daytrading stocks. I’m probably a little different than most daytraders who wander from sector to sector chasing the hot stock of the day. My opinion is […] Continue Reading…
The Best Energy Stocks for Daytrading
Jul 17, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on The Best Energy Stocks for Daytrading
So what should a very short term daytrader or swing trader be looking at when choosing stocks to trade in the energy sector? About 70% of my trading is short term intraday movement and it really helps to have a small consistent group that […] Continue Reading…
EIA Oil Inventory Report – Just A Game of Musical Chairs?
Jul 12, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on EIA Oil Inventory Report – Just A Game of Musical Chairs?
We had a great headline number for this morning’s EIA report, but as I type, the XOP and USO are making their way back to the lows of the day. After digging into the headline number a little deeper, maybe the decline in XOP/USO […] Continue Reading…
Oil and Gas Stock Notes, July 11, 2017
Jul 11, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Oil and Gas Stock Notes, July 11, 2017
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted my trading notes on the site, but I’m slowly starting to get back into the habit of nightly research and writing. Going to try and post my notes here more often, but making no promises LOL.
Also, I’ve started […] Continue Reading…
Trade Setups for January 17 (MPC, TSO, NOV, BHI, WMT, SIG)
Jan 16, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Trade Setups for January 17 (MPC, TSO, NOV, BHI, WMT, SIG)
It looks like OPEC is now hinting that that will not renew their production cut which is expected to expire in July. I’m not even sure if they are really cutting at all currently, especially given their “honor system” and self reporting. Oil may […] Continue Reading…
Energy Trades for Monday, January 9
Jan 8, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Energy Trades for Monday, January 9
Not much action in energy last week on the longer term timeframe, as we started the week with 76.00 as a point of decision for the XLE and ended the week right there with no decision regarding direction being made at all. I do […] Continue Reading…
Energy Predictions for the First Week of the New Year
Jan 2, 2017 Trading Blog Comments Off on Energy Predictions for the First Week of the New Year
The last week of 2016 was pretty much a waste of trading time for me and I probably should have just taken the entire week off to recharge the batteries. Hopefully, the first week of 2017 will get the year off to a fast […] Continue Reading…
Quick Look at the Upcoming Week Dec 27-30
Dec 26, 2016 Trading Blog Comments Off on Quick Look at the Upcoming Week Dec 27-30
Looking back at last week’s news, everything still looks good for the XLE to keep running. As long as it holds the 76.00 mark, most of my trading will be from the long side.
The API number as -4.1 million on Tuesday, but the EIA […] Continue Reading…
Energy Trading Notes, 12-22-16
Dec 22, 2016 Trading Blog Comments Off on Energy Trading Notes, 12-22-16
Refiners led the way today with MPC (+2.8%), HFC (+2.4%) and VLO (+1.2%). Some news suggests the bump in refiners was from the selection of Carl Icahn as a special adviser on regulatory reform. MPC set up to trade the best with clear supply […] Continue Reading…