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Proactive Trades, January 7th 2020 – MU, GLD, CMI

January 7, 2020 By Steven Place

Can you see the hidden correction?

Yes, the market jammed up near 3260 and finished at the highs last Thursday… but when we look at the past few weeks’ price action, we can see that the market has been in a time-based correction since December options expiration.

It’s very difficult to make the bearish case for stocks when any gap down is aggressively bought, and the correction is sideways instead of a deep pullback.

Of course things can change. I’d prefer a pullback to shake out weak hands but we don’t have enough evidence to get aggressive with that bet.

Key levels on the S&P are 3245 and 3215. A break and hold in either direction will dictate the next move.

Trade #1: MU

Very strong move to new highs with volume. I expect the stock’s trend to continue for a while.

Trade Setup

Expected Price: 57.55

Sell to Open MU Feb 52.5/50 Put Spread

Tier 1: Enter at 0.47, Exit at 0.22

Tier 2: Enter at 0.658, Exit at 0.338

Tier 3: Enter at 0.846, Exit at 0.426

Stop Out If Close Under 51.89

Trade #2: GLD

Gold has been responsive to some of the geopolitical risk we’ve been seeing– tensions in Iran are at the forefront of every news headline and that, combined with some dollar weakness, had caused gold to hit extreme overbought levels. I could be early, but I think it’s worth a fade here.

Trade Setup

Expected Price: 147.93

Sell to Open GLD Feb 155/157 Call Spread

Tier 1: Enter at 0.47, Exit at 0.28

Tier 2: Enter at 0.658, Exit at 0.428

Tier 3: Enter at 0.846, Exit at 0.556

Stop Out If Close Over 156.11

Trade #3: CMI

One area of weakness that’s coming through is sensitivity to emerging markets. EEM has pulled in a bit, and CMI, CAT and a few others have seen some profit taking.

I like playing this into the retest of the previous pivot level (yellow line).

Trade Setup

Expected Price: 166.53

Sell to Open CMI Feb 155/150 Put Spread

Tier 1: Enter at 0.85, Exit at 0.35

Tier 2: Enter at 1.19, Exit at 0.54

Tier 3: Enter at 1.53, Exit at 0.66

Stop Out If Close Under 154.89

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