In this episode, Coach Tim gives out the awards for the most accurate of last year's stock market, oil, gold, bitcoin, US dollar, and sector predictions. Also, Coach Mark, Emily, Frank, Greg, Matt, and Tim make predictions for what will happen across the stock market, sectors, gold, oil, bitcoin, and Interest Rates in 2022. Make sure you listen to the end to hear our 'wild-card' predictions as well. 

In this episode, Coach Tim teaches Portfolio Design for Beginners.  Listen in to learn about the importance of portfolio design with thoughts on cash flow, growth, and speculation strategies. Learn more about capital allocation rules, position-sizing, the risk of ruin, and a proper mindset on how to approach learning to trade.

Before that, Coach Matt and Tim discuss current market conditions during this week's Skyline. Worries about the omicron variant, Senator Joe Manchin stating that he will not support President Biden's social spending bill, and the Fed's hawkish sentiment from last week's meeting have the markets feeling uncertain and price action under pressure. Listen in to hear the coach's thoughts on the major stories of the week, and what to pay attention to moving forward. 

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig teaches how he approaches his daily trading routine. Building a daily trading routine can help you make your approach more consistent and structured, follow your rules, and increase the effectiveness of the time you spend in the markets. Listen in to this week's feature to learn how Tyler approaches his, and get some tips and tricks that can help you build your own daily routine. 

Before that, Coach Mark and Tim discuss this week's market action, and news, in this week's Skyline. Stocks rallied last week, but are stalling near resistance. Mark discusses the impact of the Omicron variant on sentiment and different sectors. Listen in to get the coach's thoughts on current market conditions and what to pay attention to in the week ahead. 

In this episode, we welcome Tyler Craig back to the podcast to discuss recent market volatility. Tyler is a trading coach at Tackle Trading, veteran investor, architect of the Bear Market Survival Guide, and a great educator. Listen in to the feature presentation to hear Tyler's thoughts on how to interpret, understand, and whether the current market volatility. Tyler also discusses the pros and cons of protective put buying, and covered call writing, in markets like this. 

Before that, Coach Matt and Tim discuss recent market news and price action during our weekly skyline regarding the major news of the week. The Omicron variant, OPEC+ Meetings, Fed Chair Powell discussion inflation, and tapering of bond purchases, as well as a Crypto sell-off, has been driving markets recently. Listen in for insight into these storylines, and how they may impact markets moving forward. 

In this episode, Matt and Tim discuss the mindset and mechanics regarding the Covered Call equity and options strategy. Covered Calls are a great strategy to use in trading and investing account for capital appreciation and cash flow. Listen in to learn more about Covered Calls and how they can reduce volatility, give you a natural hedge, and more control in your returns. 

Before that, Matt and Tim discuss recent market action during our weekly skyline. Risk-on assets all tumbled on Friday but bounced back some Monday as the week opened up. The new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, has added some uncertainty to the minds of investors and that has led to the increase in volatility. Listen in to get the coach's insight into the current market conditions in stocks, commodities, and Bitcoin. 

In this episode, Coach Matt teaches the Art of Swing Trading with lessons learned from the great trader Jesse Livermore. Matt does a great job breaking down these important technical concepts to help any trader understand them better. Listen in to learn more about swing trading, the 3 pillars to technical analysis, trends, patterns, support and resistance, and more. 

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In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig joins us to discuss the power of compounding. Tyler wrote the November newsletter on what Warren Buffett can teach about compounding and we asked him to sit down with Coach Tim to discuss the topic during our feature presentation. Listen in to learn how to spot greed traps and survivorship bias as well as the potential impact of reinvesting your profits back into your portfolio over time. 

Before that, Coach Matt and Tim discuss the current news and price action during our weekly skyline. Stocks have pulled back slightly in the past week after reaching record highs. Matt gives his thoughts on the importance of the infrastructure deal, he grades this quarter's earnings season and discusses the technical conditions we're in right now. Listen in for insight into the markets and get ready for the week ahead. 

In this episode, Coach Greg Holmes joins us to have a discussion about Mutual Funds, Index Funds, and Exchange Traded Funds. Many investors use these vehicles to gain exposure to stocks, bonds, commodities. Market funds are the basis for many retirement accounts, as well. Listen in to Coach Matt and Greg discuss how these products work, what the advantages and disadvantages of each of them are, and how fees impact your retirement returns over time.

Before that, Matt and Tim discuss the market conditions during this week's skyline. Stocks are pushing all-time highs, earnings season is mostly over and many companies reported strong results, and Infrastructure just passed the House. Listen in to the coaches discuss the current market conditions and stories that you need to know about.

In this episode, Coach Mark sits down with Matt to discuss Bitcoin proxies in the markets. Bitcoin proxies are the trading vehicles that are a substitute for trading Bitcoin directly, like ETF’s, mining stocks, crypto exchanges and individual companies that are correlated to Bitcoin. Mark explains some of those different ways you can trade Bitcoin via proxies as well as some of his favorites.

Before that, the coaches discuss the recent market conditions during our skyline. Earnings season is winding down, and stocks are pushing all-time highs. Investors are eyeing the FOMC policy meeting this week to hear what the Fed is going to do next. Listen in to hear the coaches’ insights and analysis in the markets right now.

1:45 Market Skyline

37:00 Bitcoin Proxies

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig joins us to discuss the Long Call options strategy. A Long Call involves buying an options contract with a set expiration date and strike price on a stock, ETF, Index or other tradable product. Listen to Coach Tyler and Matt discuss how leverage in options work, the advantages of using Long Calls, the disadvantages, and what role they can play in your trading. 

Before that, the Coaches discuss the current market conditions during the weekly skyline. Stocks have been pushing higher as the market continues to digest earnings reports. Listen in to get the coach's insights into what is happening in markets right now, and what to watch for in the next week. 

In this episode, Tim and Matt discuss the vertical options strategy of the Bull Put Spread. Bull Puts involve selling a put and buying a put to generate cash flow. It's a bullish technique, which produces positive theta, and is a popular strategy for options traders. Listen in to this week's feature presentation where the coaches discuss the strategy, explain how to build a bull put spread, and give insight into how it fits into a trader's approach. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the current market conditions during the weekly skyline. Stocks have responded favorably to earnings season so far with the S&P 500 putting in a 4-day rally, a higher pivot low, and getting back above the 50 daily moving average. Last week, the banks were in focus lead by reports from Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, but this week, it's a mixed bag as major companies from all sectors are set to report. Listen in to hear Matt and Tim's read on the market conditions this week. 

Market Skyline: 1:05

Feature: Bull Put Spread

In this episode, Coach Matt and Tim discuss the importance of understanding bullish reversal patterns. When prices move lower, traders and investors watch for technical analysis signals that the selling has stopped, and the trend is reversing to the upside. A trained technician can spot these opportunities through the identification of pivot point relationships, and chart patterns like the W pattern, inverted head and shoulders, and the 1-2-3 Reversal as taught in the STEP System. Listen in to this week's feature presentation where Coach Matt teaches how to better understand these powerful Bullish Reversal patterns.

Before that, the coaches discuss the current market conditions during this week's skyline. Stocks have started to form some bottoming patterns, but this week the markets will have earnings season start with 20 companies from the S&P 500 reporting.  Crude Oil and Bitcoin keep marching higher, and stocks are starting to build some reversal characteristics in their charts. Listen in to hear Matt and Tim's thoughts on market conditions and what to pay attention to moving forward. 

2:15 Market Skyline

32:45 Bullish Reversals

In this episode, Coach Tim discusses the importance of having a strong Why as a trader, investor, entrepreneur, and individual. When you're starting any new business or journey in life, it is very important to identify why you're doing so. So, why do you want to be a trader? Listen in to the podcast to hear Coach Tim's thoughts on the topic and the importance of a strong why statement

Before that, Matt and Tim discuss the current market conditions during this week's SKyline. Stocks are below the short-term moving averages, except the Energy sector who has relative strength. Politics have been in focus as the markets wait for Congress to pass an infrastructure bill and raise the debt ceiling Crude Oil is breaking resistance, Bitcoin is pushing towards 50K, and Facebook is in the news after a whistleblower report. Listen in to the coaches discuss the important news and price action of the week.

2:45 Market Skyline
51:38 Feature Presentation

In this episode, Coach Matt teaches a detailed lesson on Swing Trading from a webinar on our YouTube channel. We bring the audio to you in its entirety so that you can get a chance to learn about this powerful tactic in trading. Whether you are a day trader, swing trader, position trader, or investor, you can improve your trading system through a better understanding of price action, trends, patterns, and directional trades. 

If you're interested more in the STEP System, you can go to http://bit.ly/get-step and learn more about this powerful swing trading premium course. Or, simply email us at team@tackletrading.com

In this episode, Coach Matt discusses the trade identification, primary qualifications, and secondary qualifications for the Bullish Retracement technical chart pattern. Corrective retracements occur when the price on a chart comes down from a recent swing pivot high in an uptrend. The pattern is one of the core tradable patterns as taught in the STEP System at Tackle Trading. Listen in to learn from the architect of the system in this week's feature presentation. 

Before that, Coach Tim and Matt analyze the current market conditions during the Market Skyline. Stocks have retraced from recent pivot highs on the indexes, Crude Oil broke out of short-term resistance, and Bitcoin is trying to stabilize after last week's drop. Listen in to the coaches discuss what's happening with inflation, regulatory risk coming out of China, Apple's recent drop after a court ruling on the Epic Games trial, and sector analysis from a top-down perspective. 

1:25 Market Skyline

41:40 Bullish Retracements

In this episode, Tyler Craig joins the podcast to discuss his recent newsletter on the roller coaster price action in the lumber markets over the last 18 months. Tyler does a fantastic job breaking down the storyline of price movement and the causal factors at play over the last 18 months. However, Tyler also provides enlightening commentary on what you can learn and apply from this saga regardless of whether you ever trade a lumber future contract or not. It really is a thought-provoking interview with a fascinating journey down recent price action all wrapped into one interview. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the market conditions during our weekly skyline. The unemployment report came out on Friday and the numbers came in a little soft. Matt breaks down what he thinks that means in relation to the big question topics the market is facing. In addition, the coaches break down the market action at the start of the week from Matt’s humorous take on a fascinating doji in equities to the failed breakout in Bitcoin.

1:30 Market Skyline

40:50 Tyler Craig

In this episode, we examine a recently published article that outlined 14 reasons why the market might crash. There seems to be an increasing number of articles on the internet detail all of the reasons why the top might be in for the market. We examine the points laid out in this article with a healthy dose of skepticism. While it is critical to always examine the “other side of the trade” we found the case made here to b somewhat lacking.

Before that, the coaches analyze the market conditions during our weekly skyline. Jackson Hole has come and gone and Matt breaks down Jay Powell’s speech and what it might mean in regards to tapering, tightening and how the market reacted to it. In addition, the coaches discuss the commodities sector and the main stories in the market for the week. ‘

Lastly, Coach Mark pulls a few questions from the Student Mailbag to answer this week. Is AT&T a good stock? How should you handle intraday support? What are the fundamental criteria used for the Tackle 25? These questions were addressed this week.

In this episode, we welcome Keith King back for a conversation about trading, the Fed, inflation, and more. Keith is a veteran trader of the markets, getting his start on the Boston Stock Exchange in 1985. Keith traded on the floor of the NYSE for decades, has worked with hedge funds and institutions to this day as a consultant, and has trained thousands of traders as a coach and mentor. Keith shares his insights into what is happening now and tells some amazing stories from trading on the floor.

Before that, the coaches analyze current market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks are rallying Monday after the FDA announced Pfizer received full approval for its Covid shot. The Federal Reserve holds its Annual Jackson Hole event this week highlighted by Jerome Powell's speech Friday. Listen in to hear our thoughts regarding price action, the impact of tapering, sector performance, and more. 

Lastly, Coach Mark asks the boys to answer trivia questions all centered around the City of Boston, Coach Keith's hometown, in our weekly game segment. 

1:45 Market Skyline

51:05 Keith King

1:50:05 Boston Trivia

In this episode, we welcome Jabon Wilson back to the podcast to have a conversation. We talk to Jabon about how he's navigating the markets, credit spreads, options trading, and how it's been teaching his son how to trade. Jabon is a trader, entrepreneur, and leader, and wonderful person to chat with. Listen in as Jabon, Matt, and Tim discuss some of the mistakes we all make when we're new and how to develop patience as a trader over time from our experiences. 

Before that, Mark, Tim, and Matt discuss the current market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks traded near all-time highs throughout the past week on most indices. Inflation data was in focus as the CPI and PPI came out last week, and infrastructure talks continued in Washington as the Senate passed a $1.2T bill, sending it to the House. Listen in for analysis regarding the financial markets this week from the coaches. 

Lastly, fall weather has us thinking football and the boys make some NFL predictions about which teams will win each division, conference, and the Superbowl. 

2:05 Market Skyline

34:40 Jabon Wilson

1:30:30 NFL Predictions

In this episode, Coach Mark sits down with Coach Matt to discuss the Federal Reserve's upcoming tapering program. When the Fed cut short-term interest rates to zero in March 2020, they also started buying treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to the tune of $120B/month. Tapering is the gradual reduction of those purchases, although it doesn't reduce the fed's balance sheet. Listen in to learn more about tapering, what it is, and how it may impact markets moving forward.

Before that, the coaches analyze current market conditions during the weekly skyline. July's jobs report was robust, and the S&P 500 closed at record highs Friday after it was released. The Senate is moving the $1.2T infrastructure bill forward with procedural votes. Coach Matt details some results from a record earnings season, which is winding down. Listen in to gain insight into what's moving the markets this week.

1:40 Market Skyline

46:45 Tapering

In this episode, Pete Thomas joins the podcast to bring his insight on the current state of the metals market. Whenever Pete and Matt discuss metals and the macro-environment surrounding the metals market it is always a lively and insightful discussion and this time it was no different. Matt and Pete discuss inflation, gold, what Pete is seeing in demand for precious metals, and copper. Pete breaks some news occurring with mining strikes just happening in South America which might impact the supply-demand equation. For commodity enthusiasts, this is an analytical and insightful feature presentation.

Before that, Tim and Mark discuss the broad market conditions in our weekly skyline. Broad markets find themselves in a tight range near all-time highs to start the month of August and Tim and Mark discuss the coming week of earnings and catalysts for the week ahead. Oil is potentially stuck in a range and Bitcoin is potentially showing some signs of life as well. Listen in as Mark and Tim discuss the current price action and news to give you some insight into the markets this week.

Lastly, Pete joins Matt, Tim, and Mark in a fun-spirited game of “Quote This” based on quotes from famous individuals named Pete. Pete Rose had some good lines and there are a surprising number of fictional characters named Pete from Peter Pan to Peter Parker. Listen in to a fun-spirited way to end the podcast.

In this episode, Coach Greg 'Old Money' Holmes joins us for a conversation about investing, and trading in the markets. Greg started out as a financial advisor in Canada over a decade ago but now focuses on trading his own accounts and teaching others how to do the same. Listen in as Coach Tim and Greg discuss his journey, how he's evolved into the trader he is today, and gain some insight from this veteran trader. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the current market conditions during our weekly skyline. It's going to be a busy week in the markets, as nearly 1/3rd of the S&P 500 will report earnings, including some powerhouse names like Apple, Google, Tesla, Microsoft, and Amazon. Along with earnings, the FOMC will meet this week, and stocks are trading at all-time highs on the 3 biggest indices. Listen in and get prepared for the week in front of you as the coaches analyze all of the price action and news.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Greg, Tim, and Matt to answer a few questions from the Coaches mailbag on how to get started with a small account, the use of sector rotation in trading, and whether trading a few dividend companies exclusively would be a smart approach. 

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig discusses the ten guiding investment principles he lives by in an interview with Coach Mark. Listen in for insight regarding retirement planning, investment mindset, account selection, capital allocation, strategy selection, and increasing your probability of success during our feature presentation.

Before that, the coaches analyze the broad market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks are selling Monday, led by cyclical sectors, as all major indexes are in the red. Oil is down big after a technical break, and news regarding an OPEC+ production deal finally getting struck. Listen in as Mark and Tim discuss the current price action and news to give you some insight into the markets this week.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Tim to pick the best summer blockbuster movies of all time. Whether it's the scenes in Jaws, the speech in Independence Day, or the thrill of Jurassic Park, we all love a good summertime movie. What's the most memorable summer blockbuster you've ever seen?  

In this episode, the coaches analyze the current market conditions across stocks, commodities, and crypto-currencies. Stocks continue to push all-time highs, as the market remains bullish. This week will be busy from a news perspective, as earnings season begins for the 2nd quarter as companies like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and Taiwan Semiconductor report, among others. Disney had big results from its movie debut 'Black Widow' over the weekend and reported strong numbers in theatres as well as streaming on Disney+, and Richard Branson takes his first spaceflight on his company Virgin Galactic's successful launch. LIsten in as the coaches analyze all of the news and price action across the markets. 

In this episode, Coach Matt and Tim discuss the sector performance in the stock markets during the past two decades and discuss how sectors should be classified in terms of aggressive, defensive, growth, and cyclical. Also, we look at how well the sectors did when bull markets were advancing, and how poorly they did when bear markets were declining during the different market cycles between October 2000, til today. Listen in to the conversation regarding sectors, and get Matt and Tim's key takeaways from the historical data and what it means for sectors moving forward. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the current market conditions during this week's skyline. Stocks have been fading higher on light volume during the last week, with Tech leading the way. Crude Oil traded down Monday after OPEC+ failed to reach a deal on output production, While Gold rallied, trading above $1800 for the first time in weeks. Listen in to the coaches discuss the news and price action in this weekly segment. 

2:30 Market Skyline

32:40 Sector Classifications

In this episode, we review our 2021 predictions in the markets now that we're at the halfway point thru the year. Listen in as we discuss the predictions we made in January, and analyze how the market performance across stocks, gold, bitcoin, sectors, oil, and other areas have shaped up, and how we see them moving forward through the rest of 2021. 

Before that, we analyze the current market conditions in this week's skyline. Tech has been the leading sector the past week, and it is pushing all-time highs. Cyclical's have shifted in pattern, and are forming bearish retracements. Oil has remained bullish, and gold is fighting for support. Listen in as Matt, Tim and Mark discuss the current news and trends in the market.

1:45 Market Skyline

36:50 Mid Year Review

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig joins us to discuss his recent newsletter on how to fight inflation. Inflation is the topic of many conversations surrounding the financial markets as prices in many areas like homes, lumber, industrial metals, food, and used cars have surged in the last 6-12 months. During the feature presentation, Tyler sits down with Tim to discuss what inflation is, why it matters to individuals, and how to protect yourself from it.

Before that, Matt, Mark, Tim, and Tyler discuss recent market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks bounced Monday after a sell-off last week post FOMC meeting where the Fed signaled a potential interest rate hike in 2023, up from 2024. China continues to crack down on bitcoin, shutting down 26 mining operations in the Sichuan Province, Crude Oil continues its strength, and Gold is fighting for support after its sell-off. Listen in as the coaches give their thoughts and discuss the current market conditions. 

Lastly, Coach Mark has selected 20 of his favorite Time Travel movies and the coaches have to guess which ones make the top of the list in our weekly game. What is your favorite time travel movie of all-time?

2:05 Market Skyline

43:10 How to Fight Inflation w Tyler Craig

1:18:15 Time Travel Game

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig, Emily Muiruri, and Mark Justice join us to discuss the launch of Trading Labs at Tackle Trading. Each of these Coach's will lead a Trading Labs Team of students that are focused specifically on the techniques and approach the coach uses in the market. Listen in to hear the coaches discuss what trading labs are and how they plan on running each of their Trading Labs' Teams which include Coach Mark's Cashflow Vikings, Coach Emily's Dynasty Investors and Coach Tyler's Phoenix. 

Before that, the coaches discuss the markets during our weekly skyline. Equities are trading near all-time highs, as the Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 have picked up their performance recently. The FOMC meets this week to discuss monetary policy, oil continues its push higher and gold has been consolidating as it stalled at resistance. Listen in to hear the coach's insights into the current market conditions, and how they're approaching them.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks the panel of coaches three questions he's received from students recently in the Coaches Mailbag. How do you set goals? How do you approach markets when there are key economic reports in front of you? How do you trade Cash Flow strategies when market volatility is low?  Listen in to the coaches answer these questions from our community. 

2:00 Market Skyline

37:55 Trading Labs

1:21:00 Mailbag

In this episode, Coach Matt discusses the core trading pattern, the Bullish Breakout, and explains the primary and secondary qualifications of how to build a Bullish Breakout trade. Listen in as Matt talks about the primary qualifications of pattern recognition, liquidity requirements, price confirmation, and the Reward to Risk ratios, as well as the role secondary qualifications play when trading breakouts during this week's feature. 

Before that, Mark, Tim, and Matt discuss the current market condition during the weekly Market Skyline. The Russell 2000 small-cap index is leading stocks and threatening a breakout, while the S&P 500 and DJIA are also within reach of their all-time highs. Crude Oil broke out last week and pushed towards $70 per barrel, Gold is maintaining its bullish trend, while Bitcoin remains volatile and in a range. Listen in to this weekly segment to hear the coach's analysis and insights.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Matt and Tim to guess which companies were the top revenue, and highest market capitalization at different points over the past 50 years. Do you know who was the largest company in 1977? 1999? Listen in and play the game along with the coaches in this fun segment.

1:50 Market Skyline

58:10 Anatomy of a Breakout

1:39:10 Game of Caps

In this episode, Coach Tim sits down with Coach Mark to discuss Cash Flow principles and shares 7 tips for new Cash Flow traders. Listen in to this week's feature to learn how pattern identification, fundamental analysis, price appreciation, covered call rolling, managing leverage, setting reasonable goals, and having a proper mindset all play into a successful approach to Cash Flow trading and investing.

Before that, Mark and Tim discuss the current market conditions during this week's skyline. Stocks are stalling at technical resistance after a strong week of economic data showed GDP expand 6.4% in Q1 but inflation pressures remain as the PCE showed 3.1% inflation over the past year. Crude Oil is breaking out, and energy stocks are up Monday in response, while Gold maintains its uptrend. Listen in for all of our thoughts and insights into what is driving financial markets this week. 

In this episode, Coach Matt and Tim discuss the Straddle options strategy, specifically in relation to how straddles work with the implied volatility cycle. As earnings season is mostly finished, we can now start to look out for the next earnings season. Implied volatility tends to build in the 4-6 weeks prior to a company's earnings report, and options traders can build trades to take advantage of the IV build, using the Straddle or Strangle strategy.  Listen in to the conversation about vega, implied volatility, and the straddle trade during this week's feature. 

Before that, the coaches discuss the broad markets during our weekly skyline. Stocks have pushed back towards highs on the S&P 500 and Dow, while the Nasdaq has recovered some.  Crude oil is threatening a breakout, and gold continues its uptrend. Bitcoin got pummelled last week and is now trying to find some support. Listen in to the coaches discuss everything impacting the markets during this segment. 

1:45 Market Skyline

35:16 Volatility Build

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig joins us for a conversation about Covered Calls. Covered Calls are a popular cash-flow strategy for investors and traders alike. Coach Tim and Tyler discuss the details of how to build a Covered Call, their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages during the feature. Then, Coach Matt and Mark join our discussion on how to manage Covered Calls.

Before that, the coaches analyze the markets from a top-down perspective during our weekly skyline. Stocks have increased volatility in the past week, with some selling early last week, and a rally to close out the week. The cyclical areas of the market continue to lead, while tech and others trail.  Gold broke out Monday, a continuation of its developing trend. Listen in for our thoughts and analysis on what is moving markets this week.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Matt and Tim to predict the NBA playoffs that start this week.  Who do you have winning the title in basketball?

2:15 Market Skyline

34:15 Covered Calls

1:14:20 NBA Playoff Predictions

In this episode, Coach Mark sits down with Coach Matt to discuss inflation, its current state, and its potential impact on the economy if it continues rising. Inflation is the general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money over time. Dovish Fed policy, including zero interest rate policy, and quantitative easing has devalued the US Dollar and driven inflation. Listen in to Matt's insights on the topic and how it may impact markets moving forward.

Before that, the coaches discuss the current state of the markets during our weekly skyline. Technology stocks have underperformed recently, while Basic Material, Industrials, Energy, and Finance have led. Crude oil has moved to the top of its range, while Gold broke out recently. Listen in as we discuss the markets, from a top-down perspective.

1:10 Market Skyline

37:35 Inflation Questions

In this episode, the coaches discuss the market adage 'sell in May and go away' and its relevance in today's market. For nearly 200 years, market participants have used the saying to describe an investor that sold their stocks in May, went on vacation for the summer, and bought back in later in the fall. It's a superstition and commonly used phrase, but, is it a valid bit of advice for markets in 2021? Coach Matt, Mark, Gino, and Tim discuss some of the data regarding market performance in the summer months and debunk some of this market superstition during our feature presentation.

Before that, we analyze markets during our weekly skyline. Stocks continue to consolidate near all-time highs after a busy week of earnings reports. Gold's trend is firming up, Oil continues to hold its range, and Bitcoin bounced off the lows but's still off its all-time highs. Listen in as the coaches discuss the current market conditions and give insights into how they're approaching it.

1:40 Market Skyline

39:20 Sell in May

In this episode, Matt sits down with Tim for a discussion on implied volatility and how it impacts options pricing, as well as the implied volatility cycle in relation to earnings dates. Implied Volatility (IV) is an estimate of future volatility in a stock, and traders watch changes in IV because it impacts their options trades. Listen in to the discussion around IV, its cycle in relation to earnings, why its important, how to approach the IV build, the IV Crush that happens after earnings and a few ways to use the information in your trading strategies.

Before that, the coaches discuss the current market conditions in our skyline. Stocks are hovering near all-time highs, and its a busy week of earnings including names like Tesla, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. The Fed meets this week for another policy discussion as well. Listen in to the discussion around stocks, commodities, bitcoin and economics during this segment.

Lastly, Coach Mark has a game where Matt and Tim have to guess the biggest NFL draft busts of the last 15 years. Later this week, the NFL will hold its annual draft, and we're all huge NFL fans. Who do you think was the biggest NFL draft bust in the last 15 years? 

2:00 Market Skyline

33:10 Implied Volatility

1:14:55 NFL Draft Bust

In this episode, Coach Matt discusses the significance of quarterly earnings reports during our feature presentation. Every quarter, public companies have to report their earnings. These reports include financial data like earnings per share (EPS) and revenue. Market participants focus on earnings to gain insight into companies, industries, sectors, and the broad market. Coach Matt discusses what earnings are, why they're important, what he's learned so far this earnings season, and what he'll be watching for moving forward during the feature.

Before that, the coaches discuss the state of the broad markets during our weekly skyline. Stocks hit all-time highs last week on the S&P 500 as the bullish trends have been in place. Last week we received a batch of earnings reports, specifically from Financial stocks like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo. The US Dollar broke down below key support, Gold broke out of short-term resistance and BItcoin tumbled over the weekend below 60K support to 55K per coin. Listen in as the coaches discuss the state of the markets during this weekly segment.

2:07 Market Skyline

48:50 Feature Presentation

In this episode, Coach Tyler Craig joins us to discuss April's Trading Justice newsletter 'A Beginners Guide to Interest Rates'. Tim and Tyler talk about the role interest rates play in the economy and markets for consumers and investors. Listen in to the conversation to learn more about interest rates, the yield curve, how inflation impacts interest rates, the fed funds rate, and the impact of low-interest rates on savers. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the markets from a top-down perspective during our skyline. The S&P 500 and DJIA have been trading at all-time highs over the past week, while the Nasdaq 100 has played catch-up and pushed towards its high. Gold bounced off support, the US Dollar is on a retracement while Bitcoin is pushing towards an all-time high breakout. Listen in as we analyze all of the price action and news that is impacting the markets this week, including a preview of earnings season.

Lastly, Coach Mark hosts a game of 'Closest to the Hole' where Matt and Tim guess golf trivia across different questions. When did Jack Nicklaus win his first Masters? How old was Tiger Woods when he won his green jacket? If you love golf or trivia, you'll have some fun listening to this week's game.

In this episode, the coaches discuss the need for infrastructure and the details of President Biden's infrastructure plan that he detailed last week. America has the #1 economy in the world, yet ranks just 13th in infrastructure quality. If you've traveled, you've probably seen roads, bridges, public transit systems, railroads, and airports that all need updating. Within the proposal, there is money allocated for updating the country's traditional infrastructure and other infrastructure projects like water systems, electrical grids, supply chains, and more. Listen in as the coaches discuss the details of the plan and how it may impact markets.

Before that, we discuss the current market conditions during our skyline. Stocks have broken out to new all-time highs on the S&P 500. Recent underperforming sectors like Tech and DIscretionary have also roared back with strong weekly gains, while Oil, Gold, and Bitcoin have stalled in the short term. Listen in as the coaches discuss the recent news and price action, and how they're approaching it.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Matt and Tim quiz questions regarding the game Monopoly. How many properties are on a monopoly board? What is the probability of landing on a railroad one time as you go around the board? Listen in for a few laughs as we try to answer some of these questions and more. 

2:10 Skyline

54:25 Infrastructure

1:52:50 Monopoly Game

In this episode, the coaches discuss Financial Technology, also known as FinTech, and its role in the market, and some of our favorite FinTech companies in 2021. Coach Mark shares some of his research regarding FinTech companies, the history of the movement, and some examples in banking, stock trading, crowdfunding, and more during this week's Feature. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the broad market conditions during our weekly Skyline. The S&P 500 is pushing towards all-time highs, commodities are trading in a broad range, certain sectors are outperforming (like Industrials and Materials) while others are stuck in their technical patterns waiting for a breakout (like Tech and Discretionary).  The coaches analyze all of the price action that impacts markets and discuss the recent volatility around ViacomCBS and Discovery after Archegos Capital Management was forced to liquidate shares last week sending the stocks sharply lower. 

1:45 Market Skyline

1:05:30 Fintech

In this episode, Coach Greg 'Old Money' Holmes joins us to discuss the recent newsletter he wrote on the True Fundamentals of Investing. During our feature presentation, Coach Greg discusses some of the most important fundamental concepts he considers before investing including the value of a company, stability, how to determine a fair price, P/E ratios, Return on Invested Capital, Operating Margins, and Dividend payments. Listen in for some insight and wisdom on an important topic for new and veteran investors alike.

Before that, Coach Matt, Mark, Tim, and Greg analyze the broad market conditions during our skyline. Last week the FOMC held a two-day meeting, followed by a policy statement and press conference with Chair Jerome Powell. The market bought on the initial price response Wednesday, seemingly liking what the Fed had to say regarding future economic growth, the prospects for the jobs market, maintaining low-interest rates, and monthly bond purchases. Essentially the Fed 'said' everything the market wanted to hear, but the market sold on Thursday after digesting the reality of what the Fed's statement means. Essentially, if things are going to get better as fast as they say, when will they raise interest rates? We discuss the mixed messaging from the Fed and the technical conditions in stocks, commodities, the dollar, and bitcoin during this weekly segment.

1:53 Market Skyline

1:00:40 Greg Holmes

In this episode, the Coaches discuss the Long Call Strategy, its strengths, weaknesses, and how it fits in a trader's overall portfolio design. There are different types of traders in the market place but two specific groups stand out - directional (delta) and cash flow (theta). Long calls are a common tactic used in directional trades by traders who want to take advantage of price appreciation, but also want to get control of the underlying asset without having to put up all of the capital required to buy the shares directly. Listen in as the coaches discuss some examples of when to trade long calls, the impact of implied volatility changing on long calls, and some of the rules they use when entering into this trading strategy.

Before that, the coaches discuss the recent market action during our weekly skyline. Stocks soared last week across the board with several indices reaching all-time highs like the S&P 500, Russell 2000, and Dow Jones Industrial Average. The economy reopening theme continues, President Biden signed a $1.9T stimulus package and the FOMC is set to meet this Wednesday with their latest commentary and policy updates. Listen in as the coaches analyze all of the price action and news and give some insight into what is happening in markets right now.

Market Skyline: 1:45

Feature: Long Call 40:35

In this episode, the coaches discuss the Federal Reserve and how they can impact markets. Coach Matt explains how the Federal Reserve uses tools like Quantitative Easing, the Fed Funds Rate, Operation Twist, and others policy initiatives to achieve their stated goals and dual mandate of controlling inflation and fostering employment. Listen in to learn more about these topics during our Feature Presentation.

Before that, Coach Mark, Tim and Matt analyze the broad market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks have been mixed the last week, as Technology has been under pressure and selling off, while areas like Financials, Energy and Industrials have continued to show strength. Crude Oil has continued it's strength, while Bitcoin is holding up. Listen in as we discuss all of the price action and news that has grabbed our attention over the last week.

Lastly, in the spirit of the NBA All-Star game yesterday, Coach Mark asks Coach Tim and Matt to pick their top 10 'All-Star' investments from a list of 20 Blue Chip companies across different industries. Who would you take as your #1 pick?

2:18 Market Skyline

28:30 Fed Tools

1:17:05 Investment Draft

In this episode, Matt, Tim, Mark and Tyler have a discussion about the current state of inflation and it's impact on the economy, consumers and investors. Inflation is the increase in prices and the fall in the purchasing power of money over time. We've all felt the impact of inflation, whether its from shopping at the grocery store, real estate values or the cost of a gallon of gas. Listen in as the coaches discuss inflation, why it's important to understand, and most importantly what to do about it as an investor.

Before that, we analyze the market conditions during our weekly skyline. Stocks rebounded Monday after some selling pressure in the previous week. Sector leadership in financials, energy, industrials and communications has been clear over the past month, and they all were up with the markets broad based advance. Listen in as we discuss the biggest stories impacting markets right now and analyze the technical conditions.

Lastly, Coach Mark has a game for Matt and Tim where they have to guess the price of consumer goods and services at different points in time. It's a fun game, but a reminder of the true impact of inflation, as gas, bread, home prices, concert tickets and more have all changed over the years. 

1:40 Skyline

34:10 Inflation

1:41:45 Game

In this episode, the coaches analyze the potential in Energy stocks moving forward. Energy has been a hot sector as of late, up +5% the past week, +17% year to date, and +26% in the last 3 months. For years, Energy stocks had been out of favor for many participants in the market. Recently Crude Oil has started to gain some bullish traction and has moved from the high $30's in November to up over $62 dollars per barrel today. Listen in as the Coaches discuss the potential for Energy stocks to capitalize on higher crude oil price and potentially play some 'catch up' to the broad markets during our Feature.

Before that, we analyze the broad markets during our weekly Skyline. Earnings season is approaching the end for this quarter and stocks have held up pretty well. For the month, Indexes are up across the board, although they've stalled recently. Oil has been on fire, gold is fighting for support, and Bitcoin volatility continues. Listen in as we discuss all of the price action and news that is impacting markets right now.

Lastly, Coach Mark has a quiz game for Matt and Tim with questions about oil, oil history, and gas prices. Do you remember the price of a gallon of gas in 1961? How about when you graduated high school? Listen in as we have some fun answering Mark's quiz questions.

1:30 Skyline
47:20 Energy Sector
1:36:40 Closest to the Hole

In this episode, we discuss special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC's) also known as 'blank check' shell corporations. SPAC's have been around since 1993 but their popularity has exploded in recent years. SPAC's are used to turn private companies into publicly traded companies outside of the traditional IPO process. In 2019, SPAC's raised $13.6 Billion in funding, in 2020 that number was $80 Billion and in 2021 so far they've already raised $44 Billion. Listen in as Coach Mark details the history of SPAC's, explains how the process works and discusses some of the opportunities in them. 

Before that, the coaches discuss the current market conditions during our Skyline. Earnings season is near wrapping up as most companies have reported - and beat - on their Q4 numbers. Stocks are at or near all-time highs as stimulus optimism, strong technical charts, and general bullishness have continued. And, bitcoin is near $50,000 per coin after a week of news around corporate adoption from the likes of Bank of New York Mellon, to Mastercard to Canada approving it's first Bitcoin ETF. Listen in as we discuss all the price action and news.

Lastly, Coach Mark has some great quotes that relate to money and investing where Matt and Tim have to guess who said it and 'name that quote'. Play along as we have some laughs during our weekly special segment.

1:12 Market Skyline

53:30 SPAC

1:50:00 Quote This

In this episode, we welcome friend and recurring guest Pete Thomas back for a conversation about markets, investing, and precious metals. Pete has been in the metals business for over 4 decades and has seen a lot of crazy action including when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the market in 1979-80 and silver ran to $55 an ounce. Matt and Pete sit down for a discussion about what is happening right now in metals and what to look for from gold, silver, and other metals moving forward into 2021.

Before that, we analyze the broad markets during our weekly market skyline. Stocks are at all-time highs after a tremendous bounce last week. The stock market had its best week since November on many indexes and part of the reason has been continued optimism regarding stimulus, strong Q4 earnings results (particularly in revenue beats), and bullish technical trends. We discuss these themes and more during this popular weekly segment.

Lastly, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and QB Tom Brady won the Super Bowl on Sunday night. This marks Brady's 7th Super Bowl victory. In the spirit of football, coach Mark has built some quiz questions to ask Matt and Tim about last night's game.

1:24 Market Skyline

20:20 Pete Thomas

1:19:52 SB Quiz

In this episode, Matt, Tim, and Mark discuss the recent mania around Gamestop. Gamestop, a heavily shorted company that has been in a downtrend for years prior to the last 6 months. The stock broke out last week with extreme price movement. On a day by day basis, the stock has moved so violently that it has caught the attention of the public as well as market participants. On Thursday, Robinhood (and other online brokers) stopped opening transactions on GME as well as other symbols. Robinhood has come under fire for the moves, and there are still lots of questions surrounding their actions, what happened and why. Listen in as we discuss what has been happening, what it means for traders, and what we should watch for moving forward.

Before that, we analyze the broad markets during our Market Skyline segment. Stocks are up on Monday after a pullback last week. There are new conversations starting regarding stimulus - where President Joe Biden is meeting with 10 republican senators over their trimmed down proposal. Earnings have been busy, with Apple and Microsoft reporting last week (along with over 100 other S&P 500 co's). Also, Silver rocketed higher on Monday as it's captured the attention of many traders. Listen in as we discuss all of the news and analyze what to watch for moving forward in this weekly segment.

Lastly, Coach Mark brings some questions from our community for another edition of the Coaches Mailbag. Are trail stops viable on stocks like AMC rocketing higher? How would you manage a short call on SLV after the big rally? Listen to the coach's answers in this informative segment.

1:55 Market Skyline

48:36 GME Mania

1:46:16 Coaches Mailbag

In this episode, the coaches discuss how they approach earnings reports as an investor. We are in the heart of earnings season now, where this week we see nearly 25% of the S&P 500 companies report their results. Earnings can create price gaps, some big, some small, and some predictable while others are not.

Listen in as Coaches Tim, Matt, Mark, Emily, and Tyler discuss how they approach earnings reports, whether they avoid them, why they decide to collar or hedge when they do, and in what circumstances they do nothing and accept the volatility risk. We also go through some examples of companies that have upcoming earnings as case studies to discuss how we might approach them.

Before that, we discuss the broad market conditions during our market skyline. Stocks remain bullish in general, but we've seen some areas of the market exhibit relative strength.  The technology, communications, and consumer cyclical sectors have outperformed recently, while energy has lagged in the short term. Will that theme continue? Listen in as we discuss broad market conditions, sector rotation, and commodities during this weekly segment.

2:00 Market Skyline

30:30 Understanding Earnings

In this episode, the coaches discuss whether the markets are currently in a 'bubble' or not.  The Shiller P/E ratio is the second-highest it's ever been, valuations are extreme for many companies and the technical charts are at all-time highs.  But, that alone doesn't determine whether the market is indeed in a bubble. We examine 5 different areas and discuss them including valuation, a plausible future, irrational exuberance, the Fed Put backdrop, and the easy money that has been made by some recently to determine the answer to this question. 

Before that, we analyze the markets during our skyline. Netflix reported earnings on Tuesday and gapped up towards all-time price highs breaking out of a long term channel. That news alone gave the stock market a boost, and prices broke out across many indices. We discuss the news, price action, and more during this weekly segment.

Lastly, Coach Mark asks Matt and Tim to guess the greatest quarterbacks of all-time. This weekend, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady go head to head in the NFC championship game, and they are two of the greats. Where do they and others fall on the list of top 10 greats? Listen in to find out in this fun segment.

1:40 Market Skyline

33:30 Bubble

1:24:10 Top 10 QB

In this episode we welcome Coach Tyler Craig from Tackle Trading for a discussion on how to select which options strategy to use in different technical and volatility conditions. The Trading Justice Newsletter for January was written by Tyler on this topic and it does a great job teaching you how to go from a big list of options strategies and to reduce it down to the ones you will use and in what conditions you should use them. Listen in to the feature presentation to get some insight from Tyler and Tim as they have a conversation about implied volatility, delta, theta, vega, directional bias and more. 

Before that, the coaches analyze the broad market conditions during our skyline. Last week was a historic week in terms of news and politics, but what implications does that have on the market? Coach Matt discusses that and more as we have a discussion about the state of stocks, gold, bitcoin, oil, an earnings season preview and sector analysis. 

Lastly, Coach Mark has selected 8 financial instruments and we have a bracket style game where we select which instrument we want to have as our valentine over the next month. He has a few stocks, a few commodities, bitcoin and a few sectors to choose from during this fun little game.

2:09 Market Skyline

38:50 Options Strategy Selection

1:00:50 Asset Bracket Challenge

In this episode, Matt, Tim and Mark discuss the release of the Tackle 25 Covered Call lists for 2021. Each year, we build a list of 25 stocks that represent both growth and cash flow opportunities in the market that also have strong fundamentals. There are 5 lists in total, where the main list has 25 stocks, the others all contain 10 stocks. 

Here are the lists:

- Tackle 25 

- Dividend Fireworks

- Poor Boys Covered Calls

- Dirty Sexy Money

- ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) *new list this year!

In 2020, last years lists performance was phenomenal. Here are the performance stats for 2020:

- Tackle 25 +18.54%

- Poor Boys Covered Call + 19.56%

- Dividend Fireworks -8%

- Dirty Sexy Money +109.3%!!!

Listen in as Matt talks about how the lists are created and describes the process he uses each year to build these incredibly valuable lists of stocks for our trading community.

If you're a PRO member of Tackle Trading, you can access the lists here: https://tackletrading.com/tackle-25-2021/

Lastly, the coaches make predictions on who will win in the NFL playoffs that are starting this week.  If you're a football fan, it's been a wild year with some familiar names playing well.  Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?

2:05 Market Skyline

28:50 Tackle 25

1:02:50 NFL SB Pick