Yesterday Birinyi Associates distributed a research report highlighting the fact that oil is more oversold than any period in the last year. Based on our analysis, oil posts a gain over the next six months 60% of the time, and energy stocks are up 84% with an average gain of 6% across all periods.
We were invited onto CNBC to discuss this report, click the image below to watch the clip.













Many of the major indexes are nearing (or have moved into) oversold territory. Couple this with a few key sectors in extreme short-term oversold conditions and quite a few unclosed gaps on the upside and I the probability leans more towards the bulls over the short-term (1-3 days). Of course, as we all know, there are no guarantees in trading. Just using Mr. Probability in my favor.
The higher open today allowed me to take off the three positions that I established yesterday. I would have preferred a move that closed the gap, but all three pierced my underlying support levels so I decided it was best to go ahead and take my profits off the table.
Bought more USO - just could not resist the short=term 'very oversold' nature of the underlying.
Posted by: Andy Crowder | May 18, 2010 at 03:59 PM