This is one of my favorite things to do: Forget everything that happened in the first half of the year and start from scratch. It doesn't matter what we did or how we felt in early 2019. It's irrelevant. We're moving forward. This is my Q3 2019 Playbook.

In last night's All Star Options Conference call, JC laid out a case for why interest rates look to be at an inflection point -- the takeaway being that a big move is likely to happen from here. The problem is, we're just as likely to rise as we are to fall. What to do?

While this type of directional indecision is likely to give pause to a straight equities player, we options traders can position ourselves to profit in either direction without having to pick one!

This is the video recording of the July 2019 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

Every time we see a few days of strength from Financials or Energy, people come out of the woodwork to call a bottom in the Value Factor.

After the last few weeks of action, we find ourselves back in this position.

So is this time different? Let's take a look.

Stocks are set to rip higher at the open today, which makes it tough to buy into some bullish opportunities here as they all will be running away from us. However, there is one name setting up where today's enthusiasm should help us push through some minor resistance and get us targeting new all-time highs that were last seen back in September.

Today we're exploring opportunities in two beaten-down sectors that look ripe for a squeeze.

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

We've been bearish the Micro/Small/Mid-Caps relative to Large and Mega-Caps from a structural perspective for most of the last year, however, last week's rally confirmed the conditions we look to indicate potential outperformance in the coming weeks and months.

Monthly charts force us to take a step back and identify the direction of the primary trend. By erring in the direction of these trends, we are increasing our probabilities of success. Markets trend. That's why Technical Analysis works. This process at the end of each month is arguably the most valuable part of all the work I do. I can tell you that from the bottom of my heart.

One that definitely stands out here is the Dow Jones Industrial Average going out at new all-time monthly closing highs. This is the highest monthly close in the history of the stock market:

Another interesting one is Gold going out at new 6-year highs:

Here are Gold Miners doing something we haven't seen in a long long time:

The Broker Dealers & Exchanges Index has had every...

One question that I get a lot comes from new investors, "Hey JC, I'm starting to get into the market for the first time, any advice?"

For me, I'm convinced you have to get kicked in the stomach, at least once, but likely even more than that, to finally understand the importance of Risk Management. But if you can somehow figure out a way to just take my word for it, and eliminate your emotionally driven decisions completely, I believe it puts you way ahead of 99% of market participants around the world.

If broader markets are going to continue higher, we've got to expect the banks to participate and even lead. If that's the case, we're limiting our risk and betting on one of the bluest of the Blue Chips breaking into blue skies.

The Nifty Metal Index has been dead money for a while, but we are finally starting to see signs of stabilization within the space.

While there aren't a lot of actionable trades right now, we think that rotation into this area is a positive for the broader market and will offer some great setups on the long side in the second half of this year.