The Market Is Betting On Resolution With Iran & China
In this interview with The Business Briefing on SIRIUS XM (recorded on Sep 22, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that the market may be front-running a major geopolitical de-escalation. Crude has fallen for four days while equities have rallied, suggesting investors are increasingly hopeful about progress with Iran and China. The bullish chain is clear: de-escalation → lower […]
The Rate Hike Everyone Expects Is A Trap
In this featured presentation video with tastylive (recorded on Sep 15, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that markets have overwhelmingly priced a Fed hike, with additional tightening expected into year-end and 2027. But Samantha thinks the real surprise could be a hold. Long-term yields have already tightened financial conditions aggressively, while signs of weakness are building […]
How To Find Option Trader Positioning In Earnings Play DELL With Option-Teller.io
In this short clip (Sep 1, 2026), Mike Bolin, professional options trader at LaDucTrading.com/team and educator/support at Option-Teller.io, notes that $DELL reported earnings and crushed it: record $47B revenue, $7.04 EPS and a major raise to full-year guidance. But what were options traders signaling before the report? In this video, Mike uses Option-Teller.io to break […]
Bullish BABA Positioning From Option-Teller.io
In this short clip from Live Trading Room (Aug 19, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that BABA heads into earnings with a constructive setup, but plenty of event risk. OptionTeller shows bullish premium outpacing bearish roughly 3-to-1 over the past 45 days, with recent flows also leaning bullish. Still, heavy hedging, call selling around $130 and […]
Option-Teller.io AI Scans Deliver All Green
In this short clip from Live Trading Room (Aug 13, 2026), Samantha LaDuc explores how AI-powered options flow analysis in OptionTeller can help traders identify where institutional money is moving. She reviews several stocks showing notable bullish or mixed options activity and explains how that data can be combined with technical analysis to find potential […]
Using Option-Teller.io To Analyze IGV, USO, GLD, EBAY, CROX
In this short clip from Live Trading Room (Aug 12, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that her Option-Teller tool flagged a major bearish IGV bet: 25,000 Dec $90 puts bought for nearly $7M. Now IGV is weakening as PLTR and MSFT slide, while semis surge. USO shows a bullish options tilt plus a massive $446M dark-pool […]
Macro Over Mania Matters: With Higher Oil, Yields & Dollar
In this featured presentation video with tastylive (recorded on Jul 17, 2026), Samantha LaDuc discusses the current market environment, explaining how leadership is rotating beneath the surface while investors reassess the AI trade, macroeconomic risks and upcoming earnings. She also shares her outlook on the US dollar, oil prices, interest rates and market positioning, highlighting the key […]
Oil Prices, Data Centers, And Memory SuperCycle Pause
In this featured presentation video with Financial Sense @fsnewshour (recorded on Jul 16, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that the market is undergoing a healthy but important leadership rotation rather than entering an outright bear market. The AI semiconductor boom has likely passed its peak momentum phase, with extraordinary earnings no longer sufficient to drive stocks materially higher. Going forward, […]