Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• How To Play A Recovery In Oil Prices?

  Published 17 November 2018 | viewed 7,052 times

  “Feel” is a concept that, in analysis at least, doesn’t get the respect it deserves. We are all supposed to have only logical, analytical reasons…

• Is It Time To Go Long On Crude?

  Published 11 November 2018 | viewed 14,502 times

  Last week, I wrote that I expected a bounce in crude before long, and as WTI has continued to fall the trolls have had a…

• Oil Looks Set For A Rapid Bounce

  Published 04 November 2018 | viewed 61,196 times

  WTI has recently experienced one of its biggest one-month declines in several years, having lost around eighteen percent since hitting a multi-year high of $76.90…

• Correction In Oil Creates An Opportunity For Investors

  Published 27 October 2018 | viewed 17,750 times

  Out of context, it seems slightly ridiculous, but many trading decisions come down to what I refer to as the “magic number” theory. Whether said…

• A Recent, Weak IPO That Creates An Opportunity For Investors

  Published 21 October 2018 | viewed 5,641 times

  Traders and investors know better than most that timing is everything. What defines the success or failure of a trade is usually not necessarily where…

• Should Energy Investors Be Worried By The Fed’s Latest Move?

  Published 06 October 2018 | viewed 10,799 times

  Just in case you didn’t notice, stocks lost ground yesterday, and the reason du jour was a surge in interest rates. The yield on the…

• Don’t Count On The Usual Tesla Bounce This Time

  Published 28 September 2018 | viewed 4,837 times

  I have written occasionally here about Tesla (TSLA). While the relationship to the energy market and sector is a tenuous one, it is a fascinating…

• The OPEC Meeting And How To Position For It (Hint: Don’t)

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 5,411 times

  OPEC meetings, or more recently the meetings of “OPEC and friends”, are always big news in the energy sector. The price of oil is the…

• The Oil Sector Opportunity That Can’t Be Ignored

  Published 14 September 2018 | viewed 18,885 times

  If you’ll forgive the pun, oilfield service stocks are a well to which I have returned a couple of times this year, and with results…

• This Oil Major Comes At A Discount

  Published 07 September 2018 | viewed 3,827 times

  Regular readers will know that I can be a little contrarian at times. That is not necessarily the result of being curmudgeonly, although if you…

• Energy Factors Point To A Contrarian Trade In Railroad Stocks

  Published 31 August 2018 | viewed 3,075 times

  Contrarian trading, taking positions in opposition to prevailing trends and sentiment, can be addicting and, like most addictions, can also be dangerous. One should always…

• Policy Change Creates An Opportunity In This Energy Market

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 3,841 times

  I have said before and I’ll say it again, despite Donald Trump’s best efforts the coal industry in this country is in long-term, probably terminal…

• How To Trade The Turkish Crisis

  Published 17 August 2018 | viewed 5,451 times

  Financial markets reacting negatively to a seemingly obscure or remote risk was commonplace not that long ago. Whether it was a slightly disappointing Chinese growth…

• Dollar Strength Is Likely To Cap Oil Price Gains

  Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 4,077 times

  This morning, my old stomping ground of forex is making a rare appearance in the news. The problems in Turkey and the actions of the…

• A Trade Too Good To Ignore

  Published 27 July 2018 | viewed 4,886 times

  If you will forgive me, I would like to brag a little. On April 27th of this year I wrote that after a long period…

• Baker Hughes, A GE Company: I Hate the Name but Like the Stock

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 5,978 times

  Logically, the name of a company does not matter to investors at all. It should be all about profit and prospects, but I have never…

• A Long-Term Play In Oil Markets

  Published 13 July 2018 | viewed 5,758 times

  For those that follow energy markets it is often easy to lose sight of the timescale off which the major companies in the sector make…

• Is This Energy Stock About To Pop?

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 5,808 times

  As oil has recovered from its epic fall from above $100 to below $30 in 2014/15, many oil related stocks have also regained lost ground.…

• How High Can Oil Go?

  Published 29 June 2018 | viewed 13,590 times

  Regular readers will be aware that once a strong move is underway, my instincts and training lead me to forego trading with the momentum and,…

• A Hot, If Not Very Sexy, Take On The OPEC News

  Published 22 June 2018 | viewed 5,875 times

  As I write this piece, we are still awaiting the official announcement of the outcome of the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, but given the organization’s…