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Darin Newsom

Sat, Mar 25th, 2023

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom is the Senior Market Analyst at Barchart. 

Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at DTN for close to fifteen years, where he provided customers with market insight, analysis and advice on an hourly, daily and weekly basis and oversaw all of DTN’s market commentary. He was also the creator and guiding force behind DTN’s Six Factor Marketing Strategies. Darin has over 20 years of experience analyzing commodity markets and developing risk-management strategies. 

He focuses on explaining how the structure of a market — both technical and fundamental — and the price relationship between contracts indicate what type of market exists and therefore which strategies are appropriate. Prior to joining DTN, Newsom was a producer risk-management consultant for FCStone and a grain merchandiser at the Great Bend, Kansas, Cooperative.

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10-year chart for Charles Schwab $SCHW really puts into perspective how historically bad March has been https://t.co/Pl3rfkQLHu
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CBOE Volatility Index $VIX Call Open Interest jumps to a 5-year high as traders brace for increased volatility in the months head. 50 Cent Trader, who purchased 150,000 May 50 Calls back in mid-February, is going to love this! https://t.co/NXizgYxlmk
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WOW!! Look at the soaring call option volume in the SPDR Gold Trust ETF $GLD https://t.co/CfcKIxV7sn
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There could be tough times ahead for Apple $AAPL warns the Chartmaster Carter Worth https://t.co/DN8uDc7Nkm
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Bitcoin $BTC Fear & Greed Index = 64 (Greed) https://t.co/G5cu292O0y
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Top 10 Most Mentioned Symbols on WallStreetBets over the last week were: 1) $SPY 2) $NVDA 3) $FRC 4) $GME 5) $TSLA 6) $QQQ 7) $SQ 8) $COIN 9) $AMD 10) $AAPL Source: Quiverquant
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Copper prices could surge to a new all-time high within the next 12 months, possibly even hitting $12,000 a tonne according to forecasts from Trafigura. The reason is that increased Chinese demand will risk depleting already low inventories. https://t.co/0KoCrND3Wh
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Gold is now on a 4 week winning streak! 🏆 https://t.co/hpGJ0tWdnt
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Twitter employees received an email from @elonmusk at 2:30am reminding them that the office is NOT optional 🤣 https://t.co/M8Nqxty3W4
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Goldman Sachs Forecast for Global Home Price Declines https://t.co/nTDEZy1FUV
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U.S. Bank Deposits fell by $98.4 billion for the week ended March 15, the largest weekly decline in almost a year https://t.co/iGBM00uXrc
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Great chart from FRED showing the 10-year minus the 2-year. Shaded areas represent recessions and they typically occur after (or just as) the yield curve is no longer inverted. https://t.co/QiP71uGspf
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After 9 straight green days, Nvidia's winning streak finally ended with $NVDA shares down 1.5% https://t.co/S1hRkTbQwl
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When was the last time you heard Fundstrat calling for equities to decline? 👀 https://t.co/cKdeqo9a9q
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Index Put/Call Ratio hits highest level in the last 6 months 👀 https://t.co/TOfnoyKNM6
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Stocks w/ most active options trading: $TSLA - 838k $AAPL - 624k $BAC - 519k $NVDA - 509k $ATVI - 499k $AMZN - 469k $FRC - 451k $MSFT - 283k $AMD - 246k $NFLX - 240k $META - 235k $DB - 214k $GOOGL - 210k $SQ - 196k $CCL - 187k $C - 187k $BABA - 182k What options did you trade?
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CNN Stock Market Fear & Greed Index = 33 (Fear) https://t.co/bCSYZLzlXd
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Wells Fargo $WFC trading at a 2-year low https://t.co/HwqSUtmAFo
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Carl Icahn buys another 525,000 shares of Southwest Gas $SWX worth approximately $31.6 Million. Icahn has now invested over $216 Million in the company over the last 2 weeks 👀 https://t.co/jSp9WlNEIN
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