From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

The market has become increasingly volatile as selling pressure spreads to the strongest stocks.

As bullish opportunities become more scarce, we’ve had to become more selective in terms of our long exposure.

This is because we’re trend followers. We want to be involved in uptrends, and as more and more uptrends come under pressure, we have fewer options. It’s as simple as that.

But when it comes to corporate insiders and activists, they actually become more active when stocks are under pressure. They love buying weakness.

So while there are fewer opportunities for trend followers like us, there is a growing list of opportunities for bargain-hunters like them. 

As such, insiders have been very active in recent weeks as stocks continue to slide. But they don’t only buy downtrends. There has been some activity in names showing impressive relative strength as well.

Let’s talk about a handful of leading stocks that insiders have shown interest in recently.

This is the video recording of our April 20, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

We've discussed a number of new setups during our live strategy sessions the past two weeks. 

Today, we’re going to reiterate some of our favorites that are still actionable.

Click here to watch the replay of Wednesday’s call if you missed it.

We also have a new name from the oil and gas space that just broke out to fresh highs following some insider buying earlier in the year. 

Commodity stocks keep working and insiders keep buying them. As long as this is true, we’re going to keep buying them too.

Before we get to our new setup, let’s recap some existing trade ideas.

This is the video recording of our April 13, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

This is the video recording of our April 6, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

One of the overarching themes since we launched the Inside Scoop and began writing about The Hot List each day has been the relentless interest in commodity stocks.

Coincidentally, these same stocks have exhibited incredible relative strength over this time period. It’s already been a few months, but we’re not seeing any signs of this trend slowing down.

We discussed a lot of these names during last week’s live strategy session. Click here to watch the replay and to download the accompanying chartbook.

And be sure to join us tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. ET for this week’s live strategy session.

Today, we’re going to talk about some new long setups that we’re getting involved with.

This is the video recording of our March 30, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

The biggest theme on our Hot List and Inside Scoop tables has been the strength from commodity stocks.

Since we launched the column, we’ve discussed the strength from energy stocks like Occidental Petroleum $OXY, agricultural stocks like Corteva $CTVA, and industrial metal names such as Freeport-McMoRan $FCX.

These names have all recently broken out and continue to show leadership. When the same theme continues to work, we want to continue to bet on it.

And that’s exactly what we’re doing with today’s setup.

This is the video recording of our March 23, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Yesterday, we discussed one of our favorite stocks from the hot list right now and today, we have another new idea.

Before we get there though, let’s reiterate yesterday’s trade.

This is the video recording of our March 16, 2022, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to the first issue of The Inside Scoop.

We’ve seen a lot of interesting insider activity since we started publishing our scans last week.

So far this year, commodity stocks have been in a league of their own. Energy and cyclical names have continued to rally higher, while just about everything else – especially growth – continues to slide lower.

In the spirit of this split market, today we’ll discuss a number of stocks showing leadership that we think have more upside in the tank. But we’ll also cover a lagging growth stock that we think we can book some quick gains in on a mean-reversion move.

Also, make sure to check out our Hot List Radar report, which includes all the stocks we’re watching that recently experienced bullish insider buying.

Let’s dive in.