This past week, there were 3x the Carnival (CCL) normal options volume, the cruise line giant, says Jay Soloff of Investors Alley.

One of the covered-call writing exit strategies available to us is ”hitting a double,” explains Alan Ellman of The Blue Collar Investor.

The new highs in the market developed without a confirmation from the market’s breadth last week, says Joe Duarte of In the Money Options.

Looking back to the early part of last week, we all saw something that should not shock anyone who is actually thinking in an intellectually honest manner about the market, states Avi Gilburt of ElliottWaveTrader.net.

Over the past 120 years, the U.S. has spent 29% of this time in a recession. But in recent decades, the economy has only been in a recession 14% of the time, so they haven’t been that common, observes Mary Anne and Pamela Aden, editors of The Aden Forecast.

The Fed maintains that the jump in consumer prices is temporary due to the pent-up demand caused by the pandemic, notes Dan Sullivan, editor of The Chartist.

Transocean (RIG) RIG offers offshores contract drilling services for oil and gas wells; it specializes in technically demanding regions of the world, with a particular focus on ultra-deepwater and harsh environment drilling, explains Michael Brush, editor of Brush Up on Stocks.

BlackRock (BLK) provides investment management, risk management, and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide, explains Stephen Biggar, with Argus Research — a leading independent Wall Street research firm.

Before we inform you how busy this week will be, it's worth mentioning the positive technical developments in cryptos, says Adam Button of ForexLive.com.

Supply tightness is everywhere you look. We have asphalt shortages in Texas, we have tightness of grain supply, aluminum shortages in China, copper tightness as well, says Phil Flynn of the PRICE Futures Group.