Apparently growing impatient waiting for the “third arrow”, the Bank of Japan decided to go it alone and buy 80 trillion yen worth of Japanese bonds each year by printing money.
Volatility Trading Digest – Japanese Jolt
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Volatility Trading Digest – Overhead Resistance
Last week we thought the major indexes could continue higher but the advances were much greater than anticipated returning the S&P 500 Index to the operative upward sloping trendline that should now act as overhead resistance.
Volatility Trading Digest – Market Review
We will start today with a few comments along with our updated indicators and some thoughts about what to watch for this week to determine if the major indexes will soon be making new highs once again.
Volatility Trading Digest: Volatility Kings Plus
Volatility Kings is our list of companies having a tendency to experience increasing option implied volatility as their quarterly reporting dates approach.
Volatility Trading Digest – Breadth Notice
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Interest Rate Jitters
Recently concern about rising interest rates intensified after the European Central Bank announcement surprised investors.
Volatility Trading Digest – Market Review
After our regular market review, we update the chart for ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (TBT), our current long-term interest rate indicator.
Volatility Trading Digest – Flight to Safety
Since geopolitical risk could overwhelm most long directional trades, perhaps it is time to add some hedges or at least consider positions such as credit spreads that are more forgiving and less reliant on getting the direction and timing right.
Volatility Trading Digest – Oil Patch Four
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Bonds Trigger Slide
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Four Rotation Challenge Ideas
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Sector Conflict
There was a noticeable change in sentiment after the July 4 holiday, while the S&P 500 Index along with the Dow Jones Transports remained relatively strong small capitalization stocks represented by the iShares Russell 2000 made an ominous decline as Treasury Notes and Bonds advanced creating a sector conflict along with evidence of increased hedging activity.