The market has been on quite a run lower lately since the S&P 500 hit its all-time high earlier this month.
Ever Consider a Bear Put Spread?
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Option Block 330: Falklands War Volatility
Keep calm & watch volatility levels.
Volatility Trading Digest – Cyclical Rotation Review
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Goose & the Golden Eggs
Those who have plenty want more and lose all they have.
Option Block 329: The Great SPY vs. SPX Iron Condor Debate
SPX vs. SPY Iron Condors. The debate rages on.
Double Your Pleasure
Both double calendars and double diagonals have the same fundamental structure; each is short option contracts in nearby expirations and long option contracts in farther out expirations in equal numbers.
FX Play in the Cable
The recent ascent in the British Pound has lifted futures near 1.6800 in June challenging the highs from mid-February.
Option Block 328: Earnings Season Is Back
Uncle Mike discusses selling puts in a down market. Plus, earnings!
New Stocks Vs. Old Stocks
A student recently inquired if there was a difference in trading newer stocks versus older stocks.
Typical Market Behavior ? Fascinating
The other day, I was speaking with a student of ours and he asked me a question I have been asked before. He said, ?Aren?t you afraid of giving too much of your strategy away as it may not work if too many people learn it??
Trading Tech Talk 6: Interview with Blair Hull
Blair Hull is on the show discussing the’87 crash, HFT, multiple market centers, and more!
Momentum Breakouts
One thing that you must remember about the core strategy is that you want to trade in the direction of the dominant trend and enter and exit at supply and demand zones.