Recently, I Tweeted that the equity markets may be ending their daily bullish trend.
Turning Tide?
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Are You Asking The Right Question?
Supply and demand is not a new concept. Adam Smith wrote of it extensively in many of his publications including his prized work entitled; ?The Wealth of Nations?.
Trading Tech Talk 2: Hackers and Rogue Algos
Hackers & algos gone wild. Great stuff in this episode.
VIX Option Activity & Market Returns (Update)
The intuition around ratios of option trading volume is that large deviations from normal trading volume may indicate a significant change in investor sentiment,
When to Take Profits and Losses
A word about when to take profits and when to take losses??
Option Block 313: Yelling at Yellen
Option Block 313: Yelling at Yellen
Volatility Trading Digest – Strategy Review & Takeover File
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Walk the Line
After declining down to the operative and seemingly impenetrable upward sloping trendline before promptly reversing to the upside just before the release of weaker than expected January employment numbers on Friday, there is a case to be made that the equity pullback is over.
CCI Continued
After my article last week on the Commodity Channel Index indicator, I received some email questions. I felt I should address those questions this week as a follow up.
Why Use Stops?
In talking to prospective students at the sales events that I conduct it is always intriguing to see how many of them don?t use stops.
More Position Evolution
This is part 2 of an article on Position Evolution. In the first article, I began describing an example of a transformation of one option position into another type of position, to create a position that was better fitted to changing market conditions.
Option Prices and Earnings
With earnings season in full gear and major players like Priceline.com and Tesla ready to announce soon, it is probably a good time to review how option prices are influenced.