BOX files with the SEC for a jumbo SPDR. Is it time for trickle down SPX?
Option Block 233: Trickle Down SPX
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Daily Oats ? More than Just a Morning Pick me up
Are oat futures foretelling a move up in corn and wheat prices? I think so, here?s why?
Volatility Trading Digest – Volatility Kings? Update
Volatility Kings? is our list of companies having a tendency to experience increasing options implied volatility as their quarterly reporting dates approach. The increasing implied volatility reflects uncertainty or the width of the possible stock price distribution on the report date.
Option Block 232: Crushing Inflation
Action! Adventure! BOJ vows to crush inflation.
Charts and Time
In my early days, I was always fascinated by the gap in the financial system between those who know what they are doing and profit, and those who don?t and lose money.
Historical and Implied Volatility
Dan mentioned recently in a blog that VIX (CBOE Implied Volatility Index) was hovering around a six year low.
Morning Futures Roundup
Aggressive Stimulus Measures by BOJ Send Yen Tumbling
The Market?s Main Job is to Confound the Majority
Any trader that?s worth his salt will tell you that he thinks differently about the markets than most. This is where he gets his edge against the competition.
New All-Time High?
On March 14th, the S&P 500 approached to within a whisker of its all-time highs. A couple of weeks ago it appeared that Implied Volatility (IV) was finally coming up from its multi-year lows.
Well THAT Looks Familiar
The purpose of this week?s newsletter is not to talk about a few pairs that have had great moves, but to show you how trading is boring and predictable.
Daily Wheat ? A Slice for Everyone
CBOT wheat prices peaked in early November of last year. Since then prices have lost over $2 a bushel. ?Meh ? what?s $2 a bushel,? you ask!? How about $10,000 per futures contract!
Buy the Breakout? I Don?t Think So!
Recently, the news has been covering the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and many individual stocks have been making all-time highs. If you have ever read a book on trading or technical analysis, you will know that the breakout trade is extremely popular.