As prices in the equity markets reach and surpass the previous highs set in 2010, there are a lot of stocks that are making 52-week or even all-time highs.
Where is Supply for an All-Time High?
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Bears Slumber While Lumber Runs Higher
Lumber may be the strongest performing commodity market, as prices are hovering near multi-year highs.
OIC Advisor White Paper, “Tales From the Front” Part IV
Here’s the fourth part of OIC’s Advisor White Paper, “Tales From the Front.”
Like the SPX? Buy Calls, Hate it? Buy Puts
The SPX is right near its all time high, not fundamentally important.
Option Block 226: Up, Up and Away
The DOW keeps going up. The VIX keeps going down. How to handle this market?
Crude Trending Higher
For five out of the last six trading sessions, crude oil has traded higher.
Sometimes It Takes a Board Upside Our Heads to Understand
This is probably what many traders trying to pick a top in the Lumber market are saying right now.
Appreciating Natural Gas
Natural gas prices have appreciated 13% in the last 4 weeks lifting futures to within pennies of the 61.8% Fibonacci level at $3.70 on the May contract.
IVOLopps? – Trending Ideas
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Onward and Upward
As the equity markets opened last week, the direction outlook was uncertain as they were poised to go in either direction.
OIC Advisor White Paper, “Tales From the Front” Part III
Here’s the latest section from the OIC Advisor white paper, “Tales From the Front.”
Vertical Spreads ? Part 2
In last week?s article, I began to talk about Vertical Spreads. These are positions involving one long option and one short option, both of the same type (Puts or Calls) and expiration date, but with different strike prices. Today I want to continue our exploration of these spreads.