Like a broken clock that is right twice a day, those who have been calling this market overextended and due for a correction will eventually be right. The tide will turn the question is when.
Volatility Trading Digest – When the Tide Turns
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Option Block 221: Suspiciously Well-Timed Call Buying
Someone hit it out of the park on $STZ. Was it too good to be true?
More on Backspreads and P/L Diagrams
Last week I wrote about Backspreads as a strategy that could be used as an alternative to Strangles and Straddles. This week we?ll look a little deeper, and along the way we?ll take a good look at diagramming as a way to visually analyze a trade.
It?s Certainly Not MY Fault!
Here is a diary of a failed (hypothetical) trader:
Supply and Demand, Isn?t That Support and Resistance?
While teaching a Professional Futures Course in San Jose last week, I received lots of compliments from returning students on the high quality of our more recently published course material.
Morning Futures Roundup
Will US, Eurozone Contraction Slow Down Copper?
Baseball, Buying a Car and Iron Condors
Since spring training is right around the corner, traders should ask themselves this question; have you ever noticed a baseball player warming up before a game? Or watched footage of a baseball player at practice? What are they doing?
Range-Bound Crude Oil
For the last three weeks Crude oil has been range bound trading in a $3 range, which, for this commodity, is flat.
The Long and Short of Futures Options 9: Interest Rates
Mark is joined by two CME Group interest rate gurus to discuss all things interest rates.
Option Block 220: Who Needs Annuities When You Can Sell Puts on GOOG?
The art of betting the farm, plus an interview guest talks about ag futures & options.
Sleight of Hand
I will never forget the first time I saw David Copperfield live in Las Vegas. I actually sat in the front row, near the middle.
The VIX Term Structure Has Farther to Fall
As tail risks have fallen aside and markets have normalized over the last several years, most of the strange market phenomena from the financial crisis have reversed themselves.