This is a volatility note regarding earnings for TWTR and two quite surprising phenomena.
Twitter (TWTR) – Earnings Preview: Two Things I Didn’t Know. Do You?
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Option Block 310: GOOG After Hours Mania
Option Block 310: GOOG After Hours Mania
Option Markets Not Buying this Rally
If this was the end of the sell off, Option Markets were not buying into it.
This Time the Fed Isn’t Saving You
The Fed is continuing the modest tapering of bond purchases and thankfully ignoring the machinations in Turkey and Argentina
Volatility Trends in Sell Offs
In the last year there have a been a few of these market sell offs.
Are Short Volatility ETPs Worse Than SPY?
??Volatility Tourists? Get Crushed,? exulted a column in Barron?s on Friday, referring to losses incurred that day by short volatility ETPs like XIV and SVXY.
Option Block 309: The Big AAPL Earnings Show
So there’s this little fruit company that had earnings yesterday….
Volatility Trading Digest – Wind of Change
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Puts Trade in EEM
Today paper traded 25,070 EEM Mar 24 puts for .06-.07. ADV is 335,000 contracts. The OI is 2,851 contracts.
Option Block 308: The Scale from Smart to Cowboy
Where are you on the investing scale? Smart or cowboy?
Natural Gas – Bearish Spread
For the third session in a row an impressive acceleration higher with natural gas prices gaining 13% within that time frame
Bond Volatility Is Still Cheap, HV Is Not
What a difference a year makes.