The most active equity options and strikes for Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Most Active Equity Options & Strikes: AAPL, BAC
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VIX Curve is Steep
One of the things most options traders watch is what the VIX curve looks like.
Dollar on a Tear
In the last 6 weeks the US dollar has been on a tear gaining 4.8% lifting prices to 6 month highs and above the 61.8% Fibonacci level
Bears Slumber While Lumber Runs Higher
Lumber may be the strongest performing commodity market, as prices are hovering near multi-year highs.
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.
3/12/13 Pre-Market Movers
A quick look at the names active in the pre-market for Tuesday, March 12
Buy the Rumor and Sell the News. Well, not Always.
I don?t quite know what happened between last Monday and Friday, but someone with a big bottle of happy pills was doling them out like candy from a Pez dispenser.
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.