A quick look at the names active in the pre-market for Tuesday, February 5
2/5/13 Pre-Market Movers
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Learning from Mistakes on S&P Futures
In the last two and a half months, the S&P has advanced 12% lifting prices to five year highs above 1500 in March futures.
Volatility Trading Digest – Strategy Issue
Here, we update our important indicators and check the progress of the IWM Calendar trade idea from last week.
Volatility Trading Digest – January Barometer 2013
Now being widely reported by the financial media, it is time to update the January Barometer, also called the January Effect
2/4/13 Pre-Market Movers
Names that were active in the pre-market for Monday, February 4
Option Block 217: Now What Are We Going to Watch?
With the drama of the debt ceiling discussion and non-farms over, what’s there to watch now?
60 Minute Platnium
I am going to do something a little different today as opposed to a daily or weekly chart, above you will see a 60 minute chart of platinum.
2/1/13 Pre-Market Movers
Here’s a quick look at the names active in the pre-market for Friday, February 1
VIX Doomsayers Are Out of Data
Options markets are confirming the recent strength in stocks, and to such an extent that we may be looking at a new, calmer volatility environment for quite some time.
Did FB Options Outprice the Earnings?
The big surprise yesterday was that the economy shrank in the 4th quarter of 2012. The market did not really care most of the day, as the SPX traded a near-term high of 1509.54.
1/31/13 Pre-Market Movers
A quick look at names active in the pre-market for Thursday, January 31
AMZN Earning’s Analysis as Seen on Bloomberg TV
Yesterday, Mark Sebastian (of Option Block, Volatility Views, and Option Pit fame) was on Bloomberg TV today talking about AMZN earnings.