The GOOG kerfuffle, earnings, earnings, and more earnings. Plus Sebas pontificates. It’s good.
Option Block 192: Earnings Palooza
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Post-Market 10/17/12
A post-market report of volume and volatility movers.
This Is What a Hedged Market Looks Like
I have been commenting for some time on why I do not see a sell off on the horizon. I see a fully hedged market place right now.
Volatility Events, Predictions and a Piece of Cake
Option trading is easy. Well, let me qualify that statement just a bit.
Pre-Market 10/17/12
Pre-market snapshot for Wednesday, October 17
Volatility Trading Digest – Strategy Selections
In this post, we update our market indicators and make the uncertainty case for the market going in either direction including a chart of the S&P 500 Index followed by a “true believer” long call spread for Apple Inc. (AAPL) before the earnings report.
Volatility Trading Digest – Election Correction
Up until last week the correction appeared to be a normal retreat from the previous high made on September 14, but now the picture is less favorable from a technical perspective as the correction could be morphing into some more serious such as liquidation before the election. It could go either way, but we should have the answer this week.
Option Block 190: Getting Out of AAPL
Is AAPL an investment, or a trade? Are you getting out? The all stars discuss that and so much more.
Boneheaded Dividend Bungle Costs Trader $20M
Boneheaded Dividend Bungle Costs Trader $20M On Friday, 2.4 million in-the-money SPY calls were candidates for early exercise ahead of today's $.78 ex-dividend event for the widely held SP500 ETF. Total dividend proceeds available to the long-call holders was nearly...
Pre-Market 9/17/12
A pre-market snapshot for Monday, September 17
Hell May Have Frozen Over: VIX Calls May Be a Buy
One of the things that we are constantly teaching our option mentoring students is that one cannot simply look at the VIX in a vacuum. The VIX is all about relative movement.
Volatility Trading Digest – China Stimulus & Third Quarter Earnings Plan
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.