With a least two important divergences working in the equity market we are going to take a further look to see what these cautionary signals may foretell going into the last month of the year

Before you can fly, you must learn the basics: Using the safety gear, rigging the equipment, how to control the glider while on the ground, takeoff and landing procedures, wind effects, and of course, control of the glider in flight.

In this episode, Mark is joined by Robert Krause, CEO, The Volatility Exchange. Mark and Robert discuss the methodology and psychology behind the new realized volatility contracts from Volx. With the VIX obsession reaching a fever pitch, is there room for a realized volatility product in the marketplace? How will Volx overcome the initial stumbling blocks for new proprietary products and attract liquidity providers? Why did Volx decide to launch its first listed contracts on CME currency futures? What else is on the horizon for Volx? Tune in to find out…

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

Since the term volatility is being more frequently encountered these days in the financial media and since it has been awhile since we reviewed how the terminology is used we are going devote some space in this Digest to volatility.

Now the EU is going to see what is under the lid of the Irish Banks. I hope they find more than a couple of cases of Guinness

Once again it is time to take a look at the stock market from a larger perspective to see if we can figure out the near term and longer term future price direction.

Speculating in financial markets entails continuous observation, and extrapolation of price graphs, thus visual imagery is a powerful teaching tool when conveying trading concepts in the technical realm.

When people talk about trading and risk, I find they often leave out one of the biggest risks to trading which is us and our emotions.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

There were many developments reported by financial media last week, but not much attention was given to the decline in longer maturity Treasury bond prices as the Federal Reserve implemented the first round of quantative easing.

In this article, I will go over a lesson about complex spread execution on the weeklies.