Without any help from the weather, after several anxious weeks, without fanfare the S&P 500 Index finally broke out above the seemingly impenetrable barrier at 1850.84, putting an end to concerns about a potential Head & Shoulder Top pattern we have been carefully following.
Unusual Options Activity Review: VIAB, NE, TEVA, EMC, GILD, KBH, M, SVM, .NDX, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Friday, May 3, 2013
Unusual Options Activity Review: EMC, LTD, COCO, WU, FTK, MMR, AMD, PBI, .VIX, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Unusual Options Activity Review: ZNGA, KMI, CF, SIMG, GLWFRX, Z, JDSU.SPX, .VIX, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Is It Time to Buy NDX Vol?
One of the things we concentrate on in our option mentoring is trading indexes. There is plenty to be made in the index space, typically on the short premium side.
Unusual Options Activity Review: SD, WLT, DG, CVC, JRCC, YUM, ELN, FRX, VIX, SPX, SPY, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Friday, November 30, 2012
Unusual Options Activity Review: LNG, MGM, TEVA, WFR, EXXI, CTRP, WLT, NDAQ, SPX, VIX, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Friday, November 16, 2012
Option Block 199: Apple Selloff and Yoga Pants
With a 50% guarantee of entertainment, you’d be missing out if you skipped this Option Block. Options? VIX? AAPL? We have it all!
Unusual Options Activity Review: RIMM, FMCN, M, VRX, JCP, PCS, AKS, MBI, VIX, SPX, SPY, IWM, QQQ
Unusual Options Activity Review for Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Volatility Trading Digest: Strategy & More Hedging
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Golden Hedge
With breakdowns below key support levels for both the S&P 500 Index (SPX), PowerShares QQQ (QQQ), along with several others, the time has come to get busy increasing hedge positions while adding a new SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) to the book.
Volatility Trading Digest – Earnings Correction
Last week, we proposed the correction was due to election uncertainty, but now after poor earnings reports from three large multi-national companies in the Dow Jones Industrial average, it appears the issues are earnings uncertainty including a slowdown in Europe and currency translation.