Big Picture: Okay everyone, it’s time to take off your tin foil hats and climb out of the bomb shelter. The markets have had something of a healthy offer over the past week. I have no idea why other than the sellers are more aggressive than the buyers and, frankly, it doesn’t matter. Understanding “why” […]
Big Picture: Surely the markets are happy to be done with 2015. On Thursday we wrapped up the last minutes of trading for the year with a little sell-off. What a gift, Santa remembered the bears! 2015 was very unkind to quite a few Hedge Funds and investors who chose to seek yield in risky asset classes. […]
The post below originally appeared on SeeItMarket Do you really count last couple weeks of 2015 as a successful Santa Claus rally? The Russell 2000 has returned around 2.5% over the last two weeks in December as the markets head into the last trading day of the year. 30 day Implied Volatility via the RVX came […]
As options income traders, we’re always looking for edge. Normally we like to look for edge in technical analysis, volatility, and strategies. While I certainly agree that all of those things help, the reality is that, as long as we’re the ones sending the orders, some portion of edge comes back to us. Trading and […]
Big Picture: Occasionally I get lucky and my predictions come true. Hey, I have at least a 50% chance, right? This was last weekend: Who’s ready to build a case for a bullish move next week?! . . . My conspiracy theory is that the Plunge Protection Team steps in this week and next to […]
Big Picture: Who’s ready to build a case for a bullish move next week?! I’m sure that when you came over to read the weekend commentary you were expecting some sort of downer, the world is going to end, and RUT is heading to zero sort of pitch. Even though I’d love to build that […]