We wanted to combine Friday’s and today’s posts to catch up on the active trades, and highlight the fact that NFLX and TRIP have been especially active the past 2 trading days. First, here are …
Continue readingThe market is basically unchanged in the past week (1410, with a tight range between 1400 and 1420 in SPX cash). Here is where VIX futures stood a week ago: There are only …
Continue readingAs most of us on the East Coast are just getting back in the saddle so to speak, we wanted to take the opportunity to update our thoughts on some open trades that we haven’t …
Continue readingMorningWord 10/31/12: For most in NYC, myself included, the last few days has been nothing more than an inconvenience, while many in some of the outer-boroughs, Long Island, and New Jersey have had their worlds turned upside …
Continue readingBack up and running here in midtown New York, but downtown is still mostly without power. The flooding on Monday night at high tide is what did the real damage. See Dan’s twitter photos @RiskReversal …
Continue readingIn a rare occurrence, U.S. markets are closed today, and possibly tomorrow. My first reaction when I heard this is that the second half of the week could be quite hectic. Oct 31st, on Wednesday, …
Continue readingNumerous news outlets are reporting that all U.S. equity and derivative exchanges will be closed on Monday due to the the risks associated with hurricane Sandy in the New York area. A decision on Tuesday …
Continue readingHere is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Oct 22nd to Oct 26th:
Continue readingHere’s a preview of what I’ll be talking about on Options Action tonight on CNBC at 5pm: Event: RL reports their Q3 Wednesday Oct 31st before the open. The options market is implying about a 6% move (based …
Continue readingI posted the Nasdaq 100 vs. SPX index on Oct. 19th, going back 3 years, and posited that it was evidence that the market had put in a major top. Here is another chart that …
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