Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Mar 25th through Mar 28th:
Continue readingI would like to introduce a great friend and former colleague, Ken Grant as a contributor to RiskReversal.com. Ken and I worked together at SAC Capital back in the late 1990s and at Exis Capital in the …
Continue readingThis morning BBRY reported fiscal Q4 results this morning that were better than the fairly downbeat expectations, but were not devoid of challenges. After having a fairly hefty implied move of about 12%, the stock …
Continue readingAs health care continues to be the clear leader in this market, I wanted to focus on the largest health care stock in the world, staid, old Pfizer. Pfizer was viewed as a bloated, uninventive, …
Continue readingI’ve spoken to many traders recently who have pointed out the strength in bonds. Though they’ve all noticed that bonds are flat in 2 months as stocks are higher, the reactions have been varied. Some …
Continue readingI mentioned in yesterday’s VIX Futures Snapshot that European asset volatility had increased in the past week, while U.S. volatility measures were still near the lows of the year. Euro Stoxx 50 and DAX index …
Continue readingMorningWord 3/28/13: Enis posted a couple great charts this morning in his MacroWrap on the SPX and what its eventual break above new highs could mean (read here). The powers that be, really want to …
Continue readingToday I wanted to present one bullish chart and one bearish chart. First, the bearish chart, courtesy of the prolific Josh Brown at TRB: Chris Kimble at Kimble Charting Solutions shows us the S&P 500 …
Continue readingAnother quiet day in cash volumes. Tech dominated option volumes. INTC – Most active line was the weekly 21.50 put, trading over 60k, with some aggressive buying in the afternoon even as the stock did not …
Continue readingFor the second straight week, European headlines have dominated the airwaves, but the SPX index and the VIX futures curve have hardly moved week-over-week. As I’ll show in my Vol Around the World post tomorrow, …
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