XLU seems to have reversed a tiny bit from its parabolic breakout. We still like the chances for this to pull back towards that 50 day moving average around $46 so we’re staying with …
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As we’ve mentioned on a couple occasions our preferred structure into year end has been slightly bearish put calendars that looked to take advantage of the high likelihood that the market would creep to highs …
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So you got that going for you, which is nice. Per the WSJ.com: If stocks have history on their side, 2015 should be good for a gain. Next year falls into three separate buckets: It …
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Back on December 10th (read below) we discussed the potential for the Russell 2000 (via the IWM) to close at our near the prior 2014 highs. We detailed a defined risk way to play for such an …
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Most of your favorite financial pundits and bloggers are in the process of rolling out their “Surprise” lists for the markets in 2015. As expected most of these peeps take a lot of heat for their …
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The RiskReversal Holiday off-site is in effect this week from the snowy mountains of Colorado. Skiing will take precedence to watching every tick of the markets for the next few days. We will be posting …
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Earlier today, in an otherwise quite trading day, there was a large trade in the etf of the best performing sector in the S&P 500 that caught my eye. When the XLU, the Utility Select SPDR …
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With the holiday season in full swing, the VIX move back into the low teens is not a major surprise. Traders anticipate another week of quiet before the start of 2015 on Friday, Jan. 2nd. …
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It’s a strange investment world we live in when I can talk about AT&T (T) and GoPro (GPRO) in a post detailing high short interest. This may come as a surprise, but one of the top …
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The continuation of the sell off in Biotech and large Pharma stocks could not have come at worse time for most investors, a week before what had otherwise been a stellar year for the sector. Here …
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