Mon, Jun 4 – How do you guys decide to leg into a spread as opposed to buying the spread all at once? – C A couple of reasons including conviction, and timing, but the …
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MorningWord: 5/29/12: It was a relatively quiet weekend, with the most market moving news coming out of Greece (shocker), as multiple polls showing the New Democracy party back in front (ahead of Syriza) giving a boost …
Continue readingMy focus in the last week has been internally debating what to do with my many long June options. I have expressed a variety of views through June premium (the largest position in my personal …
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May 19: I’m looking for a move in gold and I am thinking about a 160/170 or a 170/180 call spead. I was wondering if you could look at the option chain and see if …
Continue readingMorningWord: 5/25/12: Yesterday’s late day recovery in the SPX, the second in so many days, was once again fueled by rumors that ze Germans were warming to the notion of joint Euro bond sales. The …
Continue readingFor years now, I’ve heard the debate continue about whether low bond yields are good for the stock market (since stocks’ dividend yields become a more attractive alternative) or in fact bad for the stock …
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MorningWord: 5/24/12: All in All the price action so far this week in the SPX has been fairly constructive when you consider how poor sentiment got into Friday’s close. The 4 day SPX chart below has this week’s …
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MorningWord: 5/23/12: Enis has been highlighting stresses in currency and credit markets the world over that in our opinion have not been adequately reflected in the developed world’s equity markets. That being said the DAX …
Continue readingAfter my one-day nod to the mania surrounding the Facebook IPO with yesterday’s chart, I feel compelled to return to more serious matters today. The market is in the throes of one of its most …
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We’re starting a new occasional series where we look at a recent trade and analyze what went into the pricing and how it played out. We think this will be useful as an educational tool …
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