Back on Jan 13th I had the following to say about the near term demand for U.S. Treasuries when the TLT (iShares 20 yr bond etf) was $133.50 (TLT: No Mr. Bond, I Expect You …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. SPY – the S&P 500 closed at a new all time high today, and despite total options volume running …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. AAPL – Total options volume on a day that saw the stock make a new all time intra-day high was 1.3x …
Continue readingFollowing the FOMC statement TLT is again bid and sometimes you have to know when you’re wrong. We figured that between the ECB and FOMC there was a chance we’d see a change in sentiment …
Continue readingGoing into the ECB QE we looked at the idea that the rally in U.S. treasuries was possibly long in the tooth and a reversal could be in the cards for TLT. We expressed that …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Thursday’s trading: 1. TLT –shortly after the open, when the Treasury Bond etf was 132.51, a trader bought what is called a call …
Continue readingI have been pretty clear on this on more than a few occasions, RiskReversal is NOT the place you peeps should go to for in depth diagnosis of the macro goings on in the markets. …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1. TLT – closed down about 1% from the mid day highs, a fairly sizable intra-day move for the bond etf. When TLT …
Continue readingOn Tuesday prior to the Fed meeting a placed a very short term bearish trade on the TLT with the thought that the commentary would calm some of the current fears in the market, and …
Continue readingThe yield on the 10 year Treasury almost got to 2% this morning, down from 3% at the start of the year, and the TLT (the iShares 20yr Treasury Bond etf) nearly matched the October …
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