Single stock options volumes were very light on Friday, with most options volume concentrated in ETF options once again. Here are a few of the handful of stocks with options lines that had more than …
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Another low volume day for the market (the S&P 500 index has been in a 45 handle range for the past 2 weeks), and most of the options volume was once again in ETFs. 1. …
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The biotech sector was the talk of the town on Friday. The biotech ETF, IBB, was down almost 5%, and biotech shares led the Nasdaq and the healthcare sector lower. The Big Four, AMGN, GILD, …
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The Federal Reserve releases its stress test results in two installments over the next week. The first summary results will be released at 4 pm today, and the second data release will be on March …
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Solar has been one hot sector over the past year. The most popular solar ETF, TAN, was trading in the high teens last March, vs. almost $50 today. The ETF has essentially tripled. That would …
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Over the last year, there have been a few sectors which have been blazing, with many stocks in those sectors doubling or tripling in that time. While the S&P 500 is down about 5% from …
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Despite the weakness in the broader stock market to start 2014, the CBOE put/call ratio has remained below 1 for every session since October 15th. That’s the longest such streak since late 2001/2002 (the real …
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With XHB bouncing off its 200 day moving average today, we’re going to take the opportunity to spread our Long March 32 put that we bought on Friday Jan 17th (below): ACTION – Sold to …
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Homebuilding-related stocks got off to a red-hot start in 2013, with XHB rising more than 20% in the first 5 months of the year. Since May 2013 however, when rates began their taper-spurred rise, the …
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Retail’s weakness to start 2014 has been greeted by the broader market with a fair bit of complacency. Investors have shrugged off one negative sales report after another with the view that the problems are …
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