Here is a list of some untied options activity/trades that caught our eye on an otherwise quiet day in the equity markets. 1. GLD – gold had one of its worst weeks in a very …
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It’s a fact, stock markets go up over time. Investors spend most of their time in what are commonly referred to as Bull Markets. The latest Bull Market has lasted five years and has accounted …
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The precious metals complex has been on a tear to start 2014. It’s one area of the market where we have had good success over the past 2 months – GG is our best winner …
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Precious metals were left for dead at the end of 2013, but all shiny assets are off to a strong start in the new year. Precious metals miners have been leading the bounce, which is …
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We’ve been waiting patiently on our GLD call spread since we initiated the trade on the first trading day of 2014. After many starts and stops, GLD is making a new high for the year …
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Our first trade in 2014 was a long call spread on GLD. The precious metal gapped higher on day one, and we took a position looking for a move to the $125 area on GLD. …
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Enis had a great post this morning on rising correlations among risk assets (here) with the conclusion that the recent “risk 0n/risk off” nature of global markets was reminiscent of the price action in 2010 …
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Gold and silver had a terrible 2013, and both precious metals closed near their lows of the year on Tuesday. 2014 is a new year, though. More importantly, I pointed out in my CotD post …
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Here are some of the large options trades that caught our attention today: 1. SPY – there was a buyer of the Feb 170/162 Put Spread 35,000x paying .85, trade breaks-even down at 169.15 …
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More than a month and a half ago we put on a bearish position in GLD with the thought that gold barely rallied as the VIX approached the highs of the year, and we would …
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