I’m going to keep this simple. Long premium directional plays in large cap U.S. index etf have been a tough way to make money in this range-bound market. Timing has been crucial for owning options …
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European stocks are partying today on news from an ECB executive board member that they will “front load” bond purchases in May and June in front of what they expect to be poor liquidity in …
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The Home Depot (HD) reports their Q4 results Tuesday prior to the open, the options market is implying a 3.5% one day move vs the 4 qtr avg of about the same and the 8 qtr …
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The S&P 500 (SPX) closed Friday on the dead highs of the day, week, month, year and at a new all time high on investor enthusiasm that tensions between Russia and Ukraine would ease with a …
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Last week we featured a dollar cheap way to express a defined risk bearish view into JPM’s Q4 earnings. We did not execute the trade ourselves as it started moving lower before we could get our ideal entry and …
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On Wednesday (below) I highlighted what appears to be a brewing technical meltdown in the Euro currency and the Euro Stoxx Bank Index (SX7E) as both traded at 52 week lows today, with the SX7E closing …
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The investment world seems obsessively focused on the rise and fall of crude oil and the knock-on effects on other risk assets. This morning, oil is green, equities are green and bond yields are green. …
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Last July, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig referred to Deutsche Bank as “horribly undercapitalized” and that the largest European banks has “no margin of error”. Since that time the bank has raised billions in …
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The Russia hate has been piling on pretty hard over the past week. Russia and Mr. Putin have over the news headlines after the Ukraine invasion. Along with it, Russian markets have tanked and the …
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Overnight, Europe failed to reach an agreement on Greece’s debt bailout as Germany refused to put up fresh money towards Greece’s debt nor would they offer relief to existing debt. Angela Merkel lobbied German lawmakers …
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