Here is some untied options trades that caught our attention in today’s trading: DXJ: the etf that tracks Japanese equities on a currency hedged basis saw what appears to be a roll up in calls. …
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Here are some apparently directional options trades that caught our attention in today’s trading: GLD: the shiny metal has sat out the explosion in metal and mining stocks over the last month or so, with …
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The S&P 500 (SPX) took a brief hit this afternoon after the FBI announced to Congress they are reviewing new emails recovered from then Secretary Clinton’s private email server. After the quick 1% drop, the …
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While the financial world as we know it is rejoicing in the new all time highs in the S&P 500 (SPX) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) made this week, the Russell 2000 (RTY), …
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Let’s talk small cap U.S. stocks for a moment. For the most part these are companies that have higher leverage ratios than their larger cap brethren, which in times of financial market distress like we …
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It’s been our view for months that the IWM, the etf that tracks small cap stocks, specifically the Russell 2000 could offer the best hedging bang for your U.S. equity buck given its relative under-performance …
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As the rally from the February lows started to get a little long in the tooth we tried to be patient in targeting sectors for a pullback from the recent highs, as they seemed to …
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We have a couple existing bearish trades in the etf that tracks the Russell 2000, the IWM, read Match 7th here and March 11th here. There is little that I have heard from Central Banks …
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On Tuesday we detailed a bearish long premium directional trade idea in the IWM, the etf that tracks the Russell 2000, the small cap U.S. index (read here). Here was our view about the current …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money, Cornerstone Research’s Carter Worth highlighted the relative under-performance of some, high growth, high valuation prior leaders that have broken trend and are now in the midst of what he …
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