January 29, 2016 by CC • Trade Updates

We’ve been pretty thematic in our trading the past few months on RiskReversal. Hedge your portfolio (e.g. IWM, SPY, QQQ), avoid anything with strong dollar and international exposure and hide out in treasuries (e.g. TLT), …

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December 18, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

For months now it has been our view that the Russell 2000’s weak relative performance has made the etf on the small cap index, the IWM, one of the best equity portfolio hedging vehicles, at …

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December 18, 2015 by CC • Commentary

In mid October we entered a bearish trade in IWM, the Russell 2000 etf. Here was the original trade and rationale. We recently closed that trade for a small profit and rolled to tighter strikes, …

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December 11, 2015 by CC • Commentary

In mid October we entered a bearish trade in IWM, the Russell 2000 etf. Our main reason for targeting IWM was its relative weakness and the technical set-up which looked atrocious. Here was the trade …

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December 1, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

The largest trade (so far) in the options market today is (what appears to be) a fairly massive bearish put spread bought in the iShares Russell 2000 etf, the IWM: When the etf was $119.10, …

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November 4, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

I guess people think it’s safe to go back in the pool. The S&P 500 (SPX) is now up 2% on the year, and just 1% from the previous all time highs. Regular readers know that …

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November 1, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a bullish trade idea in Macy’s (M) and described a position hedge for long holders of Facebook (FB) into next week’s Q3 earnings. Cornerstone Research’s Carter worth gave his technical …

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