On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a bearish trade idea on the Industrial Select etf, the XLI, and offered up a portfolio hedge, or a trade structure that could be an outright bearish bet in …
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On a couple of occasions this past week I have hit on the poor relative strength from the June highs to the August lows of small cap stocks measured by the Russell 2000 (for our …
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In case you missed it this past weekend, I was quoted in Barron’s The Striking Price column written by Steve Sears – Options Strategies for Bearish Investors. The column highlighted some large bearish options trades in …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Oct 5th to Oct 9th:
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By now you know the score. Small cap stocks in the form of the Russell 2000 (IWM), despite still being up on the year, have of late shown relative weakness to large caps, down 7.5% from its …
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We have several defined risk short positions in ETFs, including the QQQ and IWM. With the market down today it’s a good opportunity to start thinking about trade management. First, let’s recap the positions. First, …
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A fortnight ago we considered portfolio protection using the SPY (read here). Since that time the S&P 500 is up about 2%, and once again threatening to make a new all time high, now just 1% …
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Earlier today we entered in a new trade in the IWM (read here) based on a few factors, most notably the pattern of increased downward volatility in the first few weeks of a new quarter …
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The volatility in the Biotech sector over the last week (like the iShares Nasdaq Biotech Index (IBB) down 7% and at one point down 10% yesterday!) has raised some eyebrows as it marks one of …
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Yesterday I highlighted the relative under-performance of Bank Of America (BAC) to its moneycenter bank peers Citibank (C) and JP Morgan (JPM) given the company’s second consecutive request to resubmit their capital return plan following …
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