September 30, 2016 by riskreversal • Education

I concluded today’s MorningWord (Wake Me Up When September Ends) with a comment that events in the next few weeks might spark some market volatility (one way or the other) and how the options market …

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September 8, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money, Marko Kolanovic, JPMorgan’s global head of derivative strategy made the case for an uptick in volatility, and the strong potential for a pullback in U.S. stocks nearing 5% between now …

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September 7, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Being wrong about the direction of a stock, or a market is part of this business. What I have found in my nearly two decades trading in financial markets is that embracing the fact that …

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July 20, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

You know the drill, even if you’ve forgotten it. But thanks to Larry McDonald updating a Tweet of his from last Summer, here’s a reminder: Here we go again (2)#Dollar#Oil#Debt — Lawrence McDonald (@Convertbond) July 20, …

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June 30, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

It seems like a lifetime ago but on Friday the S&P 500 (SPX) was in an all out free-fall in the aftermath of the UK Brexit vote, closing down 3.6%.  I had some fairly specific …

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April 11, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Here were a few decent size long premium directional options trades in index ETFs that caught my eye in today’s trading: EEM – there were a couple bullish longer dated trades in the emerging market etf. …

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February 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

6Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money my friend Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro Research laid out his technical view on the S&P 500 (SPX). He has been consistent for months, if not quarters that the …

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