Very little traded in the single stock options world today outside of AAPL. Only 5 highlights today as a result, mostly macro: AAPL – Top 6 most traded single stock options lines were in AAPL …
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With the elections over, and the House, Senate, and Presidency essentially unchanged, markets will quickly shift their eyes towards the events of the next few months. Foremost is the fiscal cliff, as Dan mentioned in …
Continue readingHere’s a preview of what I’ll be discussing on Talking Numbers today around 3:40 pm EST on CNBC: As we approach the end of 2012, the natural question for any long-term allocator is: overweight stocks …
Continue readingTLT made a new all-time high intraday today. The upward march of Treasury bonds over the last year has been a sight to behold. As I have said before, I view the FX and Treasury …
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Dan, CC, and I have had frequent discussions over the past week about our trading strategy over the next month. We all recognize it as a particularly important period for traders given the headline-laden environment …
Continue readingTrade Update 11:15 AM EDT – JUNE 1, 2012 TLT continues its amazing run this week, and I am going to take the opportunity to sell the balance of my June 124 / 129 call …
Continue readingTrade Update 09:37 AM EDT – MAY 30, 2012 TLT finally broke to all-time highs today, as it had tested that level a few times in the past couple weeks, but today is the clean …
Continue readingMy focus in the last week has been internally debating what to do with my many long June options. I have expressed a variety of views through June premium (the largest position in my personal …
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May 19: I’m looking for a move in gold and I am thinking about a 160/170 or a 170/180 call spead. I was wondering if you could look at the option chain and see if …
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I mentioned in the CotD from last Friday that I thought TLT implied volatility looked too low. My first instinct was to buy straddles if implied volatility declined, but I’ve modified that idea a bit after …
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