November 3, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

Here was some apparently untied directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: MET: Shares of the life insurer saw a sharp intra-day reversal after initial opening down at a one month low …

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November 3, 2016 by CC • Trade Updates

The other day I updated with some thoughts on our VIX trade and what polls to watch for further spikes in volatility into the election. Today I want to update that trade to take off …

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September 19, 2016 by CC • Trade Updates

To state the obvious, after a long Summer dirt nap, volatility has picked up over the past 2 weeks after the SPX fell quickly through its 50 day moving average before finding support at a …

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September 8, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

Earlier, Dan reiterated a point we’ve been making here on the site, in that vol is historically cheap, based on historically low actual volatility through July and August. As JP Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic pointed out …

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August 5, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

With the the S&P 500 breaking out to new all time highs after its recent consolidation on the heels of the second consecutive better than expected non-farm payrolls number this am, it makes sense to …

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August 3, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Sometimes I can sound a bit like a broken record. I see risks to the current market / economic backdrop and feel that other market participants / pundits are overlooking given their long biased mandates. …

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July 22, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Having just broken out to new all time highs, the S&P 500 (SPX) is up 6.25% on the year, and up 20% from its 2016 lows at 1810, made on February 11th. It’ now 6.5% …

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