MorningWord 1/11/12: Well folks, yesterday’s price action was starting to feel a tad giddy. They opened up, flirted with going down on the day and then spent the rest of the afternoon marching within 2 …
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The tech sector dominated single stock option volumes today. AMAT – Largest single stock print of the day (excluding ex-div trades) was the Apr 12 calls in AMAT, as someone sold 64k at 0.42 to open. …
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With Spot VIX approaching 52 week lows, and the SPX matching multi-year highs we find it hard to sit on our hands and not take a shot for a short term move back to the …
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MorningWord 1/10/13: Comments from Warren Buffet regarding U.S. banks are getting a bit of play this morning as quotes from a recent Bloomberg News interview clearly reinforce his bullish stance on a sector from which he has received his …
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VIX spot hit its lowest level since June 2007 today, getting all the way down to 13.22 before bouncing a bit. There are a few periods over the past 20 years where the VIX has …
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MorningWord 1/09/13: At RiskReversal, we pride ourselves in giving our readers the straight talk, in fact one of the reasons for the existence of this site is our disdain for the financial double talk that …
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MorningWord 1/08/13: Much like Vegas Bookies do their best to handicap the outcome of ballgames, options traders spend a good bit of their time four times a year (earnings season) focused on making wagers around the market’s perceived implied move …
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MorningWord 1/07/13: AAPL is trading down 1% in the pre-market as Barclays is the latest bulge bracket brokerage firm to lower out quarter estimates and their price target on AAPL despite slightly raising their Dec quarter which …
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MorningWord 1/04/13: The all important and much anticipated December Jobs report is out and……its basically in line to expectations and the unemployment rate remains unchanged, phewwww. The S&P futures don’t really know what to do (down 3 pts …
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With the VIX getting absolutely destroyed following the successful Fiscal Cliff deal in The Swamp, Dan and I started looking at ways to take advantage of a spot VIX in the mid 14s. The VIX …
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