Some news on the Volatility ETN front the other day as Credit Suisse announced they are suspending furthur issuances in their TVIX product, a double long VIX short-term futures. From the press release: NEW YORK, …
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Part VI Calendar Spreads Calendar spreads, also known as time spreads, are extremely versatile strategies and can be used to take advantage of a number of scenarios while minimizing risk. A calendar spread consists of …
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Enough is enough here, we are very close to last years highs and in my opinion the market is all too complacent. I just bought a Call Fly in the VIX that I alluded to early …
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This is a continuing series on options trading terms and techniques. Parts I, II and III are here. We’ll be following up with Part V shortly. Part IV The Greeks The Greeks help us …
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Friday saw the SPX make it’s highest close since July 27th, while the VIX had it’s first close below 20 since July 25th. In that time period the SPX had an approximate 18% peak to …
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MorningWord 1/12/12: The investment universe seems like a safe place at the moment with the news relating to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis appearing to get better by the day. I say this with a mild hint of …
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MorningWord 1/11/12: Yesterday’s price action in US equities, while up close to 1% in most major indices was far from inspiring when you compare it to the almost 3% rallies seen in the Shanghai Comp and the …
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MorningWord 1/10/12: Waking up this morning, all seems right in the world by looking at the global equity rally. The Shanghai Comp closed up 2.7% capping a 4 day,7% rally taking the index off of …
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MorningWord 1/9/12: If you want to wrap the whole European Sovereign Debt situation into one sentence, brought forth with a bit of German efficiency, I think the following Bloomberg headline from this mornings pre-Summit Summit does the trick: …
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MorningWord 1/6/12: Forget Iowa, if we continue to get the sort of incremental improvement on the employment front like we saw this morning, it won’t matter who the Republican presidential candidate is, he will be toast. I am not …
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