While the VIX is back near its 2015 low, closing at 13.40 yesterday, volatility in global financial markets as a whole has been much higher over the past few months. Currencies and commodities have been …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was, March 16th to March 20th:
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We got a great question in our QnA earlier and I wanted to use use it to expand the answer into a post. Here’s the question: In light of the belief that we are headed …
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On a week that saw the S&P500 rise by 3%, coming within one percent of the prior all time highs it is important to note that single stock volatility was the real story for some …
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With the holiday season in full swing, the VIX move back into the low teens is not a major surprise. Traders anticipate another week of quiet before the start of 2015 on Friday, Jan. 2nd. …
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As a company, Target has had a tough year dealing with the aftermath of the largest corporate data breach in history. They suffered millions in related costs and lost sales causing the company to halt their share …
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Two weeks ago we took long exposure in GE looking to play a Dow laggard into what we felt were two potential positive catalysts (analyst day this week and Q4 earnings in Feb). We bought …
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Earlier today in the XLF trade (read here) I highlighted the dislocation of U.S. equities with that of credit (specifically high yield), fx and commodity markets. While U.S. equities remain a sort of “safe haven” trade given what …
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There are no shortage of strategies and instruments to hedge a along portfolio of stocks, etfs and/or indices. In today’s MorningWord (here) Dan had some thoughts on the initial steps that largely had to do with …
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This morning in my Notable Options Activity post I highlighted some short dated put buying in the industrial etf XLI . What I found interesting about XLI is that three of its five largest components (who make …
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