Maybe a day early. Interesting VIX today, with a high and low range of 9 points. When it has happened before, it was at a selling climax. link to...
When IV is high, you can sell credit spreads instead of straight puts or butterfly spreads. YOu might look at the SKF, which moves inverse to the...
I have, the TY, but don't anymore. I usually stop when the pits close at 3:00 ET. Too thin, not enough movement, but if you like trding low...
Some hedge funds use condors. More of them use butterflies and many of the butterflies are directional, meaning they make bests profits when the...
SPX is the most actively traded index contract. However, some etfs, (QQQQ, IWM, and SPY) see more volume. Since they settle like stock options,...
this is way too low for ETFC. It would never be this low unless it was being acquired or for some reason the stock simply stopped moving. the...
I would strongly encourage you to learn more before you trade optoins. Also, your broker might limit the trading strategies available if you don't...
Long USO shares, calls, or bullish spreads. Or, the XLE, but that doesn't hold oil, it holds energy companies.
you would think on a day when the Dow rallies 300 points an IPO would do a little better. still a poor IPO market I guess. Or, maybe this company...
I think there's little risk of that. lol. but good luck with your $ trade
historical volatility is simply a measure of past volatility, it's the annualized standard deviatoin. you can use other indicators like Wilder's...
There's the eui, fxe, and xde. check the products specs though, because some might be inverse. some are indexes. i think only the fxe is an ETF....
did you check DUG? There's DIG and then the ultra oil and gas, Symbol: DUG. But I guess you're looking for USO, but ultra short. I don't think...
it's not that expensive. ha interesting post on WhatsTrading.com before the earnings: "the options market is priced for some volatility...
i think a lot of people are looking for the market to react to stocks and so it doesn't. i find it very difficult to time entries based on what...
since Cisco's business is heavily influenced by IT spending, it is considered a bellwether for the technology sector. i don't think its earnings...
weird action today. seems like everything was coming together to sink bonds. I was kicking myself when I didn't get short after jobs data, but...
I would say that the most volatile markets are the ones that will require the most margin. Look for the ones that have seen a recent increase in...
There was an interesting spike in put volume Thursday. I agree, must have been some leaks or something. timing is too coincidental...
it depends on what you think the stock will do. if you want more juice and think it will hold above $125 hold the short put longer. It will lose...
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