Wal-Mart of ETF Providers Offers Most Bang for The Buck
Wal-Mart is known for rigorous pricing, swallowing up market share and frustrating competition. The Wal-Mart of the ETF market place is going about business almost...
Category : Ideas & Strategies
How Constant Maturity Indexes Can Mislead You
A constant maturity index of implied volatility provides a point estimate for IV at a specific time to expiration – for example, 30 calendar days...
The Most Underrated New Stock Record for the Guinness Book
Record. There’s been a lot of talk about record all-time highs. The term all-time high has even gotten its own acronym – ATH. However, there’s...
Trade Ideas For Thursday – 12/5/13
If solar continues to move here I may take some JASO, YGE, or RSOL. They all look good here, but let’s look at the JASO...
Wrong-footed? Active Investment Managers are Record Long
Thanks to QE, contrarian investors have become an endangered species. Going short prematurely has ‘killed’ many. The surviving contrarians suffer from PTPSD (post-traumatic premature short...
Option Value as a Function of Downside Beta
The chart below shows the relative attractiveness of major ETFs for hedging and speculative trades based on their market beta and implied volatility. Specifically, the...
Will the ‘Tryptophan Effect’ Put Stock Market Asleep?
Stocks are known to run on bullish fumes going into the Thanksgiving holiday, but running out of gas thereafter. The ‘tryptophan effect’ doesn’t only hit...
Options Activity Alert: TSLA, JCP
Trading in far out of the money put options on TSLA in the early going today suggests one options player may be positioning for shares...
Trade Setups For Wednesday – 11/27/13
AKS – Fresh off the small bombs screen, this one looks good for higher prices. I’m looking to buy a move above Tuesday high, 5.43......
Most Despised Sector is Leading Charge into Correction Zone
The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) is leading the charge to new (recovery) highs. Unlike the major market indexes, XLF is still having to...