Jun 28, 2013
Option Block 255: Balloon is Over-squeezed
Trading Block: Rally Ho! Again. Vol crushed, but not as...
Jun 25, 2013
Option Block 254: Unlearn What Does Not Work
Trading Block: Futures, interest rates, bonds and the 10-year...
Jun 21, 2013
Option Block 253: Market Maelstrom
Trading Block: The broad indices were down over 2%. All red, all day. Fed will cut $85 billion in monthly bond purchases by $20 billion. VIX cash breaks through the 20-handle for the first time since December. Apple, Google, GLD and more!
Odd Block: Call combo unwinds in the...
Jun 18, 2013
Option Block 252: The Dangers of Covered Straddles
Trading Block: Market rallies ahead of the Fed, but lost steam in the late session. Gold selloff ahead of the Fed.
Odd Block: Puts trade in PVR Partners, LP (PVR), calls trade in Insmed Incorp. (INSM), and puts trade in UltraShort Real Estate Proshares (SRS)
Jun 14, 2013
Option Block 251: Insider Trading, Options-Style
Trading Block: Is the VIX going backwards? The rally has returned. Jobless claims fall by 12,000, sparking the rally. An insider trading case involving options. “For the first time since its inception, high-frequency trading, the bogey machine of the markets,...