U.S. Equities Update: Investors Shrug Off Inflation Concerns
The equity market rallied for the second week in a row last week with the S&P 500 Index gaining more than 50 basis points....
How To Trade A Poor Man’s Covered Call
Most traders worth their salt have used, or at least heard of covered calls. Covered calls are really easy to implement and are a proven...
Using Cash Secured Puts To Pick Up Stocks For Less
Getting paid while you wait, I like the sound of that. A cash secured put is a conservative options strategy that can be used to...
Investor Sentiment Update and Outlook: 5 Charts
The much awaited and widely predicted correction (that no one really ended up predicting) has turned 2 weeks old now, and driven the S&P...
Stock Market Trends Review & Outlook (Week 7 / 2018)
THE BIG PICTURE Investors are operating in a volatile stock market climate for the first time in many months. And the reality of a stock...
Intermarket Chart Attack: Not Done
This is an Intermarket Analysis chart review that I provided to my fishing club members this past weekend which graphically represents relationships (strong and weak) that can...
Chart Spotlight: Volatility Sinks To Start 2018
Investors read a lot about the persistence of low volatility in the markets throughout 2017. And just 3 trading days into 2018 and volatility is...
SKEW Index Continues To Diverge From VIX Index
The story of volatility has been very one-sided of late. There’s been low volatility despite various geopolitical headlines which in the past would have...
Options Trade Idea: $TLT Treasury ETF Credit Call Spread
Last Wednesday, iShares 20+ year Treasury bond ETF (TLT) got rejected at the underside of a broken trend line from March this year. The...
Volatility Metrics Calling For A Breather For Stocks
Major U.S. stock market indices rallied to fresh new highs last week. Even small-caps, which until recently had been lagging their large-cap brethren, joined...
