Is Stock Price Volatility on the Rise?
Is Stock Price Volatility on the Rise? According to the media stock price volatility was on the rise. Is that true? Well, the answer is yes and no. Let's separate fact vs. fiction in this weekends edition.
AAPL Earnings
AAPL Earnings AAPL earnings are out and they are as ugly as it gets. The first revenue and earnings miss in 13 years. The AAPL earnings are also bad news for the rest of the market as it leaves other investors wondering if the largest and most profitable company in the world is having a…
Trading Google Options on Earnings
Trading Google Options on Earnings Google the next big company to report earning on Thursday after the close. Trading Google options on the earnings announcement can be tricky. Let's first talk about which stock symbol to trade earnings on. Then let's look at a few possible options strategies you may want to utilize tomorrow.
OPEC Meeting April 2016
OPEC Meeting April 2016 With an unscheduled OPEC meeting in April 2016 let's take a look at what the stock market expects to come out of the meeting. Although implied volatility is low in the SPX there still seems to be a lot of concern in the financial sector. Many financials lowered there expectations and…
Straddle Option
Straddle Option With volatility low buying a straddle option in the SPY is one way to play an expected increase in volatility. Tonight let's review a few trades that have turned profitable for us. Also, we are going to set up a trade that you have heard about called buying gamma. A straddle option is…
Low Implied Volatility Strategy
Low Implied Volatility Strategy When implied volatility is low, we need to use a strategy that will benefit from an increase in volatility. We usually like to sell implied volatility in order to give us a statistical edge in the markets. However, when implied volatility is essentially zero - what do you do? Let's find…
Stock Screener
Stock Screener Using the stock screener to find trade ideas will save you time, money, and stress. Tonight let's look at the thinkorswim scan tab and some of the numerous stock screeners I use to scan for trade set ups I like.
Expected Move thinkorswim
Expected Move thinkorswim The expected move in thinkorswim is showing us the SPX is not expected to move much this week. The market is closed on Friday, March Madness has started, and volatility is as low as it gets right now. We can look across the board even with AAPL and there big news announcement…
Implied Volatility Expected Move
Implied Volatility Expected Move Every week we need to look at the implied volatility and expected move for the week. Comparing the implied volatility and expected move to the previous week will tell us if there is more risk in the market. For next week the oil production report is coming out and the FOMC…
Short the SPY ETF
Short the SPY ETF You can view your short positions as being short the SPY ETF. Let's review the positions that are on and what to expect next week. There is one big news announcement that is keeping the expected move juiced up in the SPX. That is the ECB announcement as central banks around…