$RACE Investors in Ferrari’s stock (NYSE:RACE) saw new options begin trading on 4 February, for the September 20th expiration. A Key input that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 225 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of […]
$SPY The data reveals that hedge fund money has not been chasing the January late December – January rally in US stocks. It is on the sidelines. According to Macro Risk Advisors, these big-money managers are acting much more like it is the aftermath of the Y 2008 financial crisis than the relatively low-volatility environment […]
Options Traders Setup for More Volatile Market Action $VXX, $CBOE, $SPY For the 2nd time this year, volatility has come back into the markets, and traders in the stock options market are betting ongoing market gyrations are not about to let up any time soon. People are betting action could come from either direction. This […]
Strong Gold Rally Seen on China Demand and Bullish Options $GLD Gold’s rally eased a bit this week, but the look of both the physical and paper markets suggest it has got much more room to run. Chinese New Year buying and option prices suggest the stars are aligning for the metal to extend its […]
George Soros Betting Against President Trump and America $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Billionaire left-wing investor George Soros has increased what so far has been a losing bet against the US stock market and by extension President Trump and the American economy, he will get hammered. Notably, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) 12.18, -2.48, -16.9% better […]
George Soros is Shorting The Trump Rally $SPY Recent SEC filings reveal that George Soros has placed big bets against the stock market. The position is costly, the S&P 500 index is up 9.4% since the November election of President Donald Trump, whom Mr. Soros strongly opposes. Mr. Soros’ bets Vs stocks came in the […]
Commentary: Paul Ebeling on Wall Street $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX This is the last full week before the US election on November 8th. It is also NFPs Report week. The GDP at 2.9% is bunk, now expect a jobs report stuffed with some minimum wage jobs and more people looking for full-time jobs but being […]
Chicago Agriculture Commodities Finished Mixed Friday $SOYB, $CORN, $WEAT Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agriculture grain futures settled mixed Friday, with Soybean rising on technical buying and positioning ahead of options expiration, despite pressure from the harvest of a record-large US Soybean crop and a strengthening USD. The most active Corn contract for December delivery […]
Most Investors Are Optimists, They Never Short Stocks $TSLA, $AMZN, $FB Stocks go up, they go down, and up again… Most retail/civilian participants focus only on stocks that go up. That makes sense to many people as markets do tend to rise over time, but nothing happens in a straight line. If only buying for […]