Play Ball
Well, still here....So I was thinking, is there an analogy between juicing athletes and cheatin' speculators or traders?Well both have existed since the beginning of time. If there's a game for money, there's going to be someone in it vying for an edge...
Tomorrow Never Knows
So if you wake up tomorrow and click on this site you may notice it looks a bit different. Yes, we're leaving this popsicle stand for...... a slightly larger popsicle stand with a real address. The bookmark you use now should still work, but will give ...
Kristin Did It
Who's messin' with them there oil prices? Time to round up the usual suspects.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to issue a report next month suggesting speculators played a significant role in driving wild swings in oil prices -- a reversa...
Dispersion Time?
Yes kids, this hair dispersion was pretty normal not that long ago, lol.As to options, we touched on the concept of the Dispersion Trade yesterday, but just wanted to go a bit more in depth for those not familiar as it has an intriguing setup now.The i...
Timely Trading Halt
Haven't heard of a ban this serious since Kramer was barred from buying fresh fruit from the local stand. This from The Unnamed Blogger Known As Moronic.IMPORTANT NOTICE: Inverse, Leveraged and Inverse-Leveraged Exchange Traded Funds are no longer ava...
The VIX Ship Be Sinkin’
Did that persistent premium in the VIX August futures tell represent smart money "knowing" the early summer VIX dip was a mere blip? How about all those cheapie VIX call buyers, you know, the one's that loaded up on the Augs and Seps with 45 and above ...
The Year In VIX
So flash back one year ago. Before the financial system nearly imploded, it was rather calm. Cramer called a housing bottom (well, that doesn't really disinguish is from the other 10 housing bottoms) . And the VIX was almost exactly where it sits now.I...
Business Television Is Like a Box of Chocolates
I assume since Zero Hedge is anonymous, he won't mind that we swiped his CNBC promo.Anyway, Jared at Condor Options weighs in on this week's Episode of CNBC Hates Blogs.Dear CNBC, Your last best hope to sustain any measure of relevance is to ally yours...
Friday VIX Blahs
It's Friday, how about some VIX. We have some ViX swimwear. Or if you prefer....an excellent description of VIX trading products via Masteroptions.com. Hat tip Bill.You probably know many of the issues surrounding the VIX products if you read here at a...
What Might Correlation Actually Tell Us?
First off, congrats to White Sox fans. And Mark Buehrle. In the immortal words of Hawk Harrelson......mercy.When correlation is high, that means we've lost our ability to differentiate between different stocks. It's a sign of risk aversion. Instead of ...
Correlation, UnMasked
Interesting new volatility product that will bear watching. I'll let Bill explain.Volatility watchers and risk managers have a new index to watch, starting next Monday: the CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index. The CBOE announced the new index in...
Call Buying in NWL And Just Another Night In Mannywood.
For the record, I did actually see this happen live (well, on TV, but as it happened).It was one of those you've-got-to-be-kidding moments in the kind of game you'll never forget if you saw it and one worth claiming you saw it even if you didn't. Along...
