Reader Q and A: Straddles and Implied Volatility
Right before the close last Wednesday I placed an ATM straddle that proved to be profitable and I closed it after the IV spike on Thursday. I shouldn't have come back for more, but I placed another ATM straddle Monday before the close and even with the...
Reader Q and A: Straddles and Implied Volatility
Right before the close last Wednesday I placed an ATM straddle that proved to be profitable and I closed it after the IV spike on Thursday. I shouldn't have come back for more, but I placed another ATM straddle Monday before the close and even with the...
Is Volatility a Better Play for Silver than Direction?
It seems as if everyone in the world has an opinion about silver. Is it a bubble? Has it topped? Is it just consolidating before it goes to triple digits?I have been trading silver directionally with a trend-following approach for many months, but rece...
Is Volatility a Better Play for Silver than Direction?
It seems as if everyone in the world has an opinion about silver. Is it a bubble? Has it topped? Is it just consolidating before it goes to triple digits?I have been trading silver directionally with a trend-following approach for many months, but rece...
Leveraged ETFs, Volatility and Range-Bound Markets
I noticed that Direxion, the dean of triple ETFs, has added a handful of tools to their web site recently. These include: Daily/Cumulative Performance Illustrator Tracking Center Recent Volume Tool Volatility Tool Premium/Discount Tool ...
The Elusive Trading Range
During the course of the last year or two, stock market pundits have reminded me a little of politicians in the sense that I have seen a dramatic increase in both the polarization of ideas and the stridency of the tone in which various points of view a...
Straddle Trader Bets on Volatility from General Electric
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Options, Technical Analysis
Is General Electric (GE) on the verge of a major price swing? At least one options player seems to think so. Last Friday, the blue-chip conglomerate was singled out for...
Abercrombie (ANF) Looking Rangebound?
Filed under: Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Options
With earnings now out of the way for Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), option traders are looking for the stock to stay in a short-term range (at least for the next few weeks). Sideways Markets, Covered Calls and the RUT
I had originally thought that I might begin 2010 with a series of articles on covered calls and other ways of using options to generate additional returns during sideways market action. Since several other writers have already jumped on this subject (n...
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