When the rallies are the crashes
Well the good news, at least from the markets perspective, is that the ECB outlined some kind of plan for buying and supporting Euro area debt. For the most part, it was the same assembly of loose...
View ArticleWell, the VIX did Backwardate and So What?
With the German High Court signing off on the ECB bond buying bonanza, the ball is now back in the politicians court. The problem, of course, is that is where the ball has been for 3 years. However,...
View ArticleWalking Backwards
The FED did not do much for the market today. Judging from the lasting effects of QE3 they did not do a whole bunch the last time either. The market is rightly focused on company prospects, the...
View ArticleA new technical pattern emerges intraday- the VIX Grinder
No it is not a tasty sandwich from the Potbelly shop close to the CBOE. It is a pattern we found in our chat room at the Option Pit. Yeah, Yeah I know you will say it is a “wedge’ but pox on that....
View ArticleRisk takes the Weekend off
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View ArticleYet another upside volatility crush
Boot Camp is comin in Dec! Stay tuned.This is the 3rd or 4th recent record for the S&P 500 as I cannot remember because we have had so many. Stocks are seeing renewed buying interest after the...
View ArticleMario plays Three Card Monti and wins
OPTION PIT 4-Day Boot Camp8 Hour LIVE online Boot Camp starts December 9th, 2014The ECB had their big announcement today and, drumroll, they are going to do nothing else. I think after watching QE in...
View ArticleVIX Set For Crazy Settle?
In August of 2013, the day the VIX of VIX settlement also happend to be the day of the a FOMC announcment that many thought might be when they would announce the beginning of the end of QE in the US....
View ArticleEuro Bust
Stocks made a little run down today on bad UPS earnings and some worries about the weekend vote in Greece. If folks are paying up for SBUX coffee, things cannot be that bad so we will blame the...
View ArticleWhat happened to the skew?
Today was just a follow through from yesterday. Bond markets get riled, equities are sold, mess ensues, repeat. When VIX gets into the 12 handle (as it did for a while yesterday) the gravity in...
View ArticleWill Greece make it happen?
Sign up for our Boot Camp here “Greece’s Creditors Set to Throw Down Gauntlet With Proposal for Bailout Deal” WSJ So this is the final hour and Greece is going to get a take it or leave deal to stay...
View ArticleAre Utilities signaling higher rates?
Last chance to sign up for Boot Camp here We have another lackluster session today with no good news coming out of the EU on the Greece subject. For now that is the millstone around the market’s neck...
View ArticleDo we get to the 9 handle?
I toss that out there of course and I don’t mean VIX. What I do mean is the ATM volatility for the SPX. With the Greece deal on and off again the one thing that has been consistent over the last two...
View ArticleThe Never Ending Land of Negative Rates and Monetary Flimminy Flammery
Stocks got a nasty jolt this morning when the ECB took a step into the unknown with a continued push for negative interest rates in the EU. 6 years ago when things needed a jolt I can see the Monetary...
View ArticleWill Super Mario save the day?
For a few moments today VIX went backward and traders decided to worry about a tax plan, ECB rate hikes, FANG earnings and whatever else ails a screaming stock market all at once. I don’t see many...
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