Posting here has been deliberately light, as I’ve been devoting more time to research, trading, and other activities for the benefit of subscribers and clients. However, I’ve been appearing elsewhere: I was interviewed for the May issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities on iron condors, volatility, and related topics. Ours was the top-ranked options blog in a recent review conducted by OptionsHouse. My associate Martin and I wrote the feature article for…
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Some of you have noticed that I haven’t posted a Volatility Tracker for this week. I’m actually taking an unplanned hiatus from blogging. Lest I be accused of laziness, I’m spending more time on the following: Dissertation research Managing accounts at Clinamen Financial Group The Condor Options newsletter Contributing editorship at Expiring Monthly Strategy research for private clients Feel free to contact me about any of the above (well, not the dissertation, unless you really…
Monday, December 21, 2009
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The weekly Volatility Tracker will be back on January 4th, 2010. I’ll post a quarterly performance review for the newsletter later this week. In the mean time, here’s an updated list of the services we offer. As you’re making plans for 2010, you might consider whether any of the below are of interest; please contact us with any questions or for more information. Condor Options newsletter (iron condors) Calendar Options newsletter (calendar spreads) Managed Accounts (volatility arbitrage program) Options…
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Investors are notorious for chasing performance. If a mutual fund or advisor or trading strategy has done well recently, chances are much greater that traders will commit money to that strategy or product, often independently of the long term performance, general suitability, or distinguishing features of the strategy or product. I’ve seen the same behavior among the audience for our paid newsletters: after a winning month, new subscribers are more likely to rush in, and if we have a flat…
Sunday, August 23, 2009
My research agenda – finance and otherwise – is longer than ever and I’m equally further behind. One thing blogging has taught us all is that the pace of thought required to tackle complicated, multi-faceted problems is often incongruous with the pace at which pithy bloggers operate. Imagine if the Critique of Pure Reason had been published in two-hundred-word pieces. Shudder. So given the choice between research progress and consistency in blogging, I want to opt for the former. But…
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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