First of all, we would be amiss if we didn’t congratulate our readers, and especially our subscribers, on staying cool and collected yesterday. It’s very easy to get swept up in the panic and the buzz and forget that the S&P 500 is only 20% off its all time high from back in October. A 20% decline is standard bear market fare; a few large companies failing is standard bear market fare; and despite what all the financial media are…
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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On a day like this, you really need to start off any post with some good news. Apparently, one of the greatest television shows of our time might be made into a movie: we’re talking about Arrested Development. So you see, there is hope for this country after all. (Nevermind that we’re all so scared of the boogeyman that the government will be warrantlessly watching the movie over our shoulders; that’s a matter for another day.) Okay, now to the issue at…
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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We published the following bonus trade for our members back on May 2: Buy to open XLE June 70 put Sell to open XLE June 72 put Sell to open XLE June 90 call Buy to open XLE June 92 call for a net credit of $0.47 or better. Anyone following this trade should have already exited – remember, we want to be out of any front month short options by Monday of expiration week at the latest. Negative gamma risk during expiration week is ever…
Saturday, April 26, 2008
What should you do when the underlying moves against an iron condor position you have open? (For example, if you’re a member, you may have noticed that one of our DIA trades for May expiration is looking threatened by the recent price action in the index.) Any time this situation arises, people will always write in to ask about how they can “adjust” or “fix” the trade if the market continues to be uncooperative. It’s an understandable impulse to want…
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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