Are You Getting Gamma Squeezed?
-Evidence of gamma squeezing is everywhere -4211 hit! what now ? -is it over? Bonds and VVIX see RISK ! -No Pause? Fed Fund futures shift -can Foot Locker be contagious? -regional bank issues Get your trade on - This week's Profits and Losses -covered /ES short calls 50% gain -closed NVDA & QQQ Call…
Stock Market Saviors: The Magnificent Seven Defying Market Weakness
Seven mega-cap stocks continue to keep the market in a tight range despite the banking crisis, inflation, and higher interest rates. It's still remains to be seen if the move higher today is the start of a breakout higher or a fake out. A review of the expected move for the week tells us even…
Markets Threaten to Break Lower as Tech Bid Sours
-6 weeks same range! -Single stock risk and the SP500 -how much longer can tech hold markets together -bull/bear case for US Treasury default -SKEW, VVIX risk builds Get your trade on -This week's Profits and Losses -covered /ES short calls 50% gain -closed BABA for a 30% gain, WMT exp SPX Expected Move-- -last…
Are Markets Completely Reliant on Tech?
In my 25 year career I can not recall a time when we have to watch so few stocks that are going to move the market. The monsters of tech are the only stocks holding the market up and it looks like the mother of the monsters of tech, AAPL, is poised to continue to…
The Dangers of Heavy Volatility and a Narrow Range
-range that defines everything -if not for Tech we'd be.. -vix crushed but SKEW it -when the range breaks we get nasty Get your trade on - This week's Profits and Losses -opened Catapults in META vs /ES short puts -big tech shorts! META, NVDA, MSFT -short puts and feeling the fear! SPX Expected Move--…
Rate Hikes and Vol Spikes, Your Post FOMC Update!
The FED has spoken and the marketplace is hanging on by a thread as we approach the 4106 handle. Join Don in tonight's video as he discusses the volatility that may be lingering just around the corner...
Market Volatility Expands Before FOMC Meeting
-Range Bound? /ES levels to watch -Realized volatility expanding -FRC is down and out, who's next? -SKEW is a rockin' -FED, Jobs, ECB Get your trade on - This week's Profits and Losses -covered /ES calls -opened in/out BABA spread -opened Catapults in TSLA & QQQ vs /ES short calls SPX Expected Move- -last week…
A Destabilizing Dynamic Forms in Markets
Big tech continues to save the market from the abyss. Big tech is the only major sector up YTD and it's being driven by MSFT, AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, GOOGL, AMZN, and META which account for 90% of the S&P YTD to gains. For the week the SPX is already at the lower edge of the…
From Boring to Thrilling: Unlocking the Power of Options Trading in a Flat Market
--falling flat? /ES 4100 - 4200 --SP500 is 5 stocks GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA --Tech camouflaging weakness --SP500 diversification is dead --Lower Vol is not so bad; the SKEW is with you! Get your trade on-- This week's Profits and Losses --covered /ES calls and /MES calls --closed a TSLA Catapult spread for HUGE…
Are Markets too Quiet?
Markets continue to drift sideways as this is the 3rd week in a row where the SPX has not come anywhere close to the upper or lower edge of the expected move. This is highly unusual. Year-to-date, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla are responsible for nearly 90% of the S&P 500's gains.…