Risk Continues to Accumulate
For the 4th week in a row risk continues to accumulate around the 4180 level in the SPX. At this point there is substantial gamma risk that can explode the market higher or lower. Here's what to look for the remainder of the week…
AMZN and TSLA a Sign of Things to Come?
Big tech unable to lead the market higher despite lower yields in the bond market. What gives? Here's what's happening in the options market that will impact the big movers this week…
Get Ready for a Significant Market Move
Market Update ----Massively UNCHED over 2 weeks!--Tech Rocks earning but NQ down on the week--FED says nothing and the Financials listen--Dollar rippin' to the upside!--Volatility on the move Here comes a move in the SP500--Risk has cumulated over the past 2 weeks--Lower options volumes are picking up--Gamma will force a significant move--the slightest market move…
Fed Sees Risk As Transitory but Markets Say This
Overall markets not seeing much movement this week, but don't get lulled into a false sense of security. In the SPX there's still $60 of movement up or down that can happen over the next 2 days. There's major earnings announcements in AAPL, FB, and AMZN still to come. Here are the types of trades…
Markets Ready to Rock! Tesla and Big Tech Earnings
A big earnings week is in store for us with TSLA kicking off after the close today. Here are the stocks that can move the market this week and what kind of trades I'm looking at…
Markets Shrug Off All Worries
Last Week--Goldilocks Markets or a Wrecking Ball of Risk?--Unbreakable! Market update——Markets finish the week lower—EM on indices and sectors -- Hist Vol—Options/futures volumes decline—SPX rides lower edge of EM MONSTER week for Earnings----NFLX flop an anomaly or more bad news coming?--AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, FB, TSLA Crypto smackdown--micro bitcoin kicks off May 2nd FOMC Meeting----No…
Is Volatility Making a Comeback?
With the monsters of tech, financials, and energy relatively flat what's moving the markets lower? Here's the concentration of risk in the markets and why you should be aware if volatility is coming back...
Goldilocks Markets or a Wrecking Ball of Risk?
Market update——Bullish grind goes on—Options/futures volumes decline—SPX hits upper edge of EM—EM on indices and sectors Bonds behaving badly--bond impl vol and IV Rank--bonds suffice for a premium sale Financials smoke earnings and slop around! Dichotomy of market opinion——Cathie Wood Buys 350 million COIN—David Einhorn says markets are broken—crypto goes mainstream VVIX continues its assent…
Did the Coinbase Debut Tank Markets?
COIN direct lists (IPO) coincides with a reversal in the NASDAQ today. The great rotation game continues as the Russell rallies while the NASDAQ moves lower. Here's what to look for in the remainder of the week…
Will Bank Earnings Shock Markets?
A quiet market today, but don't let that fool you. Bank earnings are on deck and with the heavy volume in the bond market it might be foreshadowing a big move in the financials. Here are the kinds of trades I'm looking at this week in financials...