The markets look to Janet Yellen's Jackson Hole speech tomorrow. This non-event has turned into event since Ben Bernanke's 2010 speech where he announced quantitative easing. Unless there is some major change in monetary policy from Yellen tomorrow I would expect a continuation of low volatility. He
First real movement in weeks today. Janet Yellen is speaking at Jackson Hole on Friday and it seems many of the major sectors are preparing for that speech. Take a look at the financials with implied volatility higher than the indexes. Also, let's burst the myth that all options decay over time. Imp
With historical volatility sitting at all time lows what are the types of trades that have the potential to work in the coming months? Let's look at a few trade ideas...
TheoTraders have seen this movie before. Just when the markets look to be the most stable is exactly when the risk is at an all time high. Tonight let's take a look at where the risk is concentrating around. The answer may surprise you...
What are some trade ideas in a docile market? Selling premium is out as there just isn't much premium to sell out there. There are always trade opportunities and luckily TheoTraders know exactly where to look. In this weekend edition let's look at a pairs trade. First a brief crash course on what pa
Where to find opportunity in during the dog days of summer in the markets? Let's first do a sector review and see where the sectors are and see which sector(s) are showing opportunity. From there we can look at individual stocks for trading opportunities. In tonight video we find a few potential tra
For the last 30 days the markets have been in a historically tight range. Whether the market breaks out to the upside or the downside TheoTraders need to be comfortable with the risk they have on.
TheoTraders know how to identify situations where stocks are at an exhaustion and volatility is going to increase. What we like to do is go long calendar spreads in these situations. If you're new to spreads and calendars check out the Options 201 class: Vertical and Calendar Spread Essentials. You
Jeff Bierman joins TheoTrade today. Jeff brings his extensive background in fundamental and technical analysis to TheoTrade. He spent 8 years at thinkorswim and then TD Ameritrade. With Jeff's help TheoTraders are setting up a bearish put spread in GOOGL. TheoTraders are now able to combine probabil
