With IV at record lows TheoTraders should not sell premium. All it takes is one volatile week to kill your account. With the record lows in volatility there is only one way volatility can go and that's up. Here's how we plan to get long volatility...
After seven years of a relentless bull market, and now with super-low implied volatility, traders are getting restless and looking for some two-way tape. When corrective price action does return, it will be accompanied by a change in the “character” of the intraday price action, which can tip us off
The sector to watch right now is financials which are pricing in more risk in the next 2 days than 9 days from now. What does that mean? It could that financials are giving off the first signs of volatility coming back into the market place. The other place to look is at bonds. What
The stock market is at record low volatility. What does that mean? Well, if you're a premium seller you are selling some of the lowest premium ever recorded! That is why we have been using In Out Spreads to take directional exposure to the market. Believe me, I love non-directional strategies, but t
Let's start the week with a look at the all the major sectors. It's helpful to look at all the sectors on fractal time frames to get an idea of the big picture and where we are going...
Where do you go for returns in this market place? Stocks are at all time highs. Bonds are at all time highs. Gold is up 25% in the last 6 months. Since May, we’ve heard negative equity calls from Stan Druckenmiller, George Soros, Carl Icahn, Jeff Gundlach and Bill Gross. Why? Because being short is
The jobs report hasn't moved the markets in a while. Tomorrow will probably be no different barring any major surprise. Let's look at a few trade set ups for tomorrow. There's one I like in AAPL that we can set up in tonight's video...
Tops are a process and bottoms are an event. The topping event continues to unfold today as the SPX continues to flat line at all time highs. The first place to look for the market to go is to test the break out level. From there we will know a lot more. Let's also take
Another muddled day from the markets. There's so much liquidity that volatility is being squeezed out of the markets. The question we have to ask ourselves is what happens when the markets turn their backs on central banks around the world? At some point can the central banks throw everything they'v
