Today, we're getting short a stock that has been a complete mess all year.
In recent weeks, the pause has stalled just enough to tamp down the premiums in puts, making now an attractive time to position for a resumption of the downtrend.
This morning, I exited an iron condor trade in $IBIT, the Bitcoin ETF.
For those unfamiliar, an iron condor is a delta-neutral options strategy that profits when the underlying stays within a defined range. It consists of four options: selling...
Most natural resource stocks, even the bellwethers of Metals or Energy, for example, can’t scale to $3 Trillion in market cap. They’re simply not built like the juggernauts of tech or communications.
On Friday's holiday-shortened trading session, you'd be forgiven for not sitting in front of your screens during market hours. Half-days are common days for traders to step away. There's usually muted volume and little news flow to make anything worth...
Today's trade is in a stock on the verge of making fresh all-time highs while the options volatility masters are asleep at the switch, pricing cheap call options.
Earnings are the heartbeat of the market - and every week brings a fresh set of opportunities and risks. With each report, we get new information about corporate health, investor sentiment, and the sectors driving leadership (or lagging).
