From the Desk of Steve Strazza and Alfonso Depablos

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by J. Alexander Douglas Jr,, the CEO of Overstock.com Inc $OSTK.

Douglas revealed the acquisition of 11,265...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Futures are giddy this morning.

Let's see how $SPY holds on to the 425.50 area.

One of the better indicators of a healthy bull market is when you see Consumer Discretionary stocks (the things we want) outperforming Consumer Staples stocks (the things...

There are no free lunches on Wall Street and certainly not in options trading. 

It might be sexy to tell people that we’re “options premium sellers” and suggest that all we do is sell naked options that expire worthless – while keeping all the...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market started the day trending higher.

Then all the indices completely reversed.

Then they went back up.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza and Alfonso Depablos

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Magnolia Capital Fund.

The investment firm revealed the acquisition of 215,565 shares of RE/MAX Holdings $...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

$QQQ pushed past its eight-day moving average.

Now we need to see if the indices have continuation today.

This has to be one of the world's most important trends right now. How could it not be?

You hear all this nonsense about the S&P493 and how it's only 7 stocks going up...

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

Rising rates have been a worldwide phenomenon for the last two and a half years as yields have climbed non-stop.

Not only are we seeing the curve in the US reach decade-long highs,...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The indices had somewhat of a tiny relief bounce.

But it wasn't really much to speak of...

There's a time to be aggressive and go for big gains, and there's a time to shoot for higher probabilities with smaller payout potentials.

I'm finding it hard to muster any conviction to go either long or short right now, as I can make...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza and Alfonso Depablos

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Robert E. Cauley, CEO of Orchid Island Capital $ORC.

Cauley reported an ORC purchase in the amount of $235...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

I think the S&P 500 has potential to drop below its 200-day moving average and snap back.

I think we can have another push lower, and then we get relief.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

No reprieve from the selling today, an ugly one overall.

$SPY is nearing its 200-day moving average.

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

Sellers have a hold on equity markets as internal weakness expands and downside momentum picks up.

When looking for evidence of additional downside risk, some of the most valuable...