In light of global events, we're seeing significant market reactions all over the place. And it seems like the narrative changes on a daily basis. Now more then ever, as a Trader, is it important to turn off the news and follow price. Price doesn't...

The hunt for options premiums to sell continues. And with VIX showing signs that it might want to give up the 30 level for a little bit, we may have the trend of implied volatility mean-reversion beginning to become a wind in our sails.

A...

The bull market in energy, oil, and resource names continues. And elevated options premium continues.

Today's trade is exploitation of both of these themes. Let's get right to it.

With VIX closing the day today north of 30, I'm still on the hunt for premium selling opportunities.

So as always, I perused my list of the most liquid options ETFs and found an opportunity where premiums are elevated and the chart suggests...

Wild market conditions persist!  Yesterday, stocks had a huge gap down opening, but then spent all day ripping higher and closed convincingly in the green. Today, the rally picked up right where it left off.

Talk about whiplash!

This...

From this week's Follow the Flow report, it's clear that options players are betting on the house!

And recent market action is giving us a nice pullback to get positioned into, increasing...

If you've been following our narrative this week, you know we've been preaching patience as the stock market is most decidedly in the "chop zone" right now. Me and JC did a live twitter stream on Wednesday afternoon discussing the situation and how we...

As the market continues to test the resolve of both bulls and bears, some bearish setups are starting to trigger.

The team put out their latest Short Report last...

While certainly not at panic levels, we've been seeing a persistent $VIX holding north of 20, and the last two days we saw it flirt with 25. This signals to me that there is still a bit of uneasiness remaining in the stock market, leftover from the...

I love when the team feels a little "frisky" and hunts for "speculative" ideas. There's nothing that gets the creative juices flowing more than getting outside the wheelhouse a bit, looking for new experiences.

This lead them down the path of...

The team put out a piece this week titled Shorting the Long End of the Yield Curve.

I can't pretend to understand the first thing about interest rates,...

...And trading volumes are particularly good for the trading exchanges that make it all happen!

With the markets whipsawing back and forth to start the year and trading volumes rising all over the place, the exchanges that extract fees for...

For anyone that joined me, JC, and Strazza on the Twitter Spaces this morning, you heard us scratching our heads on what to trade next.

In this sloppy tape, there just aren't any real compelling opportunities we can find worth getting...