October 24, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Volatility |
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused, for today, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was looking for a more...
October 22, 2018 | AAPL, AMZN, Daily JAM, EQNR, Morning Briefing, Volatility |
The financial markets are expecting another week of volatility almost as severe as last week. The futures market entered last week expecting a move of something like 70 points on the Standard & Poor's 500, according to calculations by Theo Trade. We got almost...
October 16, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, VIX, Volatility |
Yesterday, October 16, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) fell 17.28% to 17.62. That's a huge drop from the closing local high of 24.98 on October 11. If the market's very, very positive reaction to Netflix earnings delivered after the close yesterday is any...
October 16, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
You may remember a pre-earnings trade that I advocated a few quarters back with Nvidia (NVDA) and a couple of other stocks. Well, I'm putting it on again today ahead of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly report now scheduled for October 30. I'm adding the January 18, 2019 call...
October 15, 2018 | Daily JAM, EQNR, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
The less risky January 18, 2019 call options with a strike price of $25 on Norway's Equinor (EQNR) rose 6.59% today. The more risky, because they're out of the money, January 18, 2019 call options with a strike price of $30 fell 16.67%. I think that's an expression of...
October 11, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
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September 19, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
I almost pulled the trigger and sold my VIX complacency trade today. On September 10 I added the December 19 Put on the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) to my Volatility Portfolio with a strike of 13. The trade was coupled with a buy of the November 21 Call on...
September 7, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
It's September, the middle month of the most volatile three month period in the investing year (historically on average.) We're in the midst of an emerging market crisis that's being driven by a strong U.S. dollar--and we're looking at the high likelihood of two more...
September 7, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
It's September, the middle month of the most volatile three month period in the investing year (historically on average.) We're in the midst of an emerging market crisis that's being driven by a strong U.S. dollar--and we're looking at the high likelihood of two more...
August 28, 2018 | Daily JAM, INCY |
Shares of Incyte (INCY), a member of my Jubak Picks portfolio, have been marching steadily higher in the last couple of weeks. The stock is 19.6% higher since the $61.75 low on August 6. And it's up another 2.06% today, Tuesday, August 28. But the call options I own...
August 10, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
When  I sold my options on Equinor (EQNR) out of my Volatility Portfolio back on July 18, the idea was to take some profits (I was looking at a better than 50% gain and the shares were trading at $26.42) and to roll the calls with an October 19, 2018 expiration with a...
July 17, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Oil prices continue to slip--very, very slowly--on fears that many of the world's oil buying countries will either directly or indirectly flout U.S. calls for new sanctions on Iran and a halt to purchases of Iranian oil by a Trump administration deadline of November...
