Turn This Shutdown into a Come Up
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 29th, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies! Well, it’s time to let my chickens out of the coop. These beauties are recently acquired. And already, predators are everywhere. We got ospreys, eagles, even a coyote. As proud and fearless as my sole rooster is, he’ll just become the coyote’s second meal. I’m not […]
VIX is watching a big game of Chicken
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 28th, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies, AG’s alter-ego Vol Man here with my weekly analysis. As usual, I’ll start with my last forecast… (If some of my option volatility speak is vexing, the glossary is here.) Last Week’s Big Call The Week ending Sep 26th: I expect […]
This is the easiest money I ever made
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 27th, 2025 Fall is coming and seasons change. It keeps reminding me that nothing stays the same and we as traders can adapt and adjust. Can an old dog learn new tricks? I think it is possible. You see, I have been following Licia’s Small Account Challenge and I am making […]
This Asset Will Tell Us What We Need to Know
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 26th, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies, The longest government shutdown in the U.S.A. was by none other than President Trump on December 22, 2018. It went through Christmas… New Years… and stretched for 35 days It never surprises me that Congress can argue over how to spend a massive […]
This is When the VIX is Lying to You
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 25th, 2025 The revised second quarter GDP estimate showed our economy doing way better than expected. The number ticked up to 3.8% from the original estimate of 3.3%. That’s a big jump! My guess is that companies got ready for post-tariff madness early in the second quarter, looked around, […]
Is Trump Playing 3 Card Monty With U.S. Policy?
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 24th, 2025 It feels like President Trump is playing political 3 Card Monty: baiting the opposition into outrage with provocative statements, only to quietly push through policy moves while critics whine. It’s like watching those street hustlers in NYC running a game to lure in unsuspecting tourists and walking away […]
The Best Way to Hedge Against the Finicky Fed
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 23rd, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies, In case you have been living under a rock, Jerome Powell is the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. That body is responsible for setting interest rates in a way that preserves full employment while targeting an inflation rate of roughly 2%. […]
Are Nvidia and Apple Manipulating the Market?
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 22nd, 2025 Back in the day, manipulating stocks was straightforward. Take a trick known as “painting the tape.” This first started back when stock prices were recorded on a “ticker tape.” Shifty traders would essentially create fake trades that, to everyone else, would look like increased activity on a […]
SPY near all time highs so this is where stocks will go
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 21th, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies, If some of my Option Volatility Jargon is vexing, our Glossary is here. AG’s alter-ego Vol Man here with my weekly analysis. As usual, I will start with my last forecast… Last Week’s Big call The Week ending Sep 19th:“I expect the Fed to drop by […]
Something is spooking this market
BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI September 19th, 2025 Yo Pit Crazies, The SPDR S&P 500 Trust (NYSE: SPY) finally closed up today, with the VIX ending down. I say “finally” because even though the market was up, the VIX didn’t want to lose ground. That is not how it is supposed to work after the […]