Will $AAPL earnings hurt the market?

Will $AAPL earnings hurt the market?   $AAPL earnings are out and so far things look weaker in $QQQ.  That is no surprise since $AAPL makes up a big chunk of the $QQQ and is the last tech bellwether to report.    A bigger question is if the broader market is running out of reasons to […]

$SPY intraday volatility is very high

$SPY intraday volatility is very high Today $SPY intraday implied volatility jumped to a 5 day high.  How do I know this?  I have the full life of watching volatility all day long from my roost in Maine.   Mark Longo from the OptionsInsider Radio Network quaintly refers to it as Duchy of Maine.  From this […]

Realized Volatility is high, but not equally high

Where is Realized Volatility? The realized volatility in this market is very high.  So high in fact that all the blinky lights on my TradeHawk realized volatility page are turning red, red, red.   What also is pervasive is the stubborn backwardation in the $VIX complex.  My last blog was about buying gamma and selling vega, […]