The “Fear Gauge” Explained
Low Vol, But Rising Prices Makes For Good Trading
Hey Traders, As you may have noticed, we’ve been talking about gold a lot, in light of the new Basel III regulations that went into effect earlier this week. If you’re a Volatility Edge member, you may have even joined us on Thursday, when Bill Griffo announced the first of five “Griff’s Picks” he’ll be […]
This Trader Is Covering Their Basis
Hey Traders, Online brokerage and financial services company SoFi Technologies (Ticker: SOFI) recently launched its own ETF … and if you’ve been looking for a way to cash in on all the latest trending stocks, well, this could be what you’re waiting for. (Alternatively, if you’re looking for a way to cash in on the […]
Enough Vol For All
Hey Traders, Do you make it a habit to follow volatility? If you don’t, you really should. And I’ll even make it easy for you. As you may know, volatility is kind of my “thing” – I was even in the room as the Cboe Volatility Index (aka the VIX) was created. If you haven’t […]
What People Get Wrong About Selling Options
Taking Advantage of Advanced Notice
Hey Traders, When you boil the stock market down to its core, it’s really about supply and demand. And if you can get an “advance notice” that there’s about to be a big shift in either of these … It can present you with some killer profit opportunities. For example, on Monday we’ll see new […]
Smart Money Getting Paid For This $4 Million Meme Play
Hey Traders, Before I dive in today, I have some big news. Tomorrow, June 24 at 1:00 p.m. EST, our Option Pit Commodities Expert Bill Griffo will be going live with the second installment of his groundbreaking Digital Currency Arms Race reveal … On June 28, over $40 billion of gold derivatives will be forced […]
Not All Bad News…
Hey Traders, Last week was certainly a wild one, fueled by hawkish comments from the Fed, and exacerbated by the Quadruple Witching on Friday (where U.S. options and futures all expire simultaneously – including $818 billion in single stock options). But while we definitely saw some increased volatility through Friday’s close, reflecting back on the […]
The #1 Thing I Look At When Trading Straddles
Playing It Safe On 3 Cybersecurity Stocks
Hey Traders, Wow, what a week! I hope you were able to join us for our two-part series on Short Squeezes. Click here to watch Option Pit’s Director of Education Andrew Giovinazzi and I talk about how to spot a short squeeze early, and three potential trade candidates (one of which I played later that […]