What Are Your Options
Hey Traders, As we kick off another week on the market, I’ll be honest … I’m not entirely sure what to expect in the days ahead! Just last week I was anticipating the start of a market pullback, but the recovery into the weekend seemed to be telling me “Not today, pal!” Of course, no […]
The Glue That Holds The Options Universe Together
Never Fear, Volatility Is Here
Hey Traders, Phew! Talk about a topsy-turvy week on the markets! After a tumultuous week fueled by headlines about tech stock woes, inflation fears, gas shortages, and just some general doom-and-gloom, trust me, I get why people are scared to have their money in the market. Even bonds had a rough go at it this […]
Betting Big on More Choppy Waters
Hey Traders, Before we get into the trenches today (or rather, the pit!) I wanted to make sure you’re coming to my free event tonight at 8 p.m. EST, where I’ll be covering my top three post-pandemic stock picks. These are three of the names I expect to see moving over the next week… And […]
The Newest Micro in Crypto
Hey Traders, While many of us have spent the last 12 months Zooming in our sweatpants, Bitcoin was busy glowing up. Courtesy of Statista Everyone’s favorite crypto has packed on around 600% in the past year alone (See? Nobody’s gonna notice your Quarantine 15!) and set off what I can only describe as an explosion […]
Implied Vol: The Key to All
An Improbable Rally
Yo Pit Crazies, Well, that was a rally! A nice 2% climb in the S&P 500 from the lows Thursday to the close Friday. And that’s despite … Awful non-farm payroll number, check! Pfizer Inc (PFE) drug patent erosion, check! Too many people at home getting paid, check! All bad news is […]
3 Reasons I’m Wary of AMZN Right Now
Hey Traders, We’ve all heard of so-called “FAANG” stocks — a term that became popular in the past few years to reference five industry titans: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (Alphabet). As if having a name for your posse isn’t enough to cement your status, consider just how much profits at most of those […]
The $500K Bet on a Space Stock Floor
Hey Traders, Wall Street is chock-full of eccentric visionaries, including two who are battling in the race for space tourism: Richard Branson and Elon Musk. Branson heads up Virgin Galactic (Ticker: SPCE) and Musk is the notoriously blunt-smoking head of Tesla (Ticker: TSLA) and SpaceX. After dropping nearly 18% in March, SPCE stock went on […]
This Sector Heats Up in May
Hey Traders, If you’ve been in the stock game for a while, you’ve likely heard the famous expression, “Sell in May and go away.” In my experience (which is 20 years’ worth this summer, if you can believe that!), this saying is overdone, lacks nuance, and frankly, it’s just bad advice! Sure, at one point […]