“We Have Reached a New Low”
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 26, 2023 Hey Traders, The S&P 500 got smoked on Wednesday, dropping to a new recent low and settling well below the 200 Day moving average: The index gapped below the 200 and never really threatened to get back over it. The VIX closed at 20.50 – NOT as high as […]
Trades Review and Earnings Preview
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 25, 2023 Hey Traders, Today I’ll review a couple of trades. I’m also going to talk about earnings and preview a couple of earnings coming up. We’re gonna be looking at major levels in the SPX, talk about the VIX and we’ll look at a couple of stocks I’m watching closely […]
Class Recap and Earnings Season Stocks
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 23, 2023 Hey Traders, Today we’ll do a quick review of the class we had on Saturday and I’ll share a few thoughts from the conference. We’re gonna be looking at major levels in the SPX, talk about the VIX and we’ll look at a couple of stocks I’m watching closely […]
Mark and Cem Karsan Risk Management Conference Recap
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 21, 2023 An important dispatch from the year’s most important volatility event.
What to Buy When VIX Is Booming
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 20, 2023 Hey Traders, I have always enjoyed going to CBOE’s Risk Managment Conference because it is the only event that brings together people that look and think about markets in similar fashion to people like myself, Andrew, and Licia. Half the people there are ex market makers, the rest are […]
This Week Is As Interesting As It Gets – Midweek Update
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 18, 2023 Hey Traders, It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for my Midweek Update. It doesn’t get more interesting than this week, to be honest … and that makes me excited about trading. I’m gearing up for my and Andrew’s class this Saturday where we break down our engine and give […]
What to Buy When VIX Is Booming
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 17, 2023 Hey Traders, The VIX recovered a decent amount of Friday’s blow off the top rally closing down to 17.21 – a really nice drop. The SPX rallied even more than the VIX fell, running up over 1%, good for a 45.85 point rally to 4373.63. So […]
A Rebounding Russell and Major Earnings – Weekly Market Outlook
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 16, 2023 Hey Traders, Mark Sebastian here with your Weekly Market Outlook. What a start to the day and the week! I laid out on Friday that if there were no major events this weekend, the market would start to rebound. And lo and behold … I […]
What to Do About Exploding Volatility – Week-in-Review
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 13, 2023 Hey Traders, Happy Friday everyone – I’m here with your Week-in-Review. This week – primarily yesterday and today – we saw the VIX explode. It touched out today at 20.78. With so much going on in the market, how do we trade it? Well […]
Why the Market Dropped Like a Stone This Afternoon
BY MARK SEBASTIAN October 12, 2023 Hey Traders, Mark Sebastian here with an emergency video update. CPI and PPI came in a little high, and this morning, the markets didn’t seem to care at all. But then around 1 p.m. ET … the markets suddenly woke up and started selling like crazy. […]