Markets are Getting Serious, Here is what you need to know!

The S&P has now made a statically significant move this week at 2.5 standard deviations. What's Next? Let's look at the case for a bounce and the case for continuing to sell. Whichever side you end up on this has been a great market for selling premiumā€¦

Nasdaq Selling Strikes Fear into the Heart of Dip Buyers

Tech leads selling in one of the biggest down days we've seen in a while. Here is the most important thing on the screen right now and what it means for the rest of the week of tradingā€¦

Jobs, Fed, and a Market of Denial?

Market Update----All-time high, what is the driving force?--Feds message to the markets on equity valuations--Jobs number - if you are going to miss, miss BIG!--Bonds grapple with inflation or a slowing economic recovery? Fractured markets---Tech--Bonds--Russell--SP500--Financials--Energy Bullish Gamma Squeeze ahead? ----break lower early in the week or we explode higher!-- hold your allocations and close shorts…

Risk Continues to Accumulate

For the 4th week in a row risk continues to accumulate around the 4180 level in the SPX. At this point there is substantial gamma risk that can explode the market higher or lower. Here's what to look for the remainder of the weekā€¦

AMZN and TSLA a Sign of Things to Come?

Big tech unable to lead the market higher despite lower yields in the bond market. What gives? Here's what's happening in the options market that will impact the big movers this weekā€¦

Get Ready for a Significant Market Move

Market Update ----Massively UNCHED over 2 weeks!--Tech Rocks earning but NQ down on the week--FED says nothing and the Financials listen--Dollar rippin' to the upside!--Volatility on the move Here comes a move in the SP500--Risk has cumulated over the past 2 weeks--Lower options volumes are picking up--Gamma will force a significant move--the slightest market move…

Fed Sees Risk As Transitory but Markets Say This

Overall markets not seeing much movement this week, but don't get lulled into a false sense of security. In the SPX there's still $60 of movement up or down that can happen over the next 2 days. There's major earnings announcements in AAPL, FB, and AMZN still to come. Here are the types of trades…

Markets Ready to Rock! Tesla and Big Tech Earnings

A big earnings week is in store for us with TSLA kicking off after the close today. Here are the stocks that can move the market this week and what kind of trades I'm looking atā€¦

Markets Shrug Off All Worries

Last Week--Goldilocks Markets or a Wrecking Ball of Risk?--Unbreakable! Market updateā€”ā€”Markets finish the week lowerā€”EM on indices and sectors -- Hist Volā€”Options/futures volumes declineā€”SPX rides lower edge of EM MONSTER week for Earnings----NFLX flop an anomaly or more bad news coming?--AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, FB, TSLA Crypto smackdown--micro bitcoin kicks off May 2nd FOMC Meeting----No…

Is Volatility Making a Comeback?

With the monsters of tech, financials, and energy relatively flat what's moving the markets lower? Here's the concentration of risk in the markets and why you should be aware if volatility is coming back...