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Bifurcation and the Death of Diversification

QQQ and the hedge that saved my bacon
–yes I am still short but hedges have helped

Long is dangerous and hedging is tough
–even a tail has RISK!

Expected moves and the great bifurcation
–QQQ, SPY, IWM, XLE, XLF

Diversification is DEAD!
–NASDAQ 100
–SP500
–EEM
–Low Beta does not constitute low risk
–Where are you gonna go?

SPX Expected Move
–last week– 64.02 (expected move)
–next week– 49.96

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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09.00	Don Kaufman \| Pre-Market Prep \| FREE SESSION 09.20 09.30 Don Kaufman \| Early volatility 09.20 10.30
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10.30	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
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11.30	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
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14.00	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
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