This Is What to Short

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS8xZ2FiYkVQTnljMA==[/video_player] This is what to short in today’s market. In an overblown market there are lots of shorting opportunities. Here is the best shorting opportunity in the market today…

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Opportunity Knocks in Volatile Markets

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9ENGtXY01UZERSUQ==[/video_player] Volatility once again has been smashed down to near record lows. In this weekend’s video let’s review the different opportunities in the volatility markets and which volatility products to avoid…

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Winners and Losers of S&P Sector Rotation

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9DaVBib3FwQUdTTQ==[/video_player] The election fall out continues to unfold in the markets. Money is pouring out of some sectors and into others. Let’s review the winners and losers…

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Are You Comfortable With Your Positions?

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9qX3NyenMyb3A3OA==[/video_player] How can you determine your risk and be comfortable with your risk over the long duration? TheoTraders have a mantra – duration over direction. In tonight’s video I will show you how to use BETA weighting to determine your over all risk in the market.  

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Melting Up While Markets Can

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9IWk5aT2psQk53QQ==[/video_player] Markets continue melt up after the limit down move on election night. Let’s take a look at a repeating pattern that is now playing out for the third time this year. Here are three things about the current market character that you need to know…

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A Contrarian Trader’s Dream

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9Rc2xROGhfRm5XRQ==[/video_player] A first blush look at the S&P and you would think this is a quiet market. However, extreme moves are happening everywhere as the industries tends to get too bullish or too bearish too soon. Tech continues to get destroyed. For example, China took a shot at the new administration saying that AAPL iphone sales will suffer if there was a trade war. On the other side there some big winners emerging in the banking industry where the promise of the Dodd Frank repeal has sent financial stocks soaring. Opportunity is everywhere and here is where TheoTraders should focus in on…

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Ranges Breaking Loose; Movement = Opportunity

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9sazlGV054ZEE1NA==[/video_player] The stock market continues to figure out the winners and losers from the presidential election. Let’s review stock sectors one by one…  

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An Epic Trading Day

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS84QjYtMk9wUDJwUQ==[/video_player] An Epic Trading Session Leads to a Massive Market Bifurcation. The only thing more shocking than the election results was the market reaction to those results. After going limit down over night in the S&P Futures the market rallies today. Did everyone have the market’s reaction to a Trump win wrong or is the first move not the last move? Let’s take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly…

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Still Expecting a Volatile Evening

[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS90cm5hS3VrV3JPZw==[/video_player] The expected move across all the major indexes are expecting a volatile evening. This move will most likely happen over night in the Futures market. As the election wraps up let us all remember one thing in tonight’s video… We are opening up our trading room for 2 days – November 8th and 9th. If you would like to trade the presidential election along side us use this link to register: https://theotrade.com/presidential-election-open-house/    

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FBI Rally or Dead Cat Bounce?

[video_player type=”youtube” width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9nSVdOU1FaY0NHZw==[/video_player] The 9 day losing streak was abruptly ended by the FBI rally last night. The move we saw today was mostly made overnight as futures opened up 25 points and continued the rally until the close of the cash session today. All of the loses over the last 9 days have been make back. If we look at the volatility we see that most of the election implied volatility is still baked into the market. In tonight’s video let’s look at whether the FBI inadvertently sparked the next bull market or is there still risk on the table that has yet to be played out…

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TheoTrade co-founder, former CBOE market maker and thinkorswim Chief Derivatives Instructor.

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