If Everyone is Hedged Where is the Risk?

What are Bonds and Dollar saying? Decision time... hedge, hold or fold?--VVIX--SPX Open Interest-- any wild outside bets?--SKEW SPX Expected Move--last week-- 80.94 (expected move)--next week-- 78.40

Same Stimulus Talks and Surprising Earnings in Play

If you feel stuck in a time loop this week, you're not alone. We've had three days in a row of tight price range behavior in the indexes as we await official word on a stimulus deal, or not. With all the headline risk, the market is incredibly stable. Beyond that, some key stocks including…

Expected Move Says this is a High Probability

Market see choppy day as stimulus talks continue to whipsaw price action. Let's look at what's expected for the rest of the week. Things can still get very wild. Here's why…

Earnings Surprises and Stimulus Doubts

We had big intraday moves up and down on the "stimulus on! stimulus off" headline news as they developed the day and yet price ended the day right where it started.  We'll continue focusing on this for the rest of the week as we update positions and opportunities in stocks releasing earnings.  In tonight's video,…

Here Come the Sellers

Bears win the day as selling hits the market across the board. The SPX dropped to near it's expected move for the week. Here's how I did on the day…

What Do Markets Say about the Election?

Risk into the Friday Bell! Broken Brexit does not impact markets Massively UNCHED on the WEEK--pull back off the upper EM Retail Sales--AMZN drops on big sales Heavy Earnings Week Coming--TSLA, NFLX, INTC Reading the Vol SKEW--election risk growing? Getting a read on risk---VVIX--Dollar--Bonds SPX Expected Move--last week-- 71.91 (expected move)--next week-- 80.94

Last Call to Buy Volatility!

The stock market pulls back to about where it started the week. Everyone see the volatility ahead and here are the types of long volatility trades Don is looking at…

Markets Navigate a Path full of Headline Risk

In tonight's video, Corey highlights how to think about risk and headline events going forward in the next few weeks. We also highlight stimulus and the path of leading financial stocks along with the ETF XLF. Finally, Corey pinpoints some of the 'strong stocks getting stronger' but on the verge of a pullback now…

Buy the Rumor, Sell the Financials

Earnings season kicked off with financials which led to a little bit of selling today. Don takes you inside his positions and as to why he took off his hedge and has a more directional bias at the moment.

What the Sectors and Strong Stocks are Saying about the Rally

We had a holiday bullish breakout in the equity markets where our strong stocks kept getting stronger and key sectors showed strength. What are the signals and setups from today's action? Join Corey in tonight's update video to start your week…