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Market Divergences Grow at Alarming Levels

SP500 upper end of range, breakout or breakdown…
no matter! Backspread!

5 firms and the fate of the markets

Comparison – divergence grows to alarming levels, when in market history has concentrated risk been a good thing?

Earnings are great, unless your living in the (real) non-tech world.
CAT
Energy
Financials
RUT Roo

Gold, Bonds, a rally of everything or defensive posturing?

Retail opportunities? XLP

VIX Trades

SPX Expected Move
–last week– 74.44 (expected move)
–next week– 71.48
No touching for 3 weeks!

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
11.00	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.30	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.00	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.30	Gianni Di Poce \| Macro overview 12.30 13.15 Elizabeth \| Price Action 13.15 14.00
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14.00	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
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