Making Sense of the Current Market Weakness

I'm going to postpone my first "Introduction to Trading" post to offer a bit of perspective on the current market weakness ... equity put option volume exceed equity call option volume on a multi-day basis ... of stocks trading above their 20-day moving averages at levels normally seen at bottoms. Fear [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 11:43:36

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Black Friday? By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 10/10/08 “ICH” Panic has spread to stock markets around the world ... for the banking system, has turned into a global stampede. Shares fell sharply across Europe and Asia for fifth ... of U.S. equities in just one trading day. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, the “fear [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 22:42:40

Riding the Chesapeake Waves

Chesapeake As major commodities have been hammered in the quest to unwind losing positions, commodity-related companies have also taken a big hit ... to heavy volatility in the options market of late. Equity derivatives strategist Sveinn Palsson ... than an established S&P 500 component.” Trading in options has been heavy, with activity both in put [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 16:07:01

Closing Down Early in 2008

December is usually a slow month in the markets, and volume tends to dry up around the middle of the month as investors, ... as one of the worst years in history for the major equity averages. Trading volume in futures, stocks and options has declined as investors have reduced risk after a trying year that left much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:27:07

Thinkorswim- The Best Brokerage

by Walter Fox A time when the financial institutions because of their harsh conditions easily was not getting credit ... categories including equities, the fund currency, bonds, futures trading of mutual funds can help ... . More and more people jumped into the competition, introduction of online options trading systems. They are aware [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:17:10

Market Monopoly

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a sell-side currency strategist, and a currency options market-maker. His amusing Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 18:30:00

Mutual Funds, ETFs News and Views

Every Stock Mutual Fund Lost Money in 2008 But One | The Big Picture Given that most equity mutual funds are required to be fully (or 90%) ... , |-- Forex Foreign Currencies Exchange Trading Discussion, |-- Stocks, IPO, Options, Warrants, Bonds, Mutual ... Funds: Do You Get What ... A new survey from S&P shows pricey actively-managed mutual funds [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 18:54:29

Using Options to Define and Limit Risk (pfblogs.org)

Jack Walker submits:Here is a contrarian idea to consider in the financial sector using options to help define and limit the risk:Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) 24.19. a Greenwich, Connecticut based IB serves both ... services. It engages in order routing, executing and trade processing for equities, futures [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 12:59:13

No terror impact, Indian equities still in green

Despite a general nervousness pervading the investor community due to the global financial and economic meltdown, ... Thursday, the monthly settlement of futures and options trade had to be deferred to Friday. This also [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 09:55:59

The Energy-Stock Chasm

In the wake of the shuttering of Ospraie Management’s largest fund Tuesday, ... positions on commodities futures and long ones on resource equities — a bet that didn’t work out, because those stocks continued to decline. “The options pricing implies that these stocks are not done [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 19:01:57

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