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Here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open for Friday Sept 5 2014. The heatmap yesterday was showing that stocks in general are starting to give back recent gains. If you select the heatmap below to enlarge it you can see that there was a lot...
Here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open for Wednesday September 3 2014. On Tuesday investors were caught off guard on the ISM Report which showed the strongest August in 10 years. Almost always these types of readings eventually see the...
Here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open for Friday August 22. Part of the reason for the sharp rally in stocks stems from the lack of news out of Ukraine. With economic signals in the US showing signs of continued expansion, many investors...
Here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open for Friday August 8. The decision by President Obama for airstrikes in Iraq adds in a new layer of uncertainty for investors at a time when the stock market direction is already moving lower. While...
Here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open for Tuesday August 5. I think there is a good chance for the market to bounce further on Tuesday but we may see some weakness in the morning and then a move higher. If we don't then the next move...
For Friday August 1, here are my morning investing strategy notes before the markets open. There is quite a bit to cover this morning. Russell 2000 - IWM ETF I just want to mention that at this point the Russell 2000 is still trading above $108. That should be used as...
As members know, I use the VIX Index Strategy to profit from buying calls when volatility is low and then sell those calls during periods of higher volatility. This link will take you to the complete outline of how the VIX Index Strategy works. What I like about the...
On Friday over the lunch hour I adjusted the stop on the market direction portfolio, tightening it to within 20 cents of the high. I was stopped out in the early afternoon at $71.27 but I did not re-enter. My outlook is that the market direction up is too overbought...
With the market direction back at the market top, it is worthwhile to take a quick look at the VIX Index. The VIX Index strategy relies on the volatility pulling back before investors jump in to buy VIX Index Call Options for the next time the VIX Index will push...
Recently an investor wrote me regarding his purchase of VIX Index calls that expire Feb 19 and which he has neither rolled or sold to date. Let's look at the issue and see what we can come up with. Teddi, I am currently holding Vix Feb 19 $13C. At issue is when these...